Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Examining Christian Zionism

         There exists on the American religious scene and particularly in those who would identify themselves as evangelicals a pervasive doctrinal paradigm identified as Christian Zionism. In order to understand its contents and effects it is necessary that we first examine its roots.  After that we will need to examine  some of its tenets in light of the revealed truths of Scripture.  Then finally we will need to briefly examine its effects in this very short summary. It is not possible to cover the many details necessary to expose its many errors so for that purpose I have written two books that will help you significantly to discover and understand its broader content. They are The Israel Deception and Christian Zionism and the Scofield Reference Bible available at the publisher Xlibris Publishing/book store, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble all on the internet.
            The doctrinal paradigm for Christian Zionism was first set forth in the writings of an Englishman named John Nelson Darby during the mid-nineteenth century.  He brought his teachings and belief system first known as Darbyism to America and it took hold with many over a period of the several years and numerous visits Darby made to America. Notable among them was a fundamentalist preacher who spent several years in teaching and refining the doctrines which came to be known as dispensationalism. This was Cyrus I. Scofield who was eventually able to obtain backing for publication from Jewish owned Oxford University Press. His version of a ‘reference Bible’ contained massive foot notes and head notes throughout endorsed, influenced and promoted by its Zionist publisher. The numerous notes were for the alleged purpose of explaining the content of the Scriptures based on this new paradigm of interpretation.  Space does not allow me the detail needed to explain fully how that was accomplished but with support Scofield was able to launch his ‘reference Bible’ in 1909 and it went viral amongst those of evangelical persuasion. The Scofield Reference Bible notes are extremely Zionist friendly as they identify the Jews as  God’s ‘chosen people’ destined according to the notes and doctrines of dispensationalism to inherit an earthly kingdom to be reigned over by Christ from earthly Jerusalem after his second advent for a period of a millennium. For over a century its doctrinal assertions have become standard protocol with virtually millions of evangelicals in America and abroad not to mention the multiplied millions who have died. The Scofield Reference Bible has been reedited and reprinted numerous times over the century and been the text book in most major seminaries and Bible schools established by its evangelical proponents. It still shows Cyrus Scofield as its editor even though he died in 1922.  While many in today’s evangelical world may have never seen a copy its doctrines are widespread and generally accepted as truth preached and taught by its proponents
            Let’s take the briefest look at some of its major assertions and examine them in light of the unedited Scriptures. Has God chosen a people based on their ethnicity to reign over the earth with Christ for a millennium? Is this a criteria added to that of faith which qualifies a small number of alleged Jewish people at the end of the age to inherit an earthly kingdom? “For they are not all Israel which are of Israel. Neither because they are the children of Abraham are they all children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”(Rom9:6-8). “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male not female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”(Galatians 3:28-29). “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything or uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.” (Gal.6:15-16) Note there are no natural distinctions of any kind in Christ.
          So are there to be two kingdom’s of God as the Christian Zionists assert, one on earth for the Jews and one in heaven for the Church? This cannot be possible for at the time of judgement in the day of the Lord at the end of the age  and after the resurrection (not at the end of the millennium) the entirety of this present earth is to be destroyed. “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth also and the works that are therein hall be burned up.”(II Peter 3:10-11) “And I saw a new havens and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed way and there was no more sea.” (Rev. 21:1) It is impossible therefore that Christ and the Jewish people are going to reign from earthly Jerusalem for the geography of that location is to be utterly destroyed in judgment prior to the onset of what is referred to as the millennium.
            So is the present day nation of Israel a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy with a destiny to become the center of an earthly millennial kingdom?  It cannot be !!
The inhabitants of that nation are primarily Ashkenazi Jews which are only identified as Jews because they have accepted the deceptions of Judaism’s Babylonian   Talmud. Those who are the actual seed of Abraham are Sephardic Jews and there remains only a relatively very small number of them scattered around the world.
            I could continue to make many more arguments in opposition to the tenets of dispensationalism and its Christian Zionist proponents as well as the corruption of the Scriptures by the Scofield Reference Bible, but if you cannot see the truth based on the points made above then you probably would not believe the complete exposure of the heresies contained in the paradigm even if they were brought clearly to your attention.  They are covered in detail in my two books mentioned above.
            Just a few words need to be added as to some of the effects of this false paradigm. Multiple wars of aggression, genocide and death of multiplied thousands of innocent people have been perpetrated by Zionists and their lackey servants in America in the past twenty five years.  These have been unjustified wars of aggression that were undertaken by America and her European allies at the behest and in obedience to those who control America and who have an agenda to fulfill  in relation to the current nation state of Israel.  These wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere are largely supported by evangelicals based on their doctrine concerning national Israel and its enemies in the Muslim world.  It constitutes a massive deception due to their ignorance of the Scriptures doctrinally as well as prophetically. These issues need to be understood.

David Lance Dean                                                click on any of my numerous blogs                                                                                           here at:  theseproph

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