An important message concerning the centrality of martyrdom in the historic and age-ending purposes of God.
Christ at the Checkpoint 2012 Conference – Fighting For Justice at the Expense of Truth
October 21, 2011 by 6 Comments
There are many Zionist Christians who believe that Israel can do no wrong and that any who challenge the State for any reason by default already are. When the righteousness of the Israeli government’s political decision making is questioned they call it “anti-Semitic.” They think “Palestinian” is a synonym for “Terrorist.” They watch Glenn Beck more then they read the Bible. And they say “Hallelujah” when Netanyahu so much as burps.
While I’m being somewhat sarcastic, this is no hollow caricature. These people are as real as the liberal journalists and talk show hosts who hate them. Not knowing where their political conservatism ends and their Zionist Dispensationalism begins they say absurd things like
The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ. (John Hagee)
Is the “Everlasting Covenant” that Promises “Everlasting Possession” of the Land of Israel Really Everlasting? How Replacement Theologians Empty Words of Their Meaning
October 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
by Dalton Lifsey ©
Throughout Church history the debate about Israel has always raged with regard to the Land and the people. Every few centuries another violent outburst of Christian anti-Judaism would stain a nation with Jewish blood. And every few centuries Christ-rejecting Jews would find more reasons to continue rejecting Him.
“GOD IS THROUGH WITH THE JEWS”
At the heart of that debate has always been the Church’s insistent rejection of Israel’s national identity and destiny. Our generation is no exception. The late Lorraine Boettner stated that:
“It may seem harsh to say that, ‘God is through with the Jews.’ But the fact of the matter is that He is through with them as a unified national group.”[1]
The Biblical Definition of the Word “Israel” and Its Use in the New Testament
October 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
adapted from Appendix I of “The Controversy of Zion and the Time of Jacob’s Trouble” by Dalton Lifsey
A Contemporary Response to Contemporary Replacement Theology
October 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“The case against Christian Zionists has been supported by new scholarship, as for example, in the writings of N.T. Wright (1996) and Peter Walker (1994, 1996). Can work of this quality be matched by Christian Zionists, or are they simply, dare I say, repeating the same old arguments that have been put forward in the past?” — Colin Chapman (from Whose Promised Land?)
While many of those so-called “same old arguments” are sufficient and superior alternatives to the new expressions of Replacement Theology espoused by some of the leaders Chapman mentions, I think it is a worthy cause to reiterate them in a contemporary package in light of the contemporary challenge. So Chapman, I’m working on it. We’ll keep you posted.
Dalton Lifsey
October 2011
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