Israel and Deluded Theology
When the land of Palestine became the new nation of Israel most
evangelical and fundamental Protestants in the USA immediately declared the new
nation to be a miracle of the workings of God.
It was viewed as the fulfillment of the regathering of Israel into the
Promised Land. They further declared that the war which broke out in 1948 was
the beginning of the Great Tribulation, the Antichrist would soon appear, the
Jews would be saved from destruction by Jesus’ return at the last minute, and
they would then be converted and preach the Gospel to the world.
Of course this did not happen: with no mass conversion to Christianity; no
appearance of Antichrist; and the failure of the return of the Lord. There were
too many prophecies these preachers did not understand or simply did not
believe.
The vast majority of evangelical Christianity immediately
pronounced this to be the beginning of a seven-year countdown toward the second
coming of Christ and the “great tribulation.”
None of this occurred, however God was beginning a new episode to bring
all things to a climax of history just not in the manner prophecy buffs believe.
Fruit
Jesus had much to say about fruit bearing trees and most
people consider these sayings as reference to individual people i.e. those
doing the Lord’s work have good fruit and the unrighteous have bad fruit, which
is an agreeable understanding.
Matthew 3:10 NET Even now
the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce
good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:19 NET Every tree
that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
However, what if Jesus was not merely referring to people
as individuals, but the entire nation of unbelieving or rejecting Judea
(Idumea)? No one, on the face of the
earth, at any time, has experienced a more awe-inspiring evangelistic gospel
message than the one delivered by Jesus, the Son of God in the flesh-in person,
to the people of Judea (Idumea). The
priests, Sadducees, Pharisees, lawyers, and the majority of the country side
rejected the Son of God and refused to believe His message and act upon
it. They were the BAD FRUIT and they
were prophesied to be cut down and thrown into the fire. They are the fig tree that never produced
fruit and will never do so. This cutting
down and burning was partially accomplished in 70 AD when the Roman army
destroyed the temple of Herod and the city of Jerusalem.
As previously written in Israel
is Edom: Part 1 and The
Dominion of Esau which is Part 2 where it can be noted the Edomites were
integrated into the Jewish culture around 125 BC. The modern nation of Israel is not a fulfilled
prophesy to Judahites (Jews) by God but rather a fulfilled promise by God
through a prophetic blessing to Esau through Isaac. The modern nation of Israel is a long-awaited
promise to Esau that he would receive the dominion mandate of the land of
Canaan for a period of time. This did
not happen when Esau was alive but occurred in 1948 when the new nation of
Israel was declared.
The ancestral Jews have no legal right before God to reclaim
the land of Canaan as their home country.
Unless they repent and follow Jesus, their destiny is to be destroyed by
fire (prior to the resurrection, this will be real fire not the lake of fire). The Edomites and the partial Edomites have been
given the dominion promise for a while.
In the 1940’s, various Jewish organizations in Europe
(particularly England) felt they were the ones called to establish the dominion
in Canaan. They wanted control over
Palestine and the city of Jerusalem like in the days of Jesus but this time
they would be in control with no Rome working against them. Working in
high-level political circles in Great Britain, and in outright terrorist and
criminal organizations in Palestine, they finally succeeded in getting Britain
to put the whole question to the United Nations in 1947. The United Nations
passed its Palestinian Resolution on November 29, 1947, and Britain resolved to
withdraw fully within a few years. However, the Jewish terrorists (the Palmah,
Irgun, and Stern gangs) continued to kill British policemen, diplomats, and
even ordinary citizens, and so in May, 1948, Great Britain decided to leave at
once.
The Jewish terrorists immediately declared the
establishment of an independent State of Israel on May 14, 1948. President
Truman was the first to telephone them to recognize the new state. The former
terrorists now became Israeli statesmen, dedicated to eradicating the Arab
terrorists who would arise next.
Dr. Stephen Jones: Secrets
of Time
In May of 1948, the British
pulled out, and the Jewish terrorists became the statesmen of the new Israeli
government. It is amazing how political success can transform men from
murderers to heroes, even in the eyes of Christians. At that time, thousands of
prophecy preachers proclaimed that God’s “time clock” had begun once more. It
was widely believed that the end would come within seven years, or perhaps as
early as three and a half years. When nothing happened, the Church had an
entire omelet on its face, but instead of discarding a disproven theory, they
simply continued to wait for the Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah, insisting
“it will happen any day now”.
Israel and Esau
As covered in the Birthright Series: The
Complete Birthright the 10 tribes
called the nation of northern Israel were conquered and deported by the
Assyrians (c. 740 BC). Through various
indicators these tribes of Israel eventually moved northwest into Europe,
particularly western or northern Europe.
It is concluded by H.W. Armstrong and Dr. Stephen Jones that the
majority of the tribe of Ephraim concluded their migration in the area of Great
Britain. As noted above, Britain gave
the Jews the nation, or Biblically speaking, Joseph, son of Jacob, through
Ephraim gave the dominion back to Esau, as well as a number of so-called Jews.
Very few people living today, over the age of 60 know or
remember very little about the creation of the nation of Israel unless they
have done some study on the subject.
Most under 60 know even less and most of them don’t want to know
anything. The history of the Jews has
been rewritten and mostly Jews rewrite the history. They protect themselves by infiltrating
various governments and getting “hate” laws or “antisemitism” laws established to
make it a crime punishable by imprisonment for making an unfavorable comment
concerning their actions.
It must be understood that current Israel is not the
birthright holder. Other than a possible
few strays, the ten tribes of Israel are not in this nation and do not call
themselves Jews. The Jews are enemies of
God; they are the bad fruit; the dominion was only given to the descendants of
Esau due to a promise of God; they will never heal the birthright breach. The two sticks of Ezekiel 37, with the names
of Israel and Judah will not be joined until the return of Jesus as also will
the dry bones.
The Landowner’s
Vineyard
Many current Bible teachers and Theologians believe and
teach that Israel will eventually repent and bring forth the fruit as spoken by
Jesus. However, they must have failed to
read Matthew 21:41-43. Jesus said the He
would “utterly destroy these evil men”.
Later He says the Kingdom of God will be taken from you (the Jews He was
talking with) and given to people who will produce fruit.
Matthew 21:41-43 NET They
said to him, "He will utterly
destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants
who will give him his portion at the harvest." (42)
Jesus said to them, "Have the cornerstone. This is from the Lord,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'? (43) you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone
the builders rejected has become For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you
and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
The message of the parable completely disputes and
negates this thought of certain Bible teachers.
None of them will ever bare fruit:
not the Jews; not the Edomites; nor the Khazars. They will be destroyed along with Jerusalem and
the few of us desiring to understand prophecy must reexamine the scriptures,
particularly the last day’s prophecies with the actual facts in mind.
Dispensational Doctrine
The most popular doctrine of current Bible Teachers who
write books and videos for profit, give lectures for money, and have prophecy
radio shows and web sites dedicated to current events and their relation to
end-times prophetic events is pre-millennial, pre-tribulation rapture,
dispensationalism. From my readings it
is apparent this group of people went overboard with their doctrinal position
when Israel was declared a nation in 1948.
Wikipedia “Dispensationalism”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism
As a system, dispensational
theology is expounded in the writings of John Nelson
Darby (1800–82) and the Plymouth
Brethren movement, and propagated through works such as Cyrus
Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. The
dispensational theology consists of a distinctive eschatological end times
perspective, as all dispensationalists hold to premillennialism
and most hold to a pretribulation rapture.
Dispensationalists believe that the nation of Israel is distinct from the Christian
Church, and that God has yet to fulfill his promises to national
Israel. These promises include the land promises,
which in the future world to come result in a millennial kingdom
and Third Temple
where Christ,
upon his return,
will rule the world from Jerusalem for a thousand years.
It also appears the Dallas Theological Seminary, founded
in 1924, was foremost in promoting the theological viewpoint of the nation of
Israel as a miracle of God and the pivotal center of all forthcoming Bible
prophecy.
Dallas Theological Seminary is
known as a center of modern Dispensational
teaching due to Dr. Chafer's development of a systematic theology which approaches the Bible
with a "premillennial, dispensational interpretation of
the Scriptures." His eight-volume work describing this approach to
theology, Systematic Theology, was first published in 1948 and is still a
required textbook for some courses at DTS.
Dr. Stephen Jones: Secrets of Time
Since 1948, the Israelis have been putting on a great
show of righteousness. They have exploited the Dispensationalist beliefs to boost
the tourist dollars and to fan the flames of prophetic fervor. The tree has
come back to life and produced more leaves than it ever had in Jesus’ day. But
what good is a tree that produces no fruit? Worse yet, what should be done to a
tree that promises fruit, but comes up empty year after year? The answer is
found in the basic message of John the baptist, found in Luke 3: 7-9.
Luke 3:7-9 NET So John said
to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of
vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? (8)
Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to
say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can
raise up children for Abraham from these stones! (9)
Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that
does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
Due to the transfer of the dominion to Esau and the
Edomites, the Jews, including the Edomites and Khazars were given another
opportunity to bear fruit. They are
intelligent people with many leaves but no fruit, even with fertilizer. It will eventually be cut down.
Luke 13:7-9 NET So he said
to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come
looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut
it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?' (8)
But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I
dig around it and put fertilizer on it. (9) Then if it bears fruit next year, very well,
but if not, you can cut it down.' "
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