I find it incredible that there are so many churches that believe in what is called replacement theology. It is the belief that because the Jews denied their Messiah, they forfeit all their promises and they now fall on the church. This is a Heresy. One that is so dangerous in fact it helped to lead to the Holocaust. It was not just Hitler and the Nazis that led to this, but the silent, anti-Semitic pulpits in Germany.
The issue that we have to deal with in this viewpoint is first, the covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 15 God forms His covenant with Abraham. In verse 9 and 10 Abraham is told to divide up the sacrifice and lay them out. This is where we get the term, to cut a covenant. Two people making a covenant would cut up a sacrifice then walk in a figure eight motion passing through the divided halves repeating the terms of the covenant. This would be a binding agreement between the two. Now, the issue comes in verse 12 when Abraham is put into a deep sleep and in verse 17 the Lord passes through the sacrifice alone. What does this mean? The covenant that God made with Abraham is unconditional.
In Genesis 27 Isaac when giving the blessing to Jacob who would become Israel stated in verse 27, "Cursed be everyone that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee." so this mean if we turn our backs on Israel we had better watch out. We find that many of the denominations actually hold a replacement theology view, and actually support and call for Israel to give up the land to Palestine. Bethel World Outreach is huge into this. The rebuttal to this is found in Joel 3:2 "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land." The word in the Hebrew for plead means to judge or punish. So God will judge or punish for his people who we know as Israel in the old testament, and for parting His land. We need to understand that it is God's land. The scariest thing for me in my viewpoint, is the way America has turned it's back on Israel. It was happening in the prior administration, but it is now in full force. We need to wake up, and the church needs to come to the realization we do not replace Israel.
In Luke 1 verses 26-33 we see the promise of Gabriel to Mary concerning Christ. Verse 32-33 especially are important, "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Has Christ ever sat on David's throne? NO! It was not around at that time. At this time Christ is on the Fathers throne. Romans 9, 10, and 11, for 3 chapters Paul over and over hammers that God is not through with Israel. Revelation, chapter 4 and on is very misunderstood because we do not know our Old Testament and we are looking at it through western eyes, but when looking at it through the lens of Israel and an eastern viewpoint, many things fall into place. God is not through with Israel, and we need to understand that we serve a Jewish King. In the Millennium there will be sacrifices. It is in remembrance of what Christ did for us on the cross.
We need to pray for our country, we need to pray for Israel, and we need to stand up and become the men and women of God that we are called to be. We spend every waking moment feeding our flesh, when it is our souls that are dying of thirst. How can we continue on in this lifestyle and claim Christ as our Lord and Savior to the world? We must take up the WHOLE armor of God. We need to understand what the Bible says. I get so tired of hearing, "My pastor said, or this person said." I could care less what someone says if you cannot show it to me in the Bible. We must become Bereans and take Acts 17:11 to heart. Dark days are coming if we continue down this same path. There is no promise that we in America will not suffer what the majority of the rest of Christians in the world have suffered for the last 2000 years. J Vernon McGee predicted that true believers – even here in America – will eventually have to go “underground.” But he also added…
“The attacks against them will come from the denominational churches” We will see if this is to come to pass. To close I will quote Thomas Jefferson, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."
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