An Everlasting Covenant

 

I believe most Christians these days are familiar with “Replacement Theology”...at least to some degree. But a short definition for those who are not familiar is: The belief that the Christian church has replaced Israel in Scripture. Adherents to this doctrine believe that the promises God made in regard to Israel were actually made for the Church, as opposed to the nation or land of Israel. Replacement Theology is also known as supersessionism. From AI:

Supersessionism: “The Christian doctrine that the Church has superseded Israel as God's chosen people, taking over its covenant promises and role as the new focus of God's plan.”

To put it bluntly, those who adhere to that doctrine are wrong. I believe I have written about it extensively before, so for this post I want to focus on a few of the verses that supersessionists refer to to support and advance their belief. Therefore, I have described this post as: A Study of Genesis 12:3 in light of Galatians 3:16 and 3:29.

So let’s begin.   

The popular and oft quoted verse in regard to supporting and defending Israel is Genesis 12:3, which using the KJV, states:

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Traditional, fundamental Christianity teaches this to mean the literal nation of Israel. Clearly in context, it means exactly that. The verse just prior, Genesis 12:2 states:

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

This is the Abrahamic Covenant. Clearly a "nation" is referenced. So it is not referring to Jesus, or the followers of Jesus, as supersessionists would have us believe. Further, God instructs Abram (later called Abraham) in verse 1 of chapter 3 to leave his home and go to another:

“Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

In verse 7, God makes a promise to Abram that He will give this land to his offspring:

And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:

Now according to Strong's Concordance, the word for "seed" in this verse is the Hebrew word "zera" which means "fruit, plant, sowing time, carnally, child, fruitful, sowing time." Clearly referencing Abraham's "offspring".

Please note there is no plural word for seed when meaning "offspring". Now in the King James Version “seed” is not capitalized in that verse. Christian hermeneutics teaches that had this verse meant Jesus, “seed” would have been capitalized, as it is in other places. When taken in full context these verses demonstrate that Scripture is talking about the people of the land of Israel, in a literal, and tangible way. They are the descendants of Abraham. The land spoken of is explained and given boundaries in further detail in Genesis 15:18 and Geneses 17:2.  Genesis 17:2 is actually the confirmation of the Abrahamic Covenant given in Genesis 12:2-3.

Genesis 15:18 In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed (zera) have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Again, seed not capitalized.)

Genesis 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

When taken in full context we see that the blessing or cursing is in regard to how we treat His chosen people. We are to bless Israel because they are God’s Chosen ones. Deuteronomy 7:6 instructs us that they are indeed His chosen:

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

How does one deny something so clear? God has a plan for the entire world and it is revealed through God's chosen. This is not about their perfection or righteousness. They are chosen for a plan.

These are the people to whom God would:

1. Give Scripture

2. Designate as the ones who would preserve the Scripture (the Holy Bible) through the generations.

3. Bring forth the Savior of the world.

4. And the ones to be used as a prophecy timeclock for a witnessing tool to the world.

5. Give a tangible land and nation necessary for the completion of God’s plan.

The verses in Genesis reveal the importance of the physical context for revealing who Israel is. God has graciously given us physical evidence (the boundaries of a nation) in order for there to be a proof of the spiritual as a witness to what happened and will happen in the future. And God has chosen this lineage from whom the Savior will come.

Now, supersessionists also like to use Galatians 3 specifically verse 16 and 29 to somehow prove Genesis 12:3 is talking about the church, or sometimes they say it is Jesus, and not Israel at all. That's a stretch I have a hard time following, because I use a literal interpretation of Scripture. They have to ignore the land boundaries entirely and that the Bible talks about a specific nation, in order to say Genesis 3 is about "the Church". And it most certainly isn't referring to Jesus.

The verses in Galatians are about God's covenant with Abraham and the purpose of the law. It affirms that if we are Christ's, we are of Abraham's seed. This is absolutely true, but does not negate the truth of Genesis 12. Galatians is clearly speaking of the Spiritual, because verse 28 informs us there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female: for we are all one in Christ.

Galatians 3:14 says: 

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

This will be explained in Romans 11 where God's plan for the Jew and the Gentile is revealed in its entirety. 

And Galatians 3:15 lets us know, just as no one can add to a human covenant, no one can add or take away from God’s covenant; specifically important for this post, the Covenant in Genesis. In a way, that is exactly what those who promote Replacement Theology seek to do; i.e. change the covenant.

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

The verse the supersessionists love to cite most often to back up their belief is Galatians 3:16. And then they attach it to Genesis 12:3, conflating the two verses.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:16

And verse 29 which states:

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

The word "seed" in these two verses (both times in verse 16) is the word "sperma" in the Greek; meaning "something sown, including the male sperm, offspring." The same meaning as in Genesis 12:3.

Now of course these verses are fully true, but in context this is talking about the spiritual as opposed to the physical, spoken of in Genesis 12:3. One verse does not negate the other. In context, complete with the other verses in the text, these verses are talking about the Galatians having "put on Christ". These verses are talking about becoming spiritual sons of God. And Paul is actually saying in verse 3:17 that God's promises cannot be revoked.

And this I say that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

God kept His promise to Abraham. Yes, He has blessed the world with Jesus through Abraham’s lineage, but in these verses God is talking about making Covenant with Abraham's offspring. Genesis 17: verses 7 – 8 states:

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed (zera) after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed (zera) after thee.

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed (zera) after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

It's all very clear when read and studied in context. The verses supersessionists love to leave out are found in Romans 11. The very first verse states:

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed (sperma) of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

This verse is in the New Testament now, so the translation is in Greek as opposed to Hebrew. Strong's tells us the word is "sperma". So the word for seed is different, but the meaning is the same. 

Romans 11 which you won't often see someone quoting if they believe in Replacement Theology, is about the restoration of Israel. The entire chapter is very clear, but verses to highlight are verses 7 to 25 which explains completely God’s plan of salvation for both the Jew and the Gentile. I won’t post all of that here, but please take a moment to read those verses. It all culminates in verses 25 -29. Verse 25 very importantly states”

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

In other words, after "the church age", where evangelizing the world is center stage, God will return his attention to the Jew. God is not done with Israel! And this has all occurred in order to fulfill His plan and bring them into His Kingdom. The blindness will be lifted.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, [JESUS!] and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

That is, the callings of God are irrevocable! His plan is everlasting.

The other thing people must remember is that it was prophesied that Israel will be scattered, but eventually returned to their land. There needs to be boundaries (which God has given) in order for them to have a place to return. And God has carefully outlined those boundaries.

Also the prophecy that a nation is born in a day has already been fulfilled on May 14, 1948, when Israel became a nation in the eyes of the world. How can anyone not see that as a miracle, a fulfilment of prophecy and God’s plan.

The Jews are the only people that have been dispersed throughout history and yet did not lose their peculiar identity, or their faith. They have not lost their national and religious history, nor their physical characteristics. They were never lost or absorbed into any other nation, but remain distinct with all their national characteristics. Only God could do that. And He only would do that if He had a specific purpose.

There are so many Scriptures pertaining to Israel, (roughly, 780 in all) that it would be impossible for me to cover them all. But think about that fact alone. Why would God use the term Israel so many times, if what He meant was the Church, as proponents of Replacement Theology believe? He wouldn’t. And the truth of the matter is, conflating Galatians 3 with Genesis 12:3 seems to be the only thing they have to support their doctrine to try to convince us they are right. Or at least it is the main thing they share to make us believe that God really meant “the church” when He said “Israel”. I think not!

The truth is the Bible tells us that as long as the moon and stars are in the sky, Israel shall remain. Jeremiah 31:35-36

Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: if those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed (zera) of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

I’m sorry, but I am pretty doggone sure He isn’t talking about “the Church” there.

Finally, when the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall return in His Glory. Psalm 102:16. We are seeing Jews return home in record number. Israel is the strongest it has ever been, politically, economically and militarily. The spiritual is what is left to complete. And that will happen when the Jew finally recognizes Jesus as the Messiah for whom they have long been awaiting. It will happen. It’s God's plan.

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

The Christian will be gone from this earth at that time. But Jesus is coming back to set His foot on the Mount of Olives. We know it's going to get ugly, but Israel will NOT be destroyed. The King is returning there, and the saints will be coming back with Him.

*All bold emphasis, my own.

It Isn't Nothing!! It's Protecting Our Faith

For those that only watch the video and don't want to read this lengthy post. This is NOT an endorsement of the video below that I posted.

Ok. Right here in this video clip below, with Tucker Carlson, we have the best example ever that demonstrates our fight has never been about politics. It IS and ALWAYS has been about our faith!

Here is one of the biggest, most popular voices of conservatives in America (before being fired from Fox) spouting heresy. In this clip, he is using one of his favorite propaganda tools, progression. He tells us that *we* are the ones that are heretics.

Tucker has been on a two year mission of turning America against Israel. And has now moved on to criticizing our centuries old Christian faith.

Carlson began his post Fox agenda with a subtle message, pretending he was just asking questions. But gradually he became more and more aggressive. He was sly at first letting his guests do the talking, while he quietly nodded in agreement. He was bringing us along to the point where he felt we were ready to accept his full blown, anti-Israel; anti-American and very dangerous message.

Once free of Fox News, Tucker Carlson began his own pod-cast receiving funds from a man by the name of Omeed Malik who is a Muslem investor/banker of Iranian and Pakistanian decent. (He has since paid it back.) From his pod-cast, Tucker hosted Communists and anti-Semites. He platformed Holocaust deniers; quackery nuns, not real ones, IMO; "Palestinian pastors" and revisionist historians. One of his favorite guests seems to be Globalist, Jeffrey Sachs - President of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - whom he has hosted a total of at least four times. Put simply, Sachs is an anti-Semitic, Communist, in my view.

But Carlson has just crossed the Rubicon. Here he is - a man who clearly does not know Jesus - telling us, that Christians better get our theology right. He is at war with the Christian right; becoming instead the "woke-right" and aligning far more closely with the "woke left".

Carlson has been preaching to us and quoting Bible verses for two stinking years, as if he is the know all, end all to everything about the Bible. In truth, he actually does not have clue one what he is talking about in regard to Scripture, demonstrated in his recent speech at Charlie Kirk's funeral. There his attempt at a call of repentance ended in demonstrating he had no understanding about the Kingdom of God and what Jesus did to get us there - laying His life down willingly. Tucker seemingly blamed the Jews, (people sitting around a table in the dark eating hummus) instead of acknowledging, we all nailed Jesus to the cross.

I could go on. But please watch carefully what Tucker does here. Because this is what he has been doing for some time now in an effort to brainwash us. He is using well-known, brain-washing tactics. Having used gradual indoctrination of a targeted audience, he finds agreement, then agitates, while using something that his audience hates. He then injects the poison of lies...in pretend knowledge and faux humility.

He is using agitation to stir the masses. There's a name for that. It's called "agitprop". It is a well known brainwashing tool of Communists, expounded upon and used effectively by Vladimir Lenin and still being used today, by Tucker Carlson and others.

TC has finally become very bold, because he believes he has his audience convinced that he is truly a Christian. And not only a Christian, but a knowledgeable one. Plus, with the endorsement and support of Turning Point USA, he can deceive that many more who might not otherwise believe his lame, pretend theology.

What does he do in this video? As is his pattern, he uses probably one of the most hated men in conservative America - Lindsey Graham - to effect our beliefs. That was intentional. What Lindsey Graham is saying here is 100% accurate, but the problem is, most conservatives don't trust him.. There are many other people Tucker could have used (Why not Jack Hibbs? Amir Tsarfati? Franklin Graham?) to say the same thing Lindsay is saying here, but he knows Lindsay will get our goat. And that many who do not like Lindsey, therefore will not believe what he says and more easily side with Tucker.

Then what is even worse, he changes the narrative of what Lindsey Graham actually said! TC changed "Israel", to "Netanyahu" making it about Israeli leadership. He changes what Lindsey said, "God will pull the plug on us" meaning God will no longer bless us, - which is Scriptural (Genesis 12:3), - to something far more sinister: "God will kill you." Lindsey never said that!!! And in as dramatic terms as possible, Tucker tells us we are like paraplegics being thrown off the cliff by God, or whatever the heck it was he implied.

I keep thinking it can't get worse, but then Tucker uses the thing we all hate - abortion - calling Israel an "abortion on demand state"! He is trying to make them seem as evil as possible. Well, guess what, Tucker, we were right there with them not too long ago too, (before Trump was able to send Roe back to the states), and some states still are there!! But the truth is, it was NEVER about Israel's righteousness. They have never been righteous! God chose them anyway. Deal with it! Tucker wants us to think Israel is the most evil nation on earth, all while he defends Russia, Qatar, Hamas, and Iran. You think he hasn't. Oh yes, he has! We need to pay attention.

He tries to tell us the likes of Lindsey are saying, "We need more war!!" No one said that! No one *is* saying that! Yet he continually claims that! Remember when just not too long ago, he adamantly told us that if President Trump took out Iran's nuclear facility, it would get us into WWIII and kill millions. Yeah, that never happened, and we have a safer world due to what PM Netanyahu and President Trump did together to destroy terrorist, Iran's nukes.

But it is and always has been about fear of war for Tucker. I have never really bought the anti-Semitic label for Tucker...though I am sure I have used it on anger. He hates Israel for sure, but his underlying motive has always been fear of war. What he is doing is stirring the masses, targeting "Groypers", neo-Nazis and now unknowledgeable Christians with his message that is both anti-American, anti-Israel, and now anti- Christian.

And finally Tucker moralizes...acting as if he has some degree of moral superiority over every single Christian of the last 2000 years. I don't think we should be lectured by the likes of Tucker Carlson.

That is exactly what Tucker has been doing. Brainwashing us with Marxists tactics. And he has been effective! Unfortunately, he is getting help in gaining credibility from Christian groups that should know better. It is time to call them out; not in a disparaging way, as to do damage to their ministry. But their support of Tucker Carlson needs to stop! If they cannot see it for themselves, it's our job to let them know! There is so much damage being done.

How did we ever get to the point that we think we don't have to rebut something like this? This isn't simply a disagreement in theology, of which we are not to argue. This is an outright campaign of deception and lies, with a clear agenda aimed at a targeted audience. I don't think we get to be silent about that. And it most certainly isn't political. It is Biblical!

Don't let anyone who isn't even a Christian regardless of what they claim, tell you what you believe is wrong. By their fruits we will know them. Do not let them deceive; especially when you know what you know is from the Holy Spirit. Don't lose your discernment now.

Tucker Carlson is the most dangerous man in America, in my view.

Isaiah 62:1

Romans 11: 25-29

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GENOCIDE??? More Likely LIES!

 

Below, I have shared a video that is so full of lies, I felt it needed to be addressed. It is from a little known podcast called “SGT Report”. After searching to learn more about it, I learned this podcast is ran by a few different people.  Apparently the video below is hosted by someone named Shawn, who seemed to mostly conceals his identity. I had to research to find out who he is, after hearing the guest call him only by his first name. I have to assume it is Shawn Ryan, a former Navy SEAL and CIA operative, that I learned periodically hosts the “SGT Report”.

In this video, he is interviewing a “whistle-blower” from the “Fast and Furious” debacle by the name of Jeffrey Prather. You remember “Fast and Furious” which took place in the Obama era when the government sold guns to Mexican cartels in hopes that they would later be tracked to high-ranking cartel members and assist in their captures…at least that’s the claim.

Now I didn’t follow Prather, or his whistle-blowing story; and for this post I didn’t take the time to research what, or why exactly he blew the whistle. He may have been right back then, but he most certainly is not right now. This video and this message is the only thing I want to address for now; because what he claims is actually very troubling...

I hate to even give any attention to this video, because in truth, it thus far doesn’t have that many views that we should worry. Furthermore, the pod-caster, as well as the guest, don't seem to be that well known. So why should we help them get more attention? But the truth of the matter, this narrative is exactly the same propaganda, more well known “influencers” like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, (as well as the left) are spewing, so I do feel it needs to be addressed. Lies won’t die with silence; they will spread. And both Carlson and Owens have a huge audience. While the accusations might not be exactly the same, this narrative is spreading like wildfire.

I won’t take time to address all of what Prather carries on about in this video. Instead, I will focus mostly on the Biblical and not delve into the political commentary and misstatements that he makes. It is muddled and confusing, as he states what he thinks will be viewed as “facts”, when it is really just old lying rhetoric from those that hate the government and fail to see any good in America. These things have been professed by a certain group for a very long time, without actual proof. The biggest one and most serious, in my view, is that Israel, and/or our government were the ones behind 9/11. The conspiracies are many with multiple levels; but they all carry pretty much the same message. I am not even going to attempt to refute the lying narratives. Just a note, that I believe that one of these conspiracies was started by Alex Jones soon after 9/11 took place and while Jones was still a Democrat, if I have my timing correct. Just blame anyone other than a terrorist, seems to be their MO. In my opinion, Jones is a liar and will say anything in order to build an audience...including that Sandy Hook was fake. In the after math, he will go the direction the wind takes him. 

But for starters in this video, this guy, Jeffrey Prather, uses all the lingo of the left, instead of the preferred, conservative language. For example: He uses “Palestine” as opposed to Gaza; “Wailing Wall” a derogatory term, as opposed to the “Western Wall”. And “West Bank” the media preferred term instead of the Israeli truth – Judea and Samaria. Basically in my opinion, the language he uses should tell us everything we need to know about Jeffrey Prather - he hates Israel.  

Prather’s religious beliefs are apparently the inaccurate, even heretical belief of "Replacement Theology" or "Supersessionism". Instead, he tells us the long held Christian belief of dispensationalism is what is heresy. Nope! What he calls heresy, is actually Biblical. What he is spewing is heresy. For those unaware, “Replacement Theology” is the belief that the church has replaced Israel in all the promises given from God. I don't fault him for having the faith beliefs he holds, but I am just not certain it's as much about faith, as it is a means to deride Israel.

As the foundation of his narrative, Prather takes the "Parable of the Vineyard" out of context (without giving chapter and verse, I might add) and ignores Romans 11 where Paul assures us that God's covenants are forever! The Church has not replaced Israel, but we (the Church) are to provoke the Jew to jealousy, so that they will one day know Jesus is the Messiah they have been awaiting. In 11:1-2 Paul says: "Hath God cast away his people? I say, God forbid." You can take that to the bank! Prather thinks we won’t research any of that. Either he doesn’t know chapter and verse, or he doesn’t want us to read it for ourselves and know the truth of what it really means.

Then Prather tries to say that “Dispensationalism” has only been around since the Scofield Bible was published in 1909, which is a lie often repeated by Supersessionists. Darby lived in the 1800’s and Supersessionists love to tell us that no one believed in the dispensations until Darby came on the scene promoting what is “error”, in their view. And thereafter, C. I. Scofield with his Scofield edition of the Bible promoted Darby’s beliefs. But theologians much older than those two, believed in Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is merely the belief that God deals with us through the generations and dispensations. Sadly, Supersessionists can some how get Israel removed from any prevalence in history, by denying the dispensations.

Here is an AI Overview of Dispensationalism. It is mostly correct, save the remark that God relates to humanity differently through time. I am not sure saying God deals with us differently is accurate. Dispensationalists believe God is the same yesterday, today and forever...which is Scripture – Hebrews 13:8. In any case, how He deals with us, is not as important as the fact that we are in the Church age – the age of Grace. Here is the AI version, which is actually a very good definition:

Dispensationalism is a Protestant theological system that interprets [B]iblical history as a series of distinct periods, or "dispensations," during which God relates to humanity differently. Key features include a literal interpretation of the Bible, a firm distinction between Israel and the Church, and a belief in separate divine plans and destinies for each. It is most prominent in American Evangelicalism and emphasizes a future earthly kingdom for ethnic Israel. 

Even well-known preacher J. C. Ryle (1860 -1900) talked about Israel as God’s chosen people. And though today they call him a “Calvinist”, he is actually not a Calvinist by how we define them today. Ryle certainly didn’t preach what has come to be known in many circles as “cheap grace”.

Also, as far back as the late 1600’s – early 1700’s, well-known theologian, Matthew Henry held to the fact that Jews are God’s chosen people. He said this about Israel:

“The covenant God made with Abraham, was not done away by the giving the law to Moses. The covenant was made with Abraham and his Seed. It is still in force; Christ abideth for ever in his person, and in his spiritual seed, those who are his by faith.”

Matthew Henry believed Israel’s rejection was not final, expecting a future conversion of the Jews, which that is what is Biblical. He saw Israel as a covenant people and the church as continuity with Israel. We are grafted into Israel; not the other way around.

So the fact that dispensationalism didn’t begin until Darby, Scofield and the Scofield Bible is flat-out wrong, believed by those who adhere to Replacement Theology – that the Church replaced Israel. The Bible in correct context and with full counsel teaches dispensationalism. Why do they continue to repeat the church replaced Israel when it is so easily refuted. In Romans 11:25, Paul informs us:

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

My goodness, how much more plain can it get?! If God is not going to keep covenant with the Jews, how can we believe he will keep His promises to us?

One can't just repeat the belief that people propagate in order to disprove dispensationalism i.e. that it “started with John Nelson Darby and then backed up by C. I. Scofield”. They are just repeating the argument – circular reasoning. That does not provide proof that dispensationalism didn’t exist before their writings. The truth is, many theologians like Matthew Henry, in the late 1600's, believed in dispensationalism. So no, it didn't start with Darby in the 19th century.

Jeffrey Prather tries to tell us the Jews lost their standing because the Jews killed Jesus! For one, this totally ignores the message of the Gospel...that Jesus willingly laid down His life for us; and that it was all God’s plan!!! But even aside from that, historically and Biblically we all know it was the Romans that were in charge and killed Jesus. Though some Jews of the time pressured Pilate to take the life of Jesus, it was the Roman soldiers and Pilate that carried out the act. Why don’t they ever mention that??? The truth is according to the Bible and everything we need to know: every. single. one. of. us! nailed Jesus to the cross because of our sin. And He died for each of us...including the Jew. What kind of pastor (I think he claims to be) is Prather to not even mention that?!!!

Early on, they tell us they have better soundbites to demonstrate what they want us to believe. Oh, really? Then why didn’t they use them. I think they probably didn’t use them, because they don’t really have them! They use something obscure, thinking we won’t see through it and instead just believe them in what they are trying to impart. No, thank you. There is no clarity in anything they tried to convince us to believe. A lot of it is simply regurgitated conspiracy theories decades old, that have never been proven as fact. They tell us that Israel is escalating the violence in order to bring about a larger, greater Israel. The truth is, PM Netanyahu has said multiple times they do not want to control Gaza. They just want it free of Hamas.

Prather uses a video from accused, anti-Semite, Piers Morgan with a virulent guest by the name of Gideon Levi to convince us of his stance. He uses a false premise to get us to believe the foundation he wants to set. Levi spews venom when he states we should not be concerned with 20 Israeli hostages, when “Israeli’s are killing 20 people every 6 minutes/6 hours” since October 7th. Methinks that is probably the stats of Hamas and not at all real.

As well, they claim that 9/11 was to prepare us for this very moment at the behest of Bibi Netanyahu… Come on!! Prather almost tries to convince us that Netanyahu is the anti-Christ. But the anti-Christ is NOT a Jew. The anti-Christ comes out of Rome, with the False Prophet (a religious figure, not a politician) being a Jew. As well, it seems, as I said earlier, the 9/11 Truther lie was started by Alex Jones; at least he takes claim for it. I researched it when it first happened, because I started seeing signs around our cities that claimed “America was behind 9/11” and “Bush knew”. Right. Let’s just take the blame entirely off of the terrorists and blame America. (Please note sarcasm!)

These guys repeat the lie of those who hate Israel which is that the IDF had a part in the attack from Hamas, and that “Netanyahu knew” (same as “Bush knew”, I guess. Same rhetoric, new game.) But that Bibi knew of this plan has already been refuted many times! The truth is, there was a mistake that was made in Israel allowing Gazans to come across the border on “work releases”. This out of the goodness of Israel’s heart and believing Gazans could be trusted. Yes, I said Gazans, not just Hamas. Instead, they were plotting and planning the attack. The border was NOT as secure as Prather claims. And Israel found out they can not trust Gazans.

 They want us to believe there was a stand down order and a cover up for what really happened on 10/7/23. This is the lie that was disseminated by people like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, who it seems have been after Israel since the attack on Israel. And by the way, Charlie Kirk even got in on the Bibi knew narrative in the beginning. He has since been trying to make amends by trying to convince us he loves Israel. The way I see it, Tucker was simply a coward about the lie and let his many guests state the propaganda first. Apparently, he finally felt he was in a position to join them with more than just a silent nod of the head.

More lies disseminated are the decades old trope that “AIPAC is buying Congress”, when in fact, AIPAC only contributes 5% of PAC funds! And within the other 95% are also funds from Muslim nations and Muslim entities along with a host of others, of course. But anyone can see 5% is not going to have that much influence. The real influence, in fact, comes from a Christian belief (and this is the group they know they have to cater to, because we vote!!) that we are to support Israel. And this was a belief Congress adhered to long before Israel was reborn a nation in 1948.

Prather repeats the well-known lie that at least half of Congress has duel citizenship with Israel, which of course is absolutely ridiculous! It has been verified from other sources that there are very few members with dual citizenship in this Congress. 

Prather and/or the podcast according to the "SGT Report" website has ties to Clay Clark (Thrive Time) who along with Mikki Willis and his movie making organization “Elevate” were behind the ridiculous scare tactics regarding the COVID vaccine being snake venom and all the crazy videos that were going on when we were all isolated with not much to do. They took advantage of that by producing lies and fear-mongering at a time many Americans were very afraid of that virus.

In this interview, they quote Michael Flynn, but honestly Flynn has direct ties to QAnon and President Trump quit associating with him for some reason...though he didn’t state why publicly; out of respect, I believe, for those who support him and for Flynn’s position in the military. I know Flynn is right about some things, but I feel like I do not trust him due to the time QAnon was spreading their Q drops. He had their logo on his media page. Flynn’s opinion matters little to me.

Finally, they are regurgitating Hamas’s false statistics regarding deaths, even saying Israel is committing genocide. That has been proven categorically false, which is why the media is now mostly silent on the issue, instead of blasting it from the airwaves as they did initially.

We are told in Scripture that there will be scoffers in the end times, and we are most certainly seeing that in regard to the nation of Israel. In fact, the nation of Israel is the only reason this argument over dispensationalism has risen its ugly head, these days. Over and over and over, everybody's talking about it. The fact is, the goal is to turn America against Israel. There biggest job is to target and change the minds of Christians, because we have long held the belief that we are to support Israel. In order to get us to turn against Israel, the contrarians need to deny dispensationalism and prove it false. And that's the only reason that this topic is at the forefront so often today.

And because Darby and Scofield *did* promote dispensationalism, it gives people a reason to say that that's when it started. But that is not when it started. It's been a belief from the beginning of Christianity. It is written in the Word of God. And a thorough study, within context, reveals that. We wouldn't even be talking about it, today, if it wasn't for the turn we are seeing politically against Israel.

Everything Jesus said in the New Testament was spoken to the Jews. It is for us in future, of course, too. But it was the Jew that preserved the Scriptures for us. When Jesus lived, there was no such thing as Christianity. That came after His death. The church came to fruition in Acts 2. Before that, Jesus was speaking to the Jew, in the very land God gave to Abraham and his seed.

In Luke 21:24, Jesus foretold that the Jewish people would be led captive, and Jerusalem would be "trodden down" by Gentiles until the “times of the Gentiles are fulfilled," That demonstrates a time that will come to an end, (the Church age) and His attention will be on the Jew once again. In complete context of scripture, and the full counsel of the Word of God, it shows He is telling us of Israel's place in future events and He wanted us to know and understand that.

Jesus also spoke of a future Messianic kingdom in the land of Israel. There really is no reason for the Bible to tell us Jesus is of the line of David if it wasn't to bring the Jew in to His Kingdom – it would be a fulfillment of prophecy that they understood; the Messiah they were long awaiting needs to be a Jew. In other words why does the Bible place such importance on the fact that Jesus is from the Davidic line if God's just going to do away with Israel? That Jesus was from the line of David; the tribe of Judah is expressly written for the Jew – indeed for the time that they will receive Him as their Messiah. If it was only about us, the Christian, we wouldn't even need to know that Jesus is a Jewish Savior. So no, God is most certainly not done with Israel.

Jesus also wept over Jerusalem out of His great love for them. The importance of Israel and the Jews is written throughout the New Testament as well as the Old Testament. It has to be that way.

Israel is our time clock, it's a witnessing tool to bring people into the Kingdom by enabling us to see prophecy. Israel is once again a nation to let us know the end is near, exactly as the Bible tells us. And it's also the land where Jesus returns. So yes it matters. Every word of the Bible points to Jesus and Israel is a part of bringing about that understanding we all need to know. He will return there just as He said.

"There will be scoffers in the last days." "Every Nation will turn against Israel." That's what we're seeing. And this current argument about dispensationalism is only helping those that hate Israel. They are repeating the inaccurate belief that requires an allegorical belief of Scripture as opposed to literal. The naysayers want us to believe that dispensationalism only began with Darby...because that deception is important to make Israel and the Jew inconsequential. It simply isn't accurate and it is dangerous.

We are in the church age, the dispensation of grace where Romans 11:25-27 specifically applies:

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins”

Romans 11:29 states: “for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.” Paul reassures believers that despite the unfaithfulness of the Jew, God's promises to the Jewish people will not be undone. This verse demonstrates God's grace and faithfulness are without change. It demonstrates that His chosen people and their blessings are secure. That assures Christians that we can count on His promises too.

Irrevocable means irrevocable. Do we want Him to break His promise to us? If we worship a promise breaker, then there isn't a whole lot to count on, is there?

"I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew." Romans 11: 1-2

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