Christianity’s first major error caused millennia of hate-driven acts that saw the endless spilling of Jewish blood. The second, in our day, anticipates – and primes misguided Christian hearts – for the shedding of so much more. And it renders those who embrace it near unusable to the purposes of God with Israel.
Some 1,900 years ago, the audaciously-termed “Church Fathers” * sowed the seeds of the heresy we call Replacement Theology. This affront to the Lord holds that, because Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah, the Jews, as a nation, were ‘disowned’ by God; He appointed “the Church” to replace them.
Instantly erasing the actuality that Jesus came to preach the gospel of the kingdom to “the house of Israel,” the “good news” – just a few years after His ascension – became all about this “Church.”
Jesus had gone up into the sky and Christians – into the second century and beyond – seemed to see this as reason to disconnect their faith from this geographical earth and fix it in the heavenlies.
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Excellent article, thanks Stan.
The “False Prophet” (the Jesuit Order) has misconstrued prophecies since the 16th century chiefly to divert blame from the “Antichrist” (Rome Papal). Their junk is found on Facebook and Academia alike.
Both Jacob’s Trouble and the Great Tribulation refer to the Shoah, and the mark of the Roman beast is “Torahless-ness” (which virtually all of mainstream Christianity has received).
“Armageddon”, i.e. the final conflict is imminent. Clearly, G-d is gathering all nations against Jerusalem/Jewry today.
Yeshu ascended in the Galil; it is YHWH who will descend onto the Olivet.
There will be only a remnant of the nations left, all the others will be destroyed.
The Hebrew reads in Jn 1.10–11:
“He is eternal, and the world was made through him; but the world does not recognize him, neither the power of his words – even those who do not receive him.”
Jerusalem’s ruin was TRIGGERED by the widespread rejection of Yeshu, BUT it was not the reason. The Roman Exile was part of a national, gradually increasing punishment which lasted for 7 TIMES (2,520 years), and started in 536 BC, after the Galut Bavel. She received double for her sins, but her punishment ended in 1948.
The Jewish people by and large were ordained by G-d to reject the Messiah, so that the New Covenant could be extended to non-Jews (just like Yosef was ordained to be rejected by Israel to save Egyptians). The only one to accuse as “Christ killer” would be G-d, but I’d advise against it.
As the story of Yosef foreshadows, all of Jewry will be saved, even those yelling ben zona. And Jewry will be cleansed from any idols (i.e. Trinity worship), but not so the Gentiles.
The Shoah can be likened to the death penalty for an adulteress – Israel. G-d allowed his wife to be put to death (represented by 2/3 of European Jewry), just as he allowed his Son to be put to death. The former was guilty, the latter innocent. For a moment, he had forsaken Israel as he had forsaken the representative of Israel – the Messiah.
But G-d also resurrected Israel. Many Messianic Jews may not have be born of water and Spirit (with the sign of tongues), but that is “irrelevant.” G-d does not know the old Israel anymore; she is DEAD. In His eyes, the new Israel is “regenerate,” raised from the dead, even though that Jn 3:5 experience will only occur for many at the Parousia (when the Spirit if Grace will be poured out, etc.)
The ongoing horror since October 7th has nothing to do with G-d punishing Israel: it is the prelude to G-d punishing the nations.
“Therefore, many who are first will be last, and the last will be first, and they will become whole.” (4 דבר)
Thanks Stan for an thought provoking article.
Definitely calls for a lot of humility of Gentile believers.
For what it’s worth, a simplified theory I have about the Last Days is that it will be similar to Yeshua’s first appearing. Many of the disciples did not understand the Scriptures about him until AFTER his resurrection.
So God may have his events all lined up, but it will be after Yeshua’s appearing we will receive our crash course on eschatology, and no shortage of repenting.
The mercy of the Lord Jesus was given to the disciples AFTER His resurrection. They were the lost sheep of Israel who had walked with Him.
I am afraid that such mercy would not be available to those Gentiles who believed in false theologies and mistreated the people and the nation of Israel.
Jesus said plainly: ‘I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen (Gentiles). I must bring them also. They too will listen to My voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepherd.’ (John10:16) Gentile believers are meant to be added to the flock of Israel. Those who refuse to accept that Jesus is still the Messiah King of the Jews may not be included.
The last sentence of my reply below was a bit ambiguous. What I wanted to say was that those Gentile Christians who refuse to accept Jesus’ insistence of His Jewish roots, the Jewish foundation of the Church, and “God” being the God of Judeo-Christianity may not be added to “the flock of Israel”.
Thank you, Stan. This is what we are up against in the Gentile church – it is all about Israel being punished after we are taken out of this world. That doesn’t line up with Y’shua’s words!
Hi Stan,
Your articles are really interesting but while they contain much truth in what you write, you’re really missing the mark on what literal Hermeneutical Bible believers understand about the end-times eschatology. There can only be one correct truth. I know you don’t like Amir Tsarfati but I have to say, he has it exactly right. May I suggest that the only way you’ll see the truth is by accepting Jesus Christ is the Messiah, and by doing so, place your salvation in His grace alone and you’ll then have the Holy Spirit inside you and the temporary spiritual blind will be removed. I highly recommend looking into receiving Bible teaching from Dr. Andy Woods, Pastor Jack Hibbs, Pastor Brett Meador, and yes, Amir Tsarfati and Barry Stanger; Most any Bible teacher who takes the Bible literally and only allegorically when obvious is going to have the truth.
Appreciate your time !
The bit the Christians fall short on is the keeping of Torah. Evangelicanism can be all about being saved and going to heaven. However, Jesus told us that we will show our love to him by keeping his commands. Jn 14:15. Organisation replaced discipleship early on in Christian history. After the church was established at Nicaea theology took on a corporate expression that did demean the believer to assert the denomination. This churchiness is still present and it still compromises discipleship. Judaism is built around discipleship between rabbi and follower. The follower benefits from the rabbi’s teaching of how to live out Torah in their everyday life. This was the model Jesus used. The moral law is discarded along with the ceremonial law in the church, so the church no longer learns to be Israel. The church has to learn to be Israel if it wants to dwell with God. It will learn this by embracing Israel and her way, truth and life with her.
Worse than the church in Laodicea, I would say, because the much of the Church has been not even trying to ‘hear the voice of the Lord Jesus’ who has been knocking the door of what is supposed to be “His Church”.
Brilliant!
I hope the phrase “replacement eschatology” catches on. It is a stifling theology that greatly weakens the witness and perspective of much of the church.
Personally I don’t think that there will be a restoration of the Levitical priesthood because of what the Book of Hebrews teaches. However Israel will receive an awakening to the permanent atonement that Yeshua provided for them and for the world in accordance with Zechariah 12.
Keep up your bold prophetic proclamation of Biblical truth from its true Israeli-centered perspective.
With the various comments of the posters, it reinforces thinking that it will only be after Yeshua returns that Eschatology will be properly understood.
Virtually everyone here has a different opinion and some are “definitely right”, so don’t question them 🙂
“Good luck” on getting everyone on the same page now!