Pastor Jeffress is Concerned about Church's Support for Israel

[tim_from_pa]

To me, this is old news as this has been going on for quite a while where the Church believed that Israel is no longer under any covenant due to their disobedience. (I.e. centers around the Church now). But I can see this intensifying with recent changes in the world, politics, social changes, and even changes in the Church.  However, while things seem to be going downhill, I do have hope when I see many revivals going on lately.  Reminiscent back to the times when I was a youth in the early 70's.

Pastor Robert Jeffress, Honored as 'Friend of Zion', Concerned About Church's Support for Israel

[Neighbor]

Hi, don't know if this is news at all but it is in CBN as news so....

 

For several years of his ministy Zola Levitt led a campaign of alerting warning and then combating the insidious replacement theology that had crept into the textbooks and then the staffing of some formerly excellent seminary schools.

He addressed the topic often on tv, in videos, in his newsletters and books. Many of his presentations are still available online.

Today whole denominations of so called Christianity are actively against Israel and as part of that are claiming to be the new Israel or the new Jerusalem with their branch of Christianity being  the replacement Jews.

Seems to me once one does that they are emulating the same folly as the Mormons have done and might as well claim to be writing their own golden tablets too.

Also seems to me that one has to throw out a major portion of the New testament in order to come up with replacement theology claims.

 

[FJK]

1 hour ago, tim_from_pa said:

Reminiscent back to the times when I was a youth in the early 70's.

I reminisce about the revivals of the early 50's, but that's another story from a different time.

In any event, Israel is Israel.  Both the land and the people that occupy it now, and the people before they were called back to the land after having been scattered throughout the world.

Except maybe for Dan, Dan is gone and no longer a part of Israel.

 

[tim_from_pa]

47 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Hi, don't know if this is news at all but it is in CBN as news so....

 

For several years of his ministy Zola Levitt led a campaign of alerting warning and then combating the insidious replacement theology that had crept into the textbooks and then the staffing of some formerly excellent seminary schools.

He addressed the topic often on tv, in videos, in his newsletters and books. Many of his presentations are still available online.

Today whole denominations of so called Christianity are actively against Israel and as part of that are claiming to be the new Israel or the new Jerusalem with their branch of Christianity being  the replacement Jews.

Seems to me once one does that they are emulating the same folly as the Mormons have done and might as well claim to be writing their own golden tablets too.

Also seems to me that one has to throw out a major portion of the New testament in order to come up with replacement theology claims.

 

I think it's because Pastor Jeffress is accepting the Friends of Zion award that the subject has been brought up again.  Friends of Zion (aka Jerusalem Prayer Team) is run by Dr. Michael D. Evans, himself half Jewish on this mother's side, was a victim of his "Christian" father's abuse (almost to the point of death) to him and his mother.  Although he himself is a Christian, he decided to help the Jewish people knowing what he enduring and thus disproved what his father said that "He was stupid and would not amount to anything."  The sad story has a remarkable end when they were reconciled to each other at his father's death bed and all was forgiven as well as starting a profound ministry to help the Jews.  He does give out awards like this to faithful supporters and indirectly speaking, his very ministry is one that takes a stance against Replacement Theology.  

One day I'll have to find the funny story where God called him to Israel and he met PM Menachem Begin.  But it went to the effect that Begin asked him why he was there and what his goal was.  Knowing he was there to help, but did not know how to start the ministry, he upfront told Begin he did not have the slightest idea, but that God brought him there to Israel.  Begin smiled and said that he was the most honest man he ever met.  LOL. Dr. Evans became friends with Begin and since then has rubbed shoulders with other PM's and high members of Israeli leaders such as in the Knesset; as now has a nice headquarters and museum there in Israel.