[xzins]

It is historically true that as a rule antisemitism did not come out of churches that accepted a future national Israel.

Martin Luther became rabidly antisemitic, but I'm not sure of his eschatology. If he was a typical amillennialist, then replacing "Israel" with "church" was not something that would have BLOCKED this very negative direction of his later years.

Now, there are shoes for both feet. One can play the "replacemetarian/antisemitism" card or one can play the "dispensationalism can only rely on its antisemitic bias" card.

Or we can say that the Christians need to look at each passage and make a decision from grammar, context, and history whether it refers to "national Israel" or "spiritual Israel."

The Bible and its proper interpretation is the issue.

[topcat54]

It is historically true that as a rule antisemitism did not come out of churches that accepted a future national Israel.

Please supply us all with a list of these churches, and references from their confessions as to their views on "a future national Israel".

This should be interesting.

[Alamo-Girl]

It is historically true that as a rule antisemitism did not come out of churches that accepted a future national Israel.

Indeed, that makes sense.

Thank you for that entire post. It is an excellent exhortation!