Posted on 12/01/2010 2:24:01 PM PST by Amerisrael
In a seemingly unprecedented move, a group of Amish Christians from the US made widespread use of modern technology - including airplanes, tour buses and even iPhones - in order to come to Israel and apologize to the Jews.
The Amish are most notable to outsiders for their shunning of the technological conveniences that have made life so fast-paced for everyone else. But they did not shy away from using whatever means necessary to accomplish what they viewed as the vitally important task of making things right between their community and Israel.
The Amish, both in the US and Europe, have a long history of anti-Semitism and have traditionally been firm proponents of Replacement Theology, which claims that God cast aside the Jews for their widespread rejection of Jesus as their messiah. Many Amish once believed the Nazi Holocaust was God’s punishment for that rejection of Jesus, and actually applauded Hitler.
“We are here to say we are sorry,” group leader Ben Girod told Israel’s Channel 2 News as the group visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem. “God reminded me that this is not who He is. We no longer want to reject you or look at you as not being God’s people. You were God’s people long before we were.”
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That’s one of my favorites! lol
Care to expound on that a bit?
Nor does he.
Compared to who?
and have traditionally been firm proponents of Replacement Theology, which claims that God cast aside the Jews for their widespread rejection of Jesus as their messiah.
As were pretty much all Christians at one point.
Many Amish once believed the Nazi Holocaust was God’s punishment for that rejection of Jesus, and actually applauded Hitler.
Many? How do we know?
It would be surprising if a group of German ancestry didn't have some sympathy with Germany in the 1930s, but I'd have to know a lot more about the background before accepting the author's claims as fact.
“... The Amish, both in the US and Europe, have a long history of anti-Semitism and have traditionally been firm proponents of Replacement Theology...
... ‘We are here to say we are sorry,’...”
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It’s wonderful to hear of this Amish group rejecting the false teachings of Replacement Theology.
What Is Replacement Theology?
by Dr. Thomas Ice
http://www.pre-trib.org/data/pdf/Ice-WhatisReplacementThe.pdf
Israel’s Right to the Promised Land
by Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum
http://www.pre-trib.org/data/pdf/Fruchtenbaum-Israel%92sRightToThePr.pdf
The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)
by Dr. Thomas Ice
http://www.pre-trib.org/data/pdf/Ice-TheIsraelOfGod.pdf
What About the Land Promises to Israel?
by Dr. Thomas Ice
http://www.pre-trib.org/data/pdf/Ice-WhatAboutTheLandPromi.pdf
I couldn’t resist. lol
I think Amish Paradise and Found it on Ebay are two of the funniest songs ever.
>>>And they can cook.
Awesome pie. Lard crusts...
If this article is correct, these Amish have adopted the dispensational nonesense about "replacement theology." Such an idea never existed prior to John Darby, the Nineteenth Century founder of dispensationalism. The term "replacement theology" is a false, pejorative insult against traditional Christianity.
The Jews who followed their prophesied Messiah were not "replacing" anybody. They remained faithful to God as they founded the Church and eventually brought in the Gentiles. Unbelievers were not God's people in the Old Covenant, so their status has not changed.
1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;"
You guys crack me up.
The pejorative term "Replacement Theology" did not exist among Christians prior to Nineteenth Century dispensationalist heretic John Darby.
The only "replacement theology" going on is the dispensationalist idea of replacing Jesus Christ with "Jesus the Sufferer."
How can people who do not believe that Jesus came as Christ/Messiah logically call themselves Christian?
How inclusive is this? The Amish are a subgroup of the Mennonites, which are themselves a subgroup of the Christian Anabaptists.
Peers of the Amish include the Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. Though this is not to say that those other groups believe in Replacement Theology (Supersessionism).
If this story is correct, the Amish group is attempting to atone for previous anti-Semitism by adopting the dispensationalist heresy.
Please define for those of us who don’t understand you what you mean by “dispensationalist heresy”.
Thanks.
Dispensationalism is a system of theology that has two primary distinctives. 1) A consistently literal interpretation of Scripture, especially Bible prophecy. 2) A distinction between Israel and the church in God's program.
Dispensationalists claim that their principle of hermeneutics is that of literal interpretation, which means giving each word the meaning it would commonly have in everyday usage. Symbols, figures of speech and types are all interpreted plainly in this method, and this is in no way contrary to literal interpretation. Even symbols and figurative sayings have literal meanings behind them.
There are at least three reasons why this is the best way to view Scripture. First, philosophically, the purpose of language itself seems to require that we interpret it literally. Language was given by God for the purpose of being able to communicate with man. The second reason is biblical. Every prophecy about Jesus Christ in the Old Testament was fulfilled literally. Jesus' birth, Jesus' ministry, Jesus' death, and Jesus' resurrection all occurred exactly and literally as the Old Testament predicted. There is no non-literal fulfillment of these prophecies in the New Testament. This argues strongly for the literal method. If literal interpretation is not used in studying the Scriptures, there is no objective standard by which to understand the Bible. Each and every person would be able to interpret the Bible as he saw fit. Biblical interpretation would devolve into “what this passage says to me...” instead of “the Bible says...” Sadly, this is already the case in much of what is called biblical interpretation today.
Dispensational theology teaches that there are two distinct peoples of God: Israel and the church. Dispensationalists believe that salvation has always been by faith—in God in the Old Testament and specifically in God the Son in the New Testament. Dispensationalists hold that the church has not replaced Israel in God’s program and the Old Testament promises to Israel have not been transferred to the church. They believe that the promises God made to Israel (for land, many descendants, and blessings) in the Old Testament will be ultimately fulfilled in the 1000-year period spoken of in Revelation chapter 20.
Dispensationalists believe that just as God is in this age focusing His attention on the church, He will again in the future focus His attention on Israel (Romans 9-11).
Using this system as a basis, dispensationalists understand the Bible to be organized into seven dispensations: Innocence (Genesis 1:1–3:7), conscience (Genesis 3:8–8:22), human government (Genesis 9:1–11:32), promise (Genesis 12:1–Exodus 19:25), law (Exodus 20:1–Acts 2:4), grace (Acts 2:4–Revelation 20:3), and the millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6). Again, these dispensations are not paths to salvation, but manners in which God relates to man. Dispensationalism, as a system, results in a premillennial interpretation of Christ’s second coming and usually a pretribulational interpretation of the rapture. To summarize, dispensationalism is a theological system that emphasizes the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy, recognizes a clear distinction between Israel and the church, and organizes the Bible into the different dispensations it presents.
What is Dispensationalism and is it Biblical?
This will give you accurate information as a basis for when whatever bizarre "explanation" for "dispensationalist heresy" gets posted.
Thank you very much!
Bump for when I get home.
This system was first introduced in the Nineteenth Century by John Darby. It teaches that Jesus did not really come yet as Christ for the Jews, but only as a suffering Messiah for the Gentiles. Traditional Christianity refers to Jesus as Christ because it teaches that He came as true Messiah/Christ for all and that there are no more distinctions between Jew and Gentile.
I don’t think one need assume they are dabbling in dispensationalism in order to recognize that they were wrong to be antisemitic. It’s not an atonement, it’s an apology. Long overdue, seems to me.
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