Posted on 03/07/2026 12:00:17 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
I believe it’s safe to say that every true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ has their confidence in Christ, and what’s also true is that we have a firm assurance in the validity and accuracy of the Scriptures. With that said, what many people are feeling and saying about Israel amid rising geopolitical tensions, resurgent antisemitism and questions about how Christians should think about the Jewish homeland and the Jewish people must be tested against the Bible.
Just as the church has been tested throughout the ages as to whether or not it would obey God’s Word, so today the church is undergoing a time of purification and separation, not unlike what Jesus prophesied would happen as we enter deeper into the Last Days prior to His appearing.
We all watched as believers, churches and denominations dealt with the COVID pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the movement to redefine gender and sexuality, and then the DEI movement. And yet, we’re seeing an even bigger test today—what I would call The Israel Test—to reveal what we really believe about what I regard as clear Biblical teaching. I am, of course, talking about the replacement theology movement that has surfaced yet again.
Replacement theology is nothing new; in fact, from the beginning, Satan has sought to replace God’s Kingdom with his own. It was Satan who visited Jesus in the wilderness and offered Him a replacement—the kingdoms of this world if Jesus would bow down and worship him. The replacement, reproduction, reinvention and redefining tactics of Satan have always been a predictable scheme. Satan has always sought to either twist the Scriptures or to prevent their prophetic fulfillment. Sadly, in many quarters Biblical theology has given way to emotional theology, which is anything but clear.
Simply put, replacement theology teaches that the church has replaced Israel in God’s redemptive plan. Those who believe in replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God’s chosen people, and that God no longer has a specific future plan for the Jews or the nation of Israel or His Promised Land.
Replacement theology teaches that the promises made to Israel in the Bible are now to be fulfilled in the Christian church, not with Israel. The prophecies in Scripture concerning the blessing and restoration of Israel to the Promised Land are spiritualized, allegorized and reinterpreted into things regarding the church. Major problems exist with this view, such as the continuing existence of the Jewish people throughout the centuries. Specifically, with the revival of the physical, modern state of Israel, which took place in one day, on May 14, 1948, and was recognized by the United Nations, spearheaded by the U.S. under President Harry Truman’s leadership.
If Israel has been condemned by God and there is no future for the Jewish nation, how do we explain the unexplainable, supernatural, Biblical survival of the Jewish people over the past 2,000 years, despite constant attempts by their enemies to destroy them? How do we explain Israel’s reappearance as a nation after being driven to the four corners of the Earth after A.D. 70?
Let’s look at a few examples of what God says about Israel and its future:
“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God” (Genesis 17:7-8).
“But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. Your sons shall make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste shall go away from you” (Isaiah 49:14-17).
“For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land” (Ezekiel 36:24).
And then there are the Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 11:1-2: “I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. …”
And in Matthew 24:15, Jesus clearly teaches that Israel, and the temple in Jerusalem, will exist at the time of the Great Tribulation. How can this be if there is no Israel?
I believe we are living in the daze of deception, and only God’s Word will bring clarity. That is why I believe it is time for us to take a bold stand.
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Why do no historic Christians (Catholic, Orthodox, reformation-era protestants) adhere to this dispensationalist nonsense? Dear God, deliver us from the errors of American evangelicals.
Maybe a more righteous prayer would be for the salvation of the lost. Your heart gives you away.
Simple. As your god has been blithely dancing around the universe for the last 2,000 years the Jews have had a rough time.So have many others.
Israel and the Jews would NOT exist if not for The United States of America.
Period.
Get a grip.
It baffles me to no end to see modern Christians who think they have some kind of special obligation to a modern, secular state in the Middle East whose very existence is predicated on its historical rejection of Jesus Christ.
Could it possibly be that they were illiterate and led by illiterates once the “Dark Ages” hit?
None of the Apostles or writers of the New Testament ever held such a view as yours and millions of current Christians who are absolutely ignorant of what Scripture states regarding The Seasons we live in.
A true Christian would want to be with their Lord now wouldn’t they?
Or are they trying to “live their best life now”?
Interesting tone there and a good deal of ignorance with it.
How by ‘god’ did the Jews ever survive from the Roman destruction of their homeland in the first century until America was created circa 1776?
LOL! There is a Divine Reason for their survival and you ain’t seen nothing yet when it comes to His Divine Protection of His Chosen People - I know this really boils people mad, but it truly shows an individual’s spiritual condition when they react negatively with hate towards Israel.
Yes, you wouldn’t understand.
For the others who wish to know:
Why Christians Should Stand with Israel
https://calvarychapelmagazine.org/articles/stand-with-israel
I spell "Sodomy" with a capital-S because it is the name of a religion.
JESUS is GOING TO STAND, IN PERSON on the Mount of Olives!!! Count on it!!
No hate towards an anyone.
The Criminal in your screen name fits.
Criminally stupid.
2,000 years. Why are we waiting. Why are we waiting? 😂
But hey. You keep your chin up. Any day now.
Great Article!
👍
God Bless!
You do realize your response and attitude was predicated about 1960 years ago when The Apostle Peter wrote this:
2 Peter 3:3-9
3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Even the thousand year part! 😂😂😂 🤣🤣🤣
I love The Lord’s sense of humor!
I would hate to be on the " scoffers side" right now....
100%!
The Bible-Verse cherry pickers have a hard time adhering to All Scripture because it doesn’t suite their view to include all of Scripture.
Israel is the “Super Sign” that we are in that Season of His Return.
Amazing times!
🙂
It’s not a good side to be on. Pray for them!
Many early church fathers believed in a last days regathering of Israel. Were they dispensationalists?
What's not baffling about that?
Math doesn’t seem to be your strong suit.
Let’s start off with an easy one
Luke + Peter = 2 🤪
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