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Would that the Zionists believed that in its reverse, or, at least, in a “Christians aren’t bad guys” sort of sense. The Jewish state does not allow immigration or visitation for Christian missionaries. To talk about Jesus on the streets is an invitation to be spat on and arrested. On the other hand, a Muslim immigration moratorium for Europe or the US would be radical, according to Netenyahu these days.


12 posted on 03/07/2016 11:17:57 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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That’s not entirely true. One is not allowed to proselytize someone sixteen or younger. I worked with a Jewish-Christian ministry in Israel and yes I was grilled at the airport but they knew the deal and let me in. I was cursed at and had things thrown at me on the beach in Tel Aviv but many more people were actually attentive and listened as most are full on secular. Someone from Israel has no limitations on their ability to speak for Christ/ Yeshua but a foreigner can as long as it is not a child or under sixteen. Many Christian organizations do not evangelize and if asked hold to a dual covenant position so as to remain in the good graces of the government bureaucrats avoiding visa problems and such. But that position is untenable.

But personally I find supercessionism/ replacement theology to be a curse and both an effect and a cause of spiritual blindness that will have detrimental effects on Christians as it already has in the past due to church tradition and poor theology. It almost becomes a major/ salvation issue if it causes people to side with the world and the powers of darkness and against God in defending one’s idol of false belief and tradition. This will become more apparent as the days get darker and people will be forced to get off the fence and take sides. I realize this issue is extremely divisive - I’ve had many good Christian friends who would be in tears as we disagree on this issue over reform theology and covenant theology in this regard. It remains an issue for this generation. Calvin and people in the past had their issues of the day and when in came to the physical people and nation of Israel and the Hebrew people he had zero comments to make in regards to Romans chapters 9 through 11. He justed skipped over it because it didn’t fit. This generation doesn’t have that luxury. I’ll never understand how so many Christians would literally hold on to in defense of their traditional historical theological positions so tightly as to possibly be found fighting against God’s plans for the Hebrew people and the nations and in fulfillment of the promises made to them at hos prerogative; when even the Pharisees and leaders in Israel regarding the early Christians and apostles were not so blind and stiff necked as many contemporary Christians and Christian leaders. Nothing personal.


57 posted on 03/10/2016 11:05:40 AM PST by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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