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Four attitudes in Christianity caused by Replacement Theology
The Literal-Religious Approach
coexistence between Palestinian Muslims
and Palestinian Christians without the
embracing of Jews is not coexistence at all.
This characteristic takes the false
It could even be described as apartheid. In
doctrine that the Church has replaced
contrast, the State of Israel is a place where
Israel and assumes that the Land of Israel is
coexistence between Jews, Arabs, Christians
now Christianized. This goes a step further
and Muslims actually exists. Christians
than simply appreciating the Christian
are able to enjoy life in Israel securely, in
connection to the Land, and instead
contrast with the Palestinian territories
imposes a view that Jews have forfeited the
where many are compromised by the
Land through unbelief. In this view, if the
Palestinian allegiance.
Church has adopted the full scope of the
The literal-religious approach
Abrahamic Covenant in place of the Jews, it
undermines the Jewish ownership of
must therefore by implication include the
the Land. This isn’t to deny how special
physical Land. This was a major theme of
the Land is to Christians, but it should
the Crusades, which regarded the Holy Land
not replace the Jewish people’s land
as Christian and no longer Jewish, and the
inheritance. Imagine someone who rents
same spirit is today sometimes recognisable
a house. The person renting the house is
in the Middle East in some sections of
allowed to make the house a home; call it
Catholic and Christian orthodoxy.
home; love it as home; enjoy it as home;
Muslim leadership in the Palestinian
treat it as home. There is no denying the
territories has exploited this attitude by
person renting has a shared interest and
adopting language that seems favourable
care for the property. But the title deeds
to Christianity, whilst overseeing a decline
determine that there is a leaseholder and
in the number of Christians due to radical
a landlord. Legally, the landlord owns the
Islam. The invention of phrases like ‘Jesus
property and has full entitlement to the
was a Palestinian’ seems to roll comfortably
property. This isn’t a perfect comparison,
off the tongue of Palestinian Muslims,
but here is the main principle: Christians
who do not have the slightest interest or
might share in the joy of the Land of Israel
authority in Christian theology, and the
and love it like their own; but the title
Church is too deceived by Replacement
deeds show ownership belongs to the
Theology to challenge it. Some Palestinian
Jewish people.
Christian leaders have even warmed to
this erroneous appeasement. It is even
celebrated.
For example, who holds the key to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre? The church
is on the site of where many in the Roman
Catholic and Orthodox Church believe
Jesus was buried. Since the 12th century to
this day, the key is held by a Muslim family
to prevent Christian denominations that
share the church from having a control
dispute. Even though this is a long-standing
tradition, it is symbolic of how the freedom
of Palestinian Christians is subjugated to
Muslim control.
“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,’ says the Lord your God.” Amos 9:15
Others might contend that this is simply
a proven example of coexistence. But
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