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they would conceal their deep-rooted
have shifted a gear. They have become activists.
replacement theology with “What about the
They have given themselves over to the pro-
Palestinians?” and rarely asked, “What about
Palestinian movement and actively participate
the Jews?”
in the ungodly indoctrination that is leading
Indeed, Arab people need our prayers
Christians astray. They are lost inside an echo
also, but these churches would more happily
chamber of propaganda and lies against Israel,
blame Jews for the plight of Palestinians
blinded to the truth of the Bible. They have
rather than blaming Palestinian terrorists.
not heeded the Biblical warnings and are on
Rather than pray
a slippery slope. They joined
for Israel’s enemies
in the antisemitic boycotts of
to repent of their
Israel and are now standing
wickedness and turn to
Jesus, the Palestinianized
Approach has never
Replacement Theology is a
shoulder-to-shoulder with the
Islamists, the Far Left and others
who not only hate the Jews
seemed to prioritise the
need of the Gospel for
the Palestinian people.
The actual oppressors
of the Palestinian
people were never truly
misinterpretation of Scripture. Rejecting it is key to the future of
but want to see the Church
destroyed also. They are siding
with the enemies of God. This
might sound strong, but it is
happening. The spirit of Amalek
has infiltrated a compromising
condemned by these
the Church.
church. They failed to defend
churches – it didn’t fit
the gates. They didn’t even
the narrative. It was
know there were gates to
simply ‘social justice’
defend. It might be too late for
used as a mask for antisemitism. To take a
these churches that have given in to reprobate
scripture out of context, they have made
Jews ‘enemies of the Gospel’. Some of these
churches would reasonably sympathise with
Christians in the Palestinian territories, but
their arguments would often be conflated
with the mainstream anti-Israel narrative
perpetuated by political Palestinian
leadership.
Palestinian Liberation Theology has had
an influence in some of these social justice
efforts. Coined by Palestinian leaders in
a deliberate propaganda attempt, it takes
the false identity of a ‘Palestinian Jesus’ and
draws parallels between the ‘treatment’
of Jesus by Jews and the ‘treatment’ of
Palestinians by Israel (they mean Jews),
suggesting that Palestinians are victims of a
similar nature. There is a lot to unpack here,
but Jesus was a Jew not a Palestinian, and
he was born in Judea not Palestine. But it
doesn’t stop them from drawing theoretical
absurdities such as this common expression:
‘Jesus’s parents would not have been able
to travel to Bethlehem today because of
the check-points’. This has astonishingly
minds.
The Palestinianization Approach allows
no room for the Land being part of Israel’s
everlasting possession. It has subscribed to
the mainstream pro-Palestinian narrative that
Israel is ‘occupier’ of the Land. The worry is
that this anti-Israel slur that is commonplace
in pro-Palestinian protests is in fact being
taught in churches across the world. This is
in direct conflict with what the Bible teaches.
Joel 3:2 warns nations about dividing up the
Land; Zechariah 12:2 warns that He will make
Jerusalem a heavy stone, and that all those
who try to heave it out of the way will be
cut into pieces. The challenge for churches
in this nation is to have no association with
this wicked belief that the Jewish people have
no right to the Land promised as an eternal
inheritance.
The Bible says that there is blessing and
cursing in how we treat the nation of Israel,
and this includes the Land. Replacement
Theology is a misinterpretation of Scripture.
Rejecting it is key to the future of the Church
in this nation.
resonated with many gullible Christians
stoked by the Palestinianization Approach.
In the past few years, these same churches
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