Russia’s Connection To the Islamic Immigration Crisis

James A., Ph.D

In Brannon Howse’s new book, Marxianity, Howse devotes a chapter to the migration crisis that is crippling Europe right now. However, although Howse doesn’t address the so-called “Russian Collusion” accusation by Democrats and RINOs, I think he has inadvertently exposed a fatal flaw in the Russian Collusion canard that proves Russian president Vladimir Putin would’ve never wanted Donald J. Trump to become president of the United States.

It is already a well established fact that Obama and Hillary Clinton worked out a plan that netted Putin 20% of American uranium through the Uranium 1 deal, and Hillary’s 2016 campaign staff in cooperation with FBI, DOJ, and UK officials worked with Russian intelligence to fabricate a dossier that provided the grounds for a FISA warrant used to spy on the Trump campaign (with information illegally obtained from the FISA warrant fueling Robert Mueller’s targeting of “suspects” to interrogate). It is becoming painfully obvious that there is a Democrat/Russian connection that involves a scheme to destabilize sovereign countries through the massive influx of immigrants which has given rise to hoards of Islamic terrorism and rape in Germany, England, France, and Sweden and elsewhere.

So while Democrats accuse Trump and his campaign staff of colluding with Russia, the facts are pretty clear that the accusations are a smoke screen to hide their cooperation with Russia in using not only ISIS, but Islamic migration in general to cause chaos from which they will ultimately use to forge a solution that involves global governance and full-blown communism. President Trump’s border policies, and his demand for a wall in particular to secure the US southern border, would be a direct threat to one of Putin’s-and the Democrat’s-largest schemes in destabilizing the US, and Putin’s plan on using Islam as a proxy army against conservative Americans. There’s no way that Putin would’ve ever sanctioned a scheme that made Donald Trump the president of the United States of America.

Here are the facts explicating the Nyquist-Cernea white paper on Russia’s weaponization of Islam excerpted from Howse’s Marxianity.

*In a recently published article by the Katehon Institute in Russia, B. Ozerov explained that the Soviet government in 1918 “was guided by understanding Islam as a close ideology to the communist doctrine.” After all, Islam favored ideals of equality, social justice, and the redistribution of wealth. According to Ozerov, Moscow’s initial plan in the region was to “transform Islam into an Eastern edition of Communism…”

*Some of our sources have claimed that modern terrorism was introduced to the Muslims by the communist block a half a century ago. This point must not be forgotten when evaluating the left’s strange love affair with Islam. “From the very beginning,” said former KGB Lt. Col. Konstantin Preobrazhensky, “the so-called Bolsheviks, or communists, were considering Muslims as the reserve [army], as the human resource for the world revolution.”

*Prof Przemyslaw Zurawski Vel Grajewski, is one of Poland’s best political analysts…According to Prof. Zurawski, the Russians are not responsible for all the refugees who have flooded in Europe, but is is certain “they did their best to make [the problem] larger…to confuse the political scene in European countries…as much as they can.

*In July 2005 the Russian KGB/FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko told the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita that Ayman al-Zawahiri (then Al-Qaeda’s second in command) was trained by the FSB in Dagestan in 1997.

*The Ukrainian MP, Anton Gerashchenko speaking on TV Channel News One, stated: “The crisis of migrants in Europe arose because of Putin. The war in Syria began in 2011, but migrants flooded [Europe] like a large river in the spring of 2015. Russia made a decision after Europe imposed economic sanctions on Russia: ‘Let’s create problems for them.’ They created a problem: $1,000 was allocated for the head of [each] refugee who will be taken from Syria to Europe. A million refugees are a billion dollars. This is nothing to Putin…” The cost to Europe, however, is much more than $1 billion. Gerashchenko added that an atmosphere of xenophobia has been created in Europe along with the growing influence of various nationalist parties, which are known for their favorable position toward Putin’s Russia.

*The Romanian intelligence defector, Lt. Gen. Ion Mahai Pacepa has described Moscow’s use of Arab terrorist organizations throughout the Cold War in his books. We know that Russia stands firmly behind the Islamic terror regime in Tehran [Iran].

*As reported by the BBC, U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove, the senior NATO commander in Europe, said that Russia and Syria were “deliberately weaponizing migration in an attempt to overwhelm European structures and break European resolve.” He cited Russia’s use of barrel bombs against Syrian civilians. What was the purpose of such indiscriminate attacks? The purpose was, he said, to “get them [masses of people] on the road” to Europe.

*In terms of the Muslim refugee crisis in Europe: reports of ISIS training camps in Russia, reports of GRU/SVR and Russian Mafia assistance to a massive influx of refugees, reports of Russian infiltration of terrorist organizations throughout the Muslim world, etc., constitute a loaded gun.

 

 

 

Why Liberal Media Censors Fundamentalists: And Why America May Not Survive Even If Trump Wins

Dr. James A., PhD

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalm 9:17

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” Proverbs 14:34

Certainly censorship has been on full display by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, You Tube, and in the comment sections of major media online papers. Wikileaks have proven that there has been a massive collusion between liberals and mainstream media to skew facts and invent stories to discredit conservatives. In this article, I’m also going to show the other side of my support for Trump, the other side that has reservations and reluctantly supports his candidacy while abhorring his lewd statements. (I recently wrote why I still reluctantly support Trump, and this article explains the reluctant part.)

Though censorship and shadow-banning is apparent, the elite globalists fear one group far more than Alex Jones and Infowars, Breitbart, Drudge Report, Roger Stone, and The Daily Caller: fundamentalist Christians. Sure, alternative media sources like Jones are far ahead of the curve in reporting accurate news and exposing facts behind the globalist agenda. Nevertheless, if these media outlets continue supporting other elements of the globalist agenda, all of their efforts are meaningless if they fall away from the One person that matters most: God.

The reason that America is in the terrible shape that it’s in has as much to do with apathy and moral relativism as it does with leftist corruption (and the collusion with a corrupt Republican establishment that has become every bit as corrupt as Democrats). Roger Stone and Alex Jones commented on the Melania Trump attacks that her Playboy photos were “art”. Infowars has had articles that vilify street preaching Christians while giving mixed messages about his own Christianity. Virtually all of the alternate media is in favor of “gay rights” and “marriage equality”. In fact, “Milo”, who dubs himself, “the dangerous faggot”, has become a popular face of right-wing conservativism. And as much as I support the Trump campaign, and the political values of making America great again, America must face its defiance to the absolute objective moral standard that God has established that governs nations and individuals or it is wholly irrelevant how well Donald Trump and Mike Pence put our country back on track politically.

This is why the globalist controlled media is far more concerned about silencing fundamentalist Christians. Fundamentalist Christians are the most vocal about the issues that truly matter the most, and they must be silenced. George Soros has been funding “Christian” philosopher, David Gushie, for a decade now to infiltrate mainstream evangelicals with “gay rights” because it is an attack on the traditional and Biblical values of the Christian church. Globalists have infiltrated Liberty University, known for Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority” which once led an extraordinary visible charge against the political liberalism of America (though I have many objections doctrinally with Liberty U). Globalists know that if you want to attack American values, you have to start by attacking their belief in objective morals and their grasp of absolute truth that is grounded in the Creator. The more that globalists chip away at the foundations of truth, the further away America gets from God. Eventually, America attempts to maintain its core politics in a humanistic effort that excludes the nexus on which they are based. In other words, America wants the fruit of what made her great without having to submit to an absolute moral authority. It wants to be great without God: and those who claim that they ARE God-fearing people, want to define God outside of the Bible.

I’ve discussed this issue at length in The LGBT Conspiracy and the Daniel Trap as to why the globalists need to attack Christians to get America to emerge into a United Nations, One/New World Order. This is why the globalists are not overly concerned with what Alex Jones or Matt Drudge says, because ultimately, if a nation doesn’t have the blessings of the Almighty Creator on it, does it really matter how right these alternate media sources are about corruption and even the New World Globalists? I have a lot of respect for Alex, Drudge, Breitbart, and listen to them virtually every day. There’s no question that their track record for exposing corruption is dead on. But there’s another side of the issue being ignored by most conservatives now and that’s that there is a way that seems right to man, a way to pursue an ends according to his own eyes, and it’s deadly (Proverbs 14:12, 16:25).

We just may win the election with Trump. But I promise, we will not prosper if America does not repent of its rampant immorality and moral relativism*, and its cowardice in failing to stand up for the authority of the Bible, the creation of the universe, the rights of the unborn and the traditional marriage between one man and one woman. I think many of the terrorist attacks are a wake up call that God is prepared to give America over to her enemies, and give her the absolute autonomous freedom without Him that she wants.

The globalists are well aware of this dynamic because they are governed by an evil strategist that has been plotting man’s destruction from day one. The Never Trump evangelicals certainly have a point about many of Trump’s trysts and immoral behavior. I think they are dead wrong about the political implications, but some of the points they have raised can’t be ignored. God didn’t ignore Sodom and Gomorrah, and if America wants to have a national revival, we had better keep that in mind.

Politics may change the surface issues, but only a change of heart will resolve the sinfulness that is behind every evil thought, motive, word and action. And that change of heart can only come through the gospel of the cross of Christ. If you don’t know where you stand with God, please take the time to make sure. And if you are a Christian, this may be your last chance to have the freedom to tell your neighbors about the love that Christ has for them. Eventually, this world IS coming to a close, and we may just be witnessing the inevitable climax of history. But for now, we still enjoy some of those liberties that allow us to proclaim the cross, albeit with an increasing opposition from institutions governed by globalism. If you are a Christian, then don’t hide your treasure in the dirt. Invest in it by learning to defend your faith, and sharing it with as many as you can.

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*For one of the most powerful refutations of moral relativism, please take the time to watch: Relativism: Feet Planted Firmly In Mid-Air . I also recommend the book of the same title.

Who Are the 144,000? Debunking Steven Anderson

Dr James Ach

Steven Anderson has made several “Post Trib Moment” videos as well as a series of anti-Israel videos in support of his Armstrongism views of the relationship between the church and Israel. These videos have been responded to thoroughly at length by two other brothers, Bryan Denlinger, Post Trib Moments Exposed, and Rick Jacoby, Israel Moments Examined, so I have chosen not to address those videos, but since this issue was addressed on my Twitter account with several others wanting a reply, I wanted to offer a few short comments to refute Anderson’s “Post Trib Moment #48” in which Anderson asserts that the 144,000 sealed servants of Revelation 7 are not future Jews.

Anderson claims that the Bible never calls the 144,000 listed in Revelation 7:4-8 “Jews” but “of the 12 tribes of the children of Israel”. Now how anyone could come up with that ridiculous conclusion is beyond me, because to make any kind of sense to the passage, you would first have to understand who the 12 tribes were, and then who the children of Israel were, and conclude that neither the 12 tribes nor the children of Israel were ever Jewish. But Anderson offers a solution to that conundrum by offering a kind of Preterist interpretation: that these 144,000 were chosen from 12 tribes that were already on earth, and not that they will be chosen from any future tribes.

Where Are the 144,000 Located?

Anderson’s first contention (which he never really fully explains the relevancy and skips over Revelation 7) is that the 144,000 can’t be Jews because they are in heaven. He never really revisits this after making the argument that they are in heaven in Revelation 14. True, they are in heaven in Revelation 14, and that proves what exactly?? The 2 witnesses end up in heaven, too, in the middle of the tribulation (This also provides one of the strongest arguments for a 7 year tribulation. The 2 witnesses ministry lasts for 3 1/2 years Revelation 11:3, and the devil’s antics do not begin UNTIL they are killed in Revelation 11:6-8, at which point, the dragon knows that he has 3 1/2 years left. Revelation 12:11-12, Revelation 13:5).

But note that the 144,000 are first SEALED ON EARTH.  1) The angels that seal them are standing on the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH (Revelation 7:1) which is below heaven where God resides, and, 2) they are told not to hurt the earth until the servants are sealed (Revelation 7:3). Why would they be told not to hurt the earth if the 144,000 were sealed in heaven? Thus we see why Anderson never came back to Revelation chapter 7 to develop this point. The 144,000 are sealed on earth, and are taken with those who believe Christ during their ministry to the mountains (Revelation 12:6), and from there to heaven which is why you see them there in Revelation 14. Keep in mind that this fits the timeline of the ministry of the 2 witnesses of Revelation 11:3, Anderson’s account does not.

What About Those 10 Tribes? Where Are the Tribes?

Anderson makes an absurd argument not found in Scripture or history that the Northern tribes of Israel (all 10 of them) became Samaria, and thus lost their Jewish identity. However, race-mingling occurred all throughout the Old Testament (See Ezra 10:3 and Nehemiah 13:26-28) and yet it never caused any of the tribes to lose their identity. Oddly enough, although Anderson contends that none of the 12 tribes are mentioned after the resurrection of Christ except one, Asher (which would be Anna, Luke 2:36), he fails to mention that Asher was of the NORTHERN tribes of Israel.

Anderson argues that the Jews lost their identity because of intermingling, but he makes this argument from only the Northern tribes. Wouldn’t that argument, to be consistent, also need to include the Southern tribes as well? If the Northern tribes lost their identity because of intermingling, then how did the Southern tribes lose their identity who did NOT intermingle? Not only is Anderson’s argument inconsistent (and unbiblical), it is also erroneous in the fact that it merely made the progeny of those particular relationships half Jewish, it didn’t make the Jewish perpetrators any LESS Jewish. And keep in mind, for Anderson’s argument to be true, all of this would have had to have been accomplished at the time of Christ, because he defers to the term “Samaria” as proof of this, yet James writes to “The 12 tribes” after Christ’s resurrection (more on that below).

Moreover, one the strongest refutations against Anderson’s position is that the tribe of Levi exceeded the physical tribal boundaries. They were not part of either Northern or Southern kingdoms because they were never offered a physical inheritance (Deuteronomy 10:9, 18:1, Numbers 18:20-24), and yet they are listed with the tribes in Revelation 7. This proves beyond a doubt that the 144,000 COULD NOT HAVE BEEN Old Testament saints as Anderson erroneously contends.

Lastly on this point is Anderson’s oversight (we think deliberately) that no other tribes are mentioned other than a prophetess from Asher . However, in Romans 11, Paul tells us he is an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin, in Philipians 3:5 he repeats this, but refers to his identity as a Hebrew of Hebrews, and in Acts 21:39 Paul calls himself a Jew. So Israelite, Hebrew, and Jew are all synonymous, and it is therefore ludicrous to think that the 12 tribes of Israel in Revelation 7 would not be 12 JEWISH tribes, and then attempt to make some unbiblical distinction between Jew and Israelite.

We also read the following from Acts 26:7 in Paul’s address to King Agrippa,

 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Clearly here, the “hope to come” is a reference to a future 12 tribes. There’s a long list of Old Testament passages that are relevant to the millennial kingdom that could  be cited as well (such as the Zechariah 8:23) that prophesy God’s fulfillment of remaining promises to the NATION of Israel. See our article on “Not All Israel Are of Israel?” for irrefutable proof of Israel’s future restoration and a refutation of popular Replacement Theology arguments.

The 144,000 Are the Firstfruits OF the Lamb, Not BEFORE the Lamb

In Revelation 14:4, as Anderson correctly points out, the 144,000 are called the firstfruits of the Lamb. Here’s a common sense question, how could Christ be the firstfruits in 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 and Colossians 1:18, and the 144,000 be firstfruits that precede THE Firstfruit? The ORDER of firstfruits in the NT is ALWAYS Christ first. Thus, the 144,000 could not possibly have been Old Testament saints before Christ.

So Where Are the 12 Tribes Today?

Anderson contends that none of the 12 tribes exist today in Israel, and therefore that proves Revelation 7 isn’t about 12 Jewish tribes [See The Khazar Myth Debunked by Chris White for a short explanation about DNA evidence linking modern Jews with OT Jews] . Ironically, Anderson says he takes the Bible literally in Revelation 7, but then refuses to believe the possibility that these 12 tribes exist, and are just unknown, but will be made known in the future. By using this kind of criteria to evaluate Scripture one could argue that NONE of the events Christians consider future (including even Anderson’s pre-wrath rapture) will ever happen. For example, we could argue that there is not NOW a New World Order, yet even though Revelation 13-18 is clear that there WILL BE, using Anderson’s logic we could easily argue against it. Jews could have argued in the OT that no virgin has ever given birth to a child and therefore it will never happen. Nobody ever thought Israel would be a nation again, either.

Anderson admits that there are Jews alive today, and that our land is called Israel, and Jews live in it. Now common sense would tell you that we at least at one point in history had a tribal identity and just because Israel today does not KNOW all of the tribes due to being scattered and persecuted does not mean that the tribal identities will not be recovered/known at a future time, just as the Hebrew language was recovered. Many Africans sold into slavery were taken from tribes in Africa and today, none of them can tell you what tribe they belong to; that doesn’t mean those tribes don’t exist. Anderson can’t simply write off all of the fulfilled prophecies of the OT regarding Israel as coincidence (See our articles on Prophecies Fulfilled In Modern Israel, and Debunking Myths About Current Israel ) If all of the prophecies listed in these articles are not the actual fulfillment of prophecy, then there is yet another group of people that will be called Jews and another land yet to be called Israel (Ezekiel 37:12) that have yet to fulfill them all-TWICE.

Scripture makes it clear that this is a period called “The Time of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24) and the setting aside of Israel –which would naturally and consequentially include their tribal identity– is temporary. Romans 11:25-26. Paul says that Israel NATIONALLY is brought back “from the dead” in Romans 11:15. Why then should we expect a temporarily dead nation to know all of their tribal identities? If we BELIEVE the Scripture, and take it literally as Anderson claims he does, then there’s no reason to believe that the tribes of Israel will not be made known WHEN THE TIME IS COME, a standard that applies to any other remaining prophecy (again, including even Anderson’s own view of a post-tribulation rapture). 

However, if Steven Anderson-to borrow an American phrase-“wants to be technical”, Revelation 7:4-8 doesn’t say that the tribes MUST BE KNOWN TO US. If it is only God that knew them, the Scripture would still prove that 12 JEWISH tribes are future regardless of whether those tribal identities are known to any of us (or them). Certainly, it would be hard to fathom how Jesus could promise His disciples that they WOULD (future) sit on 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel if those 12 tribes are never manifested. Matthew 19:28. And to create 12 tribes, you’re going to need men and women who aren’t virgins. Yet nothing in Revelation 7-14 indicates that any of the 144,000 virgins stopped to make a family while they were sealed and witnessing during the tribulation.

Furthermore, when James wrote his epistle, even though he admits that the Jewish tribes were scattered, he still referred to them as “the 12 tribes”. James 1:1. It would be silly to argue that James did not know the identity of these 12 tribes and yet still refer to them as “THE 12 tribes”.

Witnesses During the Wrath of God?

One of Anderson’s followers, “Edward”, stated that,

the 144,000 are from the tribes of Israel and are sent from heaven to win souls during the wrath of God.

There’s not one verse in Revelation that says there is any witnessing that occurs DURING the last 3 years of the tribulation but by ONE ANGEL (Revelation 14:6). Furthermore, in the last half of the tribulation any surviving saints (that did not make it to the mountains in Revelation 12:6 during the first 3 1/2, and those who convert under the angel during the latter half) will be martyred by the dragon who is given power over them (Revelation 13:5-7). There are no SEALED saints in the latter half of the tribulation. In fact, it is because those who heard their message during the first 3 1/2 years and rejected it chose their fate for the last 3 1/2 years (Revelation 14:8). Those who reject Christ during the first 3.5 years will not be written in the book of life of the Lamb, and will be given over to a reprobate mind (believe a lie, i.e., that the beast is God when he declares himself so. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). They are given chance after chance and continually refuse to repent (Revelation 9:20-21, Revelation 16:9-11).

However, not all of them will be killed (the meaning behind “he that endureth to the end shall be saved” in Matthew 24:13), some survive and make it to the millennial kingdom (Isaiah 65:20), but become slaves of Israel which will include the church as ruling judges (Isaiah 1:26, 1 Corinthians 6:3, your position in the kingdom will depend on your obedience in THIS time, 1 Corinthians 3:11-16) and be subject to the theocratic rule of the Lamb (Revelation 2:27, 12:5, 19:15). They have children during this time who increase in population and ultimately rebel against God after a thousand years when Satan is released from the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:7-8).

Finally, Anderson’s logic here is that God has left the church on the earth to endure the tribulation, and chosen to seal 144,000 Old Testament saints to carry the gospel, because apparently the entire church got amnesia and forgot what it was and how to preach it, or perhaps the Calvinists got left behind and since they don’t evangelize (in any meaningful sense of the word), God in His foreknowledge chose to get the job done with 144,000 OT virgins. Hard to fathom how 144,000 virgins passed through 2000 years of Jewish history unnoticed, but hey, Anderson’s sticking to his story. Perhaps one day he’ll fight another border patrol officer and get shocked back into sanity. Anderson’s argument is based on “it makes way more sense that…”, which is the exact type of reasoning he condemns from those who use this reasoning to support certain verses for a pre-tribulation rapture that are not exactly spelled out.* Anderson’s entire argument therefore rests on speculation, not anything he can support from Scripture with the same certainty that he demands from pre-tribulationists.

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*We do note Anderson says the 144,000 serve to replace the saints so that the earth is not left without witnesses, which would place the rapture of the saints MID TRIBULATION, when Anderson has devoted an entire movie arguing for a POST TRIBULATION rapture! Furthermore, the wrath of God that is poured out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John MacArthur and Cultural Liberalism

Updated November 6, 2013 (first published January 24, 2012) (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org) –

This is a warning about the dangerous waters of evangelicalism and the fact that many fundamental Baptists are building bridges to these waters.

Recently I received an e-mail from a father who said that his church has begun using John MacArthur’s material for Sunday School. He asked, “Should a parent like myself be concerned?”

I replied:

“I would be extremely concerned if a church started using MacArthur’s material. Not only is he a staunch Calvinist who believes that one must be born again in order to believe, but he is a worldly rock & roll evangelical.”

In spite of the many good things in MacArthur’s teaching and his gift in exposition, Bible-believing parents should be deeply concerned about building bridges to him.

The first part of the following report is from the Middletown Bible Church, Middletown, Connecticut (no date), http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/separate/macrock.htm

John MacArthur hosts a youth conference which is called the “Resolved Conference.” Thousands of young people attend and listen to Christian lyrics sung to the heavy drum beat of rock music. There is no question that rock music is accepted and approved by John MacArthur and his church. This can be verified by going to the “Resolved” website [http://www.resolved.org/].

Peter Masters, Pastor of London’s famous Metropolitan Tabernacle where Spurgeon preached, wrote an article entitled, “The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness.”  An excerpt from this article follows:

“When I was a youngster and newly saved, it seemed as if the chief goal of all zealous Christians, whether Calvinistic or Arminian, was consecration. Sermons, books and conferences stressed this in the spirit of Romans 12.1-2, where the beseeching apostle calls believers to present their bodies a living sacrifice, and not to be conformed to this world. The heart was challenged and stirred. Christ was to be Lord of one’s life, and self must be surrendered on the altar of service for him.

“But now, it appears, there is a new Calvinism, with new Calvinists, which has swept the old objectives aside. A recent book, Young, Restless, Reformed, by Collin Hansen tells the story of how a so-called Calvinistic resurgence has captured the imaginations of thousands of young people in the USA, and this book has been reviewed with great enthusiasm in well-known magazines in the UK, such as Banner of Truth, Evangelical Times, and Reformation Today. This writer, however, was very deeply saddened to read it, because it describes a seriously distorted Calvinism falling far, far short of an authentic life of obedience to a sovereign God. If this kind of Calvinism prospers, then genuine biblical piety will be under attack as never before. The author of the book is a young man (around 26 when he wrote it) who grew up in a Christian family and trained in secular journalism. We are indebted to him for the readable and wide-reaching survey he gives of this new phenomenon, but the scene is certainly not a happy one.“The author begins by describing the Passion, conference at Atlanta in 2007, where 21,000 young people revelled in contemporary music, and listened to speakers such as John Piper proclaiming Calvinistic sentiments. And this picture is repeated many times through the book – large conferences being described at which the syncretism of worldly, sensation-stirring, high-decibel, rhythmic music, is mixed with Calvinistic doctrine.“We are told of thunderous music, thousands of raised hands, ‘Christian’ hip-hop and rap lyrics (the examples seeming inept and awkward in construction) uniting the doctrines of grace with the immoral drug-induced musical forms of worldly culture. Resolved is the brainchild of a member of Dr John MacArthur’s pastoral staff, gathering thousands of young people annually, and featuring the usual mix of Calvinism and extreme charismatic-style worship. Young people are encouraged to feel the very same sensational nervous impact of loud rhythmic music on the body that they would experience in a large, worldly pop concert, complete with replicated lighting and atmosphere. At the same time they reflect on predestination and election. Worldly culture provides the bodily, emotional feelings, into which Christian thoughts are infused and floated. Biblical sentiments are harnessed to carnal entertainment.’ (Pictures of this conference on their website betray the totally worldly, show business atmosphere created by the organizers.)“Truly proclaimed, the sovereignty of God must include consecration, reverence, sincere obedience to his will, and separation from the world. You cannot have Puritan soteriology without Puritan sanctification. You should not entice people to Calvinistic (or any) preaching by using worldly bait. We hope that young people in this movement will grasp the implications of the doctrines better than their teachers, and come away from the compromises. But there is a looming disaster in promoting this new form of Calvinism” (Peter Masters, “The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness”).

MacArthur’s use of rock music in his own church is puzzling in light of the excellent statements he has made in the past against rock music, such as the following:

“Our music cannot be like the music of the world, because our God is not like their gods. Most of the world’s music reflects the world’s ways, the world’s standards, the world’s attitudes, the world’s gods. To attempt to use such music to reach the world is to lower the gospel in order to spread the gospel. If the world hears that our music is not much different from theirs, it will also be inclined to believe that the Christian way of life is not much different from theirs” (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary (1986), see discussion of Ephesians 5:20, p. 260).

“The association of hard rock with violence, blasphemy, sadomasochism, sexual immorality and perversion, alcohol and drugs, and Eastern mysticism and the occult are not accidental. they are fed from the same ungodly stream. A leading rock singer once said, ‘Rock has always been the devil’s music. It lets in the baser elements.’ Putting a Christian message in such a musical form [rock style] does not elevate the form but degrades the message to the level already established in the culture by that form” (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, see discussion of Ephesians 5:20, p. 261).

“It should be noted that the many contemporary entertainers who think they are using their rock–style music to evangelize the lost are often doing nothing more than contributing to the weakening of the church. Evangelizing with contemporary music has many serious flaws. It tends to create pride in the musicians rather than humility. It makes the gospel a matter of entertainment when there is not one thing in it that is at all entertaining. It makes the public proclaimers of Christianity those who are popular and talented in the world’s eyes, rather than those who are godly and gifted teachers of God’s truth. In using the world’s genres of music, it blurs the gap between worldly Satanic values and divine ones. It tends to deny the power of the simple gospel and the sovereign saving work of the Holy Spirit. It creates a wide generation gap in the church, thus contributing to the disunity and lack of intimacy in the fellowship of all believers. It leads to the propagation of bad or weak theology and drags the name of the Lord down to the level of the world. The music of the gospel is certainly not a legitimate means for making money or seeking fame, and it must never be allowed to cheapen what is priceless, or trivialize what is profound” (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, see discussion of Ephesians 5:19, p. 257).

“Rock music, with its bombastic atonality and dissonance, is the musical mirror of the hopeless, standardless, purposeless philosophy that rejects both God and reason and floats without orientation in a sea of relativity and unrestrained self–expression. The music has no logical progression because it comes from a philosophy that renounces logic. It violates the brain because its philosophy violates reason. It violates the spirit, because its philosophy violates truth and goodness. And it violates God, because its philosophy violates all authority outside of self” (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, see discussion of Ephesians 5:19-20, p. 261).

“It [rock music] does this by catering to pride, by being grounded in emotion, by appealing to the flesh, by watering down the message, by sending a false impression of the nature of the gospel, and by cheapening the Christian life.” Seehttp://data.bereanwife.com/ccm_pdf.pdf

“Now I believe that basically speaking, rock music in and of itself is problematic—period. And I believe that for many reasons. One is: rock music is a product of a disoriented, despairing, drug-related sex-mad generation. There’s no question about that. The first big rock singer was Elvis Presley, who killed himself with drugs and who went through women, you know, continuously. And he gave rise to the whole rock generation. He was the first, and his whole act was sexual, sensual, you know; it was terrible. Nowadays we think he was comical because we’ve come so far. But the vernacular of rock music at this particular point represents a generation that I have real trouble identifying with. And what happens is if you put a Christian message in that vernacular, I think Christianity suffers immensely because I don’t think you can take that kind of medium and use it to propagate a Christian message” [Transcribed from the tape, GC 1301-R, titled “Bible Questions and Answers Part 20.” All Rights Reserved.]

We fully agree with these strong statements against rock music by John MacArthur. However, by tolerating and allowing rock music in his own church, MacArthur either does not practice what he preaches or he has changed his position on music, and no longer believes what he once preached.
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CONCLUSION BY BROTHER CLOUD

Indeed, John MacArthur is facing two ways in regard to the heresy of “cultural liberalism.” On one hand he reproves the emerging “new Calvinists” for their worldliness, while on the other hand he engages in that very thing.

In an interview with Alex Crain of Christianity.com, which was posted on YouTube, Aug. 18, 2011, MacArthur said:

“The fear is that the power of the world’s attraction is going to suck these guys and every generation after them, more and more into the culture, and we’re going to see a reversal of the Reformed revival. … My fear is that the further this thing goes in trying to accommodate the culture, the less it’s going to be able to hang on to that core doctrine” (“MacArthur Predicts Reversal of the Reformed Revival – Part 1,” http://youtu.be/xYhmo5gabQU).

MacArthur, who rightly warns that the heresy of cultural liberalism puts the next generation at risk, is referring to the popular philosophy which was enunciated by Mark Driscoll as the combination of “theological conservatism with cultural liberalism,” which is not new but has always been a major element of New Evangelicalism. It entails such things as Christian rock, drinking, champagne dance parties, beer brewing lessons, gambling nights, hula “worship,” analyzing R-rated movies for “edification,” and performing secular rock in the context of “worship.”

[Editor’s Note: For an example of MacArthurites analyzing R-Rated movies, see our article on How James White Helps Spread Islam and Atheism, where Fred Butler’s {an employee of John MacArthur} glowing reviews of Batman and Star Wars are discussed]

What MacArthur says about the danger of cultural liberalism is true, but his condemnation of it is grossly ineffective and hypocritical because he is guilty of it.

Camp Regeneration, a youth camp hosted by MacArthur for “churches throughout the nation each July,” is rife with cultural liberalism.

High school boys and girls dress immodestly, engage in questionable activities (such as girls getting covered with wet mud in the presence of boys) and rock out to rap music performed by ear-ringed, tattooed hip-hop artists in an atmosphere of darkened auditoriums, flashing lights, and smoke.

The Master’s College, which is headed by MacArthur, hosted a hip-hop concert in December 2011 featuring Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tadashii, Sho Baraka, DJ Official, and THI’SL. The Master’s College students produce pop/rap/country rock videos with full blown dance routines and covers of secular rock songs. They host a Fall Thing event that is extremely worldly. In 2011 the theme was “Unrestricted Reality,” and the students donned costumes imitating characters from Star Wars, sci-fi fantasy, super heroes, and the pop culture in general. This plays right into the hands of the culture’s fascination with fantasy and the devil’s use of it to corrupt men’s minds. The young people wouldn’t want to dress up this way unless their minds and hearts were already infatuated with Hollywood.

The Master’s College’s annual Week of Welcome features beach activities and pool parties complete with girls in tight and very skimpy bathing suits. (All of this is evident from the photos placed at the Flickr pages owned by the camp and school and from YouTube clips. See http://www.pccmonroe.org/2011/10.htm.)

Can someone tell me how MacArthur is leading the way against the adaptation of the sensual pop culture and why he is a safe “conservative” to follow? He was correct in observing that cultural liberalism will ruin the youth and eventually destroy sound doctrine, and his own flock will be the proof of it, as will those of every foolish pastor that follows in his footsteps.

Many fundamental Baptists are on the same destructive path, as we have documented in the free eBook “Biblical Separatism and Its Collapse Among Fundamental Baptists.” See www.wayoflife.org/free_ebooks/.
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The “Golden Gate” of Jerusalem

Dr. Elisha Weismann

The Eastern Gate of Jerusalem, commonly referred to as the Golden Gate, presents some unique historical facts about prophecy concerning Israel, and also shows that the Muslims are very aware that Jesus is in fact, the Messiah and they have purposely attempted to prevent His coming. [They are of course, a little behind on history!]

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.” Ezekiel 44:1-3

If our Jewish brothers had paid attention to this prophecy, they would note that Messiah has already passed through this gate. Matthew 21, Mark 11:8-11. Although Jews do not embrace the teachings of the B’rit Chadasha (New Covenant), Ezekiel 44:2 shows that the Lord, the God of Israel “HATH entered in by it”. Not only does this verse show that Christ came into Jerusalem via this gate during His “Triumphal Entry”, but Ezekiel 44:2 also shows that Christ is the God of Israel.

This gate will remain shut until the return of Christ.. It was sealed by Islamic Ottoman Turks under the leadership of “Suleiman the Magnificent” in 1517 due to his fear that the Jewish Messiah would enter in through this gate. In fact, Suleiman was so terrified of this prophecy that he created a Muslim cemetery in front of the gate that remains to this day. Suleiman believed that no Jew or Jewish rabbi would be able to come in contact with the dead remains because of the Old Testament mitzvah about ceremonial impurity (Although under the Tanakh, this would not prevent a Levite from entering in provided that the ceremonial cleansings were observed-Jesus has already fulfilled the order of priesthood-Hebrews 7:17-so this would not prevent Christ from entering the gate!).

Unfortunately, for the Muslim and the Jew, they fail to recognize that Christ has already came once. But the significance of Ezekiel’s prophecy as yet a future event that will be fulfilled at Christ’s second coming (Ezekiel 46:1-2,12)  is fascinating when we see that the gate has never been breached. It also shows that Muslims are deliberately and willfully ignorant about the nature of who Christ is, and that they feared He was actually more than the mere prophet and good moral teacher they made Him out to be.

The Turkeys possessed this area until December 12, 1917, when as they were preparing to blow up the Eastern Gate, they were subdued by British soldiers under General Edmund Allenby. Then unfortunately, Britain divided up the land (Joel 3:2) and gave part of it to Jordan in 1922 giving Arabs control of the eastern part of Jerusalem. However, Israel regained this area during the 6 day was in 1967. On June 7, 1967, King Hussein had plotted to disprove Bible prophecy by attacking the Eastern Gate which failed miserably and of course, Israel won the war in just six days, outnumbered on all sides.

Since the Temple faces the Eastern Gate near the Mount of Olives, I personally believe that when Christ settles down on the Mount of Olives that when the mountain splits (Zechariah 14:4) it is going to split the temple doors open where He will once again proceed from the Mount of Olives through the Eastern Gate to the temple and take His seat as the King of kings and Lord of lords, only this time, on a giant HORSE (Revelation 19:11) instead of the foal of an ass (Zechariah 9:9).

See our other article on Prophecies Fulfilled in Modern Israel

 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.” Psalm 24:9

Not All Israel Are Of Israel? Romans 9:6

By Dr. James Ach , Dr. Elisha Weismann, James A

We are going to spend the next few articles examining some of the “proof texts” of Replacement Theology for claiming that the church is Israel. Although there are different versions of this heresy from Preterist Theology, Covenant Theology, Historicist Theology, and all post millennial and amillennial schools of thought (which includes most Calvinists), we will refer them under one simple heading of Replacement Theology (“RT”).

It is critical to understand the context of Romans chapters 9-11 as the failure to get God’s plan for the future restoration of Israel leads to several gross interpretations of Scripture including the misnomer that virtually all prophecy was fulfilled in AD 70, or that, as with the Calvinists, Romans 9-11 is a treatise on election of individuals and therefore Romans 9-11 contains a chain of texts that prove reprobation and Unconditional Election.

Undoubtedly, one of the most popular starting points for the RTs is found in Romans 9:6, “For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel“. However, the RT normally only cites the latter half of this verse. It is important that this verse not be separated from its following qualifier, verse 7. The verse in context reads,

 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel; Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

The logic of the RT in isolating the highlighted portion above of verse 6 to prove that the church is Israel goes something like this:

Paul explains that not everyone in Israel is of Israel. There were descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that were excluded from whatever Paul means by Israel. Paul used to be called “Saul”, so when Paul came to Christ, even though he was from the tribe of Benjamin, his name was changed to reflect his transfer from Israel to the church. The natural descendants of Israel do not count, and Paul is really describing a spiritual lineage of Israel. Israel rejected their covenant by rejecting Christ, and therefore are permanently cast off by God and all of their inheritance and blessings go to the church that now includes Jews and Gentiles that make up the “true Israel” as part of the “New Covenant”.

The first thing the RT does is invent the term “true Israelite” or “true Jew” (in part based on a gross misunderstanding of Romans 2:26-28, which we will address in another article). By default, if there is a true Jew, then there must be a false Jew and a false Israel against the true Israel, and that “true Israel” is the church. Thus the RT’s have given a new definition to “church” that is found nowhere in Scripture.

Now to understand the entire context of Romans 9, it is important to see how Paul begins his discourse in verse 3-5,

 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen”

Nobody in the church made of Gentiles are Paul’s “kinsmen according to the flesh“. Paul thus begins the chapter by defining that the audience he is referring to are his physical kinsmen, not spiritual. To further support this notion, Paul identifies these kinsmen according to the flesh as “Israelites” (“Who are Israelites”). Now that Paul has shown that these were not only kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, are these spiritual Israelites or physical Israelites? Paul states that to these Israelites pertained to the adoption, the giving of the law which was given to Moses, not the church, the covenants (plural) which was given to Israel, not the church, the service of God, the Levitical priesthood, which was exclusively Israel, not the church, and the promises. Thus Paul is clearly identifying national, corporate Israel made up of physical Jews.

So just what does Paul mean then by “they are not all Israel which are of Israel”? To answer this, you must leave verse 6 in its context without citing the last half as a proof text. “Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect”. Why is that important? Because the question in everyone’s mind is that if all of these promises and covenants were given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Israel rejected the Messiah, then what now is to become of Israel? And what about those who were born to Abraham? If the promise was given to Abraham’s seed, and I was born from that seed, what about me?  Is God finished with them? Paul begins answering this by clearing up the misconception first that just because a person was born of Abraham does not mean they are included in the lineage of the blessings, because the promise was then confirmed in Isaac, the natural son of Abraham, and not the handmade, Hagar,

 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.” Galations 4:22-27

Therefore, those who were born to Hagar and her son Ishmael, were not considered part of the lineage.

Then from Isaac was born Jacob to whom the promises to Isaac and Abraham were then reaffirmed. Genesis 25:19-26; 26:1-6; 28:10-22. To Isaac, however, was born 2 sons, Jacob and Esau. Esau gave up his birthright (Gen 25:34) and eventually produced the Edomites which persecuted Jacob and his offspring all throughout the Old Testament. Because of Esau’s trading his birthright and his treatment of Israel (read Obadiah), God said that He hated Edom which was shown to demonstrate how Esau was not the recipient of the promises, but Jacob’s heritage was *[see note below]

Now this part is CRITICAL to understanding why God has not written off Israel. Jacob then had twelve sons, and the promise to Abraham was then given through Joseph, and to Joseph’s youngest son, Ephraim. Genesis 48:1-22. Pay attention on purpose now. The promise of the Messiah went through the line of Judah, Genesis 49:1-12, but the physical blessings promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob went through Ephraim!

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)” 1 Chronicles 5:1-2

To sum this up, you could have been born TO Abraham, but not be OF Abraham because you were not IN ISAAC. Then you could have been born TO Isaac, but not be born OF Isaac because you were not from Jacob.

We arrive now at how this affects the church and why Paul spent 3 chapters on addressing the question: What about Israel?

The church inherited the spiritual promises to Abraham that were given while he was yet in uncircumcision. Romans 4:9. These blessings were inherited THROUGH CHRIST FROM THE LINE OF JUDAH. From Judah “came the chief ruler” Jesus Christ. Rev 5:5. But the physical land promises go through the line of Ephraim which of whose “genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright”.

This is why no RT could possibly harmonize the numerous prophecies regarding Israel being brought back to a specific piece of LAND:

 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.” Amos 9:15

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.” Ezekiel 37:12

Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.” Jeremiah 31:37  (This verse also shows that the fulfillment of God’s promise to Israel will not be revoked simply because of Israel’s actions.)

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.” Zechariah 8:23

Notice that in Hebrews 8:8, Paul shows that God will fulfill His covenant to TWO distinct groups,

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel AND with the house of Judah“

It should be common sense that since the book is written to HEBREWS, Paul did not have the church in mind.** In the Old Testament, Israel became a divided nation, with the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi making up Southern Israel, and Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Isaachar, Zebulun, Ephraim and Manasseh making up Northern Israel. During the tribulation, God will restore BOTH HALVES of Israel,

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.” Ezekiel 37:22

During the “time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jer 30:7), the veil will be lifted from Israel, and the gospel will be preached to the Jew and welcomed. Although the promise to Ephraim is yet to be fulfilled, and the “gifts and calling of God are without repentance” (Romans 11:29), the Jew must still acknowledge Christ as their Messiah (Matthew 23:39). One hundred and forty four thousand Jews will be sealed out of the 12 tribes of Israel (Rev 7:4-8), led by 2 witnesses, Moses and Elijah (Rev 11:3-7) who reach the Jews for the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation. They are then killed by the dragon (Rev 11:7-8) after he is ousted from the heavens (Rev 12:3-12) which begins the last 3 1/2 years (Rev 13:4-7) in fulfillment of the 3rd woe of Revelation 8:13.

The Jews as a whole will receive Christ as those who reject Christs admonition to flee to the mountains (Matt 24:16) who are helped by God and hidden (Revelation 12:6, 14, Isaiah 26:20), and who have not remained to carry the testimony of Jesus Christ (Rev 12:17) will be killed. So by the end of the tribulation, only a remnant of believing Jews are left (Rom 9:27) and thus literally, all Israel is saved (Romans 11:26).

Thus the program that God has for the nation of Israel is entirely different from the program that He has in mind for the church. The promises that God has given to Israel are directed toward the literal, physical Jew of the literal and physical land of Israel. So even though not all who were born to Abraham were of Abraham, and not all who were born to Isaac were of Isaac, and not all who were born to Jacob were of Jacob, neither are those who are of the church, “OF Israel” either. The church or “ekklesia” is a called out assembly that had a starting point (whether you believe began with Peter in Matthew 16, or with Pentecost in Acts 1-2)  that inherits spiritual blessings of faith that was fulfilled in Christ through the tribe of Judah, but no part of the church is included in the fulfillment of the promises yet to be consummated in Ephraim and the restoration of the divided land of Israel. The church includes Gentiles that were grafted in to those spiritual promises, and they will be grafted out when the times of the Gentiles are completed (Romans 11:25), and God again turns His attention back to the nation of Israel. The Gentiles were branches, they were not the ROOT. The Gentiles were grafted into an OLIVE TREE (Romans 11:15-24) through Judah (Jeremiah 11:16), Israel is a FIG TREE. Matthew 24:32, Joel 1:7, Hosea 9:10.

Failure to GET THIS will lead to an erroneous view of salvation, election, predestination, the rapture, tribulation, and the coming millennial kingdom. Now although there are some pre-millennialists among Calvinists that agree with this position about Israel, they make the mistake of imposing a dual allegorical interpretation to Romans 9 where one meaning agrees with its corporate/national application to the Israel, but then also equally demonstrates the “doctrines of grace” and “sovereignty of God” in the predestination and election of individuals which is a fatal error in rightly dividing the word of truth. Romans 9 has ONE premise in mind, to answer the question about the Jew (“Hath God cast away his people which he foreknew?” Romans 11:2) and our relevance to the future in light of Israel’s rejection of Messiah to which Paul affirms that “NO” He has not cast away the Jew, because God intends to save a remnant of JEWS within a NATION OF JEWS. This is the significance of the illustration Paul uses of the story of God reserving 7,000 Jews OUT OF A POOL OF OTHER JEWS in Romans 11:1-5 (with 1 Kings 19:18, Romans 9:27).

Although we have expounded a little beyond our intent to cover Romans 9:6, the above facts demonstrate that “Not all Israel are of Israel” is taken entirely out of context by the RTs, and given an interpretation that completely defiles the integrity of Scripture, and the intent Paul intended to convey about Israel from Romans chapters 9-11. In our next articles, we will cover Romans 2:28-29, Galatians 3:28-29, Galatians 6:16, 1 Peter 2:9, Matthew 21:43, and Romans 4:11-13.

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* The Calvinists use this term, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated” to show that God does not love everybody, and hates sinners. However, the term “hate” here is used to show position, that God chose Jacob OVER Esau. For example, Jesus said in Luke 14:26 ” If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” Now was Jesus commanding His disciples to disobey the first commandment with promise? (Eph 6:2). Of course not. To hate did not mean to literally despise and dishonor ones parents, but to show the importance of the authority and relationship of Christ above that of a parent. Luke 2:48-50.

Again, the contrast shown in context with national Israel is to show that God had the right to select the nation that He wanted to bring forth Christ, not that God personally hates individuals, but how God chose one nation over another to herald the blessings and promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Also, the fact that Paul is quoting Malachi 1 which says of Esau that God will “lay his MOUNTAINS and HIS HERITAGE waste” clearly shows that Paul is referring to Esau as a NATION, not Esau the individual. Unless of course you choose to believe that Esau was a hunchback and Malachi was describing Mt. Sinai and Mt. Ararat on his back (see photo).

That Hump is Not the Mountains Of Esau!

** Note also that in verse 11 of Hebrews 8, Paul writes of this future restoration, “And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.” If the church were the fulfillment of these covenants and promises, then the command to evangelize and “be my witnesses to the uttermost parts of the earth” (Acts 1:8) would be obsolete. Yet in THIS dispensation, we are told to preach the gospel to every creature.

Prophecies Fulfilled In Modern Israel

“Pastor” Steven Anderson created a video in which he explains that God did not cause Israel to be regathered as a nation in 1948, due to the nation’s continued rejection of Christ. Anderson is not alone in sharing this sentiment, the Aryan Nation, Ku Klux Klan and Catholic Church agree with him.

Apparently, Anderson is of the persuasion that the promise of God to bring Israel back into their land depends upon their acknowledgment of Christ as Messiah. Yet, if Israel is said to be blinded for the moment (Romans 11:26), then how would Israel as a nation be expected to corporately turn to Christ? Anderson is also opposed to dispensationalism, which is the death-knell of every amillennial, post millennial, preterist, historicist and covenant system of theology which fails to rightly divide the word of truth, and leads to blurring the distinctions between the church and Israel. (See our Article on Steven Anderson’s “After The Tribulation” and “Debunking Myths About Israel”  for a refutation of common proof-texts used by these systems to claim that the church and Israel are the same.)

Israel has yet to fulfill the birthright promise to Ephraim in Genesis 48-49. The church inherited the spiritual blessings of faith through Abraham, but the church has nothing to do with the physical promises that are yet to be fulfilled in Israel. The spiritual blessings were fulfilled in the genealogy of Abraham through Judah to Christ (Genesis 49:10,Romans 9:1-7, Galatians 3:16), but the birthright was not reckoned after the genealogy (1 Chronicles 5:1-2). The failure of even the most sincere Bible students to get this throughout the Bible is partly responsible for the plethora of heresies and denominations that exist today.

But what we want to focus on in this article, since there is already so much material extant that clearly shows that Israel will be regathered, are many of the other prophecies concerning Israel that are ignored by Anderson and his ilk.

The Restoration of the Hebrew Language

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent” Zephaniah 3:8-9

Since the ousting of the Jews from Jerusalem in AD 70 under Titus and the “Diaspora”, the Hebrew language had largely become obscure, and was only well-known to those who preserved and studied the Old Testament texts among scholars, linguists, and palaeographers. Within the last few centuries, Hebrew had been mixed with German (Yiddish) and Spanish (Ladino).

In 1858, Eliezer Ben Yahuda was born, who by age 12 had mastered several different languages including Russian, German, French and Hebrew. Ben Yahuda is largely responsible for the revival of the Hebrew language which in 1982, became the official language of Israel.

The Order Of Israel’s Regathering

Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth” Isaiah 43:5-6

The first major exodus back to Israel came from Jews in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan from 1930-1940 (The East). The next groups returned to Israel from Europe following World War 2 (The West). Following the East then West, the Jews returned from Russia (The North) followed by Ethiopian Jews under Operation Solomon in 1991 (The South).

Israel Rejoices Over Regathering From the North

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.” Jeremiah 16:14-15

This nugget is very interesting in light of the fact that most anti-Semites argue that all of the current Israelites who are not “real Jews” are Ashkenazi impostors from Russia (The North). This has caused Israel to defend the largest part of their migration from the North as legitimate and thus Israel has literally been outspoken in declaring their gratefulness to God in bringing them from the North more so now than they did in declaring how He brought them out of Egypt.

The Land Will Be Called Israel

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Ezekiel 37:12

This is rather crucial prophecy because it dispels the notion that the current occupiers of Israel are not real Jews. If the current occupants are not real Jews, then that begs the question: when will the REAL JEWS then occupy the land? If there is a future occupant in mind other than the current Israelites, then impostor Jews got the credit for restoring the name Israel to the land formerly referred to as Palestine after the Jews were dispersed in AD 70. Would God fulfill this prophecy by permitting fake Jews to restore the name of the land? And how then would a future “real” Jew restore the name to the land that is already called “Israel”?

This prophecy also eliminates the absurd notion that the church is Israel, and other heresies following this line of logic such as British Israelitism. The Bible says that not only will the Jews be regathered, but that the land in which they will be gathered in will be called ISRAEL, not Britain, not United States, and not a fairy tale land in Missouri discovered by Joseph Smith. Some ignoramous can’t tell the difference between “LAND” and “spiritual promises”, and interpret most references to Israel as a “spiritual” fulfillment in the church.

The Military Power of Israel 

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.”  Zechariah 12:6

The event in Israel known as מלחמת ששת הימים (The Six Day War) is one of the most impressive military victories in history. Israel was under attack and outnumbered by all of our surrounding countries, and made short work of all of them in just six days (from June 5-June 10, 1967)! Since then, Israel has been under constant attack by her enemies (War of Attrition, 1967-1970, Yom Kippur, 1973, First Intafada, 1987-1993, Second Intafada, 2000-2005, Gaza War, 2008-2009, Lebanon attack led by Hezbollah, 1982-2000, etc..). Israel has since 1948 when becoming a nation, never been defeated in battle.

The Shekel Restored As National Currency

And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:  Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.  All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.” Ezekiel 45:12-16

The “Pound” was the Israeli currency from 1948 to February 23, 1980 when it was replaced by the shekel.

Israel Will Be Center Of World Controversy

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:3

No other nation has been the subject of such ridicule, persecution, and world conflict than Israel. With one word of potential conflict in middle East, oil prices rise, and stock markets fluctuate, and the crisis is always revolved around Israel and America’s support of her.

Israel Growing Crops In The Desert

Mark Twain once visited Israel in 1860, and said that Israel was a barren wasteland with no trees. For nearly 2000 years, Israel had been a wasteland, the grounds  untilled and “Palestinians” unsuccessfully attempting to grow any crops in Israel.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.” Isaiah 35:1-2

Israel now has over 400 million trees, and has seen an increase in rain by nearly 500% which has led to other Biblical fulfillments:

 Filling the World With Fruit

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6

Israel has become one of the leading sources in the world for fruit, including the introduction of twelve new fruits and vegetables.

 Largest Underground Water Source In Israel

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.” Zechariah 14:8

The largest underground water source was discovered in Israel in 2011 during excavation work in the railways of Jerusalem.

These prophecies are a clear indication that God has kept His promise to Israel. These prophecies are a clear fulfillment of events that effect flesh and blood, literal Jews in the land that God gave to our fathers. One must be blind or just plain STUPID and willingly ignorant to reject these evidences in order to make their theology fit their biases.

I’ve discovered one of the fastest ways to learn whether or not a professing Bible believer is a heretic is to see what they believe about Israel.

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By Dr. Elisha Weismann and edited by Dr. James Ach

Three Hundred Fifty Prophecies Fulfilled In Christ

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10

PROPHECY                               DESCRIPTION                                                        FULFILLMENT

1. Gen. 3:15	Seed of a woman (virgin birth)	Galatians 4:4-5, Matthew 1:18
2. Gen. 3:15	He will bruise Satan’s head	Hebrews 2:14, 1John 3:8
3. Gen. 5:24	The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated	Mark 16:19
4. Gen. 9:26, 27	The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem	Luke 3:36
5. Gen. 12:3	Seed of Abraham will bless all nations	Galatians 3:8, Acts 3:25, 26
6. Gen. 12:7	The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed	Galatians 3:16
7. Gen. 14:18	A priest after the order of Melchizedek	Hebrews 6:20
8. Gen. 14:18	King of Peace and Righteousness	Hebrews 7:2
9. Gen. 14:18	The Last Supper foreshadowed	Matthew 26:26-29
10. Gen. 17:19	Seed of Isaac (Gen. 21:12)	Romans 9:7
11. Gen. 22:8	The Lamb of God promised	John 1:29
12. Gen. 22:18	As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations	Galatians 3:16
13. Gen. 26:2-5	The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer	Hebrews 11:18
14. Gen. 28:12	The Bridge to heaven	John 1:51
15. Gen. 28:14	The Seed of Jacob	Luke 3:34
16. Gen. 49:10	The time of His coming	Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
17. Gen. 49:10	The Seed of Judah	Luke 3:33
18. Gen. 49:10	Called Shiloh or One Sent	John 17:3
19. Gen. 49:10	Messiah to come before Judah lost identity	John 11:47-52
20. Gen. 49:10	Unto Him shall the obedience of the people be	John 10:16
21. Ex. 3:13-15	The Great “I AM”	John 4:26, 8:58
22. Ex. 12:5	A Lamb without blemish	Hebrews 9:14; 1Peter 1:19
23. Ex. 12:13	The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath	Romans 5:8
24. Ex. 12:21-27	Christ is our Passover	1Corinthians 5:7
25. Ex. 12:46	Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken	John 19:31-36
26. Ex. 15:2	His exaltation predicted as Yeshua	Acts 7:55, 56
27. Ex. 15:11	His Character-Holiness	Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
28. Ex. 17:6	The Spiritual Rock of Israel	1Corinthians 10:4
29. Ex. 33:19	His Character-Merciful	Luke 1:72
30. Lev. 1:2-9	His sacrifice a sweet smelling savor unto God	Ephesians 5:2
31. Lev. 14:11	The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood	Luke 5:12-14; Acts 6:7
32. Lev. 16:15-17	Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death	Hebrews 9:7-14
33. Lev. 16:27	Suffering outside the Camp	Matthew 27:33; Heb. 13:11, 12
34. Lev. 17:11	The Blood-the life of the flesh	Matthew 26:28; Mark 10:45
35. Lev. 17:11	It is the blood that makes atonement	Rom. 3:23-24; 1John 1:7
36. Lev. 23:36-37	The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst”	John 7:37
37. Num. 9:12	Not a bone of Him broken	John 19:31-36
38. Num. 21:9	The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up	John 3:14-18, 12:32
39. Num. 24:17	Time: “I shall see him, but not now.”	John 1:14; Galatians 4:4
40. Deut. 18:15	“This is of a truth that prophet.”	John 6:14
41. Deut. 18:15-16	“Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me.”	John 5:45-47
42. Deut. 18:18	Sent by the Father to speak His word	John 8:28, 29
43. Deut. 18:19	Whoever will not hear must bear his sin	Acts 3:22-23
44. Deut. 21:23	Cursed is he that hangs on a tree	Galatians 3:10-13
45. Joshua 5:14-15	The Captain of our salvation	Hebrews 2:10
46. Ruth 4:4-10	Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us	Ephesians 1:3-7
47. 1 Sam. 2:35	A Faithful Priest	Heb. 2:17, 3:1-3, 6, 7:24-25
48. 1 Sam. 2:10	Shall be an anointed King to the Lord	Mt. 28:18, John 12:15
49. 2 Sam. 7:12	David’s Seed	Matthew 1:1
50. 2 Sam. 7:13	His Kingdom is everlasting	2Peter 1:11
51. 2 Sam. 7:14a	The Son of God	Luke 1:32, Romans 1:3-4
52. 2 Sam. 7:16	David’s house established forever	Luke 3:31; Rev. 22:16
53. 2 Ki. 2:11	The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated	Luke 24:51
54. 1 Chr. 17:11	David’s Seed	Matthew 1:1, 9:27
55. 1 Chr. 17:12-13	To reign on David’s throne forever	Luke 1:32, 33
56. 1 Chr. 17:13	“I will be His Father, He…my Son.”	Hebrews 1:5
57. Job 9:32-33	Mediator between man and God	1 Timothy 2:5
58. Job 19:23-27	The Resurrection predicted	John 5:24-29
59. Psa. 2:1-3	The enmity of kings foreordained	Acts 4:25-28
60. Psa. 2:2	To own the title, Anointed (Christ)	John 1:41, Acts 2:36
61. Psa. 2:6	His Character-Holiness	John 8:46; Revelation 3:7
62. Psa. 2:6	To own the title King	Matthew 2:2
63. Psa. 2:7	Declared the Beloved Son	Matthew 3:17, Romans 1:4
64. Psa. 2:7, 8	The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated	Acts 13:29-33
65. Psa. 2:8, 9	Rule the nations with a rod of iron	Rev. 2:27, 12:5, 19:15
66. Psa. 2:12	Life comes through faith in Him	John 20:31
67. Psa. 8:2	The mouths of babes perfect His praise	Matthew 21:16
68. Psa. 8:5, 6	His humiliation and exaltation	Hebrews 2:5-9
69. Psa. 9:7-10	Judge the world in righteousness	Acts 17:31
70. Psa. 16:10	Was not to see corruption	Acts 2:31, 13:35
71. Psa. 16:9-11	Was to arise from the dead	John 20:9
72. Psa. 17:15	The resurrection predicted	Luke 24:6
73. Psa. 18:2-3	The horn of salvation	Luke 1:69-71
74. Psa. 22:1	Forsaken because of sins of others	2 Corinthians 5:21
75. Psa. 22:1	“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”	Matthew 27:46
76. Psa. 22:2	Darkness upon Calvary for three hours	Matthew 27:45
77. Psa. 22:7	They shoot out the lip and shake the head	Matthew 27:39-44
78. Psa. 22:8	“He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him”	Matthew 27:43
79. Psa. 22:9-10	Born the Saviour	Luke 2:7
80. Psa. 22:12-13	They seek His death	John 19:6
81. Psa. 22:14	His blood poured out when they pierced His side	John 19:34
82. Psa. 22:14, 15	Suffered agony on Calvary	Mark 15:34-37
83. Psa. 22:15	He thirsted	John 19:28
84. Psa. 22:16	They pierced His hands and His feet	John 19:34, 37; 20:27
85. Psa. 22:17, 18	Stripped Him before the stares of men	Luke 23:34, 35
86. Psa. 22:18	They parted His garments	John 19:23, 24
87. Psa. 22:20, 21	He committed Himself to God	Luke 23:46
88. Psa. 22:20, 21	Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel	Hebrews 2:14
89. Psa. 22:22	His Resurrection declared	John 20:17
90. Psa. 22:27-28	He shall be the governor of the nations	Colossians 1:16
91. Psa. 22:31	“It is finished”	John 19:30, Heb. 10:10, 12, 14, 18
92. Psa. 23:1	“I am the Good Shepherd”	John 10:11, 1Peter 2:25
93. Psa. 24:3	His exaltation predicted	Acts 1:11; Philippians 2:9
94. Psa. 30:3	His resurrection predicted	Acts 2:32
95. Psa. 31:5	“Into thy hands I commit my spirit”	Luke 23:46
96. Psa. 31:11	His acquaintances fled from Him	Mark 14:50
97. Psa. 31:13	They took counsel to put Him to death	Mt. 27:1, John 11:53
98. Psa. 31:14, 15	“He trusted in God, let Him deliver him”	Matthew 27:43
99. Psa. 34:20	Not a bone of Him broken	John 19:31-36
100. Psa. 35:11	False witnesses rose up against Him	Matthew 26:59
101. Psa. 35:19	He was hated without a cause	John 15:25
102. Psa. 38:11	His friends stood afar off	Luke 23:49
103. Psa. 38:12	Enemies try to entangle Him by craft	Mark 14:1, Mt. 22:15
104. Psa. 38:12-13	Silent before His accusers	Matthew 27:12-14
105. Psa. 38:20	He went about doing good	Acts 10:38
106. Psa. 40:2-5	The joy of His resurrection predicted	John 20:20
107. Psa. 40:6-8	His delight-the will of the Father	John 4:34, Heb. 10:5-10
108. Psa. 40:9	He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel	Matthew 4:17
109. Psa. 40:14	Confronted by adversaries in the Garden	John 18:4-6
110. Psa. 41:9	Betrayed by a familiar friend	John 13:18
111. Psa. 45:2	Words of Grace come from His lips	John 1:17, Luke 4:22
112. Psa. 45:6	To own the title, God or Elohim	Hebrews 1:8
113. Psa. 45:7	A special anointing by the Holy Spirit	Mt. 3:16; Heb. 1:9
114. Psa. 45:7, 8	Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)	Luke 2:11
115. Psa. 45:17	His name remembered forever	Ephesians 1:20-21, Heb. 1:8
116. Psa. 55:12-14	Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy	John 13:18
117. Psa. 55:15	Unrepentant death of the Betrayer	Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
118. Psa. 68:18	To give gifts to men	Ephesians 4:7-16
119. Psa. 68:18	Ascended into Heaven	Luke 24:51
120. Psa. 69:4	Hated without a cause	John 15:25
121. Psa. 69:8	A stranger to own brethren	John 1:11, 7:5
122. Psa. 69:9	Zealous for the Lord’s House	John 2:17
123. Psa. 69:14-20	Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion	Matthew 26:36-45
124. Psa. 69:20	“My soul is exceeding sorrowful.”	Matthew 26:38
125. Psa. 69:21	Given vinegar in thirst	Matthew 27:34
126. Psa. 69:26	The Saviour given and smitten by God	John 17:4; 18:11
127. Psa. 72:10, 11	Great persons were to visit Him	Matthew 2:1-11
128. Psa. 72:16	The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground	John 12:24-25
129. Psa. 72:17	Belief on His name will produce offspring	John 1:12, 13
130. Psa. 72:17	All nations shall be blessed by Him	Galatians 3:8
131. Psa. 72:17	All nations shall call Him blessed	John 12:13, Rev. 5:8-12
132. Psa. 78:1-2	He would teach in parables	Matthew 13:34-35
133. Psa. 78:2b	To speak the Wisdom of God with authority	Matthew 7:29
134. Psa. 80:17	The Man of God’s right hand	Mark 14:61-62
135. Psa. 88	The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary	Matthew 27:26-50
136. Psa. 88:8	They stood afar off and watched	Luke 23:49
137. Psa. 89:27	Firstborn	Colossians 1:15, 18
138. Psa. 89:27	Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings	Luke 1:32, 33
139. Psa. 89:35-37	David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever	Luke 1:32, 33
140. Psa. 89:36-37	His character-Faithfulness	Revelation 1:5, 19:11
141. Psa. 90:2	He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)	John 1:1
142. Psa. 91:11, 12	Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ	Luke 4:10, 11
143. Psa. 97:9	His exaltation predicted	Acts 1:11; Ephesians 1:20
144. Psa. 100:5	His character-Goodness	Matthew 19:16, 17
145. Psa. 102:1-11	The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary	John 19:16-30
146. Psa. 102:25-27	Messiah is the Preexistent Son	Hebrews 1:10-12
147. Psa. 109:25	Ridiculed	Matthew 27:39
148. Psa. 110:1	Son of David	Matthew 22:42-43
149. Psa. 110:1	To ascend to the right-hand of the Father	Mark 16:19
150. Psa. 110:1	David’s son called Lord	Matthew 22:44, 45
151. Psa. 110:4	A priest after Melchizedek’s order	Hebrews 6:20
152. Psa. 112:4	His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al	Matthew 9:36
153. Psa. 118:17, 18	Messiah’s Resurrection assured	Luke 24:5-7; 1Cor. 15:20
154. Psa. 118:22, 23	The rejected stone is Head of the corner	Matthew 21:42, 43
155. Psa. 118:26a	The Blessed One presented to Israel	Matthew 21:9
156. Psa. 118:26b	To come while Temple standing	Matthew 21:12-15
157. Psa. 132:11	The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)	Luke 1:32, Act 2:30
158. Psa. 129:3	He was scourged	Matthew 27:26
159. Psa. 138:1-6	The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings	Matthew 2:2-6
160. Psa. 147:3, 6	The earthly ministry of Christ described	Luke 4:18
161. Prov. 1:23	He will send the Spirit of God	John 16:7
162. Prov. 8:23	Foreordained from everlasting	Rev. 13:8, 1Peter 1:19-20
163. Song. 5:16	The altogether lovely One	John 1:17
164. Isa. 2:3	He shall teach all nations	John 4:25
165. Isa. 2:4	He shall judge among the nations	John 5:22
166. Isa. 6:1	When Isaiah saw His glory	John 12:40-41
167. Isa. 6:8	The One Sent by God	John 12:38-45
168. Isa. 6:9-10	Parables fall on deaf ears	Matthew 13:13-15
169. Isa. 6:9-12	Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words	Acts 28:23-29
170. Isa. 7:14	To be born of a virgin	Luke 1:35
171. Isa. 7:14	To be Emmanuel-God with us	Matthew 1:18-23, 1Tim. 3:16
172. Isa. 8:8	Called Emmanuel	Matthew 28:20
173. Isa. 8:14	A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense	1Peter 2:8
174. Isa. 9:1, 2	His ministry to begin in Galilee	Matthew 4:12-17
175. Isa. 9:6	A child born-Humanity	Luke 1:31
176. Isa. 9:6	A Son given-Deity	Luke 1:32, John 1:14, 1Tim. 3:16
177. Isa. 9:6	Declared to be the Son of God with power	Romans 1:3, 4
178. Isa. 9:6	The Wonderful One, Peleh	Luke 4:22
179. Isa. 9:6	The Counsellor, Yaatz	Matthew 13:54
180. Isa. 9:6	The Mighty God, El Gibor	1Cor. 1:24, Titus 2:3
181. Isa. 9:6	The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth	John 8:58, 10:30
182. Isa. 9:6	The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom	John 16:33
183. Isa. 9:7	To establish an everlasting kingdom	Luke 1:32-33
184. Isa. 9:7	His Character-Just	John 5:30
185. Isa. 9:7	No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace	Luke 1:32-33
186. Isa. 11:1	Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer	Matthew 2:23
187. Isa. 11:1	A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse	Luke 3:23, 32
188. Isa. 11:2	Anointed One by the Spirit	Matthew 3:16, 17, Acts 10:38
189. Isa. 11:2	His Character-Wisdom, Knowledge, et al	Colossians 2:3
190. Isa. 11:3	He would know their thoughts	Luke 6:8, John 2:25
191. Isa. 11:4	Judge in righteousness	Acts 17:31
192. Isa. 11:4	Judges with the sword of His mouth	Rev. 2:16, 19:11, 15
193. Isa. 11:5	Character: Righteous & Faithful	Rev. 19:11
194. Isa. 11:10	The Gentiles seek Him	John 12:18-21
195. Isa. 12:2	Called Jesus-Yeshua	Matthew 1:21
196. Isa. 22:22	The One given all authority to govern	Revelation 3:7
197. Isa. 25:8	The Resurrection predicted	1Corinthians 15:54
198. Isa. 26:19	His power of Resurrection predicted	Matthew 27:50-54
199. Isa. 28:16	The Messiah is the precious corner stone	Acts 4:11, 12
200. Isa. 28:16	The Sure Foundation	1Corinthians 3:11, Mt. 16:18
201. Isa. 29:13	He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word	Matthew 15:7-9
202. Isa. 29:14	The wise are confounded by the Word	1Corinthians 1:18-31
203. Isa. 32:2	A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place	Matthew 23:37
204. Isa. 35:4	He will come and save you	Matthew 1:21
205. Isa. 35:5-6	To have a ministry of miracles	Matthew 11:2-6
206. Isa. 40:3, 4	Preceded by forerunner	John 1:23
207. Isa. 40:9	“Behold your God.”	John 1:36; 19:14
208. Isa. 40:10.	He will come to reward	Revelation 22:12
209. Isa. 40:11	A shepherd-compassionate life-giver	John 10:10-18
210. Isa. 42:1-4	The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer	Matthew 12:18-21
211. Isa. 42:2	Meek and lowly	Matthew 11:28-30
212. Isa. 42:3	He brings hope for the hopeless	John 4
213. Isa. 42:4	The nations shall wait on His teachings	John 12:20-26
214. Isa. 42:6	The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles	Luke 2:32
215. Isa. 42:1, 6	His is a worldwide compassion	Matthew 28:19, 20
216. Isa. 42:7	Blind eyes opened.	John 9:25-38
217. Isa. 43:11	He is the only Saviour.	Acts 4:12
218. Isa. 44:3	He will send the Spirit of God	John 16:7, 13
219. Isa. 45:21-25	He is Lord and Saviour	Philippians 3:20, Titus 2:13
220. Isa. 45:23	He will be the Judge	John 5:22; Romans 14:11
221. Isa. 46:9, 10	Declares things not yet done	John 13:19
222. Isa. 48:12	The First and the Last	John 1:30, Revelation 1:8, 17
223. Isa. 48:16, 17	He came as a Teacher	John 3:2
224. Isa. 49:1	Called from the womb-His humanity	Matthew 1:18
225. Isa. 49:5	A Servant from the womb.	Luke 1:31, Philippians 2:7
226. Isa. 49:6	He will restore Israel	Acts 3:19-21, 15:16-17
227. Isa. 49:6	He is Salvation for Israel	Luke 2:29-32
228. Isa. 49:6	He is the Light of the Gentiles	John 8:12, Acts 13:47
229. Isa. 49:6	He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth	Acts 15:7-18
230. Isa. 49:7	He is despised of the Nation	John 1:11, 8:48-49, 19:14-15
231. Isa. 50:3	Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation	Luke 23:44, 45
232. Isa. 50:4	He is a learned counselor for the weary	Matthew 7:29, 11:28, 29
233. Isa. 50:5	The Servant bound willingly to obedience	Matthew 26:39
234. Isa. 50:6a	“I gave my back to the smiters.”	Matthew 27:26
235. Isa. 50:6b	He was smitten on the cheeks	Matthew 26:67
236. Isa. 50:6c	He was spat upon	Matthew 27:30
237. Isa. 52:7	Published good tidings upon mountains	Matthew 5:12,15:29,28:16
238. Isa. 52:13	The Servant exalted	Acts 1:8-11; Eph. 1:19-22, Php. 2:5-9
239. Isa. 52:14	The Servant shockingly abused	Luke 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67, 68
240. Isa. 52:15	Nations startled by message of the Servant	Luke 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67, 68
241. Isa. 52:15	His blood shed sprinkles nations	Hebrews 9:13-14, Rev. 1:5
242. Isa. 53:1	His people would not believe Him	John 12:37-38
243. Isa. 53:2	Appearance of an ordinary man	Philippians 2:6-8
244. Isa. 53:3a	Despised	Luke 4:28-29
245. Isa. 53:3b	Rejected	Matthew 27:21-23
246. Isa. 53:3c	Great sorrow and grief	Matthew 26:37-38, Luke 19:41, Heb. 4:15
247. Isa. 53:3d	Men hide from being associated with Him	Mark 14:50-52
248. Isa. 53:4a	He would have a healing ministry	Matthew 8:16-17
249. Isa. 53:4b	Thought to be cursed by God	Matthew 26:66, 27:41-43
250. Isa. 53:5a	Bears penalty for mankind’s iniquities	2Cor. 5:21, Heb. 2:9
251. Isa. 53:5b	His sacrifice provides peace between man and God	Colossians 1:20
252. Isa. 53:5c	His sacrifice would heal man of sin	1Peter 2:24
253. Isa. 53:6a	He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind	1John 2:2, 4:10
254. Isa. 53:6b	God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind	Galatians 1:4
255. Isa. 53:7a	Oppressed and afflicted	Matthew 27:27-31
256. Isa. 53:7b	Silent before his accusers	Matthew 27:12-14
257. Isa. 53:7c	Sacrificial lamb	John 1:29, 1Peter 1:18-19
258. Isa. 53:8a	Confined and persecuted	Matthew 26:47-27:31
259. Isa. 53:8b	He would be judged	John 18:13-22
260. Isa. 53:8c	Killed	Matthew 27:35
261. Isa. 53:8d	Dies for the sins of the world	1John 2:2
262. Isa. 53:9a	Buried in a rich man’s grave	Matthew 27:57
263. Isa. 53:9b	Innocent and had done no violence	Luke 23:41, John 18:38
264. Isa. 53:9c	No deceit in his mouth	1Peter 2:22
265. Isa. 53:10a	God’s will that He die for mankind	John 18:11
266. Isa. 53:10b	An offering for sin	Matthew 20:28, Galatians 3:13
267. Isa. 53:10c	Resurrected and live forever	Romans 6:9
268. Isa. 53:10d	He would prosper	John 17:1-5
269. Isa. 53:11a	God fully satisfied with His suffering	John 12:27
270. Isa. 53:11b	God’s servant would justify man	Romans 5:8-9, 18-19
271. Isa. 53:11c	The sin-bearer for all mankind	Hebrews 9:28
272. Isa. 53:12a	Exalted by God because of his sacrifice	Matthew 28:18
273. Isa. 53:12b	He would give up his life to save mankind	Luke 23:46
274. Isa. 53:12c	Numbered with the transgressors	Mark 15:27-28
275. Isa. 53:12d	Sin-bearer for all mankind	1Peter 2:24
276. Isa. 53:12e	Intercede to God in behalf of mankind	Luke 23:34, Rom. 8:34
277. Isa. 55:3	Resurrected by God	Acts 13:34
278. Isa. 55:4a	A witness	John 18:37
279. Isa. 55:4b	He is a leader and commander	Hebrews 2:10
280. Isa. 55:5	God would glorify Him	Acts 3:13
281. Isa. 59:16a	Intercessor between man and God	Matthew 10:32
282. Isa. 59:16b	He would come to provide salvation	John 6:40
283. Isa. 59:20	He would come to Zion as their Redeemer	Luke 2:38
284. Isa. 60:1-3	He would shew light to the Gentiles	Acts 26:23
285. Isa. 61:1a	The Spirit of God upon him	Matthew 3:16-17
286. Isa. 61:1b	The Messiah would preach the good news	Luke 4:16-21
287. Isa. 61:1c	Provide freedom from the bondage of sin	John 8:31-36
288. Isa. 61:1-2a	Proclaim a period of grace	Galatians 4:4-5
289. Jer. 23:5-6	Descendant of David	Luke 3:23-31
290. Jer. 23:5-6	The Messiah would be both God and Man	John 13:13, 1Ti 3:16
291. Jer. 31:22	Born of a virgin	Matthew 1:18-20
292. Jer. 31:31	The Messiah would be the new covenant	Matthew 26:28
293. Jer. 33:14-15	Descendant of David	Luke 3:23-31
294. Eze.34:23-24	Descendant of David	Matthew 1:1
295. Eze.37:24-25	Descendant of David	Luke 1:31-33
296. Dan. 2:44-45	The Stone that shall break the kingdoms	Matthew 21:44
297. Dan. 7:13-14a	He would ascend into heaven	Acts 1:9-11
298. Dan. 7:13-14b	Highly exalted	Ephesians 1:20-22
299. Dan. 7:13-14c	His dominion would be everlasting	Luke 1:31-33
300. Dan. 9:24a	To make an end to sins	Galatians 1:3-5
301. Dan. 9:24a	To make reconciliation for iniquity	Romans 5:10, 2Cor. 5:18-21
302. Dan. 9:24b	He would be holy	Luke 1:35
303. Dan. 9:25	His announcement	John 12:12-13
304. Dan. 9:26a	Cut off	Matthew 16:21, 21:38-39
305. Dan. 9:26b	Die for the sins of the world	Hebrews 2:9
306. Dan. 9:26c	Killed before the destruction of the temple	Matthew 27:50-51
307. Dan. 10:5-6	Messiah in a glorified state	Revelation 1:13-16
308. Hos. 11:1	He would be called out of Egypt	Matthew 2:15
309. Hos. 13:14	He would defeat death	1Corinthians 15:55-57
310. Joel 2:32	Offer salvation to all mankind	Romans 10:9-13
311. Jonah 1:17	Death and resurrection of Christ	Matthew 12:40, 16:4
312. Mic. 5:2a	Born in Bethlehem	Matthew 2:1-6
313. Mic. 5:2b	Ruler in Israel	Luke 1:33
314. Mic. 5:2c	From everlasting	John 8:58
315. Hag. 2:6-9	He would visit the second Temple	Luke 2:27-32
316. Hag. 2:23	Descendant of Zerubbabel	Luke 2:27-32
317. Zech. 3:8	God’s servant	John 17:4
318. Zech. 6:12-13	Priest and King	Hebrews 8:1
319. Zech. 9:9a	Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem	Matthew 21:8-10
320. Zech. 9:9b	Beheld as King	John 12:12-13
321. Zech. 9:9c	The Messiah would be just	John 5:30
322. Zech. 9:9d	The Messiah would bring salvation	Luke 19:10
323. Zech. 9:9e	The Messiah would be humble	Matthew 11:29
324. Zech. 9:9f	Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey	Matthew 21:6-9
325. Zech. 10:4	The cornerstone	Ephesians 2:20
326. Zech. 11:4-6a	At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders	Matthew 23:1-4
327. Zech. 11:4-6b	Rejection causes God to remove His protection	Luke 19:41-44
328. Zech. 11:4-6c	Rejected in favor of another king	John 19:13-15
329. Zech. 11:7	Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant	Matthew 9:35-36
330. Zech. 11:8a	Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them	Matthew 23:33
331. Zech. 11:8b	Despised	Matthew 27:20
332. Zech. 11:9	Stops ministering to those who rejected Him	Matthew 13:10-11
333. Zech. 11:10-11a	Rejection causes God to remove protection	Luke 19:41-44
334. Zech. 11:10-11b	The Messiah would be God	John 14:7
335. Zech. 11:12-13a	Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver	Matthew 26:14-15
336. Zech. 11:12-13b	Rejected	Matthew 26:14-15
337. Zech. 11:12-13c	Thirty pieces of silver cast in the house of the Lord	Matthew 27:3-5
338. Zech. 11:12-13d	The Messiah would be God	John 12:45
339. Zech. 12:10a	The Messiah’s body would be pierced	John 19:34-37
340. Zech. 12:10b	The Messiah would be both God and man	John 10:30
341. Zech. 12:10c	The Messiah would be rejected	John 1:11
342. Zech. 13:7a	God’s will He die for mankind	John 18:11
343. Zech. 13:7b	A violent death	Mark 14:27
344. Zech. 13:7c	Both God and man	John 14:9
345. Zech. 13:7d	Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him	Matthew 26:31-56
346. Zech. 14:4	He would return to the Mt. of Olives	Acts 1:11-12
347. Mal. 3:1a	Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah	Mark 1:1-8
348. Mal. 3:1b	Sudden appearance at the temple	Mark 11:15-16
349. Mal. 3:1c	Messenger of the new covenant	Luke 4:43
350. Mal. 4:5	Forerunner in spirit of Elijah	Mt. 3:1-3, 11:10-14, 17:11-13
351. Mal. 4:6	Forerunner would turn many to righteousness	Luke 1:16-17

James White Amillennialism, Ecumenicism and Curious Habits

See also our response to James White’s Critique of Jerry Walls’ “What’s Wrong With Calvinism?”

By Dr. Elisha Weismann

In a recent broadcast by James White, White admitted to being an “amillennialist”, but admitted that he never, ever, debates prophecy, and apparently the amillennial position is of not critical importance to him. James White is also a Calvinist and I believe this is one of the primary reasons he does not take a solid stand on prophecy (and on that note, neither did Martin Luther, nor John Calvin, neither of which wrote a commentary on Revelation). Apparently, the return of Christ is not something of significance in the field of apologetics according to White.

Although there are some Calvinists who are premillennial, White does not appear to be one of them, but does not take the liberty to go into detail as to why. So, we will explain it for him! (We will be accused of “slandering” him because we are “KJVO” anyway, so may as well take some other liberties.)

Although some Calvinists like John MacArthur maintain a premillennial view, any premillennial view destroys the Calvinist interpretation of Romans chapter 9. If premillennialism is true, then Romans 9 must be viewed as a description of God’s plan for a future restoration of Israel instead of an individual scheme for salvation as most Calvinists maintain.  Just because some Calvinists do not accept this but rather opine that Romans 9-11 DOES cover this subject EXCEPT FOR those proof texts in Romans 9 does not discount the above fact. Romans 9-11 is clear from the very beginning of chapter 9 that Paul is making the distinction between those claiming some type of rite or right as a result of physical birth in Abraham as opposed to those who actually were the target of the blessings-those born of Isaac instead of Hagar.  It is almost imperative that a Calvinist MUST reject dispensationalism in order to maintain their view of Romans 9 as addressing individual salvation instead of what it actually teaches-the corporate restoration of Israel. But, since most Calvinists reject dispensationalism and are either post millennial or amillennial, it is much easier for them to avoid a discussion of prophecy because they find it much harder to defend their views of prophecy than the attempts to defend Calvinism. They are more comfortable defending views that can apply philosophical rationalizing in soteriology than to the subject of eschatology which is not so easy to defend at the same time because many of the proof texts used by Calvinists in their TULIP system are in the context of prophecies. Therefore the Calvinist apologist will have us believe that prophecy is not important.

This could not be further from the truth. For every verse in the Bible that deals with Christ’s first coming, there are 8 that deal with His second coming. The very last book of the Bible deals with the second coming of Christ, and Paul spent 2 entire epistles dealing with the subject of prophecy (1 and 2 Thessalonians). Yet, if the Calvinist can avoid the debate over eschatology, they can avoid having to explain how their soteriological views are at odds with a clear premillennial teaching in the Bible. If the Calvinist can successfully deflect an argument about eschatology, then they can maintain that such verses in the Old Testament (OT) that clearly indicate a future restoration of Israel as a nation can be interpreted as fulfilled by the church and therefore the Calvinist can lay an individual salvation emphasis on OT passages such as Ezekiel 36-37, Jeremiah 10, Isaiah 10 and even Romans chapters 9-11, verses that give a clear distinction between Israel and the Church.

This is why a debate over eschatology SHOULD be addressed by Calvinism and those that oppose Calvinism, and those who oppose Calvinism should force Calvinists to address eschatology because failure to do so permits them to get away with interpreting clearly futuristic passages about corporate Israel into a philosophical debate about the sovereignty of God over the individual wills of men.

We will deal with amillennialism in greater detail in a few weeks. Most of our readers are familiar with the difference between pre and a-millennialism but we will give a short explanation.

What is amillennialism? This view was first made popular by  Augustine (following Origin’s allegorical method of interpretation) who popularized the view in his book “City of God” and is now the dominant view of the Roman Catholic Church. Ironically, one Calvinist dating site copies the Catholic definition of amillenialism almost verbatim (See Sovereign Grace Singles  compared to the Catholic Answers explanation of amillennialism).  It is from 2 Greek words “a” meaning against or “none” and “millenia” meaning thousand. Thus amillennial literally means, no thousand, i.e., no 1,000 year reign as opposed to premillennial thought, which takes Revelation 20:4 literally which says:

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

In fact, Revelation 20 mentions “thousand years” six times. It mentions that binding of Satan for 1000 years (v2), what will occur when Satan is released (v3), how long believers will reign with Christ (v4), how long it will be until those who died in the tribulation will be raised (v5), reference again to believers who reign with Christ for a thousand years (6), and mentions Satan’s release again in v7. Now most amillennialists do not take these verses literally. In fact, many do not take any of Revelation literally at all. Many of the full preterist and covenant persuasion hold that all of Revelation was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. (See our article on Problems With Preterism, Historicism and Covenant Theology and our article against Steven Anderson’s “After The Tribulation” ). They believe that the 1,000 years is figurative and could be 2,000 years, or perhaps 6,000, or maybe even 20,000, anything but a literal 1,000 years. They believe that Satan was bound although there is no New Testament support for this. Peter asked believers in Acts 5:4-8 why they had allowed Satan to fill their heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and Paul mentioned Satan hindering him in 1 Thess 1:18, a messenger of Satan being sent to buffet Paul in 2 Cor 12:7, and warns us not to be ignorant of Satan’s devices in 2 Cor 2:11. It is clear from numerous passages in the New Testament that Satan is not bound.

The amillennialists also hold that Christ is now reigning on earth spritually, in our hearts, and thus Revelation is not a physical reigning on earth but a spiritual reigning.  Thus the amillennialist believes that Christ is reigning as King in heaven, and we are His spiritual kingdom here on earth. This means that the amillennialist must ignore or allegorize the lion laying down with the lamb in Isaiah 11:6-9, ignore the borders of Israel given in Genesis 17:7-8, the literal mountains described in Micah 4:2-4, the tree of life in Revelation 2:7, the Lamb feeding us on earth in Revelation 7:17 along with all of our tears being wiped away in verse 16, the fact that Jerusalem will not be occupied by Gentiles or ANY that defile, work abominations or make lies (Rev 21:27) although Jerusalem is now occupied by Muslims and Catholics.  It also ignores the Sabbath rests described in Hebrews 4.  If Christ is reigning here and now, there are numerous events described in Revelation that should be apparent that obviously are not.

The amillennial teaching also leaves unresolved the birthright of Ephraim given in Genesis 49 which includes the land promises to Israel NOT the church. The blessings that the CHURCH inherited are the spiritual blessings that were inhabited from Abraham which were fulfilled in Christ through the line of Judah. However, the birthright to Ephraim was not to be reckoned by the genealogy! 1 Chronicles 5:1-2. This fact alone serves to refute all postmillennial and amillennial heresy and shows that there is yet a future fulfillment for Israel which will be a remnant of literal, physical Jews. Romans 9:27, Revelation 7:4-8. Jesus describes the thousand years as the kingdom of heaven, a literal, physical heaven where Christ will sit on the throne of David ruling from earth. Jeremiah 33:17, Revelation 3:12, Isaiah 9:7:

 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32-33

Amillennialism is rather simple to refute and thus it is understandable why most Calvinists that hold this view don’t bother spending very much effort defending it and simply hope that it does not become a major topic of discussion in any debate on Calvinism.  But suffice it to say, that there is certainly a valid reason why the Reformers, including Martin Luther and John Calvin, didn’t touch the subject of prophecy with a ten foot pole because rightly dividing the word of truth and putting all of the prophecies concerning Israel in their proper place would rob Calvinism of a hundred  proof texts used to support individual salvation and their views of election and predestination.

OTHER ISSUES WE HAVE WITH WHITE

Ecumenicism

We stumbled on to a website called Defending the Faith, promoting a “Apologetics Cruise” featuring James White and Jerry Johnson. Ironically, the url for the Defending the Faith website is called “SovereingCruises.org”. So now apparently God is not only sovereign over man’s will, but also over $500 cruises  as well.  Jerry Johnson is a member of the Nicene Council organization. The Nicene Council is a NOTORIOUS Roman Catholic council that set the stage for many of the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. On the Nicene Council website, there follows this statement

NiceneCouncil.com was established in 2005 for the purpose of furthering the cause of the Reformation. Though we are Reformed in our theology we are not restricted to one Christian denomination. In fact, we have in our employment and on our board individuals from different denominational backgrounds. We stand firmly on our Statement of Faith and adhere to the early historic, ecumenical creeds and the later Reformed confessions of faith”

Thus it comes to no surprise to us that James White aligns himself with such ecumenical organizations since he regularly supports their “Bible” versions. It is also no surprise that James White is now attacking Chris Pinto for showing that the ESV and other Bibles are part of a Jesuit conspiracy. Part of his defense of the modern versions is citing that Daniel Wallace “debunked” the allegation that Codex Siniaticus is a forgery. One would do well to thoroughly examine the evidence given in “Tares Among The Wheat” * where much evidence has surfaced that proves that Sinaiticus was in fact, the product of Constantine Simonides and was a forgery edited by Tischendorf and presented to the Pope as an ancient manuscript.

Fund Raising

For what seems to be several months now, James White has advertised the need for funding of a trip to Africa. Of course, the link then takes you to the donation tab, where the explanation of the trip is found at the bottom of the page after an additional “General Travel Fund” is mentioned, where it says his first trip will be to London to debate Roman Catholicism, and then to Africa to “minister to the saints”, and then to debate Islam with Yusuf Ismail who lives in Ethiopia.

Now we get that any ministry has expenses, especially when travelling out of your home country. A flight from Phoenix Arizona to Johannesburg, Africa, costs an average of $2,000. However, Guidestar reports that Alpha & Omega Ministries, Inc, reported a revenue of nearly $190,000 at the end of the 2012 Fiscal Year (and reported nearly $204,000 in expenses). Now we won’t ask how an apparently small radio and online ministry accrues $204k in expenses and $190k in revenue, but find that such a revenue would amount to an average of $15,000 per month. You mean to tell me that as of August 2013, White has NOT YET raised sufficient funds for a debate that has ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED???

Now, the Calvinists claim that Paul was a Calvinist. If that were true, then perhaps James White should be making tents (Acts 18:3) to support his mission trips, instead of posting the following about his bike rides on his Twitter account:

4theweek: 228 miles, 12,188 ft. of ascent, 13:50 in saddle. For August: 1,038.56 miles, 59:01 in saddle, second 1k+ mile month in a row.

Now I don’t know how many hours are spent riding a bike 1000 miles a month, but personally if I was an apologist that needed an enormous amount of funds that $15,000 a month does not cover, for the sake of defending the gospel, I certainly would not be spending THAT MUCH leisure time riding a bicycle. It is in my opinion poor stewardship of God’s time, as well as the people who are donating to his website. Apostle Paul worked with his own hands to get his funds 2 Cor 11:9, 2 Thess 3:8-17, etc. Now there’s nothing wrong with riding a bike, but when you are short of funds for “spreading the gospel” then your time should be spent working to get your financial needs met before expecting your audience to foot the bill while you enjoy the wind in your face on a mountain side.

For more of our opinions about James White, see the article he acknowledged, but never responded to.  Response to James White.

Be sure to read our critique on James White’s “rebuttal” to Jerry Walls updated 9/3/13

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*There has been quite a bit more developments since Pinto’s production of this video that has confirmed even moreso now Pinto’s allegations.

Boston Bombings, Conspiracy Theories And The Bible

It is well-known that I am somewhat of what is called a “conspiracy theorist”. I say “somewhat” because I do not aspire to many of the theories of those such as Alex Jones (Info Wars) and many of the sites that see a conspiracy if a squirrel is born without claws. I do not believe that aliens will take over the earth, that dead people will walk around the living (zombies) or that those trails left by jets when hot fuel mixes with a frozen atmosphere contain chemicals that are designed to destroy the earth, or deflect signals from a sophisticated weather machine in Alaska that is capable of producing controlled storms.

However, there are some theories that I believe common sense must lead one to conclude that somethings just don’t add up. While many theories abound about the JFK assassination, the one thing that seems to be forgotten  by those that oppose the conspiracy theories surrounding his death was the fact that somebody got away with killing the president of the United States in broad daylight.

Not all conspiracy “theories” are theories. The reason most don’t believe them is because we fail to understand the depravity of human nature and consider it unfathomable that a blessed country such as the United States could be guilty of manufacturing the well-known atrocities that the nation has endured. But mankind is inherently evil, and there is no doubt that there is a power struggle for world domination. Yet that is precisely what the Bible predicted.

The Bible makes it clear that at some point, a demon possessed leader will take over as a world dictator. But how will that be accomplished if Americans believe it is a sovereign nation accountable to no one? When conspiracies theories are judged in light of Bible prophecy, they begin to make a little more sense; that man’s desire for power and control and his greed will cause one to kill their own mother if it means accomplishing a goal of globalization and a one world order. Even the most conservative politicians spoke regularly about the need for a “one world order” (George Bush, Sr).

It stands to reason that there can not possibly be global cooperation and submission to the antichrist by all nations without some sort of elaborate conspiracies to knock down all the necessary dominoes.

I firmly believe that recent policies about gun control and the push for certain “rights” are designed to accomplish just that; deprive citizens of constitutional rights they have enjoyed for centuries because those rights are an obstacle to bringing America into a one world government. How can you control several hundred million people if they are not “on board” with the idea of having a fascist nation dictating their laws and policies when they own guns? The Second Amendment was designed to secure the American people from tyrants who may abuse the power of government and force its citizen back into oppression. I believe that the current liberal policy makers have every intention of depriving American citizens of their right to bear arms for the purpose of implementing restrictive laws that will prepare the way for America to submit to a one world government. When the guns are gone, the remaining liberties will follow, and I believe that there are men in government that are evil enough to manufacture any crisis necessary to carry out those goals, including carefully orchestrated plots to murder its own citizens.

Manufactured crisis are not uncommon in history among countries like Rome, China, Russia. Leaders of nations have risen and fallen due to conspiracies within their own governments (assassination of Caesar by his own staff). Muslims have used citizens as human shields against military attacks. Stalin, Lenin, Tung, Hitler et al, murdered millions of their own people to exact total control of their subjects. They were all mere mortals with the same evil intentions that sinful humans in the US government are capable of.

I will not go into the theories I believe that prove that the Batman theater shootings, the World Trade Center attacks, and subsequent shootings all over the country were orchestrated to create a crisis to justify the promulgation of dictatorial laws, and the agencies behind them. But in the recent bombing in Boston, I wanted to point out a few things that to me just do not make sense.

*Immediately after the attacks, Russian president Vladimir Putin offered his assistance to the US government. Since when has Putin offered to assist the US in anything? Now keep in mind, during the presidential re-election campaign, Obama told a Russian minister that ” I will have more leeway after the election”.

*It is no secret that Putin would like to regain control of Chechnya. It would strengthen ties even further between Iran and Russia and be an extremely lucrative move due to the amount of wealthy bankers that occupy the area, and would give Russian more security by its capability of monitoring Turkish borders (a bone of contention between US and Russia regarding US defense systems housed on Turkish borders with defensive missiles aimed at Russia).

*A few months ago, Russian spy planes (nuclear capable bombers) were seen flying over Guam where US special forces military exercises take place.

*In the Moscow times, Russian Deputy Speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky stated he knew the bombings were the work of Islamic extremists and that America was to blame for their actions [1] This was published BEFORE that photos of the suspects were released and before the suspects were identified as Russians.

*Attacks by extremists are normally well planned out. It is odd that these 2 suspects had no pre-planned escape route, and needed to steal a car and rob a 7/11 store for money. Furthermore, the reports state that they stole the car at knife point when they had just shot an MIT security officer. If one is on the run from the law, it would make sense that they would be in haste, why use a knife to steal a car if you have a gun?

*When the first suspect was shot, several of the witnesses that called news stations to report the fired shots said they did not see a body or a black Mercedes.

*Approximately 60 shots were fired two different times in the span of a few hours after a tip was called in that a man had been seen crawling into a canvase covered boat with blood on it, who was ultimately captured and taken alive. Now I have not seen all the reports yet, but it just doesn’t seem plausible that a man obviously bleeding from the night before, and shot at 60 times survived.

*The FBI had interview Tamerlan Tsarnaev [suspect #1] in 2011 but apparently released him for lack of confirmation any suspicious intentions or plots. [2]

*The coroner determined that Tsarnaev died of bullet wounds and fragments from an explosion due to a bomb strapped to his chest. No reports indicated that there was an explosion during that shootout. Initial reports were that he was on the ground lying face down. The photo leaked does not appear to verify that story, and there appears to be the Holter EKG monitoring devices on his torso which seems unlikely if a person was deemed dead at the scene. [3] *WARNING: Picture is graphic

*Even during 9/11, New York was not under the same type of “martial law” that Boston and 6 other surrounding cities were under while police went door-to-door.  Seemed more like practice (like the Homeland Security officials presently occupying  certain cities in Washington State, even traveling with ambulances to non-critical calls).

Call me paranoid, but some things just don’t add up.

Whether the conspiracy theories can be proven or not, one thing is clear: with every crisis that emerges, the laws of the US become more oppressive and resemble communism and a move toward a totalitarian dictatorship. I personally do  not see how the nations that are predicted to align against Israel (Zech 12-14) can do so with the US being a staunch supporter, which leads me to believe that either the US will be successfully attacked and rendered incapable of assisting Israel, or that the US will be complicit in the conspiracies against Israel (and with Obama’s attitude toward Israel, I tend to think the latter. Click here for a report that shows US sentiment toward Israel). Either way, the countdown to the end of days is fast approaching, and it is no time for Christians to be complacent. Christ is coming soon!