By Michael J. Vlach, Ph.D. One text often used by supersessionists to support the idea of the permanent rejection of national Israel is Matt 21:43.In this verse, which Frederick Dale Bruner calls “one of the most important verses in Matthew,” Jesus addressed the unbelief of the leaders of the nation Israel and announced his…
DetailsBy Jan Willem van der Hoeven Paul writes in Romans 11:25-26: “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel…
DetailsBy Pat Mercer Hutchens, Ph.d Everyone knows Job’s wife told him, “Curse God and die.” Right? And that the Bible says, “Thou shalt not murder – so the death penalty should be abolished.” Right? Does anyone remember hearing the allegation that all black people (Africans) were cursed because of Ham’s sin? What if you knew…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— If you follow me, you will not walk in darkness” (John 8:12). These are the actual words of Jesus when he was on this earth. Think of it. Here he gives us the answer to darkness, to blind groping in the dark.…
DetailsBy Victor Sharpe In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal titled, The Ugly Premise of Settlement Opponents, James Woolsey, former director of Central Intelligence under President Clinton, pointed out that the charter of the Fatah party – which is that of Palestinian Authority Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas – foresees a “Palestine free of Jews.”…
DetailsBy Dr. Chuck Misler (www.khouse.org) It is tragic that most of the major denominations – Roman Catholic and Protestant – embrace an eschatology (“study of last things”) that is amillennial: a view that does not envision a literal rule of Christ on the Throne of David on the Planet Earth. While there are many different,…
DetailsBy Chosen People Ministries, www.chosenpeople.com The Lord’s redeeming love is one of the great threads of the story of salvation that is set forth in the prophets. This love is not only for individuals, but also for the nations. And if it is true for the nations, it is certainly true for Israel! The story…
DetailsBy Michael J. Vlach, Ph.D. Martin Luther’s views concerning the Jews and Judaism have been the subject of much debate. According to Hans J. Hillerbrand, “There is scholarly agreement that the early Luther spoke thoughtfully and positively about Jews.” Luther (1483–1546) prayed for the Jews and called for their friendly treatment. He said, “We ought,…
DetailsBy Rev. Isaac C. Rottenberg A few years ago, Rabbi Leon Klenicki recommended two “New Testament” writings for joint studies by Christians and Jews: Paul’s letter to the Romans and the Epistle to the Hebrews. My response at the time was that these are excellent choices. I found the idea so exciting because those two…
DetailsBy Jacques B. Doukhan, Th.D. Nowhere in the New Testament do we find the rejection of Israel. In fact, the only time where the biblical text speaks about the rejection of Israel, it is in emphatically negative terms to affirm that God has not rejected them. “Has God cast away His people?” (Romans 11:1), asks…
DetailsBy Dwight A. Pryor Recently, my wife and I attended a lecture in Jerusalem by a well-known commentator on the prophetic Scriptures relating to the restoration of Israel in the last days. In the course of his stimulating discourse on Israel as a banner to the nations, he spoke of “Israel’s fall” and the consequent…
DetailsBy Peter D. Hocken In the second half of the twentieth century, a sea change took place in the attitudes toward the Jewish people within the Christian world. This change was triggered, above all, by the Holocaust, and the massive shock to the Christian psyche caused by the fact that this organized attempt to eliminate…
DetailsBy Dr. Brad Young It is common in Christian academic circles to debate whether or not Paul was the “second founder of Christianity” who converted from Judaism to start a new religion. I disagree with this view because I cannot accept the simplistic explanation that Jesus was a loyal Jew, faithful to his people, while…
Detailsby Daniel McCabe Washing the Disciples’ Feet John 13:1, “Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” Having spent the better part of…
Detailsby Jim Hutchens As the United States receives its new President and Israel will be soon to follow, we need to remember what God says about the authorities he places over us. For example the prophet Daniel says, “The Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and places over them anyone He wishes…
DetailsBy Chosen People Ministries, www.chosenpeople.com The Lord’s redeeming love is one of the great threads of the story of salvation that is set forth in the prophets. This love is not only for individuals, but also for the nations. And if it is true for the nations, it is certainly true for Israel! The story…
Detailsby Shelley Neese “The Wandering Jew”— a popular figure in medieval Christian folklore—walks the earth alone until Judgment Day, cursed for offending Jesus on his way to the cross. In some variants of the story, he is a Jewish shoemaker named Cartaphilus, who, when Jesus stopped to rest on the road to Calvary, taunted him…
DetailsTHREE IN ONE, ONE IN THREE, GOD OF MY SAVATION Heavenly Father, blessed Son, eternal Spirit I adore you as one Being, one Essence, one God in three distinct Persons, for bringing sinners to your knowledge and to your kingdom. O Father, you have loved me and sent Jesus to redeem me; O Jesus, you…
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