The first linking of the conservative view of the Christian apocalypse with the “ingathering” of Jews in Palestine goes back to at least the 16th century (Wagner 2002: 51; Epstein 1984: 7-8), prefiguring Herzl’s Jewish political Zionism by 300 years. Now, both mainstream Zionism and Christian Zionism developed largely independently, but there have been significant […]
A ICEBERG - CHRISTIAN ZIONISM/JEWISH ZIONISM
In effect, Zionism stood at the cradle of the resettlement of Jews to England.
Christian Zionism in the United Kingdom is a Christian ideology that sees the return of the Jews to Israel as a fulfilment of scriptural prophecy. Supporters of Christian Zionism believe that the existence of the Jewish State can and should be supported on theological grounds [2] Christian Zionism preceded Zionism amongst both secular and rabbinic […]
Rapture doctrine… MOSTLY BS – SOME INFO COULD BE USEFUL
Introduction: See our main Rapture page here. 1. Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent “new doctrines” in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner’s prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. 2. The fact […]
JOHN NELSON DARBY: A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE & IMPACT – By James Fazio
JOHN NELSON DARBY: A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND IMPACT By James Fazio, Dean of Bible and Theology at Southern California Seminary Our Community Courses are coming Summer Community Courses: Inductive Bible Study and Biblical Interpretation and you’re invited. This blog post is on John Nelson Darby, a man whose major impact was on […]
Timothy Weber: How Evangelicals Became Israel’s Best Friend, with Responses (1998)
The close tie between evangelicals and Israel is important: It has shaped popular opinion in America and, to some extent, U.S. foreign policy. To understand how it developed, one must know something about how many evangelicals interpret Bible prophecy and what difference their beliefs have made in the world of politics. How Evangelicals Became Israel’s […]
1967 war: Six days that changed the Middle East By Jeremy Bowen
BBC Middle East editor Fifty years ago, war broke out between Israel and its neighbours. The conflict lasted just six days but its effect would last to the present day. At the end of 1948, Israel’s Arab neighbours had invaded to try to destroy the new state, and failed. The Egyptian army had been beaten, […]
The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has linked Christian beliefs with foreign policy, raising questions about the extent to which his evangelism is influencing American diplomacy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has linked Christian beliefs with foreign policy, raising questions about the extent to which his evangelism is influencing American diplomacy. Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times […]
How the Six-Day War Transformed Religion – SIGAL SAMUEL
GLOBAL Six perspectives on how the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict changed Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Mormonism Fifty years ago this week, the Six-Day War dramatically altered geographic borders and political fortunes in the Middle East. For Israelis, the stunning 1967 victory meant an expanded country that suddenly included East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, […]
Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon?
June 3, 2006 Abstract: Far from being a self-sustaining organism, Zionism finds strength from across the monotheistic divide in a fertile and powerful network of Christian organisations, mainly in the United States. Christian Zionists are among the most fervent supporters of Zionism because they see the state of Israel as part of a divinely ordained […]
Historical Fact Shows That Judaism Is An Inversion Of The Hebrew Tradition
Manuscripts found in the Egyptian tombs of kings from around 2,600 BC, making up the Egyptian Book of the Dead contained the passage: “Thou art the one, the God from the very beginnings of time, the heir of immortality, self-produced and self-born; thou didst create the earth and make man.” That makes the concept of […]