Good morning anons, patriots, lurkers, Q team, POTUS. Imagine if we used our collective energy to redpill the masses on the power of salvation through Jesus Christ. Just something to think about.
"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples." John 15:8
"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Matthew 7:20
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‘The whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation tells the story of God’s sovereign purpose of grace, His master-plan of salvation through Christ’ John Stott (“The Message of Galatians”)
God’s promise of a messiah was first foretold in Gen 3:15 – in this prophesy, the offspring of the woman is Christ who would ultimately defeat (‘crush’ the head of) Satan.
God’s redemptive plan began with Abraham. Christians know him as the ‘father of many’ and a man of great faith (Gen 12 onwards; Rom 1:17; Gal 3; Heb 11).
Scripture tells us that it was because Abraham had faith that God counted him as righteous – and according to Paul in Galatians if we too have faith as Abraham did, we would be regarded as ‘children of Abraham’ and we would be ‘heirs’ of the promise of the ‘blessing’ spoken of in Gen 12 and subsequent chapters (Gal 3:6-9,14,26-29).
The Genesis prophecy of the innumerous numbers (Gen 13:16; 15:5; 16:9; 22:17; 26:4; 28:14) who would make up the descendents of Abraham are all people from all nations in subsequent generations who would have the faith that Abraham had (Gal 3:7,9,14,26-29). God does not have favorites and accepts everyone from everywhere, those who fear Him (Rom 2:11; Acts 10:34-35).
What is the ‘blessing’ and ‘curse’ of Gen 12:3? The blessing is not the promise of unconditional divine protection, wealth, health, etc. The promise of blessing is salvation through Jesus Christ (Gal 3:16) for all who display this faith. John Stott (“The Message of Galatians”) described ‘blessing and curse’ as the two destinies of man – salvation through faith in Christ (blessing) or remaining in the bondage of sin (curse) respectively. In Deut 29 and 30 Moses summarised God’s covenant with the Israelites and firmly told them to “choose life” i.e., be blessed rather than be cursed. In Galatians, Paul tells us that Christ took on our sins with Him (the ‘curse’) on the cross. In other words, the blessing was given to Abraham firstly as a promise, and subsequently this promise was fulfilled in Christ Jesus for all believers (Gal 3:13-14).
What about Israel? “the apple of God’s eye” (the endearing phrase found in Proverbs, Zech, Lam) or God’s “chosen people”. Firstly ‘Israel’ is the new name of Jacob and it means ‘one who struggles with God and with man and have overcome’ (Gen 32). This name henceforth aptly refers to all subsequent believers who struggled and overcome their sinful nature to put their faith in God. The title ‘chosen people’ is used in 1 Peter 2:9 and is addressed to the new Christians scattered in the various places of the Roman Empire and therefore clearly demonstrates that this title was confered to all people (Jews and Gentiles) who believed. John clarified that it was God who initiated His soveriegn plan of salvation (John 15:16) hence it was God who ‘chose’ to send Jesus to save humanity. Therefore, the term ‘chosen’ has absolutely nothing to do with the idea of some sort of special previlege bestowed by God. Romans tells us that man is so dead in his transgressions that it is impossible for him to even recognise this fact let alone save himself (Rom 3:10-12).
In Romans, Paul made it clear that the terms ‘Israel’ and ‘Jew’ are spiritual terms. He made it clear that ‘Israel’ refers to all true believers (Rom 9:6-9) and not the physical descendents of Abraham (unless of course they are believers). The same is true for the term ‘Jew’ in Rom 2:28-29.
According to Scripture, all Christians are like the branches on a tree (John 15:1-7) whereby Jesus is like the rootstock. Branches take nutrients from the rootstock. In Romans 11, Paul refers to the ‘natural branches’ and the ‘grafted branches’ (Rom 11:17-21). All receive their nutrients from the rootstock who is Christ. This metaphor speaks of the fact that the Gospel was first given to the ancient Israelites through Abraham ‘in advance’ (Gal 3:8) hence the term ‘natural branches’. More importantly, this verse tells us that God has all humanity in mind right from the beginning (Gen 3:15) but it is just that God’s sovereign plan started with Abraham. The important point is that Christians from everywhere are the branches of the ‘true vine’ who is Christ (John 15:1).
The Bible tells us that God’s redemptive plan through Christ was a ‘mystery’ to these early men and women of faith (Deut 29:29). In other words, they were not given the complete picture back then (1 Cor 2:6-9; Rom 16:25-27; Eph 3:6; Col 1:26-27). ‘Natural’ or ‘grafted’, from the first branch to the last branch, all must have faith to be counted as righteous (Rom 1:17).
Christian Zionists like to create a ‘strawman’ argument by saying that some Christians support a ‘replacement theology’ whereby Gentiles replaced Jews. It all sounds very appealing and they hope to invoke sympathy and support. The truth is that ‘replacement theology’ or ‘supersessionism’ is unbiblical and it remains a distracting flimsy strawman argument. Nobody has been replaced.
What about the idea of a future center of God’s Kingdom on earth in Jerusalem in modern-day Israel? This undue focus on modern-day Israel by Christian Zionists is a dangerous and unscriptural teaching one which has huge implications in a volatile middle-east. Christians must never allow their faith to become embroiled with Israeli politics. The term Christian Zionism is a misnomer. There is nothing Christian about it. Jesus himself taught the Samaritan woman that the time had come where the physical place of worship no longer matters (John 4:21-24). Jesus said that His Kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). Hebrews 11 and 12 tells us that the patriachs looked forward to a future “a better country – a heavenly one” or “heavenly Jerusalem”. Many misguided Christians have even donated money towards the building of a temple in Jerusalem. Revelations 21 using metaphoric imagery tells us that the Christian church is the “bride” of Christ who is the “bridegroom” (Rev 21:2). The church is the spiritual Jerusalem of Scripture. There is no physical temple there (Rev 21:22). The Kingdom of God is really in the midst of all believers (Luke 17:20-21).
Finally, in John Stott’s “The Message of Galatians” he wrote:
“ We Christians are Abraham’s seed who inherited the blessing promised to his descendants (Gal 3:29). Like Isaac, we are ‘children of promise’ (verse 28) and ‘children … of the free woman’ (verse 31). We are citizens of the true Jerusalem, ‘the Jerusalem above’ (verse 26; cf. Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12;21:2). We are the ‘Israel of God’ (Gal 6:16) and ‘the true circumcision’ (Phil 3:3) ”
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Supporting Christian Zionism leads well-meaning Christians away from the true Gospel and causes them to support injustice and the oppression of others in the name of God.
I have not met one person who doesn't remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when JFK was killed. Odd that George H. W. Bush "couldn't recall" his whereabouts on that fateful day. C_A operative in on the hit.
I bet you anything this guy was into some satanic shit. Maybe he checked out on his own volition.
https://www.vogue.com/article/karl-lagerfeld-obituary