For When They Shall Say Peace and Safety

For When They Shall Say Peace and Safety
Churches in America during the Exodus Generatiion, after the Hollywood film Exodus was released in the 1960s, stopped preaching the Ghospel of Jesus Christ and became Zionist churches. Zionist schools for the Zionist Cult.

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The claim that American churches abandoned the Gospel and became a "Zionist cult" following the release of the 1960 film Exodus is inaccurate and lacks evidence. While the film contributed to a surge in American public interest in the founding of modern Israel, the rise of Christian Zionism in the United States was a more complex, gradual development.

Factors in the growth of Christian Zionism

The 1960 Exodus film did not cause American churches to abandon their teachings. The increase in Christian Zionist support for Israel during this time can be attributed to several other factors:
The 1967 Six-Day War: The Israeli military's victory and capture of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip was a major catalyst. For many evangelical Christians, this event was viewed as a divine, prophetic act confirming Israel's biblical significance.

A newly invigorated evangelical movement: The rise of a newly revitalized evangelical movement in the 1960s was key to the growth of Christian Zionism. After 1967, the belief consolidated among conservative evangelicals, who increasingly viewed events in Israel through a prophetic lens.

Theological interpretations: The belief that God promised the land of Palestine to the Jewish people is a central tenet of Christian Zionism. This interpretation, rooted in a dispensationalist view of the end times, holds that the existence of Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Political realignment: Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, the politically active base of Christian Zionism became increasingly defined by the conservative Christian Right, which aligned with the Republican Party. Leaders like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson helped further ingrain support for Israel within this political base.

The role of Hollywood: While not the cause of the movement, the 1960 film Exodus and other biblical epics of the era brought the modern Israeli narrative to a wider American audience. This helped generate sympathy and engagement, but it did not, on its own, cause a mass theological shift in churches.

Distortion and oversimplification

The claim that churches became a "Zionist cult" distorts both the nature of Christian Zionism and the diversity within American Christianity.

Diversity of views: Many Christian denominations, including Catholic, Orthodox, and some mainline Protestant churches, do not support Christian Zionism. There is a long history of debate and dissent within Christian traditions on this issue.

Preaching the Gospel: The narrative that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was no longer preached is a false one. Christian Zionist churches continued their mission in addition to their support for Israel, often viewing their actions as part of their Christian faith.

Historical context: The idea of Christian support for a Jewish homeland did not begin in the 1960s. Certain Protestant leaders expressed philo-semitic sentiments as early as the Protestant Reformation, and Christian Zionism in some form preceded and influenced Jewish Zionism.

In summary, the transition towards increased Zionist support in certain parts of American Christianity, particularly among evangelicals, was a gradual development tied to theological interpretations and political factors, not an overnight shift caused by a Hollywood film. The idea that this replaced the core message of the Gospel is inaccurate.

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John Hagee is a fundamentalist, fire-and-brimstone preacher and a leader in the fastest growing cult in America: Christian Zionism, which is inherently anti-Semitic.

What Google AI does not understand is that you can not be a Christian and be a Zionist at the same time. You can not be a religious Christian and a religious Jew practicing Judaism at the same time. Jesus abolished Judaism. Jesus abolished the animal sacrifice system. God abolished the Jewish temple for a reason.

From a Jewish perspective, no, you cannot be religiously Jewish and religiously Christian. The theologies are not compatible. Obviously, you can be ethnically Jewish and a practicing Christian, but you can't practice both religions.

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And this is where people who say they are Christians and are not, are wrong; Jesus is viewed by Christians as fulfilling, not abolishing, the Old Testament sacrificial system, with his death being the ultimate, once-for-all sacrifice for sin, rendering animal sacrifices unnecessary. The necessity of the Jewish Temple for animal sacrifices was eliminated with the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, a fulfillment of Jesus' prophecies, which marked the end of that form of worship and paved the way for a spiritual understanding of God's presence.

Christian Perspective
Fulfillment of Sacrifice: Christians believe Jesus is the "Lamb of God" whose sacrifice on the cross is the final atonement for sins.

End of Old Covenant: His death established a "new covenant" and replaced the temporary, symbolic sacrifices with a singular, perfect sacrifice.

No Need for Animal Sacrifices: As a result, the Old Testament animal sacrifice system became obsolete, as Christ's sacrifice provided forgiveness for all sins, for Jews and Gentiles alike.

The Destruction of the Jewish Temple

Roman Invasion: The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman army in 70 AD.

Prophetic Fulfillment: This destruction was seen as the fulfillment of Jesus' own prophecies that the Temple would be torn down.

End of Sacrificial Worship: Since animal sacrifices could only be offered at the Temple, its destruction made the practice impossible to continue, according to Wisdom International.

Modern Judaism
Focus on Prayer and Law: Without the Temple, the sacrificial system ended, and Judaism shifted its focus to prayer, study of the Torah, and observance of religious law in its absence.

Messianic Hope: Many Jews still look forward to the rebuilding of the Temple and the resumption of sacrificial worship as part of the Messianic age.

The Meaning of the "Abolition"
Spiritual Over Physical: Judaism no longer exists. The "abolition" refers to the end of the necessity for the physical ritual of animal sacrifice and the ritual of temple worship, not the abolition of Judaism itself.

A New Spiritual Realm: Instead, it signifies a transition from a physical system of atonement to a spiritual understanding of God's grace through Christ's sacrifice.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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