No King But Christ

5 months ago

No King But Christ
“Omg, Iran’s Supreme Leader likes the new Pixar film! Must be evil.” ... See MoreSee Less
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No King But Christ

5 months ago

No King But Christ
Re: The Ayatollah: when you determine truth based not on what’s said but who says it, you’re really in a poor place intellectually… #gaza ... See MoreSee Less
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No King But Christ

1 years ago

No King But Christ
I don’t tend to enjoy debating or arguing on Facebook, but I also don’t want to be absent on your feed on a topic that is often skewed toward one perspective within Christian social media. I don’t “stand with Israel” as a Christian. I don’t stand with any Palestinian or Arab state. Heck, I don’t even “stand with America” or any other entity. Scripture says that believers are their own holy nation of God and that is my only allegiance. Years ago I took it upon myself to focus my study on issues of Israel/Palestine, both history and theology. I’ve come to some of the following conclusions that I’m fairly certain are factual and Biblical. I might be wrong (but so might you be).1) The theology you grew up hearing, about the country of Israel being relevant to end times prophecy, and your American Christian duty to support them, was a lie. Not a malicious and conspiratorial one, but one that was popular, profitable to exploit and difficult to refute without a platform and copious amounts of free time and training. The ideas extend back to British centric prophecy interpretation that was then extended to North America after colonization.2) You dont have to believe it and there are fully Biblical alternatives that do a better job of making sense of Scripture and history. Consider historic premillennialism, amillennialism, or postmillennialism. 3) The formation of modern Israel was not some holy endeavor overseen and guaranteed by God. It began as an innocent enough desire and movement of some ethnic Jews to make a life and home for themselves. And it resulted in a nasty political and military effort co-opted by politically connected bankers and activists taking advantage of movements and tragedies. 4) Wanton acts of retaliation against innocent and defenseless Israelis is vile. 5) Wanton acts of retaliation against innocent and defenseless Gazans is vile. 6) You literally cannot draw clean lines of blame and victimhood throughout history here which is why it’s so difficult to resolve. 7) If you had to tally up the destruction and weigh out the blame over the years, the majority of it would absolutely rest on the Israeli state. They have a history of violation of property rights, disregard for human rights, collective punishment and retaliation, and escalation above and beyond offense. But your overwhelming sentiment in this situation should be the same as every other one. “Boy, the world is a broken place full of broken people. I sure hope Christ returns soon to make it whole. For now, I will be His hands and feet until He does.”If recent events have spurred you to study and understand the situation better, I would recommend some of the following resources. My blog, nokingbutchrist.org has many articles. Just search for “Israel” and you can’t go wrong. “Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel”a.co/7JPEsma“More Desired than Our Owne Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism”a.co/2kKlNS5“Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998”a.co/3KptAY2“Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict”a.co/imzKm8x ... See MoreSee Less

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