The Error of Replacement Theology
from Agape Press
by Chad Groening
...The head of a pro-Israel ministry says she believes there is a reason why President Bush and many in his administration don't have a problem with continually forcing Israel to give up its covenant land.
Jan Markell is founder and director of Minnesota-based Olive Tree Ministries. Markell shares the frustration of many Evangelicals who love Israel and oppose the president's support of a Palestinian state.
She says it is a theological problem. "He is the product of replacement theology churches all of his life [and the teaching] that the Church is the new Israel and that literal, physical Israel has no relevance whatsoever anymore," she asserts.
According to Markell, Bush advisors like Karen Hughes, Andrew Card, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are proponents of replacement theology as well. So someone else, she says, needs to educate the president.
"He and his advisors do not see the biblical significance of Israel today," Markell says. "There are many trying to get the message to him, but he's got 60 years of false teaching into his head, so it's kind of hard to get it out."
The Olive Tree Ministries founder is convinced the United States faces serious spiritual consequences if its national leaders continue to follow replacement theology.
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by Chad Groening
...The head of a pro-Israel ministry says she believes there is a reason why President Bush and many in his administration don't have a problem with continually forcing Israel to give up its covenant land.
Jan Markell is founder and director of Minnesota-based Olive Tree Ministries. Markell shares the frustration of many Evangelicals who love Israel and oppose the president's support of a Palestinian state.
She says it is a theological problem. "He is the product of replacement theology churches all of his life [and the teaching] that the Church is the new Israel and that literal, physical Israel has no relevance whatsoever anymore," she asserts.
According to Markell, Bush advisors like Karen Hughes, Andrew Card, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are proponents of replacement theology as well. So someone else, she says, needs to educate the president.
"He and his advisors do not see the biblical significance of Israel today," Markell says. "There are many trying to get the message to him, but he's got 60 years of false teaching into his head, so it's kind of hard to get it out."
The Olive Tree Ministries founder is convinced the United States faces serious spiritual consequences if its national leaders continue to follow replacement theology.
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posted by conservative~by~nature at 10:29 PM
1 Comments:
I would agree with the final words of your post. God is very clear in His stance on Israel and America is not immune to His correction if do not support them. I have heard before elsewhere that our President adheres to the idea of Replacement Theology which is quite unfortunate. The Bible clearly opposes this notion and states that God is not done with Israel and the Jewish people.
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