True and False Israel
But ye (believers in Christ) are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvelous light. I Peter 2:9
In the waning days of the 20th century a phenomenon is afoot within Churchianity. Judeo-Churchians
who denounce racism, are, perversely enough, worshipping a race known in popular parlance as "the
Jews." These so-called "Jews" have become the Master Race for Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, John
Hagee, the pope of Rome and millions of others.
The "Jews," it is alleged, are saved not by Christ, but by genes, since they are supposed to qualify as
"God's Chosen Nation" by genetics, despite the fact that very few if any have the genes of the ancient Hebrews.
Yet the Christian New Testament declares that it is the believers in Christ who are the "chosen
generation" and the "holy nation" [I Peter 2:9].
The message of these Master Race-idolizing "Christians" is that the so-called "Jews" are saved by
their race.
But if idolatry of a Master Race is bad, is it not bad no matter who is being idolized?
The worship by Churchians of the so-called "Jews" and the enshrinement of the dogma of carnal
Israel, was first concocted by Darby in the 1830s and infiltrated the Protestant churches in earnest in
1909 with the publication of C.I. Scofield's Dispensationist Bible.
Scofield's "Dispensationalist" teaching did not begin to dominate the Protestant world until the 1930s.
So we have a modern aberration that is (take your pick) a. 158 years old; b. 89 years old; c. 68
years old. For at least 1,830 years the followers of Jesus rejected and opposed this thinking.
Churchianity teaches that Jews are saved by their race rather than by Jesus, but the New Testament
says the exact opposite (I John 2:22-23 ).
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