Thoughts on Replacement Theology —

 

The Holy Spirit started leading me to a fuller picture of What's Really Going On years ago, and then stepped it up within the past decade. It's been a process-journey, not a boom!-revelation. Since the Hamas attack on Gaza (10/7/23), accurate hermeneutics for matching Bible history with current events have become more important—especially if one is confronted by a Replacement Theology Activist (which happens a lot in social media groups). 

 

My exploration into this began as a comfortably paced realization that the spiritual world is very real, which I very much needed because my childhood church believed in evolution and therefore, instead of recognizing that the Canaanite's gods were evil spirits, I was taught all that 'false idol stuff' was made up by primitive, non-scientific minds.  But as an adult I came to understand that there is an unseen realm that rebelled against God and has been playing out its spiritual war on battlefield Earth. God created Earth for humans He made in His Image, and He covenanted with His creation to enable them to overcome evil. Some covenants have term limits, but others like those with Adam, Noah, and Abraham are eternal (or more accurately, everlasting in all dimensions or for as long as Earth-time remains).

    The Abrahamic Covenant began as a promise in Genesis 12:1-9 and was completed/ratified (fully cut) in Genesis 17. It established geographic real estate for God and it designated which people (nationality) would be the overseers. It was continued through Isaac, Gen 26:2-5, the son of The Promise. This is the covenant that backed up Joshua's conquests after the Israelites had been MIA in Egypt and the wilderness for over 440 years. Genesis 17:7 establishes it as an everlasting covenant. Unlike portions of later covenants made with Moses and David, none of the Abrahamic Covenant concludes with/at/upon Jesus' resurrection.

    The perpetuity of Abraham's covenant is reinforced by several Old Testament prophets and in the Psalms. The New Testament clarifies and confirms this in Romans 11:2.  Additionally, endtime prophecy regarding what is commonly called 'Armageddon' and Jesus' Second Coming shows that this land given to Abraham will be in the control of his descendants. Therefore, The Church, The Bride of Christ, is not occupying the land of Israel at the time of Christ's return; it is under the control of a political beast system. (descendants gone bad?)

    I've had replacement theology nitwits in online religion forums try to tell me I am promoting a false doctrine in saying the Land is Israel's because "The Church" is in charge now and the Church doesn't get overthrown. No, I am not saying that the church gets overthrown. (Anyway, the Church is the Bride; she gets married.) The Land, Eretz Yisrael, is God's under the everlasting covenant, and as we move from the Church Age to the Kingdom Age the world will see that the Abrahamic Covenant still holds when Jesus returns to reign on Earth.

    Those who pursue "Replacement of Israel by the Church" are going to end up in a ditch. Yes, in Luke 21:24 Jesus talks about Jerusalem being under control of the Gentiles for a time, but that does not mean they are there legally (with a scripturally-legal claim) or that Allah-worshiping Palestinians "deserve" the land covenanted to Abraham. Paul explains in Romans 11:25; Israel experiences a partial hardening by God, not a full replacement. The partial hardening happened to Israel, but with a time limit, only until "the fullness of the Gentiles has come in." (a related but different topic)

    Abraham's Covenant is everlasting; today's politics are not.

A new look at Pierce v Society of Sisters - 100 years later

 

 Pierce v. Society of Sisters was sort of a Biggie ruling regarding attacks on Our Freedom by Compulsory Public (government-controlled) Education. June first was the100th anniversary of the SCOTUS decision, and I had wanted to post about it, but things got away from me, so here is a weekend Catch-Up.
The state of Oregon had passed a law that required every parent, guardian or other person having control or charge or custody of a child between eight and sixteen years to send him/her to a public school.
The Society of Sisters was a faith-based group that had been caring for orphans and teaching youth for over 40 years. It had grown to run a system of primary schools, high schools, and even junior colleges which covered the same subjects being taught in public schools, but from the perspective and with the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church. Yes, there was a follow-the-money angle to the case; the Society owned property and buildings, and had long-term contracts with teachers and parents. The Oregon law was causing students to withdraw and would collapse the schools financially. But more importantly, the law interfered with Parental Rights choose schools where their children will receive appropriate mental and religious training, the right of the child to influence the parents' choice of a school, and the right of schools and teachers therein to engage in a useful business or profession. Basically, the enforcement of the Oregon law would destroy all private education, even a military academy that had been established  14 years earlier.  It was, accordingly, "repugnant to the Constitution." 
The Supreme Courts landmark desision struck down the Oregon law for imposing unreasonable restrictions on personal liberties. 
Set in historical context, this case regarding parental rights, along with a couple other landmark decisions ( Meyer v Nebraska, Gitlow v NYwithin a window of time) regarding free speech, was truly a Major Win in evil spiritual battles happening concurrently in the Unseen Realm. Here is the part that too often gets left out of the story these days: 
Many prominent educators, the KKK, and the fraternal lodges that were so powerful at that time were all big supporters of Compulsory Government Education(indoctrination). Their talking points contended that (1) getting rid of non-public schools would raise educational standards, (2) improve tensions between different religions and social classes, and (3) promote assimilation of immigrants and their children.  

 rights guaranteed by the Constitution may not be abridged by legislation which has no reasonable relation to some purpose within the competency of the State. The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.

Sorcery

The picture is a screencap from yesterday's sermon. I want to connect some dots—

My train of thought began last week when I saw a survey about the difficulty of finding a good local church. Only 7% of North Americans have a biblical worldview—which means there are a ton of churches out there that Don't have a biblical worldview, or if that view is in their mission statement, then they've stopped talking about it. 'The sheep' don't have a balanced diet; they lack access to the whole counsel of God at their church and are left to seek it elsewhere.

Paul, in Acts 20:27-28, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥.… We need more churches with the boldness of Paul.

Why is it so hard to find a based fellowship these days? (And I'm NOT referring to obvious anti-bible teaching that pressures congregants to "accept" criminal unbelievers and sexual perversions performed on children. I'm talking about churches that self-censor and remain silent on knotty topics.)

As the picture shows, yesterday's sermon addressed "Sorcery," a knotty topic that needs the light of Truth shone upon it.

Sorcery is one of those "biblical issues" that (twenty years ago) I found myself having to go research outside any local church help. It was taboo to discuss it! Sorcery gets labeled as "evil" and then is rarely addressed further from our pulpits. Consequently, many church-attenders have No Idea how deeply it has infested our politicians, bureaucrats, and judges.

The AI-bot estimates we currently have 1.5 million people in the U.S. who identify as wiccan, pagan, or participate in satan worship. The Pastor's research (42:10 if you watch) found that 1-in-5 people in America have consulted with psychics or fortunetellers, a multi-Billion dollar business. The number of sorcerers is probably MUCH higher because of O'Biden's Welcome Mat policy. The MS-13 gang follows satan, and many imported from Haiti brought their Voodoo with them. Sorcery is one of the theaters in the Spiritual War that rages against Believers.

It has been pretty easy for Believers to live in a cocoon, even when demons were manifesting in plain sight on the evening news (yes, Biden's "whispering" was an unclean spirit). I find it reassuring to know that others are courageous enough to tell the truth about uncomfortable subjects. America has many "influencers" in high government places who are involved in the dark arts, and they have dark powers helping to conceal them. If you don't have a fellowship that teaches the biblical position, or if you are an FCC member who missed the May 18th Sunday sermon, go take a listen.

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Did your Sunday school teach you about the sin of Hypocrisy?

 

Mine did not. I don't ever remember hearing about the sin of Hypocrisy in Sunday school, not during the childhood years when kid's brains are sponges. Hypocrisy got covered in the older youth group, but only in passing, as a bad Pharisee thing.
It wasn't until I joined the now defunct CrossWalk forums in the early 2000s that I dug into studying the scripture dealing with hypocrisy on my own (because I desired and did win a debate taking on the "Don't Judge" trope — both Mt 7:1 and Rom 2:1 contextually fall under Hypocrisy).
But my findings and My Point is: With the exception of failure to accept Jesus, Hypocrisy is probably the greatest of the "sleeper sins" that civil law never addresses. Hypocrisy brought out Jesus' righteous anger whereas the sins most people think are worse were met with compassion.

...if you are able to call out hypocrisy as a genuine warning instead of as an insult, that would be an act of love.

Did Freemasons found America?

 

I keep running into people who post on political forums that REALLY, REALLY (without knowing anything about me) seem to be on a mission to convince me that Freemasons founded America—  That America was corrupt and bad from the get-go.They take No Excuses for not swallowing their spiel!  They particularly like to quote George Washington complimenting the Freemasons' good works in their attempts to convince me that he was "all in" and part of a traitorous plot to destroy the fledgling nation. 

I don't buy that. The following is my answer to one of these folks:

This is somewhat misleading BECAUSE... Satan was one day too late to the party. During colonial America, Freemasonry had not yet gotten a strong foothold. It was largely business networking, akin to the lower three levels of Freemasonry today: male socializing, contact hobnobbing, and a side of charity work. The deep weird stuff, the freemasonry of France, was an ocean away. The masons were present, but not strong enough to effectively influence the culture in any evil organized plotting manner.

 
The TIPPING POINT on that can be traced to around 1789-1791. By the Lord's Providence, America had her Constitution written and ratified before the masonic infestation could push their ideas with any degree of impact. That started to change when Pierre L'Enfant leveraged those "business contacts" and obtained the contract to design the new capital of Washington DC in 1791.

So here's the Truth: The founding of the District of Columbia (Washington), not the founding of the nation,  was the beginning of Freemasonry being able to make inroads in our government. Our founding documents had been written and voted upon prior to masonic influence. Satan was metaphorically still spreading tares when the Founding Fathers made their covenants. By the time they germinated and the thief's crop could be harvested, our Declaration of Independence (which Honored our Creator), and our Constitution (which was patterned after biblical law) had already been secured. Freemasonry has been a problem ever since, but America was not founded upon it.