I don't doubt that is what Uri Avnery believes, as most Jews believe, because that is what most Christian theologians believed and have been teaching for two thousand years. It's called *replacement theology*,Christians believed they replace the Jews as the *chosen people*. However, times and thinking have changed dramatically in recent decades since the *fig tree* has begun to bud.Christians have been dropping replacement theology like a hot potato because it is not Biblical. Again, read, better yet, study the story of Joseph, it is all there in far greater detail than I could possibly go into here. Joseph, betrayed by his brothers, saves the day for all of them, just as Christ saves the day for all the Jews, not just Jewish believers, from total destruction.At that time, the Jews will accept him as their messiah, not knowing it is Jesus until he reveals the scars in his hands, feet and side, just as Joseph revealed his circumcision to prove he was his brother's brother.At that time, the *scales* that blinded the eyes of the Jewish people to the identity of Christ, as it did with Saul of Tarsus, will be removed and there will be a great healing/ awakening between Christ, the church and the Jewish people, as it was when Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers.< John , you're still thinking in old, out dated, theological teaching, regarding the Christian faith, as many still do. The Bible teaches that when the Messiah comes, Jews and Gentiles will be united together as one. The Gentiles will be grafted into the tree of Abraham through the church. Of course, until it all happens, it is a matter of faith. ________________________________ From: do.rflex <do.rf...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 8:11:11 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerusalem Forever
The fate of the Jews: Uri Avnery, is the leader of Gush Shalom, an Israeli peace group. He was discussing the theology of many Fundamentalist and other Evangelical Christians in a 2002-JUN essay, and wrote: "According to its theological beliefs, the Jews must congregate in Palestine and establish a Jewish state on all its territory so as to make the Second Coming of Jesus Christ possible... the evangelists don't like to dwell openly on what comes next: before the coming [of the Messiah], the Jews must convert to Christianity. Those who don't will perish in a gigantic holocaust in the battle of Armageddon. This is basically an anti-Semitic teaching..." 1 This teaching implies that Jews who remain true to God's covenants in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) will be all exterminated in a massive genocide that may be more numerous than the Nazi Holocaust. http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_isra.htm --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > You might like this article by Dennis Prager on the Genesis prediction and > Israel and why conservative christians believe in a strong Israel: > > http://tiny.cc/pxnx5 > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > > If your question is serious, read the story of Joseph in Genesis. Then > > substitute Jesus for Joseph and Joseph's brothers for the Jewish people, > > (really the Pharisees). Many students of prophecy believe that the Old > > Testament is the truth concealed and the New Testament is the Truth > > revealed. Both stories parallel each other very closely. Example, Joseph is > > sold into slavery by his jealous brothers for 30 pieces of silver. Joseph > > is falsely accused and thrown in prison but rises up to sit at the right > > hand of Pharaoh. Joseph's brothers realize and confess their sin against > > their father and brother. Joseph forgives them, seeing the greater divine > > plan, then brings his whole family into Egypt, saving them from famine and > > death, where they enjoy great prosperity. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: do.rflex <do.rflex@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 3:52:37 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerusalem Forever > > > > Â > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > This is the reason why this city could be the cause of Armageddon, the > > > next world war. It is likely that the US would be on the side of Israel > > > since there are still fundamentalist Christians who believe that this war > > > will be between the forces of good and evil, thus leading to the Second > > > Coming of Christ and the Rapture. > > > > > > > What do these fundamentalist Christians say is going to happen to the Jews > > who don't accept Jesus as their Savior? > > > > > Also, there is a fairly strong Jewish influence in the US which will > > > lobby the politicians to support the Israeli cause. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I expect squirming from the usual suspects > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_YPKnXi10M > > > > > > > > > >
