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future?Thanks, Gili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reply-To: cecarl > > http://straitgateministry.net/ > 345-page ONE NATION UNDER ISRAEL Almost FREE (see end) > Published by Truths Press > > ENABLING WAR: HOW A BIBLE PUBLISHER CORRUPTED CHRIST'S WORDS > Why Celebrity leaders accept a form of Judaism and call it "Christianity" > By Charles E. Carlson (Director of We Hold These Truths) > > This study is not written to convince anyone of what Jesus said; it quotes a > small but important part of the Christian New Testament of Jesus, explaining > how these words have been reinterpreted to justify serial wars. This > analysis is important to persons of all beliefs, faiths, and races who are > trying to understand why wars dominate our world, and why many of those who > call themselves by Jesus Christ's name find themselves pitted in support of > wars against other races. It is undeniable that our current wars are directed > at Islamic populations. We focus on one bible that is used every day as a > war enabler. > > This is a re-written and abbreviated version of our more far reaching 2006 > series, "The Sheep and the Goats" Parts 1 & 2, which are drawn from a study > of book of Matthew, chapter 25. Your author is responding to requests that > we more clearly prove and document the essence of popular biblical distortion > about Heaven and Hell in the book of Matthew. Chapters 24-25, which > evangelical believe to contain Jesus' words, are intentionally distorted by > these same persons, both in the text and footnotes to the text in most > popular bible study versions. > > Self professed CHRISTIAN-ZIONISTS at the pulpit of mega-churches are left > with an untenable problem. It is impossible for them to tell the truth about > what certain New Testament Bible passages say, or even to read them, without > contradicting their own support for wars and for the constantly warring state > of Israel. Evangelical teaching and preaching often directly contradict that > which Jesus taught about love and peace, and more surprisingly, celebrity > Christian statements often directly conflict with Jesus' statements about > Heaven and Hell. > > Church economics may be a factor in scriptural compromise. Opposition to war > is less popular than ignoring or accepting it. Celebrity Christian leaders > may feel financial pressure to warp the New Testament into a wide and easy > path interpretation, which they say points, not to Heaven and Hell, but to a > "second coming." Simply stated, pastors have learned they can't fill 10,000 > seat arenas by leaning too heavily on sin, repentance and judgment as Jesus > portrayed it in this carefully worded chapter. It is just not good for > mega-church business. > > Nor do they want to refute what is public policy at the highest levels. Some > pastors no doubt justify compromise to choose the wide path to build their > own empires in contrast to what Christ called the narrow path or "Strait" > gate. Our government's public policy includes war, which has also become many > churches' policy. > > Evangelical celebrities generally believe in politically activism, and every > politician knows it pays to be "born again." Thus an unspoken, unholy > alliance has been created between financially successful biblical teachers on > one hand, and politically successful politicians and businessmen who thrive > on serial wars, on the other. The cost has been untold lives in several > unholy wars in the 20 years. But where to the war-accepting pastors find > their scriptural support for war? We will examine only once example in a > corrupted version of the book of Matthew, in one corrupted bible the Scofield > Reference Bible 1967 version. > > Oh that my adversary would write a book > > The famous Scofield Reference Bible, perhaps the most powerfully promoted > Bible ever written, is the godfather of modern bible distortion, which is now > emulating and even exceeding in radicalism by other popular study bibles > including the NIV Study Bible and the MacArthur Study Bible. > > Matthew 25 contains one of the most directly written and clearly > self-explained passages on Heaven and Hell, which was once taken at face > value in most churches. But the explanation of Matthew 25 we find so simple > and straight forward is now rejected in almost every evangelical (Christian > Zionist) church. And the Oxford/Scofield re-write is increasingly influential > in a growing number of mainline churches where are members attend > dispensational bible studies, and while there hours before > celebrity-Christian media. Members of most Catholic or mainline protestant > church are also deeply influenced by the “end times controversy. > > Matthew, the first book in the New Testament, contains the most outrageous > example of added words that directly contradicts Jesus words. A quote from > the Scofield Reference Bible footnotes directly contradicts what Jesus Christ > is quoted to have said, His simple words, taken from the King James Edition, > describing the basis upon which Jesus told his followers He himself will > someday judge every man from every tribe ("nation"). We start by reading > Jesus' words in Matthew 25:31-35: > > "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with > him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall > be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a > shepherd divided his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on > his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto > them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom > prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungered, > and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, > and ye took me in: (skip to40)---Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have > done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." > > The next five versus describe Jesus' rejection of the "goats," those who have > been less than kind to the least of "his brethren," judging them unfit for > heaven by the same measure. Jesus provides a standard for his eternal > kingdom, simple measurement of faith, love and service, a simple set of rules > for His acceptance. > > Now, we must beg your patience to wade through a long paragraph which is a > footnote to this same passage in Matthew above, and which footnote directly > conflicts with what Jesus taught. Be patient if at first reading you should > be confused. From the Scofield (Oxford) Reference bible, > > Matthew 25:32: p-1036-37: > "This judgment of individual Gentiles is to be distinguished from other > judgments in Scripture, such as the judgment of Israel, and the judgment of > the wicked after the millennium. The time of this judgment is "when the Son > of man shall come in his glory," i.e. at the second coming of Christ after > the tribulation. The subjects of this judgment are ...all Gentiles then > living on earth. Three classes of individuals are mentioned: (1) sheep, saved > Gentiles; (2) goats, unsaved Gentiles; and (3) brethren, the people of > Israel. The scene is on earth;...The test of this judgment is the treatment > by individual Gentiles of those whom Christ calls "my brethren," living in > the preceding tribulation period when Israel is fearfully persecuted...The > sheep are Gentiles saved on earth during the period between the rapture and > Christ's second coming to the earth..." > > What is that all about? Maybe you need to pinch yourself and read it again. > The brethren are "the people of Israel?" but Israel can only mean the state > by that name in 1967 when this was written, and the State of Israel did not > exist when Jesus lived! > > Oxford Press introduces radical racism into its interpolation of Jesus' words > by limiting heaven to "Jews" and those non-Jews who are excessively kind to > Jews. And the footnotes also claim it is not even Heaven Jesus it talking > about. Instead it is an early kingdom that is yet to come...and it has > (according to Oxford) nothing to do with the world the Disciples and Jesus > lived in! > > In the Scofield/Oxford University Press’s bible interpretation,” the least of > these my brethren" are stated to be "Jews" living in the state of Israel at > some future age. In fact, in this passage Scofield/Oxford ignores Heaven > exchanges it for an "earthy kingdom" at a future time after an Armageddon > event to take place after a "rapture" event followed by a "millennium" event. > This complex and aggressive re-interruption of Jesus' simple words is an > insult to any reader's intelligence and a false witness to God himself. > > WHO ARE JESUS BRETHREN? > When Jesus spoke of "his brethren" He was in no way talking about the 1948 > created State of Israel. Surely He was referring to his followers who he > often pointedly called brothers. And based upon Jesus many consistent > statements about loving ones' neighbor, associates, and even our enemies, it > is more likely Jesus was thinking of any and all of suffering mankind when he > used the term "the least of these my brethren." But we do not try to decide > that for you, let the words speak your own discernment. Suffice to say, the > New Testament does not read as Oxford Press portrays it. That makes it a > giant intentional forgery. > > "Goats," in Jesus simple pastoral analogy, are those who look a lot like > sheep but who act differently and have ignored the needs of their fellow men. > > But to Scofield/Oxford University Press, the goats are made to be human > symbols of Anti-Israel, anti-Semitism. They are "gentiles" who fail to > shelter Israelis at some future time in imagined history. In other words, > Oxford Press wants us to believe Jesus was not even talking to his disciples > or needy mankind at all, but that he was tossing cute futurist riddles over > his followers' innocent heads. Why would Jesus lecture his disciples about > some future generation that his "brethren" would not even comprehend or live > to see? Jesus words were (this writer thinks) relevant to those who followed > him and to the questions they asked. If Jesus did not shoot strait with his > own, how can Jesus words be believable to those who try to follow him now? > > Jesus left no doubt about his subject. To make sure everyone knows He was > talking about, Heaven and Hell, and nothing else, he provides two parables in > first half of the same 25th Chapter that he labeled as explaining the kingdom > of Heaven ("the kingdom of Heaven is like"). And nowhere in the chapter did > Jesus say he was suddenly inclined to change the subject to a "second coming" > scene. Had Jesus intended to give a future history lesson it is logical to > think he would have said so. After all, He is the son of God and knew how to > dictate a literate paragraph! But this did not deter Oxford from changing > the subject! > > Little lies between the lines > Another Forgery is found in Matthew 24 in the Oxford 1967 edition, page 1035, > and is part of the sheep and goats forgery. It is worth a minute or two to > see what Jesus was talking about that Oxford Press considered important > enough to forge right in front of the world of Bible readers. Here they did > not change the words but refuted that they mean what Jesus said. In other > words Oxford Press says Jesus is wrong. > > Jesus was first asked a natural and simple question by an unnamed disciple in > the 3rd verse; > 3)"Tell us, when shall these things be.. what shall be the sign of thy > coming, and of the end of the world?" > > To Which Jesus Replied: > 34)"Verily (truly) I say unto you, this generation shall not pass, till all > these things be fulfilled." > > Jesus was answering his youthful and curious followers, telling them certain > events would occur before their "generation" is gone, leaving no doubt that > he means some of them might live to see much persecution and the temple > destroyed, among less easily understood events. One event specifically asked > about was Jesus’ predicted discussion of Herod's Temple, where today the Al > Aqsa Mosque stands. It turns out the "in this generation" was absolutely > right for the Roman as well as Jewish records show the Temple was completely > destroyed about 35 years later in 70 AD under the Roman General Titus. > > Now read the Oxford footnote that actually refutes Jesus words: > 1(24:34, page 1035) states: > > "The word 'generation' though commonly used in Scriptures of those living at > one time, could not here mean those alive at the time of Christ..." > > Obviously, Oxford Press has a problem with Jesus words so it vetoed what > Jesus said. To do this they invented a new definition of "generation" that > fit Oxford's idea of an earthly kingdom in Jerusalem in which the present day > state of Israelis, chosen of God, and owning the entire Middle East. Oxford > fixed the Bible by making a generation as long as they wish it to be, say > 3000 years or more. This of course would make Jesus a liar to his own > followers, but Oxford Press, satisfying the interest of World Zionism, does > not flinch at doing this. > > WHAT IS OXFORD'S UNIVERSITY PRESS' MOTIVE? > Oxford Press treats Jesus Christ like a public school drop out who cannot > express himself or compose a paragraph without Oxford's help. We are supposed > to believe that the Scofield bible (written and rewritten by Oxford > University Press from 1921 on) is needed to interpret Jesus lack of > expression. It would have us think God is incapable of explaining his > purpose on earth. How insulting to God. Oxford Press and Pharisaic Christian > leaders should tremble in fear before a Holy God. > > Jesus was clearly addressing his Disciples in the whole of Chapter 25, and he > was telling them about Heaven and Hell and He explained the earthly path to > each place. Traditional Christians (as well as Muslims as we understand them) > believe Jesus was describing the "narrow path" to heaven. Jesus does not tell > us so but we tend to assume this path is also meant for us to follow. > > Most dispensational pastors avoid discussing Matthew 25 as thought they wish > it would disappear. To deal with it they have adopted what we call > "Scofieldism" to convert this problem into an asset. Scofieldism make no > sense as interpreted in the Oxford footnotes except to "dispensationalists" > who have built cults around it. Scofieldism is gushed from the pulpits of > the celebrity Christian churches and go out on Christian airwaves to untold > millions. As a result, followers of Christ as well as moral but confused > Christian drop outs are confused by the simple words Jesus left for us. > > Jesus words are easy to understand, but difficult to follow toward the strait > gate. Oxford Press's words are impossible to understand and as hard to > remember, but the interpretations are duck soup to follow...they require > almost nothing of those who profess to be "born again." > > Those who promoted the Oxford University Press bible (Scofield Reference > Bibles) invents a wide and easy path to heaven, where hell is only a factor > for others, where sacrificial kindness must be shown only to "Jews," and not > even now...but later, during a millennial kingdom. Mr. Scofield coined the > terms “dispensations” from which we have "Dispensationalism.” It is quite ok > to slaughter Arab children and wage the cruelest wars on their parents. The > false interpretation of Jesus words, teaching that Israelis must be loved > more than others has made it quite acceptable in dispensational circles to > ignore the continuous bombing and starving of Arabs and Muslims because they > are thought to be Israel's enemies. > > The amazing paradox about Scofield-dispensationalism is that it is practiced > by those celebrity "Christians" who claim they believe that 100% of the Bible > is literally true. Ted Haggard is one. > Barbara Walters interviewed Evangelical mega-church leader on ABC's 20/20, on > December 19th, 2005. The subject was Heaven and Hell. Haggard defined > "evangelicalism" as three principles that he said evangelicals believe: that > Jesus Christ is the son of God; that the Bible is literally true throughout; > and that to go to Heaven one must be "born again." But Haggard teaches > Scofieldism. > > It should be no surprise if the Zionist leaning, non-Christian Oxford Press > would lie to attain a political agenda to control American Christianity. This > was its logical purpose in making, selling and promoting tens of millions of > Scofield bibles into American Seminaries and church leaders. > > CONCLUSION > Dispensationalism is Christian-Zionism, which is racism. It requires each > follower to acknowledge the lordship of the State of Israel along side of > Christ. Their view of salvation is a glittery wide and easy way that that > requires loving "Jews" next to loving God, and more than we love others. We > have shown this in Part 2, The Sheep and the Goats. > > The immense, indescribable distortion of Jesus Christ's words of which such > clear examples are found in Matthew 25, defies imagination in its brazenness > and the cruel intent of its Zionist framers. It is used every day in the USA > to enable and instigate the brutality falsely called "war" in the Middle > East. - > > Evangelical celebrities, and all who knowingly go along with the forgery, > have the blood of a several racist wars on their hands. Jesus' true words > require that We Hold These Truths confronts pastors and leaders in tens of > thousands of churches, as Jesus confronted the chief priests and Pharisees of > his day. Project Strait Gate is our plan to do this. WE Hold These Truths > website is there to help you make your own decision. Perhaps it will be a > life changing and lifesaving decision for you. > > Other works by this author: > http://straitgateministry.net (Click: Pharisee Watch/Listen Live) > > The Cause of Our Conflicts > Interactive audio-video presentation (Christian-Zionism's roots) > > Almost FREE, 345-page ONE NATION UNDER ISRAEL, by Andrew Hurley, the factual > documentary in the words of past congressmen telling how AIPAC (American > Israeli Public Affairs Committee) has controlled the American Congress for a > generation. Shipping cost only, only one please. > > Strait Gate Ministry > Pharisee Watch > PO Box 14491 > Scottsdale, AZ 85267 > http://straitgateministry.net/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > FAX 480 699 1902 > > > To be blocked from future mail, please respond with the word "Delete". > Please write in the Subject line only, (allow one week for change). > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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