{"id":6955,"date":"2015-10-13T17:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T23:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2017-12-22T21:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T04:57:59","slug":"pastor-chuck-baldwin-on-70th-week-of-daniel-supporting-israel-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/pastor-chuck-baldwin-on-70th-week-of-daniel-supporting-israel-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Chuck Baldwin On 70th Week of Daniel, Supporting Israel Follow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

This End Times Deceptions Bible study<\/a> features an update on the recent Facebook post from Pastor Chuck Baldwin about the 70th week of Daniel and the State of Israel<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chuck posted on Facebook today:<\/p>\n

A follow up to my last post on my shift in thinking regarding Eschatology:<\/p>\n

I fully expected that there would be strong reactions against my studied decision denouncing dispensationalism, but the abject anger and hatred demonstrated by so many has further opened my eyes to the dangers of dispensationalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the first place, since when has one’s personal views on Eschatology been considered a “fundamental” tenet of Christianity? The answer is NEVER.<\/p>\n

Throughout the Church age, Bible scholars have expressed differences of opinion regarding Bible prophecy. Yet, historically, no Bible scholar that I am aware of (predating recent times especially) made the personal interpretation of prophecy a test of fellowship–or a test of one’s personal salvation and love for Christ.<\/p>\n

Yet, here are some of the vitriolic things that dispensationalists have said to, or about, me since my last post:<\/p>\n

“He forgot who Christ was.”
\n“He’s fallen away.”
\n“He’s a heretic.”
\n“He’s satanic.”
\n“You’re a racist.”
\n“His new found fleshly doctrine.”
\n“You want to make the Bible fit your political and fleshly desires.”
\n“He’s stumbled into darkness.”
\n“You are a cult member.”
\n“You are evil.”<\/p>\n

Amazingly, in all of the decades that I preached and taught dispensational theology, I never had a post-millennialist or a mid-tribber or a post-tribber or an amillennialist or a preterist say ANYTHING remotely resembling the vicious attacks listed above.<\/p>\n

But many dispensationalists attacked me with viper-like venom–all because of a disagreement on Bible prophecy.<\/p>\n

Did I reject the authority of the Scriptures? No.
\nDid I reject the deity of Jesus Christ? No.
\nDid I reject the atoning death of Christ on the Cross? No.
\nDid I reject the resurrection of Jesus? No.
\nDid I reject Christ’s ascension? No.
\nDid I reject the Second Coming of Christ? No.
\nDid I reject salvation by grace through faith. No.<\/p>\n

What this shows is the way dispensationalism has evolved in the minds and hearts of many Christians. To so many of them, dispensationalism (with all of the interpretations contained therein) is a FUNDAMENTAL tenet of the Christian faith. To them, denying dispensationalism is tantamount to denying Christ.<\/p>\n

This helps me understand why so many adherents of dispensationalism have become so rabid in carrying out the tenets of dispensationalism into, not only their religious lives, but into their political lives as well. To these folks, political candidates and governmental policies are judged MOSTLY by dispensational philosophy–even to the point of putting the interests of a foreign nation (Israel) ABOVE the interests of our own country.<\/p>\n

It’s as if the doctrine of dispensationalism trumps virtually ALL OTHER CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES–especially as it relates to politics.<\/p>\n

it is so very clear to me now how the Neocons in Washington, D.C., have been able to so effectively manipulate so many Christian voters. And how they have convinced them to support endless wars of aggression in the Middle East. To dispensationalists, these wars comport with their understanding of Bible prophecy. (John Hagee is the worst offender on this point.) And how so many Christians have been duped into not resisting the unconstitutional, unlawful conduct of their own leaders–especially if the leader is perceived as supporting dispensational ideology. Never mind, that these actions contradict the totality of both Biblical and Natural Law.<\/p>\n

It seems clear to me that we will NEVER see any significant improvement in national politics (much less our spiritual growth and understanding) until somehow, someway, the Christian Church is delivered from its infatuation with dispensationalism.<\/p>\n

Even if one adheres to dispensationalist doctrine (as I did for so many years), to raise its importance to the level of those folks quoted above–and if this view is widely shared (as it appears now to be)–portends a very dangerous future for our country. And, sadly, if that happens, it will all have been a SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.<\/p>\n

Related Study: The Followers Of Christ Are God\u2019s Chosen People<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This End Times Deceptions Bible study features an update on the recent Facebook post from Pastor Chuck Baldwin about the 70th week of Daniel and the State of Israel. Chuck posted on Facebook today: A follow up to my last post on my shift in thinking regarding Eschatology: I fully expected that there would be … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[153],"tags":[87,155,154],"class_list":["post-6955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chuck-baldwin","tag-70th-week-of-daniel","tag-christians-support-israel","tag-chuck-baldwin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5G4Cu-1Ob","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8271,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions\/8271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}