“For those of us who are believers, it’s a Biblical admonition to stand with Israel.”
- Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Does the Bible admonish Christians to stand with Israel? According to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, the answer is, yes. And millions of American Evangelicals agree with him due to the Premillennial Dispensationalist eschatology popularized by the Scofield Bible and well-known dispensationalist preachers such as John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI).
In a recent post on X, John Hagee said we are on the verge of the Gog Magog war” and expressed concern that the Democrats were urging Israel to “de-escalate” its war against Hamas. He indicated that he would fly to DC and meet with lawmakers. Apparently, Hagee got his way as he met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who helped Congress rob the American people and send $26.3 billion more in tribute to Israel on top of the untold billions of dollars Americans have already sent to that nation and like will send in the future.
Why do men such as Mike Johnson and John Hagee believe there’s a Biblical “admonition” to stand with Israel? Usually, it starts with a quotation from Genesis 12, “I [God] will bless those who bless you [Abraham] and I will curse him who curses you.” For Christian Zionists such as Johnson and Hagee, this always means sending more American tax dollars to support Israel. But it can also mean lending moral support to Israel to continue its aggressive and deadly policies such as the ongoing bombing of civilians in Gaza and urging Israel not to deescalate. The tens of thousands of dead Gazan civilians are not enough to satisfy Hagee’s blood lust. God requires more bombing.
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Hey Steve,
Another interesting angel to all this is the Jesuit origins of Futurist Dispensational eschatology. In 1591, as part of the counter reformation, the Jesuit Francisco Ribera developed the theory that the Biblical prophecies of Daniel, Revelation, and the man of sin of 2 Thesselonians were all to come in the future. This was to combat the Protestant teaching that these were fulfilled, the little horn of Daniel 7, the man of sin of 2Thess, and the beast of Revelation 13 being the papacy.
The Jesuit Cardinal Bellemire picked up the teaching and then later Manuel Lacunza. Eventually it was picked up in England by the Oxford Movement and Protestants Edward Irving and John Darby. From there it was written into the Scofield Reference Bible and became the new standard Protestant eschatology replacing the historicist view.
https://bereanbeacon.org/the-dispensational-road/
This is a good article going through the history of this. There’s also a book download in the article called “the foundations under attack” which has a chapter on this subject.
Most Protestants have no idea that their eschatology has Roman Catholic origins. This has also paved the way for the return of Protestants back into communion with the church of Rome, as you talked about in your podcast, the pope has gone from Antichrist to brother in Christ.
Hi Zach. Thanks for your comments. You are correct about the Jesuit origins of the futurist school. I’ll check out the link you provided.