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DUAL COVENANT THEOLOGY – AN INNOVATIVE HERESY!

March 1, 2006

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Say it ain’t so, Clyde! This was probably supposed to be published on April 1, as an April Fool’s joke. Surely there will be many explanations and a lot of back peddl ing by the many well known evangelical giants mentioned

in the Jerusalem Post article by Ilan Chaim, which follows the Scriptures.

Galatians 2:21 – I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Ephesians 1:6,7 – To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. [7] In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

James 2:10 – For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Galatians 3:24 – Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Begin Jerusalem Post Article

Falwell: Jews Can Get to Heaven

ILAN CHAIM, THE JERUSALEM POST

March 1, 2006

An evangelical pastor and an Orthodox rabbi, both from Texas, have apparently persuaded leading Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell that Jews can get to heaven without being converted to Christianity.

Televangelist John Hagee and Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, whose Cornerstone Church and Rodfei Sholom congregations are based in San Antonio, told The Jerusalem Post that Falwell had adopted Hagee’s innovative belief in what Christians refer to as “dual covenant” theology.

This creed, which runs counter to mainstream evangelism, maintains that the Jewish people has a special relationship to God through the revelation at Sinai and therefore does not need “to go through Christ or the Cross” to get to heaven.

Scheinberg said this has been Hagee’s position for the 25 years the two have worked together on behalf of Israel and that Falwell had also come to accept it.

Falwell sent a representative to the San Antonio launch of Christians United for Israel in early February, as did popular televangelist Pat Robertson.

Hagee, who will serve as CUFI national chairman, says the new organization aims to be a kind of “Christian AIPAC” (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) through which every pro-Israel Christian organization and ministry in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel on biblical issues.

The main issue, following disengagement from the Gaza Strip, is not to give up any more of the Land of Israel, he said.

Many Christian denominational leaders – who represent some 30 million evangelical Christians in the US – have expressed support for CUFI in writing.

These include such names as Dr. Jack Hayford, president of the Foursquare Gospel Church; Paul Walker, assistant general overseer of the Church of God; international Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church; Benny Hinn; George Morrison; Kenneth Copland; Steve Strang; Matt Croutch of the Trinity Broadcasting Network; and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council.

The latter is the Washington-based lobbying arm of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family.

Scheinberg said he had worked with Hagee since 1981, when the pastor first broached the idea of organizing a night to honor Israel, which has become an annual event.

“He came to the Jewish community and of course they were skeptical, they were a bit suspicious, anxious about whatever agenda he might have,” the rabbi recalled. “He took public positions against proselytizing the Jews, which some of his own colleagues at that time criticized him roundly for; for example, Falwell was at that time very critical of his nonconversionary statements regarding the Jews. But that’s not the case now though. Falwell has changed his position,” he said.

Hagee has been consistent in this theological position, Scheinberg said, and this was reflected in both the declared policy of CUFI and at the public launch of the organization last month.

“It seemed there was a great deal of unity – not unanimity – on nonconversion, a nonproselytizing agenda, that the Jews have a special covenant, and this was stated over and over,” the rabbi said.

“It was stated in Hagee’s opening speech, in his opening statement, and then repeated again.

And when there was a question period later, no one asked about this.

It seemed to be understood that any hidden agenda, any attempt at conversion, would undermine all their efforts, would be counterproductive, and that’s not what they are about.

“There was always concern on the part of the Jewish community that there’s a hidden agenda now, to convert now, to proselytize now. And regarding that, Hagee was very strong in saying no, we are not proselytizing,” Scheinberg said.

Scheinberg, the only rabbi at the CUFI launch, senses there has been a downplaying of traditional evangelical theology in favor of something more concrete – supporting Israel. He associates this phenomenon of “Christian Zionism” with God’s promise in Genesis 12:3 that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed.

“The reason that I was at the summit was that I’ ve been with him since the

very beginning. It’s not because I was Orthodox. I’m sure on other occasions he would be happy to invite the Conservatives.

The Reform here have been very vocal in their opposition to anything that Hagee does – not so much for his support of Israel, but because the fundamentalist agenda, social agenda, is quite different than the Reform liberal agenda, and particularly Hagee’s position on gay rights, on abortion, on pornography, etc., etc., run contrary or are anathema to some of the positions of the very liberal Reform,” he said.

Falwell has altered his position, according to Scheinberg, apparently because the pastor decided to put End of Days theology aside in favor of the overriding need to support Israel, particularly against the mounting threat of a nuclear Iran.

“Obviously Falwell was very passionate about conversion, but he absolutely clearly knows Hagee’s position and the Christians United for Israel position,” Scheinberg said. “No question about that; Hagee assured me. I would trust him in his role for Israel, for Israel’s security, to strengthen Israel. I would be very surprised if Falwell ever tried to pull a fast one. Morrison, Bauer and Hagee are so strong and so clear in their nonconversionary position, as well as the organization. Unless he [Falwell] lapsed into a moment of stupidity,” Scheinberg said.

End Jerusalem Post Article

Acts 4:12 – Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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When We Bow Down to Fanaticism, We are sinking as a Nation!

February 28, 2006

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Freedom of expression in America is perhaps our greatest freedom, whether it is by cartoons or any other form of the media from writing to radio to television. Some liberals cringe as they listen to conservative speakers and switch channels, as do conservatives when they hear the liberal speakers. And many liberals love to see Bush and his entire administration ridiculed in cartoons and all forms of media, while conservatives have a great field day with cartoons of the Clintons and Ted Kennedy.

Some unbelievers love to see cartoons ridiculing any form of Christian belief, while some believers get a kick out of seeing cartoons about atheists. Yes, I might as well be honest, I do not like what liberals or atheists believe, teach, or advocate, but I have fought in two wars to defend their right to do it. I am a Christian by faith and a conservative by my experience, and a lot of liberals and atheists died so that I could be what I am and express my opinions. That is what makes me an American.

The current outburst of burnings and killings over 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is a true picture of the narrowness of freedom in the Islamic countries. We must not bow down in surrender to what Islam dictates to be politically, religiously, politely, or culturally correct.

The usurp from the Boston Globe article by Jeff Jacoby, which follows, came

from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Daily Alert.

It is an interesting commentary on fear of retaliation being able to quench the American spirit of free press and expression, which

is a hallmark of the American way. It is amazing what the rebellious Jihad spirit of Islam has been able to accomplish since 911 in its ungodly terror attacks in America and England, and its suicide bombings in the Middle East.

Begin Boston Globe Article

When Fear Cows the Media!

By Jeff Jacoby

The Boston Globe

The Phoenix, Boston’s leading ”alternative” newspaper, isn’t publishing the Mohammed drawings, and in a brutally c

andid editorial it explained why. ”Our primary reason,” the editors confessed, is ”fear of retaliation from…bloodthirsty Islamists who seek to impose their will on those who do not believe as they do….Simply stated, we are being terrorized, and…could not in good conscience place the men and women who work at the Phoenix and its related companies in physical jeopardy. As we feel forced, literally, to bend to maniacal pressure, this may be the darkest moment in our 40-year-publishing history.” The vast majority of U.S. media outlets have shied away from reproducing the drawings, but to my knowledge only the Phoenix has been honest enough to admit that it is capitulating to fear.

Give the rampagers and book-burners a veto over artistic and editorial decisions, and you end up not with heightened sensitivity and cultural respect, but with more rampages and more books burned. You betray ideals generations of Americans have died to defend. And worse than that: You betray as well the dissidents and reformers within the Islamic world. What they want to see from America is not appeasement and apologies and a dread of giving offense.

They want to see us face down the fanatics, be unintimidated by bullies.

They want to know that in the global struggle against Islamist extremism, we won’t let them down. (Boston Globe)

End Boston Globe Article
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The Last 30 years did not follow the Predictions of “The Late Great Planet Earth.”

February 27, 2006

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In the seventies, I was told I was crazy when I predicted that one day oil would control

the dollar, and that the 10 toes of Daniel 2 were not European nations that would eventually attack Israel, but Islamic nations out of the southern flank of the old Roman Empire. In the first edition of my first book, “Tectonic Chaos,” thirty years ago, I wrote the following paragraph:

“The ten horns of Revelation 13:1 are Arab nations who will soon form the nucleus of the seventh kingdom, and the ten crowns

are the kings that will rule them.

For years we have pictured the typical Arab as a scrawny little fellow on a camel in the desert with a comic expression on his face.

This viewpoint is quickly changing. Oil is slowly replacing the dollar in international importance – and soon 10 Arab nations will have gained economic control of much of earth’s wealth. We will not try to stop them because of the Soviet Union – and the Soviet Union will try to stop them because of us and China. The world power block will block itself as ten Arab nations prosper in their midst.”

The follow usurp was extracted from “Captain’s Log,” Vol. 1, Issue 1, by Jim Puplava, February 24, 2006, and does tend to validate what I said would happen 30 years ago.

Begin Captain’s Log Usurp

Oil Props Up the Dollar

“Wall Street is still optimistic that the U.S. dollar will remain strong propped up by rising interest rates. But there is something else that is also helping to prop up the buck. That “something” is higher oil prices. Since oil is priced in dollars, higher oil prices require more dollars to buy oil. It is the threat of pricing oil in euros that poses the greatest risk to the dollar longer-term. While higher interest rates in the U.S. may make the dollar more attractive, the fact that oil is denominated in

dollars also helps to support the dollar. Remove the prop of petrodollar pricing and higher interest rates and the dollar is toast—something to think about, if you’re a dollar bull.”

End Captain’s Log Usurp

I will confess that even though I did not set a time for the present battle between oil and

the dollar to reach its current condition, in 1976 I did expect it would reach where it is today in the nineties, so it took a longer period of time to materialize than I expected.

I also made the statement, which follows, in the first edition of “Tectonic Chaos.”

“The ten horns are ten Arab nations who are currently receiving great economic power as an OPEC oil block. They are rapidly becoming a United Arab Kingdom. All ten of these Arab nations were once a part of the vast Roman Empire.

They will, by sudden great economic growth, very quickly gain the scientific expertise of the world’s great powers – they will rise as a revived empire out of the ashes of the old Roman Empire.”

And, sure enough, the Arab nations have used their oil revenues to buy all sorts of military expertise from Russia, China, the European Union nations, and Korea. And we now have an oil rich dictator in South America who hates us and wants to build a nuclear weapon.

Believe me, if you are still holding to the teaching that the ten toes of Daniel 2 are European, and not Islamic, I am not your enemy, nor do I believe you to be mine, nor am I some egotistical maniac that is waving his finger at you and shouting “you are wrong.” But I am hoping you will consider what is going on in the inability of the European Union to unite in solidarity on many subjects and issues alive on the world stage today. I also hope you will compare the EU spirit with the growing unity of the spirit of Islamic Jihad that is sweeping through one-fifth of the world’s population. The ten toes of Daniel 2 being European became popular when the book, “The Late Great Planet Earth,’” was published in the middle of the twentieth century.

It has not produced the kind of European Union it predicted we would have today. I am encouraging those who have taught for many years that the countries making up the ten toes would be European, to reconsider their position.

I constantly reconsider what I believe concerning them being Islamic nations, and am prepared to eat a ton of crow if I am wrong, but in all my reviews

of what I teach on this subject, based on what has happened in the Middle East and Europe over the past 30 years, I find growing evidence they will be Arab, not European nations.

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Hudna Seems the Way Hamas May Follow for Awhile!

February 26, 2006

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From comments made by all of the Hamas leaders since they won the democratic election in January, as I have indicated in previous Blogs, it appears likely that Hamas will declare a Hudna (truce) with Israel.

It will give them time to organize a working Palestinian government with all the facets of providing an acceptable standard of life for Palestinians who elected them.

The PA government under Yassar Arafat was in a state of such utter corruption by its leaders, that the people saw very little of the money it received expended in multiple services provided to better public facilities and programs.

The Hamas has never had to be responsible for operating to provide for the many municipality needs of

the entire Palestinian governmental structure.

Consequently, they need a Hudna to give them time to do so, because Fatah, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and Islamic Jihad are going to be a thorn in their side, while they attempt to collect funds and build a government infrastructure.

It is possible they might get Islamic Jihad, al-Aksa Martyr’s Brigades, and Fatah to agree to a Hudna with Israel for a while, thereby giving all of the groups a breather to prepare for future combat.

According to Umdat as-Salik, hudnas with a non-Muslim enemy should be limited to 10 years: “if Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) made a truce with the Quraysh for that long, as is related by Abu Dawud” (’Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).

A peace treaty with Israel seems to be out of the question for Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al-Aksa Martyr’s Brigades, but a Hudna (truce) is not a peace treaty, merely a time when a temporary lull of “peace and safety” can be experienced by both sides in the conflict.

A genuine peace treaty as we understand one cannot be possible,

as the following article by the Jerusalem Post Staff indicates.

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Hamas Leaders Reject Negotiations with Israel

JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST

February 26, 2006

Top Hamas figures Mahmoud Zahar and Saed Siyam rejected on Sunday any possible peace negotiations with Israel.

Speaking in Amman, Jordan before parliament members from all over the Arab world, Zahar said that Israel was an enemy, and thus not a partner for negotiations, Israel Radio reported.

He added that Hamas did not plan to renew the failed diplomatic talks with Israel.

End Jerusalem Post Article

Hot Air Sword Swinging by Iran against Israel’s Missile Sites!

Supplement to Archive Prophecy Update 187A – Atomic War – Yes or No?

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The missile installations surrounding Zakhariy a

and Dimona are anti-missile facilities to protect the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas from any missiles launched from Iran or Syria, and are defensive in nature for the most part. Israel’s offensive Jericho missile system is sprinkled in the vast Negev to the south of Be

ersheba, and individual sites are so cleverly concealed it is impossible to locate them unless you watched them being built by satellite imagery.

Begin Harretz Article

Iranian advisor: We’ll strike Dimona in response to U.S. attack

By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent

February 24, 2006

If the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic republic will retaliate with a military strike on Israel’s main nuclear facility.

Dr. Abasi, an advisor to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, said Tehran would respond to an American attack with strikes on the Dimona nuclear reactor and other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.

Haifa is also home to a large concentration of chemical factories and oil refineries.

Zakhariya, located in the Jerusalem hills is – according to foreign reports – home to Israel’s Jericho missile base. Both Israeli and international media have published commercial satellite images of the Zakhariya and Dimona sites.

Abasi, a senior lecturer at Tehran University, was quoted in the Roz internet news site, identified with reform circles in Iran.

Iranian affairs experts believe Abasi’s statements are part of propaganda battle being wages by all sides – including Israel and Iran – in the lead up to next months United Nations Security Council debate on Iran?s nuclear program.

At this stage, the possibility that sanctions will be leveled at Iran are extremely small.

End Haaretz Article

There has been a lot of fear expressed by the vast majority of prophetic experts of a great atomic war beginning in the Middle East.

I have not believed this at any time in my career. This is one of the reasons there is so much concern about Iran getting an atomic warhead for its missiles.

Please read Special Prophecy Update Number 187A from our Archives, which also contains Update Number 129C.

BEGIN QUOTE OF SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 187A

Special Prophecy Update Number 187A

August 29, 2004

Atomic War in Israel – Yes or No? – Number 2

More than a year ago I issued Special Prophecy Update Number 129C, titled “Atomic War in Israel, Yes or No?” I would like to reaffirm my belief in its validity in Number 2. The original Update 129C, issued July 23, 2003, was as follows:

(BEGIN QUOTE OF 129C)

“One of the main reasons I wrote three books on prophecy in the late seventies and early eighties was to establish a case advocated by teachers of the pre-World War

II era. It was, simply stated, that man would not destroy the earth with his weaponry, but rather that God would destroy the earth by the use of this own power. I am certain that the horrifying changes in the topography of Israel, as well as the terrifying destruction of the antichrist’s forces at Armageddon, are by the awesome power of God, not atomic, chemical, or biological weapons of man. The lifting of the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, the breaking up of Jerusalem into three sections, the splitting of the Mount of Olives, and the consuming of the flesh, tongues, and eyes of the antichrist’s men are natural phenomena unleashed by God, not by man. All the Scriptures dealing with these phenomena unleashed by God are covered in Birth Pang and Prophecy Archives.

There are many advocates of a great atomic, chemical, and biological war in Israel when the antichrist attacks 1260 days before Armageddon. It might happen at the time of Armageddon, but the initial attack will start what amounts to a non-nuclear, non-chemical, and non-biological war. So why am I so confident and outspoken about this being the case?
Israel has more than 200 extremely well concealed missile silos in the Negev between Beersheba and the Gulf of Aqabah.

(1) It has more than 300 nuclear, chemical, and biological warheads to mount on Jericho missiles.

(2) The Jericho is a very accurate missile, and can hit a target in any Islamic country from Morocco to Pakistan and from Turkey to Yemen.

(3) Israel has an excellent anti-missile defense to protect its array of silos, warheads, and missiles. It is able to pick up an incoming enemy missile launched from Syria before it reaches it maximum altitude.

(4) So why do I believe this array of WMD will not be unleashed by Israel when it is attacked

? Because the Israeli War Contingency Plan of Israel directs that WMD will never be launched against a foreign nation unless they are first launched against Israel.

(5) So how do I know the Islamic countries will not launch WMD in their initial attack? All of them are well aware of what is listed in (1) through (5)! The former Soviet Union, which it existed, shared Israeli intelligence information with Syria, which it collected over a long period of time from its hundreds of spy satellites it launched from pads between Moscow and the White Sea, and on the eastern side of the Aral Sea. Syria, in turn, has shared it with some of the other Islamic countries around Israel. Only a leader possessed of rank insanity would ever launch WMD first against Israel, which is why I was so relieved when Saddam Hussein was taken out of the way.

Many believe the United States will quickly rush to the aid of Israel, and, as the world’s greatest power, will immediately deliver her from any kind of attack she can’t handle. There are two problems with this idea: (1) The United States believes Israel can defeat any Islamic attack on its own without any help from us. After all, Israel has easily done so in three previous wars and, (2) This will be a lightning Jihad, and better coordinated than any of the previous wars, and this time Israel will have a Palestinian state attacking it from within, while the other Islamic nations come in from outside its borders. It will probably last less than a couple of weeks, and Jerusalem is likely to fall within four days. By the time we decide they must have our help it will be too late, because they will have occupied most of the land from Dan to Beersheba. It would take months, as it did in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Freedom Iraq, to get enough American troops on the ground to do any good.

What was the character of Israel’s past three wars

? They were all very short in duration, and they

all ended abruptly in a truce. That will be the case in this war. The United States knows that the Negev is the place where Israel will flee. When we believe they are safely in the Negev, we will be more than willing to accept a truce to give us time to think about what to do, and Israel will remain trapped in the Negev for some three and one-half years.

The part played by the United States during this period of three and one-half years is interspersed throughout our Prophecy Archives, with some of it in Prophecy Updates 5 through 11, 32 & 33, and 74 & 75.”

(END QUOTE OF UPDATE 129C).

Since Update 129C was issued, several noteworthy things have come to pass that reduce the likelihood of a nuclear war in the Middle East. The area is headed toward a situation where both sides will realize a nuclear war would leave the victor, or victors, in such a powerless state, that any future they might have would be desolate, and leave them in a position of great vulnerability to the rest of the oil consuming nations. Some of these noteworthy recent events, which would tend to create a standoff, such as the one that developed between the United States and the once mighty Soviet Union, are as follows:

(1) Syria now has a better Scud than the Scud B. The Scud D missile, considered to be the most sophisticated weapon of its kind, is now in the hands of the Syrian military. It is able to deliver nuclear, chemical, or biological multiple warheads to their targets in Israel from Syria.

(2) The jointly developed American-Israeli Arrow 2 missile successfully launched an Arrow 2 missile that destroyed a Scud B over the Pacific Ocean earlier this year. The Arrow 2 is designed to intercept an enemy missile before it reaches its peak altitude, far from Israeli territory.

However, in a recent test against the Scud D, it failed to intercept the detached warhead. It was not a complete failure, and the results are in the process of being analyzed. Israel says it can still effectively destroy the Scud D.

(3) Syria also maintains a sizeable ballistic missile arsenal and, like Iran, is active in upgrading and expanding its capabilities.

(4) In June Iran announced it is building its first stealth missile, a rocket that can evade electronic detection. The missile was named Kowsar, in honor of the Kowsar river in paradise, which is found in the Koran, the Holy Book of Islam. Iran announced it would be capable of hitting ships and aircraft.

(5) Iran is continuing to steam toward development of its own nuclear bomb, which many believe it could develop as early as next year. It is now going underground, and spreading out its nuclear development sites in order to limit the damage that could be incurred by an Israeli air strike, like the one carried out on Iraq’s nuclear facility in 1981.

(6) Iran is manufacturing various missiles, chief among them being the Shahab-3, whose range of 1300 km (793 mi) allows it to reach Israel. It is designed to carry up to a 700-kilogram conventional warhead.

But the Iranians are currently developing the Shihab 4 and 5, with ranges of 3000 km (1830 mi) and 6000 km (3660 mi), which puts all of Europe in its sights, and these both missiles will be able to carry chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons.

(7) At the same time that Iran and Syria are attempting to manufacture weapons of mass destructions, and the missiles to deliver them, they are also building up their conventional arsenal of weapons. Iran has been making its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, and fighter planes, inside its own borders for some time. They have been guided by the designs of weaponry supplied to them by North Korea, Russia, and even China in both their conventional and non-conventional programs of weaponry development. The huge payments from the Iranian oil money have, for some time, helped to keep the Russian Economy afloat, and the North Korean economy from completely collapsing.

I do not believe there will be a nuclear, biological or chemical war in the Middle East.

I have long been convinced of this.

It will be a great war, but only conventional weapons will be used. I will not rule out the possibility of some being used at Armageddon, but I really don’t believe they will be launched even then.

It is no secret that, if left unchecked, Iran is determined to become a global nuclear power with long range nuclear missiles that could strike Europe, plus NATO and American forces within a 3600 mile radius, and the United States and Israel are determined to not let that happen.

END QUOTE OF SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 187A

The Iranians would not dare launch a nuclear warhead against Israel because they are fully aware of a very real fact – Iran would no longer be any more than a gigantic hole in the ground to the east of Iraq and the Persian Gulf within the same hour they launched it. Iran knows it, We know it, and Russia and China know it. No one wants a nuclear war, not even fanatical Islamic extremists.