Sometimes Preacher Are like Politicians!
March 2, 2006
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
It is a very easy thing when a preacher is among other beliefs to sort of “tell them what they want to hear” in order to gain their friendship. That is why I did not accuse those in the following Blog of actually believing in a “dual covenant,” and why I began it the way I did as an early April fool’s day joke.
The introduction to the previous Blog was as follows:
Begin Blog Introduction of March 1
DUAL COVENANT THEOLOGY – AN INNOVATIVE HERESY!
March 1, 2006
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
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 peddling by the many well known evangelical giants mentioned in the Jerusalem Post article by Ilan Chaim.
End Blog Introduction of March 1
Just as I knew would happen, the “back peddling” by the evangelists is now going on at a rapid rate as evidenced by the “day after” Blog from the Jerusalem Post, which follows:
Begin March 2 Blog from Jerusalem Post
Hagee, Falwell Deny Endorsing ‘Dual Covenant’
March 2, 2006
Pastors John Hagee and Jerry Falwell have both denied a report in The Jerusalem Post earlier this week that they embrace the “dual covenant” theology, which holds that Jews are saved through a special relationship with God and so need not become Christians to get to heaven.
In a statement to the Post, the Texas-based televangelist Hagee said that neither he nor Southern Baptist pastor Falwell “believe or teach Dual Covenant.”
Hagee added that he had “made it a practice for 25 years not to target Jews for conversion” at any “Night to Honor Israel” events. If Jews “inquire about our faith at a later time, we give them a full scriptural presentation of redemption.”
He stressed that “regardless of the response from the Jewish person, we remain friends in support of the State of Israel as required by scripture.”
Falwell, meanwhile, posted a statement on his website to the effect that he believes “all people – Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, Jews, Muslims, etc.” must accept Jesus in order to enter heaven.
Falwell highlighted his strong support of the State of Israel and his “love” for the Jewish people – “the chosen people of God.” He went on to “reaffirm that I am a Zionist in terms of Israel’ s entitlement to it
s homeland.
I continue to pray daily for the peace of Jerusalem, as
the Bible instructs Christians to do.
And I have dedicated my life and ministry to working for the peace of Israel.”
But he stressed: “I have been on record all 54 years of my ministry as being opposed to dual covenant theology… I simply cannot alter my deeply held belief in the exclusivity of salvation through the Gospel
of Christ for the sake of political or theological expediency. Like the Apostle Paul, I pray daily for the salvation of everyone, including the Jewish people.”
End March 2 Blog from Jerusalem Post
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