I delcare the Catholic, Mormon, and Evangelical heresies – DEAD RELIGIONS – for the reason they backed false prophets and politicans bent on overthrowing my Democracy. I posted the following on 2-17-2007.
Jon the Nazarite
The New Protestant Magi go Forth to Battle Anti-Christ
Baux flag. Lord of Baux. John Darby ‘False Prophet’. Burmese Monks)
I declare the Evangelical political cult heretical, and banish them
from the Protestant Church as originally envisioned by it founders
who appear to be my ancestors connected with the House of Orange.
Frederick Douglass questioned the hypocracy of evangelical ministers
giving pro-slavery sermons. This goes against the very core of Jesus’
Mission which was to free the slaves and those shut up in prison for
protesting about Roman slavery.
“The doctrine of a secret rapture was first conceived by John Nelson
Darby of the Plymouth Brethren in 1827. Darby, known as the father of
dispensationalism, invented the doctrine claiming there were not one,
but two “second comings.” This teaching was immediately challenged as
unbiblical by other members of the Brethren. Samuel P. Tregelles, a
noted biblical scholar, rejected Darby’s new interpretation as
the “height of speculative nonsense.” So tenuous was Darby’s rapture
theory that he had lingering doubts about it as late as 1843, and
possibly 1845. Another member of the Plymouth Brethren, B.W. Newton,
disputed Darby’s new doctrine claiming such a conclusion was only
possible if one declared certain passages to be “renounced as not
properly ours.”
On September I posted ‘My Mara and the Coming of Mettaya.’ I describe
my brother as a military dictator who tried to beat me up when I
would not conform to his ideals. I talked bout my face being bathed
in a white light. I believe this is because I am destined to drive
the false evangelical cultist from the Protestant church, and launch
the New Magi in search of the World Teacher.
The Star of Bethlehem is on the flag of the Baux family who were
progenitors of the House of Orange. The Lords of Baux claimed they
descend from Balthazar one of the Magi. In spirit I send forth my
Rouge Knight to strip the military dictators of all his military
trappings, his medals, his ribbons, his sword.
I hereby declare President Bush a Traitor of the United States for
conspiring with a foreign power to diminish the power of our Federal
Government as put forth by Margeret Thatcher and he right-hand man,
Lord Wakeham, ex CEO of Enron and Ceo of Rothchild Banking who
supported the Confederary and built Confederate ships in their
shipyard in Scotlin in order to TERRORIZE American shipping.
I here by excommunicate President Bush from the true Protestant
church that is being undermined by his evangelical backers. Bush
failed to condemn his neo-Confederate and neo-Nazi backers, and is
using deciet to give secret religious-military backing to Israel in
order to bring about the second coming of John Darby’s False Jesus.
Jon Presco
“I have not come for the righteous, but the sinner.”
Jesus
Jesus announced the core of his mission when he said he would open
the prisons and free those who are bound. This is not an allegory for
an afterlife, or, being free of sin.
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed
me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the
broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening
of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who
mourn.” (Isaiah 61:1-2)
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/search?q=magi
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/search?q=darby
“I have heard sermon after sermon, when a slave, intended to make me
satisfied with my condition, telling me that it is the position God
intended me to occupy; that if I offend against my master, I offend
against God; that my happiness in time and eternity depends on my
entire obedience to my master. Those are the doctrines taught among
slaves, and the slave-holders themselves have become conscious about
holding slaves in bondage, and their consciences have been lulled to
sleep by the preaching and teaching of the Southern American
pulpits. “There is no place,” said an Abolitionist in the United
States, “where slavery finds a more secure abode than under the
shadow of the sanctuary.” The simple fact in itself, that three
millions of slaves exist in a land where there are more than two
millions of Evangelical Christians, ought to be sufficient to show
that that Christianity, that Evangelical religion, is not what it
ought to be—(cheers).
The doctrine of a secret rapture was first conceived by John Nelson
Darby of the Plymouth Brethren in 1827. Darby, known as the father of
dispensationalism, invented the doctrine claiming there were not one,
but two “second comings.” This teaching was immediately challenged as
unbiblical by other members of the Brethren. Samuel P. Tregelles, a
noted biblical scholar, rejected Darby’s new interpretation as
the “height of speculative nonsense.” So tenuous was Darby’s rapture
theory that he had lingering doubts about it as late as 1843, and
possibly 1845. Another member of the Plymouth Brethren, B.W. Newton,
disputed Darby’s new doctrine claiming such a conclusion was only
possible if one declared certain passages to be “renounced as not
properly ours.”
My Mara and the Coming of Mettaya.
“According to Buddhist scripture, Gautama predicted that at some
future time another Buddha would come to help men set up an ideal
kingdom of righteousness and peace. The coming Buddha is called
Mettaya, (Sanskrit: Maitreya) meaning “love.”
(Images: Holy Roman flag. Emperor Marcus Arealius. Knights of
England. The Temptation of Buddha.)
Two years ago my childhood friend dropped by to see me. I was deep in
my study. No sooner was she in my home, she exclaimed;”Your face is
glowing!”She told me it was lit, emanating a white light. Last week I
saw this for myself. I was looking at my family connection to the
Mountbatten family. My face began to feel hot and I went into the
bathroom and threw cold water on my face. Looking up in the mirror I
beheld a face that was covered in a white glowing light. My eyes were
blue crystal jewels. With my white hair and beard I looked like a
Snow Wizard of a race living in the North Pole. Moshe’s face was all
aglow when he came down from the mount after seeing and conversing
with God, so much so her wore a veil over his head.In 1987 my brother
(and Mara) Mark Presco, gave me a rare invitation to come visit him
in his home. No sooner had I entered into the House of Cain, he told
me he had an offer to make me. It began with a presentation. He put
in a video of his top secret work with Hugh’s. He was designing tanks
that were impervious to chemical and biological warfare. I was
viewing a mock battlefield with tanks running about a wasteland under
fire from the mock enemy.
Mark now gave me a grave warning. He told me the men who make these
weapons of war are itching to use them – just because they have them!
He foresaw a coming doomsday, and wanted me to find a remote place in
Oregon and build a Presco Family End of the World Bunker. He wanted
me to move in after it was finished, along with our mother, Rosemary.
He would show up at the end of the world. He told me our children
would mate and we would repopulate the area – after we killed off
other males.
I would tell Bill’s sister about Mark’s Masterplan, and told her it
was the “Bury the Piata Plan” Mark longing to get rid of Rosemary
and, he wanting to bury us – alive! Mark was invited by Stacey
Pierrot to all the gallery openings I was excluded from. Mark did not
tell me our father was dead, and our mother was dying. Mark had
gotten rid of his brother who thwarted his schemes every chance I got
a chance. What if Mark was an only child? There is not a spiritual or
compassionate bone in his body. He has no talnet as an artist, but
believes he is a charetaker of Rosmond’s artistic legacy.Mark Presco
was named after Marcus Aurealius, the Roman Emperor. Our father, who
was an only child, told me he wanted to be born in ancient Rome.
Mark’s middle name is Broderick which comes from the name Rhydderick.
My brother and I descend from the Ottonian Emperors of the Holy Roman
Empire.
A group of twenty Reich Princesses of the Holy Roman Empire tried to
covertly seize the state of Texas. I believe the descendants of these
royal Texans, secretly give Bush his marching orders. Bush and Mark
are very much alike. We are kin to Bush through our cousin who
married a Bulkley. I believe Bush is the Anti-Christ Andreev
predicted would aris in the ‘Rose of the World’ prophecy.
When I died on McLure’s beach, I beheld armies of the past coming out
of the sea in wave after wave, until the present day army of Vietnam
came ashore, and like the rest, died at my feet.
Jon”Until recently, almost no Buddhist scholar, Western or Eastern,
would term Buddhism messianic. While all books on the religion
mentioned briefly the traditional hope in a Buddha-to-come, no one
felt that it deserved more than passing notice. Messianism, however,
has reappeared in contemporary Theravada Buddhism, especially in
Burma.
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http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-death-in-february-of-1968-
my-two.html
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/mara.html
http://www.afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=Yijing&no=7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/05/house-of-orange-huguenots-
and-prussian.html
Centuries ago the coming Buddha sat under the Bodhi-tree and vowed
not to move until he learned to eradicate suffering, unfolding
Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi, the Consumation of Incomparable
Enlightenment. But Mara, the personification of evil, tried to usurp
his plans by sending his three daughters Tanha (desire), Raga (lust),
and Arati (aversion), to seduce him and break his concentration.
However, the coming Buddha was too strong for Mara. (source)In
Buddhism Mara is the lord of misfortune, sin, destruction and Death.
Mara is the ruler of desire and death, the two evils that chain man
to the wheel of ceaseless rebirth. Mara reviles man, blinds him,
guides him toward sensuous desires; once man is in his bondage, Mara
is free to destroy him
The New Magi, Reformation, and the Restoration of the House of Baux
With the discovery that Princess Elizabeth Albertine, and Princes
Margarida de Castro e Souza, descend from a black slave and the
Exilarchs of Judah, one has to take a close look at the prophecy of
the Red Branch Knights, the Scarlet Thread, and the legend that the
Lords of Baux descend from Balthazar, one of the three Magi, who is
depicted as a black man. One also has to consider the legend of Black
Sarah and the Black Madonnas. Was it once popular to claim your were
descended from a black man or woman? Baux was the home of the
Protestant cause and Orangism. Did the Pope declare their descent
from Balthazar a heresy? If so, it would be easy to hunt down the
nobles who made it, hence, if only with a deliberate prejudice.
Here is part of a blog I published June 17, 2006. I do not include
the account of my near-death experience, as being labeled “Mad” is a
convenient prejudice enemies of the Truth have often emplyed against
their enemies. Note the darl complexion of the Lord of Baux in the
painting above that depicts a anual festival of the Adoration of the
Magi.
“The House of Orange descends from the Lords of Baux who claimed they
descend from Balthazar, one of the three Magi. For this reason the
Baux coat of arms depicts the Star of Bethlehem. Some scholars are
suggesting there were as many as twelve Magi, and they came from
Europe. The true meaning of the nativity scene, and who it appealed
to, is lost. Because Baux became the center for the Troubadours, we
might be looking at the Magi being the Manichaean’s, who have roots
in Iraq, Persia, and India.The name for the House of Orange comes
from nâran,j and is the original bitter orange from India. A perfume
was made from orange-bitters. Was this orange perfume the gift that
Balthazar brought from India? Balthazar is depicted as being black,
but, many people in India are very dark, and Krishna is dark-
skinned.Guillaume of Orange is said to have been a King of Judah, and
ruled Septamania, or, Norborne. The Jewish historian, Josephus says
the Judaic religion was borrowed from saints from India. Denis de
Rougemont says in his book `Love In The Western World’ that Courtly
Love as practiced by the Cathars and Troubadours, and has it roots in
Persian and Arab Love Poems based upon Sufism, and the worship of
Sophia the Divine Femine. In the adoration of the Magi one must
wonder if the mother of Jesus was not the object of all this wise
attention, for how could a newborn child enjoy these meaningful gifts?
I promised my grandson a kingdom. I have restored the ruined walls of
Baux Castle, if only with the publishing of a work of art.
Jon Presco
Copyright 2006-2007
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/05/red-branch-knights-and-king-
davids.html
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/05/scarlet-thread-kingdoms.html
There is overwhelming evidence that the monarchs of the British Isles
and northwest Europe are all descended from the marriage of the Zarah-
Judah-Milesian high king of Ireland and his bride the Pharez-Judah
daughter of king Zedekiah, Tea Tephi. A more detailed account is on
my Royalty and Jeremiah and Tea Tephi pages. For a better
understanding of the whole subject area, I invite you to see all the
Lost Tribes pages.
http://asis.com/~stag/jerrytea.html
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/search?q=scarlet+thread
http://osdir.com/ml/culture.templar.history/2007-01/msg00002.html
vexil.prov.free.fr/baux/baux.htmlHRH The Prince of Orange[edit]as
sovereign prince of OrangeUntil 1340, it was customary for all sons
of the prince of Orange to inherit the title. Only the direct line of
descent to Raimund V is shown here.Bertrand I of Baux (1171-1181)
William I of Baux (1182-1218)Raymond I of Baux (1218-1282)Bertrand IV
of Baux (1281-1314)Raymond IV of Baux (1314-1340)Raymond V of Baux
(1340-139)Here starts the house of House of Orange-ChâlonMarie (1393-
1417), with her husband John III of Châlon (1393-1418)Louis II the
Good (1418-1463)William VII of Châlon (1463-1475)John II of Châlon
(1475-1502)Philibert of Châlon (1502 – 1530)René of Châlon (1530-
1544), nephew of PhilibertWilliam IX, of Nassau (1544-1584), cousin
of René, also Lord of Breda and count of Dillenburg, stadtholder of
Holland, Zeeland etc.
The lords of Baux This is a list of the medieval lords of baux sought
control of Provence for many years and gained a formidable
reputation, which they certainly tried to live up to. They traced
their ancestry (quite fictitiously) from the Magus A member of the
Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient king Balthazar (New Testament)
one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the
infant Jesus and even placed the Star of Bethlehem The star of
bethlehem was a star or star-like object that, in the biblical
account of jesus birth, heralded his arrival and guided the magi
(also known as the three wise men) to the stable in bethlehem on
their coat of arms.Despite these pretensions, the lords of Baux were
forced to submit in the 12th century (11th century – 12th century –
13th century – other centuries). The great castle at Les Baux became
renowned for its court, which was famed for its high level of
ornateness, culture and chivalry Courtesy towards women The domain
was finally extinguished in the 15th century (14th century – 15th
century – 16th century – other centuries). with the death of the last
princess of Baux, Louise of Clermont.Les Baux was joined, along with
Provence, to the French crown under the governance of the Manville
family. It became a centre for Protestant An adherent of
Protestantismism and unsuccessfully revolted against the crown,
leading Cardinal Richelieu French prelate and statesman; principal
minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642) to order in 1632 that its castle
and walls should be razed.In Christianity, the Magi, also known as
the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings were Magi (New Testament) the
sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was
born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star
and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there
were three gifts it is usuall [Follow this hyperlink for a summary of
this subject] who came from the east a later worshiped Jesus.
The Star of the Three Wise Men
(Images: Comet McNaught. Persian Knight-Poet. Three Wise Men.
Parthian Magi. Three Kings adoring the birth of the Messiah of the
Jews.)”Explanation: The brightest comet in decades is unexpectedly
now visible. The most optimistic predictions have Comet McNaught
(C/2006 P1) shortly becoming one of the brightest comets of the past
century. For the next few days, its short tail and bright coma can be
spotted with the unaided eye close to the Sun and near the horizon in
both evening and morning skies. This dramatic picture of the comet
shining through cloudy skies was taken near sunset on January 7 from
Bad Mergentheim, Germany.”Comet P1 McNaught reached on January 06
magnitude -1.The Comet is 5 mag brighter than original ephemeris
predicted some weeks ago…Astronomers are predicting magnitude -7 on
January 14 2007.If this occurs this will become THE BRIGHTEST COMET
EVER and will be observed during DAYLIGHT. Its behaviour is
EXTRAORDINARY!””Evidence from the Bible and astronomy suggests that
the Star of Bethlehem was a comet which was visible in 5 BC, and
described in ancient Chinese records. A comet uniquely fits the
description in Matthew of a star which newly appeared, which
travelled slowly through the sky against the star background and
which ‘stood over’ Bethlehem. The evidence points to Jesus being bom
in the period 9 March-4 May, 5 BC, probably around Passover time: 13-
27 April, 5 BC. Birth in the spring is consistent with the account in
Luke that there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby
keeping watch over their flock by night. Birth in 5 BC also throws
light upon the problem of the census of Caesar Augustus. A new
chronology of the life of Christ is given which is consistent with
the available evidence. This chronology suggests that Christ died
close to his 37th birthday.”
A Star of PeaceAfter publishing my last blog The Wise Men and the
Fool, on Northwest News I beheld a star, a comet glowing brightly on
the western horizon just after sunset. It is the brightest comet to
appear in several centuries. The photo above was taken in Germany on
January 7th. I may have a chance to see it tonight.For over a week I
have been posting about the Parthian Magi. On January 8th. I posted
these words, now knowing about the coming of this comet that is also
visible in the east just before sunrise. The Shekinah is the “light
of God”.One of the biggest prophecies in the world at this momen ihas
taken root in Russia, in regards to Roza Mira, the Rose of the
World.I have been battling a Satanist who practices black magic, and
put a curse on me that failed. This demented man was assisted by a
Sinclair after I posted on Ian Sinclair and his support of the
Pinkhams who are selling false Gnostic healing lessons that will
allow the owners to heal themselves of mental illness, and then
others who suffer.In my post on Bereshit and the Word, I make Magic
that perhaps summoned a Star into the scheme of things;”With the
wiggle of my finger, and twitch of my Ogham nose, ABRACADABRA, I turn
God back over to the true Children of God!”Yesterday I brought Three
Wise Men together and suggested the world study what they had to say.
Denis de Rougemont and Henry Corbin are Grail Scholars, experts on
Chivalry and the influend of Sufi Poets on the Grail Legends. Corbin
associates the Knight Templar with the Shi’ites whom the President of
the United States has made an ally – in part – in his war against
the “evil one”.Denis de Rougemont is one of the Founding Fathers of
the European Union. Henry Corbin was an authority of Iranian and
Islamic Mysticism, and dreamed of founding a Order of Knights who
would continue the quest for the Holy Grail. Meher Baba was a Sufi
Poet descended from a liniage of Parthians. He was the ‘Ancient One’
a Avatar and God-man, a King of Kings along the line of Cyrus the
Great, the Messiah of the Jews.Rougemont, and myself, may be kin to
the Baux family of the House of Orange. The House of Orange descends
from the Lords of Baux who claimed they descend from Balthazar, one
of the three Magi. For this reason the Baux coat of arms depicts the
Star of Bethlehem. Some scholars are suggesting there were as many as
twelve Magi, and they came from Europe. The true meaning of the
nativity scene, and who it appealed to, is lost. Because Baux became
the center for the Troubadours, we might be looking at the Magi being
the Manichaean’s, who have roots in Iraq, Persia, and India.
http://www.hermetic.com/bey/mundus_imaginalis.htm
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/10/roza-mira-rose-of-world-
httpwww.html
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2007/01/pearlthe-rosethe-song-in-
1997-i-sent.html
It is time to awaken the Sleeping Shekinah, the Beautiful Rose of the
World, and bring down the Dove of Peace.I mount my white horse and
come to you from the East.Peace be upon you!Shalom! Shalom!
AbsalomJon PrescoThe Hymn(The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostlein the
Country of the Indians)Translated by G.R.S. MeadI.When, a quite
little child, I was dwellingIn the House of my Father’s Kingdom, And
in the wealth and the glories Of my Up-bringers I was delighting,
From the East, our Home, my Parents Forth-sent me with journey-
provision. Indeed from the wealth of our Treasure, They bound up for
me a load.
“http://gilles.maillet.free.fr/histoire/famille_bourgogne/famille_chal
on.htm
The name for the House of Orange comes from nâran,j and is the
original bitter orange from India. A perfume was made from orange-
bitters. Was this orange perfume the gift that Balthazar brought from
India? Balthazar is depicted as being black, but, many people in
India are very dark, and Krishna is dark-skinned.Guillaume of Orange
is said to have been a King of Judah, and ruled Septamania, or,
Norborne. The Jewish historian, Josephus says the Judaic religion was
borrowed from saints from India. Denis de Rougemont says in his
book `Love In The Western World’ that Courtly Love as practiced by
the Cathars and Troubadours, and has it roots in Persian and Arab
Love Poems based upon Sufism, and the worship of Sophia the Divine
Feminine. To quote Henry Corbin;”They form an esoteric hierarchy of a
strictly limited number, which remains permanent by means of
substitution from generation to generation. This mystical order of
knights, which surrounds the Hidden Imam, is subject to an incognito
as strict as that of the knights of the Grail, inasmuch as they do
not lead anyone to themselves. But someone who has been led there
will have penetrated for a moment into the eighth climate; for a
moment he will have been “in the totality of the Heaven of his soul.”
Here are the Knights of the Magi who Saint Thomas was a member.
It is time for Peace in the World. There is a good chance this comet
heralds in a New Absalom, a true “Son of Peace” and never one who
bids you follow a peaceful star – and promise of peace – through an
endless battlefield. Only Satan would promise this.
Jon PrescoCopyright 2007
http://www.crystalinks.com/magi.html
A Magus (plural Magi, from Latin, from Old Persian magu; Old English:
Mage) was a Zoroastrian astrologer-priest from ancient Persia. The
best known Magi are the “Wise Men from the East” in the Bible. In
English, the term may refer to a shaman, sorcerer, or wizard; it is
the origin of the English words magic and magician.
http://rougeknights.blogspot.com/2006/06/star-and-child-shall-lead-
them-httpwww.html
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-13-bx.html
http://gilles.maillet.free.fr/histoire/famille_bourgogne/famille_chalo
n.htm
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Astronomy-Cosmology/S&CB%2010-
93Humphreys.html
Here is Frederick Douglas having the courage to stand up to the
evangelical ministers and their support of Slavery. Soon these
TRAITORS will try to overthrow our Democary with the help of
foreigners and their royal rulers! Great Britain will make
Confederate warships that will TERRORIZE American shipping.The South
has risen again! If Israeli leaders do not end all dealings with the
evangelicos, then they have forfieted their religious reason for
returning to Zion. They never owned a secular one for being in Zion –
EVER!”I have heard sermon after sermon, when a slave, intended to
make me satisfied with my condition, telling me that it is the
position God intended me to occupy; that if I offend against my
master, I offend against God; that my happiness in time and eternity
depends on my entire obedience to my master. Those are the doctrines
taught among slaves, and the slave-holders themselves have become
conscious about holding slaves in bondage, and their consciences have
been lulled to sleep by the preaching and teaching of the Southern
American pulpits. “There is no place,” said an Abolitionist in the
United States, “where slavery finds a more secure abode than under
the shadow of the sanctuary.” The simple fact in itself, that three
millions of slaves exist in a land where there are more than two
millions of Evangelical Christians, ought to be sufficient to show
that that Christianity, that Evangelical religion, is not what it
ought to be—(cheers).Anti-Christ enters the restored Jewish temple in
Israel, demands to be worshipped as God and then launches a genocidal
war against all who refuse to acknowledge him. In response, the kings
of the East send a 200-million-man army to fight Anti-Christ’s forces
on the plains of Megiddo, northwest of Jerusalem. This is the battle
of Armageddon.___”Before the armies can annihilate each other, Jesus
Christ breaks out of the clouds with his warrior saints and destroys
the assembled armies. The surviving Jews then acknowledge him as
their Messiah, and King Jesus restores David’s throne in Jerusalem,
near the purified Jewish temple where priests perform the ancient
blood sacrifices. Jesus reigns in peace and justice for a thousand
years.”___The Dispensational Origins of Modern PremillennialismBy
Jack Van DeventerFor related issues see Comments and additions from
Mark The Adventists Churches and the End-Times Armageddon and All
That Jazz 220 Failed Second Comings Pastors Play Down End-Times
Speculation Christian Confusion and the End-Times Also see the second
article below.John Neslon DarbyThe twentieth century has seen a
dramatic paradigm shift in prophetic perspectives, first away from
and now back toward its historic roots. This shift away from historic
Christianity stemmed from a novel approach to Bible interpretation
called dispensationalism which was developed in the 1830s and
popularized with the 1909 publication of the Scofield Reference
Bible.Dispensationalism, with its unique brand of premillennialism,
has been thoroughly pervasive, being prominent in many churches, in
bookstores, and among radio Bible teachers.The distinguishing
features of dispensationalism are a rigidly applied literalism in the
interpretation of Scripture, a compartmentalization of Scripture
into “dispensations,” and a dichotomy between Israel and the Church.
Dispensationalists believe “this present world system . . . is now
controlled by Satan” (not by God) and will end in failure and
apostasy.Dispensational premillennialists claim that their unique
doctrines have been held since the early church, but these claims
have been soundly refuted. Far from being the historic position of
the church, premillennialism was described in 1813 by David Bogue as
an oddity of Church history. Postmillennialism was the dominant
eschatology from the Reformation until at least 1859.The doctrine of
a secret rapture was first conceived by John Nelson Darby of the
Plymouth Brethren in 1827. Darby, known as the father of
dispensationalism, invented the doctrine claiming there were not one,
but two “second comings.” This teaching was immediately challenged as
unbiblical by other members of the Brethren. Samuel P. Tregelles, a
noted biblical scholar, rejected Darby’s new interpretation as
the “height of speculative nonsense.” So tenuous was Darby’s rapture
theory that he had lingering doubts about it as late as 1843, and
possibly 1845. Another member of the Plymouth Brethren, B.W. Newton,
disputed Darby’s new doctrine claiming such a conclusion was only
possible if one declared certain passages to be “renounced as not
properly ours.”Sandeen writes, “this is precisely what Darby was
prepared to do. Too traditional to admit that biblical authors might
have contradicted each other, and too rationalist to admit that the
prophetic maze defied penetration, Darby attempted a resolution of
his exegetical dilemma by distinguishing between Scripture intended
for the Church and Scripture intended for Israel. . . . Darby’s
difficulty was solved by assuming that the Gospels were addressed
partly to Jews and partly to Christians.”Thus, the doctrine of the
separation of Israel and the Church, the foundation of
dispensationalism, was born out of Darby’s attempt to justify his
newly fabricated rapture theory with the Bible. Dispensationalists
believed justification for carving up the Scriptures came from 2
Timothy 2:15 (KJV) “rightly dividing the word of truth.” Subsequent
dispensationalists divided the Scriptures in terms of categories of
people: Jew, Gentile, and Christian. Chafer taught that the only
Scriptures addressed specifically to Christians were the gospel of
John, Acts, and the Epistles! Pettengill taught that the Great
Commission was for the Jews only.Scofield taught that the Lord’s
prayer was a Jewish prayer and ought not be recited by Christians.
Along with much of the New Testament, the Old Testament was described
as “not for today.” Ryrie dismissed the validity of the Old Testament
commands to non-Jews because “the law was never given to Gentiles and
is expressly done away for the Christian.” Christians were even
mocked as legalists for believing in the Ten Commandments! As other
critics have observed, this segmentation of the Bible makes
dispensationalism a Christianized version of cultural
relativism.Snowden and others traced the rise of modern
premillennialism to a variety of religious splinter groups: the
Plymouth Brethren (developed dispensationalism), the Millerites
(became the Adventists), Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and
Pentecostals. Dispensational premillennialism was marketed the same
way as the cultic groups.First, historic Christianity was discredited
by the claim that all the prominent commentaries, all the church
fathers, and even the Reformers were deluded by “man-made doctrines.”
Second, new revelation was claimed. Darby claimed to have
received “new truth” or at other times “rediscovered truth” that had
been lost since the apostles. Third, enthusiasm was whipped up on the
pretense that Christ’s coming was imminent. Frequent false
predictions did not seem to deter this enthusiasm.Snowden cited
increasing prophetic fervor in the early 1900’s rising from (1)
a “fresh interest and zeal” in interpreting the “signs of the times,”
(2) the Great War (WWI) which started a wave of prophetic
speculation, and (3) “the fall of Jerusalem out of Mohammedan into
Christian hands [which] has whipped the millennarian imagination up
to its highest pitch of foresight and prognostication.” This
background explains the widespread popularity of the Scofield
Reference Bible, published in 1909, which had a dramatic influence in
spreading dispensationalism. Many well-known scholars warned that the
teachings of dispensationalism were”unscriptural”
(Spurgeon), “heterodox” (Dabney), “bizarre doctrine” and “grievous
error” (Warfield), but the warnings went largely unheeded.Today,
dispensationalism is in a theological turmoil, having declined
sharply since the 1970’s because of mounting criticism. Grenz
notes, “Dispensationalism today is in a state of fluidity. No longer
are the rigid distinctives of the past held to with unswerving
certainty. Many progressive dispensationalists are no longer certain
as to exactly what are the defining tenets of the system that
commands their allegiance.” [Permission Graciously Given by The
Foundation for Biblical Studies]What is listed below was sent to me
by another writer. In all fairness I present it as is with no
comment.Dear Friend:I view the enclosed Darby item as one of my most
important articles ever. I’m in my 70th year and have been ill, so I
can’t promise many more such features. If you are as supportive of
historical honesty as I am, please air it. Rapturously in Him,
DaveTHE UNORIGINAL JOHN DARBYby Dave MacPhersonGo ahead. I dare you.
Type in the name “John Darby” on Yahoo and other internet “search
engines.”You will find that many still assume that this 19th century
leader of the evangelical, Britain-based Plymouth Brethren was the
most important figure in the development of “premillennial
dispensationalism” – or, if you like choices, “dispensational
premillennialism.” (Those fond of brevity can call it “d-ism.”)Just
for the fun of it, let’s list the chief features of d-ism (after
listing what supposedly led to those features) and see if Darby was
the first person to teach them:(1) The “Heavenly” Church.This was the
theme of Darby’s first paper (1827). PRE-DARBY DATA: Manuel Lacunza
(1812) and Edward Irving (1825-1827 sermons and other writings) had
the same theme.(2) The “Unity” of the Church.This was the theme of
Darby’s second paper (1828). PRE-DARBY DATA: Lacunza (1812) and
Irving (1825-27 sermons, etc.) had the same theme.(3) The
Church/Israel “Distinction.”In his 1965 d-ism book, Darby defender
Charles Ryrie viewed this distinction as the most important basis for
d-ism, adding in his 1981 rapture book that it led Darby to his
church/Israel “dichotomy,” that is, a pretrib rapture separating the
two groups during a future tribulation.As support for this
distinction, d-ists see several supposedly original thoughts in
Darby’s 1829 paper:Darby spoke of “the Jewish and Gentile
dispensations.” PRE-DARBY DATA: Irving (1825 etc.) referred to “the
dispensations both Jewish and Gentile.”Darby said “the hope of the
church is His coming.” PRE-DARBY DATA: Irving (1825 etc.) stated
that “the coming of the Lord” is the church’s “hope and desire.”Darby
wrote “looking daily for the Lord’s coming.” PRE-DARBY DATA: Irving
(1826 – Lacunza preface) wrote “look daily for the coming of the
Lord.”Darby said “the church…was a suffering church” before “the
church became triumphant.” PRE-DARBY DATA: Irving (1825 etc.)
referred to “the suffering church” before it became “the triumphant
church.”Darby mentioned “the restoration of the Jews to their own
land.” PRE-DARBY DATA: Irving (1825 etc.) mentioned the “restoration”
of “the Jews…to their own land.”(4) The Gentile “Parenthesis.”In an
1830 article Darby talked about “the Jewish church or nation
(exclusive of the Gentile parenthesis…).” PRE-DARBY DATA: In an
1811 book (which was reprinted in England in 1818, had several
editions, and was widely read), American pastor William Davis
referred to “the Jewish nation, exclusively of the Gentiles.”(5) The
Pretribulation “Rapture.”Like many d-ists today, Darby saw Rev.
3’s “Philadelphia” raptured and “Laodicea” left behind. In an 1833
letter he wrote that this view “commends itself morally to one’s
mind.” PRE-DARBY DATA: As early as Sep., 1830 Irving’s journal stated
that the “Philadelphia” church (that is, church members then living)
would be raptured BEFORE “the great tribulation” while “Laodicea”
would be left behind. (Three months later, while still defending the
posttrib view in a published article, Darby said he expected to be
raptured eventually at Christ’s “judging of the nations” – which
Scofield puts in a posttrib setting!)Anyone can go through Darby’s
writings in the early 1830’s and observe that he had NO clear pretrib
teaching or any church/Israel distinction (or anything else) that
could have led to pretrib doctrine:In 1832 he couldn’t have been
pretrib because he was still rejecting the idea of a “future”
Antichrist and continuing to emphasize “the present antichristian
principles”!In his 1834 works we find him waiting for the “second
coming” (and not a prior rapture) and waiting (with “the Jews”!) for
the day when Christ “will not tarry” (Heb. 10:37) – what Scofield
terms the “second advent”!As late as 1837, while being anything
but “dichotomous,” he saw the church “going in with Him to the
marriage, to wit, with Jerusalem and the Jews”!In 1839 he finally had
some clear pretrib teaching. His rapture, however, was based on the
symbol of the catching up of Rev. 12’s “man child,” and his
tribulation was then only 3.5 years long – a “chart” he embraced for
several more decades!PRE-DARBY DATA: But Irving had taught the same
thing as early as the June, 1831 issue of his journal when he stated
that Rev. 12:5’s “child” portrays a rapture before “the travailing
woman is cast out into the wilderness” for 3.5 years!My book The
Rapture Plot (available at armageddonbooks.com) shows, with exacting
documentation, that Darby wasn’t first on ANY aspect of d-ism – the
ones already discussed as well as the ruin of the church, the
dispensations, literal interpretation, a primarily “Jewish”
tribulation, etc.Although I view Darby as a brother in Christ, I’m
forced to conclude that his great weakness was his clever plagiarism
of others!If you are disturbed by the false claims for Darby that
have long been repeated (and plagiarized) in d-ist writings, I invite
you to send a copy of “The Unoriginal John Darby” to those
writers.It’ll be your way of testing their fairness and honesty!
Zionism and Israel – Encyclopedic DictionaryChristian Zionism
DefinitionChristian Zionism1. In general – support for Israel and
Zionism among Christians.2. Support for restoration of the Jews based
on Christian religious doctrine. This variety of Christian Zionism is
today generally identified with evangelical and dispensationalist
Christians who also believe in “Greater Israel” Ideology. However, it
should be noted that the vast majority of Christians who support
Zionism and Israel are not fundamentalists, and “Christian Zionists,”
that is, Christians who support Israel, include Catholics as well as
members of Protestant denominations.Christian support for restoration
of the Jews became popular when Protestant theology began to base its
beliefs and sermons on printed copies of the Bible in vulgate. From
these it was evident that God had made explicit promises to Israel
and Judah and the fleshly heirs of David, and that these were not
necessarily transferred to the Christian Church. Previously,
Christian theologians had “reinterpreted” every promise of
restoration of Israel as a promise to keep faith with the Christian
church. Modern anti-Zionist theologians insist that such literal
interpretations are “fundamentalist” and therefore reactionary or
fanatical. It is nonetheless difficult to understand why God would
promise to gather the Christians the little land of Canaan, or how
they would all live here, or why they would want to leave their
perfectly good homes. For that is the meaning of the non-
fundamentalist” interpretation of some of these passages.In England,
the Rev Thomas Brightman is said to have fathered the project of
Jewish restoration in 1615In 1621, the British MP Sir Henry Finch
wrote a book entitled “The World’s Great Restoration.” He encouraged
Jews to reassert their claim to the Holy Land, writing, “Out of all
the places of thy dispersion, East, West, North and South, His
purpose is to bring thee home again and to marry thee to Himself by
faith for evermore.” However, the idea remained dormant until the
enlightenment and the rise of nationalism in the 19th century
coincided with the full bloom of British Imperialism.”Restoration” of
the Jews was initially synonymous with their conversion to
Christianity In 1635, Brightman wrote a commentary on Daniel 11-12
which he sub-titled, ‘The restoring of the Jewes and their callinge
to the faith of Christ after the utter overthrow of their three
enemies is set forth in livelie colours.’In 1649 the English
Puritans, Ebenezer and Joanna Cartwright, living in Amsterdam,
petitioned the British Government to lift the ban on Jews settling in
England, and to assist them to move to Palestine.That this Nation of
England, with the inhabitants of the Netherlands, shall be the first
and the readiest to transport Israel’s sons and daughters on their
ships to the land promised to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob for an everlasting inheritance.In later years a more secular
version of Christian Zionism evolved in parallel to the evangelical
one, sometimes relying on moral arguments, sometimes on evangelical
arguments and sometimes on practical imperialist ones. Support for
Zionism was no longer premised on visions of the end of days and
conversion of the Jews.The idea of restoration of the Jews became as
firmly rooted in British and American Protestantism as the idea of
the damnation of the Jews had been previously rooted in Medieval
Catholic theology. In England, John Nelson Darby founded the small
but influential Plymouth Brethren group. Darby had disciples
throughout England and in the USA. Shaftesbury, Oliphant and others
furthered the idea of Jewish restoration in England in the 19th
century, and it made its appearance in the first “Zionist” novel,
Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot.The American financier and
Evangelical Christian William Blackstone, a follower of Darby,
presented President Benjamin Harrison in 1891 with a petition signed
by over 400 Christians and Jews, calling on the US to facilitate the
restoration of the Jews, and presaging the Political Zionism of
Herzl:Why not give Palestine back to them again? According to God’s
distribution of nations it is their home, an inalienable possession
from which they were expelled by force. Under their cultivation it
was a remarkably fruitful land, sustaining millions of Israelites,
who industriously tilled its hillsides and valleys. They were
agriculturalists and producers as well as a nation of great
commercial importance – the centre of civilization and religion. Why
shall not the powers which under the treaty of Berlin, in 1878, gave
Bulgaria to the Bulgarians and Servia to the Servians now give
Palestine back to the Jews?Arthur Balfour, author of the Balfour
declaration, was said to have been a Christian Zionist. However, his
support for Zionism, as explained in the introduction he wrote to a
book on Zionism, does not appear to have any elements of religious
extremism or “fundamentalism.” He wrote, for example:If Zionism can
be developed into a working scheme, the benefit it would bring to the
Jewish people, especially perhaps to that section of it which most
deserves our pity, would be great and lasting. It is not merely that
large numbers of them would thus find a refuge from religious and
social persecution; but that they would bear corporate
responsibilities, and enjoy corporate opportunities of a kind which,
from the nature of the case, they can never possess as citizens of
any non-Jewish state. (from Lord Balfour on Zionism 1919)Currently it
is likewise evident that Protestant Christian support for Israel is
not necessarily conditional on conversion of the Jews. For example,
an information leaflet distributed by Christian Friends of Israel
states:We believe the Lord Jesus is both Messiah of Israel and Savior
of the world; however, our stand alongside Israel is not conditional
upon her acceptance of our belief. The Bible teaches that Israel
(people, land, nation) has a Divinely ordained and glorious future,
and that God has neither rejected nor replaced His Jewish
people.Evangelical theology drives Americanattitudes toward Israel &
Middle East___By Mark Wingfield___Managing Editor___When Ed McAteer
watches current events unfold in the Middle East, he sees the
fulfillment of biblical prophecy.___These things must come to pass,
he believes, in order for Jesus to return and bring world history to
its end. That’s why he was saddened but not surprised when the United
Nations recently voted unanimously against Israel, in his opinion, on
a resolution on the Middle East conflict.___”When the nations gather
against Israel, I believe at that time the Scriptures will be
fulfilled,” said the retired sales executive who now devotes
himselffull time to conservative Christian causes.___McAteer may be
Israel’s No. 1 supporter among evangelical Christians. He hosts aWill
the Temple be rebuilt and sacrifices restored? Many believe it all
depends on finding a suitable red heifer.n annual prayer breakfast
for Israel attended by both Jewish and evangelical Christian leaders.
He recently chaired an international committee that created
sufficient public pressure to stop the construction of a mosque near
Christian holy sites in Nazareth.___From his Memphis, Tenn., home,
McAteer frequently speaks by phone with key Israeli leaders who seek
his counsel or support.___Ed McAteer loves Israel.___But he loves
Israel because he believes the Bible tells him to. He often cites
God’s promise to Abraham, “I will bless them who bless you and curse
them who curse you.”___From the perspective of this Baptist layman,
the mandate to support Israel without equivocation runs all the way
from Genesis to Revelation.___Although more articulate and passionate
about the subject than most other American evangelicals, McAteer
represents a stream of theological and political thought that has
driven United States policy toward Israel for more than 50
years.___”No one in the U.S. outdoes fundamentalists in their support
of Israel, not even American Jews,” said Tim Weber, a Christian
historian and dean at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Illinois.___”Since Menachem Begin, all Israeli leaders have seen
American fundamentalists as important shapers of American foreign
policy toward Israel. What many people do not understand is that most
fundamentalists support Israel because they believe it will play a
key role in events leading up to the Second Coming of Jesus
Christ.”___While this theological view of the end-times–known as
premillennial dispensationalism–is not the majority view among
Christians worldwide or even nationwide, it strongly shapes
Americans’ views of Israel, Weber said. “The influence of such ideas
extends way beyond the tight community that nurtures and studies
them.___”The dispensationalist scenario is imbedded in the
fundamentalist
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