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"THE END TIME SOLUTION TO REPLACEMENT
THEOLOGY!"
By
Rabbi Moshe Koniuchowsky
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The hideous falsehood known as replacement theology has been a cancer
in theological circles for the past two millennia that just seems to
refuse to go away. While replacement theology takes on different
applications, and modes, it is a theology originated by the early non
Jewish fathers of the so called "Christian Church". It coldly states
that a new Rome centered, and Roman based ecclesiastical organization
called "the church", is the "new Israel". This new Israel, would now
forever replace Jewish Israel, since Yahweh permanently rejected the
Jews for killing their Messiah, His Son. Extreme proponents of
replacement theology have even gone so far as to claim that Yahweh,
the mean, and cruel despot, was the Elohim of the Old Covenant Jews,
as opposed to Yahshua who is the forever loving, kind,, and
compassionate Elohim who had REPLACED YAHWEH AS LORD OF "THE CHURCH"
OR THE SO CALLED "NEW ISRAEL". In other words, Yahshua's people have
replaced the Father's people.
This hideous doctrine is by no means a small theological side issue to
be argued in a local pub. It has been at the forefront of
anti-semitism, Judeo-phobia,, and has fully provided fuel for tragic
historical events such as the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic
Crusades, the ouster of the Jews from every European country, as well
as the Nazi holocaust. As history clearly demonstrates, Martin Luther,
and other Protestant reformers blueprinted both the call,, and the
plans for the annihilation of the Jewish nation from Europe,, and
later the world by providing "so called Christians", with biblical
justification to perpetrate genocide on world Jewry. Adolph Hitler
knew full well that he could find theological approval, and support
from these church folks. The inbred functionalism of this spiritual
cancer amongst those that preach Yahshua is so widespread that it
cannot be fully reversed, and eliminated until Yahshua's millennial
reign begins shortly when He returns to the earth. Even such seemingly
benign church doctrines such as "Kingdom Now" theology or "Dominion"
theology, where the so called "church" will christianize the world
through the establishment of the bible as a global constitution,, and
whereby all world powers, and authorities will be won to,, and taken
over by Christendom, are nothing more than new attempts at replacing
the "troublesome Jews". Wasn't this flawed global christianization
program, whereby Yahshua would merely take over a globally loyal
populace converted through church efforts, already tried numerous
times? Historically they were called the Crusades, Inquisitions, ,and
Pogroms. Was it not the Crusaders who were attempting to take the
globe by the sword, ,and convert, and subdue it by the gospel?
The theology of "Dominion Now" or "Kingdom Now", is nothing but a
papal farce, designed to enlist Protestants in a new age attempt to
liquidate the Jewish race, by theology rather than by a sword. They
believe twentieth century man will not respond favorably to any
elimination of the Jewish nation via bloodletting. Therefore in these
last days, we see a major resurgence in "church" theology, designed to
subdue, and eliminate the Jew. In these various applications of
replacement theology, the Jew has no future whatsoever unless he
agrees to become one with "the church", and assimilate his precious
customs, feasts, seventh day Sabbaths,, and the rest of his national
identity through incorporation or more accurately through
disappearance, and integration within "the church".
These hideous theologies call anything Jewish to be anti Christ, and
legalistic. Jewish practices are not welcome in their church systems.
It is simply fascinating to me that "the church" has this insatiable
desire to institute biblical law, and church sovereignty over the
globe by spreading Yahweh's laws, when one of the major errors within
Christianity is the very rejection, and the denial of the validity of
first covenant instruction in New Covenant times.
The so called "church" system has repeatedly, and pridefully
proclaimed to its adherents that the Torah or the laws of first
covenant Israel are passed away,, and nailed to the cross,, and have
therefore been replaced by the second covenant law, which is love,
baby, love. In other words, this man made ecclesiastical organization
started, funded,, and headquartered in Rome, now wants to force their
paganized Christendom down the throats of the worlds populace, with
obedience to THE TEN COMM,ANDMENTS,, and other teachings all based on
the Decolouge, all the while instructing her very own members that it
is not applicable to the New Covenant "church". Now you talk about
confusion! How can a man made ecclesiastical system that is
boastfully, and wrongfully antinomian (anti-Torah), at it's very core
theology, force the world's populace to submit to rules, and
regulations that they themselves loath as having preceded from the
Jewish despot named Yahweh,, and His Jews? Remember that in true
replacement theology a pagan blonde haired, and blue eyed European,
pork eating Jesus (the English translation of the sun deity Zeus), has
replaced Yahweh the Father as LORD (from the pagan deity Lourdes),
over his "church" (from the pagan circular ritual conducted by the
Celts).
The most disturbing part of all this is that replacement theology
continues to spread overtly, and covertly in these last days seemingly
unchecked, and undetected by born again folks of all denominations, as
well as by Messianic Jews. As this study progresses you will find, and
discover the alarming fact that modern day Messianic Judaism has in
most cases fallen into the same trap of replacement theology that they
loath, and despise. Messianic Judaism has every right to loath
replacement theology. However through error, and pride they not only
forsake the true solution to the error of replacement theology, (which
is readily available by studying the scriptures accurately with an
open mind), but worse yet, they have unknowingly become accomplices to
the doctrine itself.
Before we demonstrate the biblically prescribed means for the
elimination of this hideous creed, we will learn a few more insights
into this doctrine of replacement theology. The first error of this
false doctrine is that the church has replaced Israel (the Jews) as
the historic continuation of the people of Israel. According to this
line of reasoning, Jewish Israel ceased from being a people, with a
historic relevancy to Yahweh at Pentecost in 33 AD. In other words, a
total cessation of all eternal promises, and blessings which had been
promised to the Jews, had come about because of the New Covenant
"church", who unilaterally declared the first covenant promises to the
Jews null, and void. The truth of course is that the physical
descendents of Abraham, Isaac,, and Jacob, had, and will continue to
have a crucial, and vital role in the historical, and redemptive
purposes of the Father. Replacement theology declares that the Jews
are no different than any other people group,, and that their chosen
status was self appointed,, and has ceased when their "European" non
Jewish (Jesus) went to the cross.
The truth of course is that no other nation before or since has been
earmarked by Yahweh to work out His redemptive, and earthly will, as
has Israel (12 tribes). Replacement theology teaches that unless or
until Jews get saved, they are cursed, and have no future or national
calling, unless they willingly join, and incorporate themselves into
the man-made "church". This fallacy teaches that unsaved Jews are
lower than other unsaved peoples from other nationalities because they
are in fact the murderers of Yahshua, and therefore eternally guilty
of deocide. The truth is of course just the opposite. Even in their
unbelief they are favored,, and have given life, and hope to the world
by their preservation of the Word of Yahweh, in their role of
guardians (Romans 3:2),, and in their re-habitation of the waste
places of the land of Israel. Romans 11:15 reminds us that even in
their status as unbelieving Jews, that the world was reconciled to
Yahweh by that very status. Romans 11:15 then talks about the dawn of
a new day when Jewish Israel will be raised from the dead spiritually
to receive favor. Romans 11:26 is a clear reminder that all Israel
(Judah & Ephraim) will be saved! Does that sound like a people
permanently replaced, and with no future outside of the Roman Church,
and her harlot offspring? Jewish Israel has been, and will continue to
be supernaturally preserved for the revelation to her of her beloved
Messiah Yahshua, in whose Name they have suffered so very much. His
return will bring them much love, even as His first advent has brought
them so much sorrow from the "so called church".
Replacement theology states that starting in 33 AD at Shavuot or
Pentecost, the Jews inherited all the curses of the Torah found in
Deuteronomy chapters 28-33, while keeping none of the promised
blessings outlined in those same chapters. The promises of blessing
has been separated from the curses, with the curses falling upon
Jewish Israel, and naturally the blessings falling into the lap of the
Pontiff Maximus ( Supreme Divine King), the unholy father in Rome, and
his disciples. "The church" superimposes a doctrine called "the birth
of the church at Pentecost", to justify this separation between Jewish
cursing, and Christian blessing. The truth is that the clear promises
of blessing to Jewish/Israel are often unconditional, such as the
promise of the land of Israel. He has never revoked this promised land
blessing. Taken to its false, and illogical conclusion if the church
is the new Israel replacing Jewish Israel as the chosen people, then
"the church" is the rightful owner of the land of Israel, since the
land was a blessing, and not a curse. According to popery, (which by
the way still does not recognize either the modern state of Israel or
the set apart city of Jerusalem), the land of Israel belongs to them,
since they are now Israel instead of or in place of Jewish Israel. If
your blood is boiling by now welcome to the club. In Protestant
circles even in some Hebrew Christian circles ( a dying dinosaur if
there ever was one), the eternal unconditional promise of Eretz
Yisrael to all Israel (12 tribes including the Jews), is often
referred to as the Palestinian Land Covenant. Did you catch that
terminology? Despite the living reality of the modern state of Israel,
many within the so called "church", have, and continue to refer to
Israel as Palestine, named after the Palestinians the modern day
descendents of the Philistines who were the ancient enemies of Israel.
No wonder the unregenerate pope refuses to recognize Jerusalem, since
according to Rome's replacement theology,, and her privately trained
seers, very shortly the Vatican will be moving her headquarters, or at
least attempt to, to Jerusalem. After all if the "church" has replaced
Jewish Israel, she needs a Jewish capital to govern from thereby
sealing this replacement not only of a people but also of her eternal
capital. Rest assured the King of the Jews will not, ever allow that
to happen despite the wishful thinking of papists,, and ecumenical
supporters worldwide. For a more favorable treatment of Romanism why
not study Revelation chapters 17 through 19,, and see if perhaps the
Heavenly Father, (the true Holy Father), is more loving, and tolerant
toward false apostate Roman ecclesiastical heresy than Your Arms To
Israel. (Just Kidding)!
Replacement theology has the chutzpah (nerve) to teach that the
scriptures must be read spiritually, and absolutely not taken
literally, since to do so would force one to conclude that Jewish
Israel is an eternally chosen, and recognizable people with a special
calling, and a special l,and, over, and above all the peoples of the
globe. In order for the students of scripture to be made to believe in
the doctrine of replacement theology, a demand is made upon them to
understand that the promises made to Jewish Israel must not be taken
literally. In other words when the first covenant uses terms like,
Zion, Temple, Jerusalem, promised land, they are all now synonyms for
the so called "church". This craziness has also settled itself in
publishing houses that publish scripture. The BB Kirkbride Company in
Indiana that publishes the widely used Thompson Chain Reference Bible,
has multiple chapter captions in Isaiah, and other first covenant
books that read "Isaiah comforts the church", or "the church is
consoled". Time out! When or where did the church exist in Isaiah's
day? I have even heard Christian teachers state that if Adam, and Eve
hadn't fallen into original sin, that they would have had continual
"church" with Elohim. Can you believe that? Taken to its illogical
conclusion Adam, and Eve went to church until they were thrown out of
the Garden of Eden.
The truth is simple, and Yahweh is not psychotic. When He uses the
term Jerusalem, it is a literal city He has in mind. When He refers to
the nation of Israel, it is the12 tribes He has in mind. When He
refers to the Jews, it is the Jews He has in mind. When He refers to
Zion, it is the land, and Mt. Moriah He has in mind. These are all
literal terms, and titles of different, concepts, places, and
locations. To boldly, and incorrectly teach that these are all
interchangeable, and synonymous terms for the "so called Christian
church", is an outright attack on the literal infallibility,, and
inspiration of scripture, let alone a direct attack on the Heavenly
Father's linguistic intelligence!
This doctrine is so deeply imbedded in "church" circles of all
denominations, that unless the biblical final solution to this mess is
applied immediately, and without reservation, then we must await the
arrival of Yahshua Himself to teach us correctly. (Two excellent works
on this subject are "Our Hands Are Stained With Blood" by Dr. Michael
Brown,, and The Road To Holocaust by Hal Lindsey, where the above
facts are totally documented with direct quotes, and actions of the
early "Kirch" fathers).The problem with waiting for Yahshua to
straighten things out at His return, is that by then we will be judged
by Yahshua at His return. He reminds us that by our words we will be
justified, and by our words (teachings ) we will be condemned (Matt.
12:37). In James (Yaakov 3:1),Yahshua reminds us that not many should
seek to be teachers of scripture, since we will receive the greater
judgement for the errors we dispense. Rav Shaul (Paul), also confirms
this truth when he declares that if we are willing to judge ourselves
we will not be judged by our Master Yahshua (First Corinthians 11:31).
Replacement theology must be cleaned up, and must be cleaned up
immediately. That is beyond question but the problem for true pure
hearted believers everywhere is how? The urgency of the moment cries
out for a bible based solution!
In our attempt to correct this problem we must first demonstrate that
replacement theology is fueled, and nurtured by a false belief system
that declares via various teachings that the "church" is the New
Covenant bride of Yahweh, when scripture over, and over talks about
Israel,, and Israel alone being Yahweh's bride. In order for Yahweh to
be true to His Word, and not break the scriptures about covenant
marriage faithfulness, He cannot have two brides, neither can He set
aside, and divorce one group of people in place of, or in favor of
another. To do that He would have to violate, and break literally
hundreds of scriptures where He cautioned mankind not to practice
spiritual adultery through double devotion. Yahshua stated that the
Creator did not intend for mankind to dispose one wife in favor of
another (Matt.19:3-8). If the so called "church" is a separate entity
from Israel (12tribes), then we are faced with Yahweh being a
practicing spiritual adulterer, with two brides called the Jews, and
"the church". This would violate the scriptural principal that Yahweh
only has had one bride called to covenant faithfulness in order that
through the set apartness of that one bride, His witness would go
forth in the earth. The one people known as His bride can produce
multiple witnesses on Yahweh's behalf, but they must all proceed from
the same nation or the same people. If something man made called the
"church", really does exist, then how can we explain Yahshua's words
where He tells us that when all is said, and done, through His blood
atonement,, and redemption that He, and His Father will be left not
with two flocks, but rather with ONE (John 11:52, John 10:16)! In John
10:16, Yahshua states that there will be one flock not two. Starting
in 325AD through the blasphemous efforts of Constantine, and his
cohorts, the non Jewish disciples divorced themselves from their
believing Jewish brethren, forsook the teachings of the eyewitness
apostles, (Shabbat, Passover, celebration of the resurrection of
Yahshua on the Feast of First Fruits or Bikurim), in favor of a new
blend of Messianic faith, with the Roman emperor as Pontificus Maximus
(pope), which naturally was Constantine, leading the way. Thus were
established two flocks claiming Yahshua as Elohim. One legal with
apostolic sanction, instruction, and teaching, and one whose loyalty
was split between faith, and state, between Yahshua, and Miriam
(Mary), between Yahweh the Son, and the invincible sun, and its
forbidden worship! This new flock made a total divorce, and separation
from their believing Jewish brethren who upheld the sanctity of Torah,
and the glory of Messiah. Thus many early divorcees in this new
breakaway flock mixed or synchronized sun worship with Son worship,
bringing the two into a perverted form of Messianic pantheism, where
all is Elohim, and Elohim is all. In this perversion Yahshua shares
His glory with myriads of saints, statues, beads, idols, and His
mother!
The sad history of this breakaway, illegal, and renegade flock is well
documented in any world book or encyclopedia, and space does not allow
for further elaboration on this historical fact. An overwhelming
desire to practice such amalgamated worship as well as hate Jews, gave
birth to this cult. This flock even went so far as to say that the
Messianic Scriptures that were written primarily to declare Yahweh's
faithfulness in fulfilling the promise of Messiah to His people
Israel, was a New Testament replacing an Old one, thereby breaking the
continuity, and relevancy of all of scripture! The anti-Semitic terms
(Old, and New Testament), were first used, and later propagated by
Jerome in his translation of the scriptures into the Latin vulgate,
where the term New Testament first appeared. The truth of course is
that there is nothing new about the New Covenant. It merely confirms
the continuity between the promise of Messiah, and the fulfillment of
that promise through Messiah. It is a continuation of the Torah!
The Elohim of Yisrael has one covenant people who keep both covenants,
celebrate Yahweh's Feasts, Yahweh's Shabbat, and who are eternally
chosen by grace through faith. The Elohim Of Israel has had, does now
have, and will always have only one people that He chose to be married
to, and that is Israel. Israel means an overcoming victorious prince
with Yahweh. He states verbally as well as through principal, that He
only has one bride not two. If He doesn't have bad hair days, and
doesn't choose two brides both named Israel, one day loving one, and
on another day loving the other, then we are left to conclude that the
redeemed born again community of New Covenant Messianic faith is the
Israel of Yahweh as Rav Shaul states in Galatians 6:16. In this Israel
of Yahweh you will find both Jewish, and non Jewish believers. All
those from within the nations that are redeemed by the blood of
Yahshua join the commonwealth of Israel, where they are said to hold
literal citizenship (Ephesians 2:12-19). Non Jewish believers
(Ephramites), join or rejoin Israel, and by virtue of this rejoining,
restoration, and rebuilding of David's fallen Tabernacle (Acts
15:14-16, Amos 9:8-11), Israel is alive, and well, thriving, and
flourishing under Yahshua, Israel's King. Those who claim to be "in
the church", or part of "the church", are walking outside the
recognized boundaries of scriptural Israel.
The true born again body of New Covenant Israel is a single
commonwealth made up of believing Jews, believing Ephramites,
(Hosea1:10-11), as well as some perhaps true Gentiles. However we must
remember that the Father's primary stated purpose in sending Yahshua
as Messiah was to restore the Tabernacle Of David which had fallen in
921BCE,, and to rebuild the goodly fair olive tree of divinely planted
Israel! (Judah, and Ephraim according to Jeremiah 11:13-16). In
Matthew 15:24, Yahshua said He came only for the lost sheep of the
House of Israel. He did not say He came for Jews or Gentiles. Remember
that the Greek word for Gentiles is ethnos, which is the Greek
equivalent of the Hebrew word Goyim. That is why your bible does not
always talk about the ten tribes of Ephraim being saved through
Yahshua. When Yahshua saves the nations of the world within that
global net, guess who you will find turning up? The individual
descendents of the ten northern tribes return as individual members
from amongst the nations from whence they had been preserved (Isaiah
49:5-6), and called out, no longer recognizable or even identifiable
as Israelites. In Hosea 7:8, scripture states of Ephraim/Israel that "
Ephraim be-amim hue yitbolel", which literally means "Ephraim will be
assimilated amongst the nations! Notice it does not say within Judah!
According to the Talmud this underst,anding is central, basic, and
paramount to any form of legitimate Judaism. In Yebamot 17A, it states
"the lost ten tribes were legally classified as Gentiles to all
extents, and purposes, even though they are destined to return, at the
present time they have the status of non Jews, and that is how it was
prophesied their status would be". Therefore any form or branch of
Judaism that fails to recognize that Ephraim has become the last days
Gentiles of the earth, and of the nations, is a branch of Judaism that
denies a basic, and cardinal tenant of the biblical Jewish faith since
in this case Talmud, and scripture agree!
Notice that contrary to claims that the ten tribes were swallowed up
by the modern day Jewish people, the Jewish faith teaches the
opposite. It teaches that the ten tribes became Gentiles in every
legal sense of the term. Please don't get angry at Your Arms To Israel
for teaching this precious reality, and deviating in this one point
from the rest of Messianic Judaism! In my prophetic office, I must be
loyal first, and foremost to revealed scriptural truth, rather then
man made steering committees. Go, and get annoyed at many born again
leaders, who continue to tell so called "Gentile believers", that they
are by no means physical Israel, and that they are at best something
called "spiritual Israel", and at worst associate members, who cannot
vote, and who have no legitimate right to be called returning Israel,
since that right is reserved only for Judahites, those descended from
just three tribes!
If you are a congregational leader who finally sees the truth about
true New Covenant Israel being composed of the ongoing reunification
of the two houses of Israel, then write to us, and we will enlist your
assembly into the Messianic Israel Alliance immediately with no
questions asked or long forms to be filled out, as you enlist in the
fastest growing Messianic organization in the world, made up of
Israelites from both houses along with grafted in Gentiles, who become
Israel upon their engrafting!
In light of this reality, His people are the one single born again
people of Israel, who are spiritually saved, and redeemed, but who
also have legitimate claims to being physically descended from
Abraham, Isaac,, and Jacob. The second breakaway, renegade outlaw
flock, that called themselves "the church", would not have had this
need to be Israel, and replace the Jews as Israel, if they would have
had this revelation that most of them were already physical Israel.
They would not have been in such a hurry to divorce themselves from
their Jewish believing brethren, and their Hebraic roots. James in
James 1:1, does not write to two communities of New Covenant faith,
rather he addresses the body of Yahshua as the 12 tribes. In First
Corinthians 10:1-9, Rav Shaul (Paul) a Jewish Rabbi, and completed
Pharisee, stated that the physical fathers of the Corinthian assembly
or ekklessia, were the very ones that along with his physical fathers
(notice in verse one the term "our"), left Egypt, and disobeyed Yahweh
in the wilderness. Over, and over again the inspired writings of the
Renewed (second) Covenant through Messiah teach us that Yahshua came
to set up His ekklessia or His called out assembly. Since He along
with all other New Covenant writers were inspired to write about the
one single flock or called out assembly known as Israel (Galatians
6:16), therefore any other flock must be illegal, fleshly, and
illegitimate. Once we ascertain that Yahweh is not in any shape, form,
or manner, a practicing, and confused polygamist, then we can
recognize what scripture clearly teaches. We will find that non Jewish
believers in Yahshua (Ephraim), were called to leave behind their
penchant for paganism, and join the redeemed Jewish people in New
Covenant Israel. It was not, and is not the Father's will for
believing Jews to leave Israel, and all that that entails, by joining
something manmade, and unrecognizable to the believing Jew, as well as
to Yahweh Himself. The called out believers from the nations
(Ephraim), as well as those Jews called out of traditional Rabbinical
Judaism, are called in scripture the ekklessia of Yahshua. Remember
that Yahshua came to save Jews from sin not from Judaism.
Once we have a proper understanding about the term ekklessia used
scores of times in the Messianic Scriptures, then we will have our
final solution to the disgraceful disease of replacement theology!
(End
Part 1 of 2)
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