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Janurary 2012

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By Pastor Werner Oder, son of an Austrian Nazi SS officer

Replacement theology undoubtedly is of demonic origin, as can be seen from the enormous damage it has caused the Jewish people over the millennia. The very strange thing is that many of those who formulated it were “Church Fathers” who gave us much of the theology still taught in Christian seminaries today.

In spite of discovering biblical truth, their knowledge of God was inadequate, their faith limited, and their theology imperfect. This imperfection was passed down through the ages until it became Church tradition, even though much of it is not scriptural. Jesus noted that even the theologians of His day were “teaching for commandments the traditions of men” (Mark 7:9).

This is one of the reasons why many churches do not stand with Israel today─because their traditional views held that God had replaced Israel with the Church.

Though most of Israel’s Christian friends are clearly aware of this problem, few are equally aware that the pendulum is now swinging in an opposite direction. Over the years, I have observed the increasing trend among Christian Zionists to replace Church with Israel!

Pastor Oder continues with his personal statements:
Once again we have troubling doctrines adopted by some Christians that suggest they are really the lost tribe of Ephraim. Or that there is no blessing on their church because the pastor does not use unleavened bread, teach the law, or say the blessing in Hebrew. So they leave their fellowship, miffed that they do not sing Hebraic songs or the pastor does not preach about Israel.

They claim to have been “hurt” by the organized Church and decide to have church at home. This is a fashionable phrase which one hears all the time: “I was hurt by the Church.” We live in a broken world where people injure each other. Getting hurt is inevitable.

Since the truth always hurts, my guess is that those “hurt” in church were offended by those who spoke the truth. Instead of thanking God for the truth that sets free, they were offended. And instead of dealing with it, they ran and joined the growing ranks of the un-churched, a worldwide movement of those deceived and robbed of fellowship.

The Apostle Paul warned, “Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first…” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). This great “falling away” is powered by the spirit of the deceiver who is also called “the accuser of the brethren, who accuses them before our God day and night” (Revelation 12:10c).

Pastor Oder further states:
This powerful force is causing believers to abandon their faith, not in Jesus, nor in God, but in the Church. Their loss of faith in the Church indicates, if anything, their lack of relationship with the Head of the Church, which is Christ. No one can say they love Christ while hating His Body, for Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her.

Hebrews 6:4 adds that it is nigh “impossible” to restore those who have “fallen away” from the Lord. The tragedy is that they are so convinced they are right that they cannot be restored to repentance. They are the greatest losers in human history who have once tasted the heavenly gift and been partakers of the Holy Spirit.

I am greatly concerned to see this spirit of Church-bashing seep into the ranks of Christian Zionism, through people who criticize the Church, badmouth pastors, accuse Church leaders, and write books that run down the Body of Christ. The greatest danger to the Church does not come from nonbelievers, but from the spirit of deception within.

(Excerpts:The new replacement theology by Pastor Werner Oder. Please note that this article does not represent the views of the Board or staff of CFI–USA. Published for information only.)

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God’s covenant

For centuries church fathers have overlooked the fact that God’s covenant with Israel was a permanent one. In His Word God says that if His covenant with day and night and the fixed laws of heaven and earth can pass away, then so can his covenant with Israel be abrogated (Jer. 33:25-26). PRAY that the eyes of believers throughout the world would be open to the errors of Replacement Theology which the Bible clearly does not teach. Continue reading →