Frustrated Arab's Diary
Palestine was the place , only.
History and the Bible are close enough
although not without huge contradictions
and many inaccuracies too .
Yet , we almost all agreed to call Palestine
(The Land of Canaan)
as being " the Promised-Land " .
In my humble opinion it is a wrong translation of that expression,
as it must be:"The Land of the Promises"
instead of the Promised-Land.
I shall explain myself :
If we put blind-faith and theology on the side
and we use logic and science and linguistics.
Then we ask ourselves this question :
Why would God , Almighty, offer to the People of Abraham
a piece of land (Palestine). .........
what could be achieved if and when all grand-children of Abraham
would reside in Palestine , and not in Tunis , Tanzania or Timbuktu ??
Why should a Jew reside in Jerusalem
and not in Beirut, Baghdad or Bogota ??
I have no answer !! do you ???
My sincere belief is that the promise was
the coming of Jesus of Nazareth , the Messiah .
And nothing else.
The confusion was that the meeting-place were Palestine,
and nowhere else........
but Palestine was not the promise, by itself.
Historians and Theologians mixed this above nuance
because they saw no harm in doing so,
until the day Zionism showed up
and profited from this confusion
for to serve its own ideology and its criminal-plans.
God promised us :
a Messenger , a Savior a Prophet a Messiahand not a piece of land.....
what could that country do, without a Messenger , a Savior a Messiah ??
While,the Messiah could have come anywhere on this planet
and would have delivered the same Message.
With all respect to any and all the theologians , I say :
That, God´s Promise was Jesus
...... and not Palestine !!
I add to say :
If Jesus came in Mexico instead of Palestine
I would still be a Christian
and
if Mohamad would have come to Berlin
instead of Mecca I would still accept and respect Islam.
and if Marx would have lived in Brazil,
and if Plato were a Canadian citizen,
and if Beethoven would have lived and composed in China , he would remain a genius.
It is Jesus....... ...and not Palestine !!!
so leave Palestine in Peace
and go look for Jesus !!
so leave Palestine in Peace
and go look for Jesus !!
Raja Chemayel
Posted by Тлакскала at 8:04 PM
Uprooted Palestinian
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PRETRIB RAPTURE POLITICS
Many are still unaware of the eccentric, 180-year-old British theory underlying the politics of American evangelicals and Christian Zionists.
Journalist and historian Dave MacPherson has spent more than 40 years focusing on the origin and spread of what is known as the apocalyptic "pretribulation rapture" - the inspiration behind Hal Lindsey's bestsellers of the 1970s and Tim LaHaye's today.
Although promoters of this endtime evacuation from earth constantly repeat their slogan that "it's imminent and always has been" (which critics view more as a sales pitch than a scriptural statement), it was unknown in all official theology and organized religion before 1830.
And MacPherson's research also reveals how hostile the pretrib rapture view has been to other faiths:
It is anti-Islam. TV preacher John Hagee has been advocating "a pre-emptive military strike against Iran." (Google "Roots of Warlike Christian Zionism.")
It is anti-Jewish. MacPherson's book "The Rapture Plot" (see Armageddon Books etc.) exposes hypocritical anti-Jewishness in even the theory's foundation.
It is anti-Catholic. Lindsey and C. I. Scofield are two of many leaders who claim that the final Antichrist will be a Roman Catholic. (Google "Pretrib Hypocrisy.")
It is anti-Protestant. For this reason no major Protestant denomination has ever adopted this escapist view.
It even has some anti-evangelical aspects. The first publication promoting this novel endtime view spoke degradingly of "the name by which the mixed multitude of modern Moabites love to be distinguished, - the Evangelical World." (MacPherson's "Plot," p. 85)
Despite the above, MacPherson proves that the "glue" that holds constantly in-fighting evangelicals together long enough to be victorious voting blocs in elections is the same "fly away" view. He notes that Jerry Falwell, when giving political speeches just before an election, would unfailingly state: "We believe in the pretribulational rapture!"
In addition to "The Rapture Plot," MacPherson's many internet articles include "Famous Rapture Watchers," "Pretrib Rapture Diehards," "Edward Irving is Unnerving," "America's Pretrib Rapture Traffickers," "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)," "Pretrib Rapture Secrecy" and "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" (massive plagiarism, phony doctorates, changing of early "rapture" documents in order to falsely credit John Darby with this view, etc.!).
Because of his devastating discoveries, MacPherson is now No. 1 on the "hate" list of pretrib rapture leaders!
There's no question that the leading promoters of this bizarre 19th century end-of-the-world doctrine are solidly pro-Israel and necessarily anti-Palestinian. In light of recently uncovered facts about this fringe-British-invented belief which has always been riddled with dishonesty, many are wondering why it should ever have any influence on Middle East affairs.
This Johnny-come-lately view raises millions of dollars for political agendas. Only when scholars of all faiths begin to look deeply at it and widely air its "dirty linen" will it cease to be a power. It is the one theological view no one needs!
With apologies to Winston Churchill - never has so much deception been foisted on so many by so few!
[Also Google "David Letterman's Hate, Etc."]
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