Let me say at the outset, I have always liked John Hagee very much. A great deal of his sermons have really blessed me over the years. I personally consider him to be very intelligent when it comes to knowing the word of God. This is one reason why his latest book; ” In Defense Of Israel” troubles me so much.
He states in the book that ” The Jews did not reject Jesus as Messiah.” [ page 132]
Hagee says, ” …. if Jesus refused by His words or actions to claim to be the Messiah of the Jews, then how can the Jews be blamed for rejecting what was never offered?” [ page 136].
Then Hagee proceeds to make the statement over and over that Jesus refused to be the Jewish Messiah, ” choosing instead to be the Savior of the world.” [ page 143]
This is gross deception. These statements are nothing less than apostasy.The very name ” Christ ” means Messiah ! Jesus constantly, in various ways, affirmed His Messiahship.
John Hagee claims that Jesus never offered Himself as Messiah to Israel but the Bible says differently. I am going to quote here from the Expositors Study Bible: “And the High Priest stood up in the midst [ this man had become exasperated by their inability to bring forth a credible witness, and sought to make up by bluster, the lack of evidence], and asked Jesus, saying, answer you nothing ? [ Jesus didn't answer because they had no desire to hear the truth.] what is it which these witness against you ? [ He demanded an answer from Christ concerning the accusations, but Jesus said nothing, at least to that charge.]
But He held His peace, and answered nothing [ He kept on maintaining His silence.] Again the High Priest asked Him, and said unto Him, Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed ? [ Actually means, Are You the Messiah ? namely, The Anointed of God.] And Jesus said, I am [ constitutes a bold declaration of Who He was; the pronoun 'I' is used for emphasis; it is, 'as for myself, in contradistinction to all others' ; His answer left absolutely no doubt]: and you shall see [proclaims the fact, that the entirety of the Jewish Sanhedrin, would ultimately see that what Jesus had said was absolutely true] the Son of Man sitting on the Right Hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of Heaven.” Mk. 14: 60-62
Jesus stated that He was, in fact, the Messiah !!
Christ means Messiah and all of Israel very well knew that. Pastor Hagee denies preaching a dual covenant but his actions have spoken louder than his words. On many occasions even his words have betrayed him. In an interview with the Houston Chronicle in 1988 he said: ” Everyone else, whether Buddhist or Baha’i, needs to believe in Jesus, but not Jews. Jews already have a covenant with God that has never been replaced by Christianity.” This my dear friends, is heresy.
Every true Christian loves Israel; but we must not lie to the Jewish people. That would not be true love. Every single human person, irrespective of nationality, must receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, if they are to be saved. Jesus died for the Jews, His own, as well as for the entirety of the world. Our affirmation of Christ must be unmistakable.
Loving the Jewish people so much that you refuse to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them, is loving them right in to hell. All true believers must reject Dual Covenant Theology
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