Friday, May 1, 2026
I’ll address the Zionist/Israel union once again, because the truth is absolutely imperative. I’m seriously praying that believers align their beliefs in heart, mind and spirit with God’s word and the only way to accomplish that is to know exactly what God’s word says, absent the deceptive influence of Dispensational commentaries which spiritually poison the truth. Let’s believe God.
There is no contradiction in God or His Christ. Yet, what many Western Christians believe about and fund with tithe and tax dollars indicates that the large majority think God changed His mind about Christian-hating Jews of Judaism. I write to believers who fund and support Israel though Israel is responsible for the genocide of innocent Palestinian’s in Gaza. Included in that genocide are Palestinian brothers and sisters in Christ who are being murdered and driven from their own homes while Western pastors and church leaders turn a blind eye to that horror. It seems Israel is unrestrained in its heinous crimes no thanks to Dispensationalism and its Zionist movement that approves driving Palestinians off their land in Gaza where they have lived for many generations.
As I’ve said before, the Zionist movement is based on a grossly incorrect interpretation of one verse of Scripture “when God said to Abram: ‘I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (Gen. 12:3). The first part of that verse is a promise to Abram for his time living on earth. The second part is the promise to global believers post-Calvary by the work of Christ that, “in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed”, which is for all who will believe regardless of nation, race or tongue. Therefore God said “if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Gal. 3:29). But Zionists wrongly say that verse is about “blessing” Israel or “cursing” Israel. But “Israel” occurs nowhere in that verse. In fact the name “Israel” didn’t exist until 20 chapters later when God renamed Abraham’s grandson from Jacob to Israel. God said to Jacob “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed” (Gen. 32:28), which is the very first mention of Israel in the Bible. The “blessing” and “curse” of Gen. 12:3 applied solely to the patriarch Abraham while he lived on the earth; it had nothing to do with Israel which wasn’t even created until two generations later.
I’ve often shared that due to ancient Israel repeatedly disbelieving God and with unrepentant heart rebelled and prostituted herself to false gods, God gave Israel, “a certificate of divorce” (Jer. 3:8) and never took her back. The divorce was such that God told His prophet “do not pray for this people”, not once but three times! Jer. 7:16, Jer. 11:14 and Jer. 14:11. It’s apparent that many Christians don’t believe that truth because their efforts in funding and approving of Israel prove their efforts to unite what God separated by divorce. But what God in Christ separated no man can reunite. At Matt. 23 Jesus again reviled the religious Jews saying, “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”, and called them out as “blind guides” and “fools”, “whitewashed tombs … full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness”, and even “Serpents, brood of vipers!” And religious Jews of Judaism are indeed just as anti-Christ now as they were 2,000 years ago. And add to that Jesus Christ’s rebuke of anti-Christ unbelieving Jews at Rev. 2:9 and Rev. 3:9.
Orthodox Jews and their clergy know exactly who Jesus Christ is, but they willfully with malice disbelieve, claiming to keep the Mosaic Law. “But if the ministry of death, [being the Law which no man could keep] written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory [and] if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious … But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ” (2 Cor. 3:7–9, 11, 14). This truth is very important.
And reflecting directly on the divorce God gave ancient Israel, the Holy Spirit said through the apostle Paul as a strong warning to all believers, “Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off” (Rom. 11:22). [My emphasis] Being “cut off” occurred to Israel because of her unbelief, rebellion and spiritual harlotry. Yet, Dispensationalism teaches Christians that unbelieving Christ-hating Jews of Israel are still God’s chosen people which is a horrible lie, as God made very clear that we post-Calvary believers “are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy” (1 Peter 2:9–10). [My emphasis] I tell you in humility that many believers need a “come to Jesus” moment to truly repent and get their heart, mind and spirit in agreement with God’s holy word.
Even the secular unbelieving world recognizes genocide when they see it. And while the US government isn’t slack in calling out genocide of other nations, it refuses to call it out where it explicitly applies to Israel. That’s because Dispensationalism has hijacked both government and Christian leaders to make God’s word say what it never said, making it appear contradictory. It’s God’s command that we believers “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them” (Eph. 5:11). Unbelieving Israel creates “unfruitful works of darkness” and true believers are to expose them instead of approving them. God also said “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God” (2 Cor. 6:14–16). But spiritually blind Zionists and their followers ignore God’s command and make themselves one with Israel. It’s spiritual harlotry.
Unbelieving Jews abide in “lawlessness” and spiritual “darkness” being “unbelievers”, not because they don’t know who He, Jesus Christ is, but because they do know who He is and yet hate His very name! So, I ask you in the love of Christ, how can a true Christian be complicit to support unbelieving Jews who commit crimes of genocide and also knowingly hate Jesus Christ? This is one more example of believers being told what to believe by their Dispensational pastors, theologians and Bible teachers. It’s worse than shameful. But here’s the real deal: Christians will defend the words and teachings of God in Christ rather than traditions of men that make the word of God of no effect, Mark 7:13. But in order for that truth to bear effective fruit, Christians must first know and actually believe the word of God in Christ Jesus. But therein lies a huge problem.
According to a recent survey many evangelicals “know less about the New Testament than the Old Testament, which is deeply concerning.” (Source) That article continues, saying, “While a factual knowledge of the Old Testament is good, without a thorough understanding of the New Testament, a person’s theology can quickly trend toward moralizing Old Testament narratives.” Those truths have created the Christian Zionist and Christian Judaizers movements; Christians who give ear to Jewish teachers who persuade believers to think that unbelieving Jews are still God’s chosen people; and that believers must perform Old Testament laws of clean and unclean foods, observe festivals and feasts, etc. in order to be more pleasing to God. But this by practice diminishes the work of Christ and creates legalism of performing the law for which no man was able. Only Christ Jesus was able to perform the Law as delivered to Moses by God. This is why salvation unto eternal life by grace through faith is such an amazing blessed work of Christ who satisfied the penalty for sin, condemnation and eternal death. But the flesh revels in legalism, in deceit enticing the mind to believe that traditions of men and performing OT Law pleases God.
Not knowing the whole truth of Scripture is absolutely dangerous; and letting another alleged authority figure aside from the spiritually discerned written word of God hold sway over one’s decisions of truth or deception is equally dangerous. For, it’s into the void of ignorance that the enemy sows seeds of confusion, distrust and doubt if not armed with the full knowledge of God’s provision in Christ Jesus. What’s the answer to knowing the truths of God’s word? It depends on how much one loves and understands Christ’s work on Calvary. Did faith come by some mere 30 second prayer he or she was told to repeat, and that would be salvation faith? Or was the truth of the cost first explained to one that it requires one’s confession of sin and rebellion, repentance of sins and saying “Yes” to Christ and His way and “No” to the world that’s against the authority of Christ. Was it explained that being a Christian would make one an enemy of the world? That the unbelieving world’s rejection and mockery are common? Because those things and worse befell Christ and He promised the same would follow Christians. Was it explained to one that faith in Christ meant entering by the small gate and difficult path less traveled leading to eternal life? Because it’s the wide gate and easy road of the world’s way that leads to eternal destruction.
One of the world’s most common accusations of Christians and their Bible is that their Bible is contradictory. Or that the Bible can’t be God’s word since it was written by men. Or that those things written millennia ago cannot be relevant for today. But God’s word is 100% accurate. In fact, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (Prov. 30:5–6). The Bible is 100% dependable to lead any man, woman or child from a life otherwise destined for eternal judgment, to everlasting life with God and His Christ in the glories of true believers’ eternal home, the New Jerusalem. You can read the description of that eternal City whose Maker is God. The city is laid out as a square: 1,500 miles wide, 1,500 miles long, and 1,500 miles high, being a perfect cube. I invite you, read about that City in Revelation 21 and 22. It’s spiritually greatly encouraging!
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Marlin J. Yoder
