Replacement Theology and Israeli Support

A friend of mine recently sent me this article entitled:
Evangelicals seeing the error of 'replacement theology'. The link can be found at http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story473.htm.

Dr. Hagee is (or appears to be) the leader of an organization called "AIPAC" which has three primary purposes as per this article: "...one, to unite Christian supporters of Israel to speak 'with one voice for a common cause'; two, to establish a 'rapid response' capability that can flood Capitol Hill with e-mails, faxes and phone calls at short notice on issues of concern to Israel; and three, to organize 'Night to Honor Israel' events in every major US city 'so that the Jewish people can see and feel Christians expressing the love of God to them without a hidden agenda.'"


I find this article disturbing, and strongly really disagree with Dr. John Hagee's viewpoint on Israel. It leads to a different gospel from the one that we are given in God's word.

While I do think that Israel has a special place in God's heart; Dr. Hagee's theology indicates that Jews are saved in some other way then through faith in Christ. There is no way to honestly support that biblically. Why did Paul preach Christ to the Jews so fervantly? Why did he react so strongly against the "Judiazers" (See Galatians)? He did so because he saw faith in Christ as the ONLY way to God. The glory of God is seen in "the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6), not in the sacrifice of animals (Hebrews 10:5) or through observance of the law (see again, Galatians), which was only a "a shadow of good things to come" (Hebrews 10:1), which would be Christ Himself.

Hebrews 10:5
1 For the Law, since it has only aa shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can cnever, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

There is no way for Israel to be saved other then accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior. When this happens, they enter into the church, which is the body of believers.
We cannot stand together as brothers with those who do not accept Christ as the Messiah. This savlation is surely for the Jews first (Romans), but it is THIS salvation(through Christ) that is for the Jews, not the other way around this. Secondly, the church has replaced Israel in a sense. Isreal was once God's means for showing the world who He was and demonstrating His wisdom. But now God is using the Church for this purpose. The church is central to God's kingdom here on earth, not the Jewish nation. I do not believe that this excludes the Jews from having any place in the heart of God. I think they do have a special place that we, as gentiles, are not a part of. But this is not in relation to salvation. Out support for Israel, I believe, should not be blind and we should ALWAYS desire for them to come to know Christ. To not desire this above all else in our relationship is not not love them. True love for someone is to show them God.

I am not advocating beating someone over the head with the bible every time we meet them. What I am advocating is for us to make the gospel central in our lives. Our witness is not something we do out of simple obedience, but is our passion because we wish to demonstrate the glory of God in all we do. Whether we live or die, we do so to the glory of God. God's glory is seen in the face of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6), whose glory is shown in the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:6).