Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
This is absolutely the least talked about subject in the conversation regarding the state of affairs in what we call the "American church" as well as American politics and international relations. Whether people like it or not, this country was founded upon Protestant Christian principles and one of the common beliefs of the Protestant churches was that Jehoshua sat on the throne of David upon his ascension into heaven.
Believe it or not, this simple truth of Jehoshua currently sitting on the throne of David determines just about every important doctrine in the church. It affects eschatology, soteriology and ecclesiology. An even more astonishing, the truth of Jehoshua sitting on the throne of David was instrumental in the founding of this country and it's subsequent prosperity. How is this so? The early settlers of this country were Protestant Christians from Europe and they believed that they were the Israel of Jehovah God and that Jehoshua's millennial Kingdom was concurrent with the new covenant church age. The view of Amillennial eschatology was rooted in the fact that when Jehoshua ascended into heaven he sat on the throne of David. You can't have a Kingdom without a King, and for Protestant Christians Jehoshua was their now reigning Davidic King. Of course, this then concluded that it was the new covenant church that was Jehovah's Israel and that there was no need for a future re-establishment of Geo-Political Israel, with a future millennium where the throne of David would be sat on for the first time by Jehoshua. Unlike modern day Christians, the Protestant Christians were not obsessed with sensationalistic end time scenarios that encouraged an escapist mentality. The Christians of early America believed that the Kingdom was a present reality for them and not something that was only in the future after the Messiah came back to earth. Part and parcel of this belief was that Jehoshua sat on the throne of David at his ascension. This outlook by the early American Christians dictated how they lived their life and how they viewed America from a Geo-politcal standpoint. They looked at a America as a type of New Jerusalem, and why not, since that is what the church technically is and that's what they were settling America as, a Christian nation. The United States of America was meant to be a sovereign nation that had very limited involvement in foreign affairs. There certainly was no religious reason for them to be involved in foreign affairs, as they had everything they wanted right in their own homeland. The early American Christians viewed America as a land flowing with milk and honey and as a new Canaan. Throughout all of church history, Christians believed and taught that Jehoshua fulfilled the Davidic covenant at his resurrection and ascension. This then determined those other doctrines of the faith mentioned above, most importantly of which is the teaching that the church is Israel. The teaching that Jehoshua currently sits on the throne of David automatically eliminates the concept of the millennium, an earthly throne of David, reestablishment of the Mosaic system of worship and most importantly a future restoration of Geo-political Israel. As the church went so went America in terms of the direction of morality and geo-politcis, as the Pastors in America were looked at as beacons of their local communities. The churches were the nerve centers of local communities in regards to moral living. Often, Pastors held office in their local governments and/or had significant influence in civil affairs. There was no need for America to look beyond it's own borders for prophetic fulfillment in terms of anything concerning what was once earthly Jerusalem and earthly Israel. This is because the American churches looked at themselves as the Israel of God, in whom all the prophetic promises are fulfilled. This was the doctrine of the Christian church all throughout the new covenant church age, no matter what communion (denomination). For the American Christian church, the idea of a future throne of David in earthly Palestine (Jerusalem/Israel) was unthinkable. This was because they took the scriptures for what they said and what they said was that Jehoshua ascended to the throne of David in New Jerusalem after his resurrection and ascension. A New Jerusalem automatically means there is a New Israel and a New Israel means that the old is obselete forever. The early American Christians believed that wherever the church was there was the true and only Israel. Jehoshua's current reign on the throne of David was a given for the churches and this reign was headquartered in New Jerusalem, thereby negating any future fulfillment in earthly Jerusalem. With America being founded on Christian principles, the church had a heavy influence on it's politics. Limited involvement in foreign affairs was the mindset of early America since Americans believed that all that they needed was right here in the New Jerusalem (America). I believe it was due to this Protestant, the church as the Israel of Jehovah, type of Christianity that made America the most prosperous nation ever in the known history of the world. Of course, the doctrine that Jehoshua was currently reigning from the throne of David in heaven was central to this concept of the church being the Israel of Jehovah. From the time the early Christians arrived in America until the civil war, the country was thoroughly blessed in terms of morally and materially. Things were so prosperous that most Christian churches were teaching that a golden age of the church was on the horizon, rather than a progessive increase of evil. However, the civil war dramatically changed the outlook of America in general and the churches inparticular. It was shortly after the civil war that a doctrine called "Dispensationalism" started being peddled by those who were promoting the C.I. Scofield reference bible. At the very core of this doctrine was the denial of Jehoshua fulfilling the Davidic covenant at his ascension into heaven. This reference bible taught that Jehoshua wasn't King and that he was only a high priest. It taught that he wouldn't be King until after his physical return to earth to establish his millennial Kingdom. This futurist version of the end times included a reconstitution of the law of Moses along with a reconstituted Geo-Political Israel. The C.I. Scofield reference bible study notes taught a completely different eschatology, ecclesiology and soteriology than what the church taught for almost 1900 years. Again, central to this new version of Christianity was the concept that Jehoshua was not yet the Davidic King and that the throne of David would be on earth in the future and that it was never to be a heavenly throne. The fact that this doctrine started slowly started being introduced after the civil war was likely not a coincidence as the civil war heavily divided the nation, and hence the churches. It was 1888 when a pamphlet written by Scofield called "Rightly dividing the word of truth" came out. This biblical phrase "rightly dividing the word of truth" is the Dispensational battlecry to this day. Scofield soon became the leader of the premillennial dispensational movement. His reference bible was first published in 1909. It was also at this time that momentum was gaining ground for the "Jews" to have their own homeland and sovereign government. Of course, it was Palestine (Jerusalem) that was their target. The problem with all this was that the churches overwhelming believed in Historicism, which taught that the millennial Kingdom of the Messiah was concurrent with the new covenant church age. Integral in this of course was that Jehoshua was installed on the throne of David at his ascension into heaven. Whether or not one believes Jehoshua currently sits on the throne of David will determine their eschatology along with their ecclesiology. By the mid 1950's, the premillennial dispensational eschatology took hold of much of the American church. After the civil war and two world wars, the church was no longer optimistic about the future and the sensationalistic eschatology of futurism seemed more realistic to them. Many of the prominent theological seminaries such as Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary and Viola University taught Premillennial Dispensationalism. The denominations of Christendom sent their Pastors at such places to learn their theology, which was rooted in this futurist eschatology. It goes without saying, that adopting and teaching premillennial dispensational eschatology became a requirement for Pastors that were part of the denominational church system. Would be Pastors from among the churches would be funneled into these seminaries and further indoctrinated into this futurist eschatology. These young would be Pastors would then graduate to be funneled right back into the denominational churches. The rise of dispensational eschatology coincided with our participation in the two world wars, which were wars that helped and strengthened Jewish Bolshevik Communism. Infact, it was Jewish Bolshevik Communists that overthrew Christian Russia in the late 1910's. The domino effect of this Jewish Marxist revolution was devasting for European Christians throughout the rest of the century. America fought on the side of the Communists in World War 2 in murdering Germans and brutalizing them. One of the results of World War 1 was the Russian revolution, the Russian civil war and the formation of the Soviet union. We fought on the side of Russia during that war, which until 1917 was under Christian rule. World War ended in later 1918. Also noteworthy concerning World War 1, was the Balfour Declaration, which was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the war announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. The Ottoman empire was on the opposite side of the U.S. & Britian during Word War 1. You can start to see the motivation for World War when you look at who was on the opposite side of the allied forces and what their was to gain by defeating them. ReplyForward
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