The Source of the Problem in the Mid
East - Part II
Why Judeo-Christians Support War
C. E. Carlson
The French author, Alexis de Tocqueville,
wrote Democracy in
De Tocqueville could see the power of
First, there was a War Between the States,
which scarred the powerful young nation in its strapping youth. A worse attack
on
The World Zionist Movement, as its Jewish founders
called themselves, had plans to acquire a homeland for all Jews worldwide, even
though most were far from homeless, and many did not want another home. Not any
land would do. World Zionists wanted a specific property that American
Christians called "the
World Zionist leaders initiated a program to
change
The scheme was to alter the Christian view
of Zionism by creating and promoting a pro-Zionist subculture within
Christianity. Scofield's role was to re-write the King James Version of the
Bible by inserting Zionist-friendly notes in the margins, between verses and
chapters, and on the bottoms of the pages. The Oxford University Press used
Scofield, a pastor by then, as the Editor, probably because it needed such as
man for a front. The revised bible was called the Scofield Reference Bible, and
with limitless advertising and promotion, it became a best-selling
"bible" in
The Scofield Reference Bible was not to be
just another translation, subverting minor passages a little at a time. No,
Scofield produced a revolutionary book that radically changed the context of
the King James Version. It was designed to create a subculture around a new
worship icon, the modern State of Israel, a state that did not yet exist, but which
was already on the drawing boards of the committed, well-funded authors of
World Zionism.
Scofield's support came from a movement that
took root around the turn of the century, supposedly motivated by
disillusionment over what it considered the stagnation of the mainline American
churches. Some of these “reformers” were later to serve on Scofield’s Editorial
Committee.
Scofield imitated a chain of past heretics
and rapturists, most of whose credibility fizzled over their faulty end times
prophesies. His mentor was one John Nelson Darby from
The Oxford University Press owned "The Scofield Reference Bible" from
the beginning, as indicated by its copyright, and Scofield stated he received
handsome royalties from
The Scofield Reference Bible and its several
clones is all but worshiped in the ranks of celebrity Christians, beginning
with the first media icon, evangelist Billy Graham. Of particular importance to
the Zionist penetration of American Christian churches has been the fast growth
of national bible study organizations, such as Bible Study Fellowship and
Precept Ministries. These draw millions of students from not only evangelical
fundamentalist churches, but also from Catholic and mainline Protestant
churches and non-church contacts. These invariably teach forms of "dispensationalism," which draw their theory, to
various degrees, from the notes in the Oxford Bible.
Among more traditional churches that
encourage, and in some cases recommend, the use of the Scofield Reference Bible
is the huge Southern Baptist Convention of America, whose capture is World
Zionism's crowning achievement. Our report on Southern Baptist Zionism,
entitled “The
Cause of the Conflict: Fixing Blame”.
Scofield, whose work is largely believed to
be the product of Darby and others, wisely chose not to change the text of the
King James Edition. Instead, he added hundreds of easy-to-read footnotes at the
bottom of about half of the pages, and as the Old English grammar of the KJE
becomes increasingly difficult for progressive generations of readers, students
become increasingly dependent on the modern language footnotes.
Scofield's notes weave parts of the Old and
New Testaments together as though all were written at the same time by the same
people. This is a favorite device of modern dispensationalists who essentially
weigh all scripture against the unspoken and preposterous theory that the older
it is, the more authoritative. In many cases the
Thanks to the work of a few dedicated
researchers, much of the questionable personal history of Cyrus I. Scofield is
available. It reveals he was not a Bible scholar as one might expect, but a
political animal with the charm and talent for self-promotion of a Bill
Clinton. Scofield's background reveals a criminal history, a deserted wife, a
wrecked family, and a penchant for self-serving lies. He was exactly the sort
of man the World Zionists might hire to bend Christian thought--a controllable
man and one capable of carrying the secret to his grave. (See The Incredible
Scofield and His Book by Joseph M. Canfield).
Other researchers have examined Scofield's
eschatology and exposed his original work as apostate and heretic to
traditional Christian views. Among these is a massive work by Stephen Sizer entitled Christian
Zionism, Its History, Theology and Politics.
We Hold These Truths is grateful to these
dedicated researchers. Our own examination of the Oxford Bible has gone in
another direction, focusing not on what Scofield wrote, but on some of the many
additions and deletions The Oxford University Press has continued to make to
Scofield Reference Bible since his death in 1921. These alterations have
further radicalized the Scofield Bible into a manual for the Christian worship
of the State of Israel beyond what Schofield would have dreamed of. This
un-Christian anti-Arab theology has permitted the theft of
It is no exaggeration to say that the 1967
Oxford 4th Edition deifies--makes a God of--the State of Israel, a state that
did not even exist when Scofield wrote the original footnotes in 1908. This
writer believes that, had it not been for misguided anti-Arab race hatred
promoted by Christian Zionist leaders in
What proof does WHTT have to incriminate
World Zionism in a scheme to control Christianity? For proof we offer the words
themselves that were planted in the 1967 Edition, 20 years after the State of
Israel was created in 1947, and 46 years after Scofield's death. The words tell
us that those who control the Oxford Press recreated a bible to misguide
Christians and sell flaming Zionism in the churches of
There is little reason to believe that
Scofield knew or cared much about the Zionist movement, but at some point, he
became involved in a close and secret relationship with Samuel Untermeyer, a
This connection might have remained hidden,
were it not for the work of Joseph M. Canfield, the author and researcher who
discovered clues to the thread in Scofield family papers. But even had the
threads connecting Scofield to Untermeyer and Zionism
never been exposed, it would still be obvious that that connection was there.
It is significant that
The most convincing evidence of the unseen
Zionist hand that wrote the Scofield notes to the venerable King James Bible is
the content of the notes themselves, for only Zionists could have written them.
These notes are the subject of this paper.
"FOR A NATION TO COMMIT THE SIN OF
ANTI-SEMITISM BRINGS INEVITABLE JUDGMENT." (page
19-20, footnote (3) to Genesis 12:3.) (our emphasis
added)
This statement sounds like something from
Ariel Sharon, or the Chief Rabbi in Tel Aviv, or Theodore Herzl,
the founder of Modern Zionism. But these exact words are found between the
covers of the 1967 Edition of the Oxford Bible that is followed by millions of
American churchgoers and students and is used by their leaders as a source for
their preaching and teaching.
There is no word for
"anti-Semitism" in the New Testament, nor is it found among the Ten
Commandments. "Sin," this writer was taught, is a personal concept.
It is something done by individuals in conflict with God's words, not by
"nations." Even
There was also no "State of
Israel" when Scofield wrote his original notes in his concocted Scofield
Reference Bible in 1908. All references to
The
"(2) GOD MADE AN UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE
OF BLESSINGS THROUGH ABRAM'S SEED (a) TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL TO INHERIT A
SPECIFIC TERRITORY FOREVER"
"(3) THERE IS A PROMISE OF BLESSING
UPON THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS WHO BLESS ABRAM'S DESCENDANTS, AND A CURSE LAID UPON THOSE WHO PERSECUTE THE JEWS." (Page 19, 1967
Edition Genesis 12:1-3)
This bequeath is joined to an
"IT HAS INVARIABLY FARED ILL WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE PERSECUTED THE JEW, WELL WITH THOSE WHO HAVE PROTECTED
HIM." and "THE FUTURE WILL STILL MORE REMARKABLY PROVE THIS
PRINCIPLE"(footnote (3) bottom of page19-20Genesis 12:3)
None of these notes appeared in the original
Scofield Reference Bible or in the 1917 or 1945 editions. The state of Israel
DID NOT EXIST in 1945, and according to the best dictionaries of the time, the
word "Israel" only referred to a particular man and an ancient tribe,
which is consistent with the Bible text. See "
All of this language, including the prophecy
about the future being really bad for those who "persecute the Jews,"
reflects and furthers the goals of the Anti-Defamation League, which has a
stated goal of creating an environment where opposing the State of Israel is
considered "anti-Semitism," and "anti-Semitism" is a
"hate crime" punishable by law. This dream has become a reality in
the Christian Zionist churches of
The State of Israel's legal claims to Arab
lands are based on the United Nations Partitioning Agreement of 1947, which
gave the Jews only a fraction of the land they have since occupied by force.
But when this author went to
"[2] AND I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT
NATION, AND I WILL BLESS THEE, AND MAKE THY NAME GREAT; AND THOU SHALL BE A
BLESSING:"
"[3] AND I WILL BLESS THEM THAT BLESS
THEE, AND CURSE HIM THAT CURSETH THEE: AND IN THEE SHALL ALL FAMILIES OF THE
EARTH BE BLESSED." Genesis 12:3, King James Edition.
It is upon this promise to a single person
that modern Israeli Zionists base their claims to what amounts to the entire
Mid-East. Its logic is roughly the equivalent of someone claiming to be the
heir to the John Paul Getty estate because the great man had once sent a letter
to someone's cousin seven times removed containing the salutation "wishing
you my very best." In the publication, "Sherry's War," We Hold
These Truths provides a common sense discussion of the Abrahamic Covenant and
how millions of Christians are taught to misunderstand it.
It is tempting to engage in academic
arguments to show readers the lack of logic in Scofield's theology, which has
led followers of Christ so far astray. It seems all too easy to refute the
various Bible references given in support of Scofield's strange writings. But
we will resist the temptation to do this, because others have already done it
quite well and more importantly because it leads us off our course.
It is also inviting to dig into Scofield's
sordid past as Canfield has done, revealing him to be a convicted felon and
probable pathological liar, but we leave that to others, because our interest
is not in Scofield's life, but in saving the lives of millions of innocent
people who are threatened by the continuing Zionist push for perpetual war.
Instead, we will examine the words on their
face. The words in these 1967 footnotes are Zionist propaganda that has been
tacked onto the text of a Christian Bible. Most of them make no sense, except
to support the
Now, for evidence of the intent of the
Zionists deception of Christians, let us examine some Scofield's notes that have been altered or removed by
"THE CONTRAST, 'I KNOW THAT YE ARE
ABRAHAM'S SEED' - 'IF YE WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN' IS THAT BETWEEN THE NATURAL
AND THE SPIRITUAL POSTERITY OF ABRAHAM. THE ISRAELITISH PEOPLE AND ISHMAELITISH
PEOPLE ARE THE FORMER; ALL WHO ARE 'OF THE PRECIOUS FAITH WITH ABRAHAM,'
WHETHER JEWS OR GENTILES, ARE THE LATTER (ROM 9, 6-8; GAL, 4-14.) SEE 'ABRAHAMIC COVENANT' GEN.
15, 18, NOTE)." ( Scofield's 1945 edition,
page 1127, note to John 8:39)
Compare that with the
"8:37 ALL JEWS ARE NATURAL DESCENDANTS
OF ABRAHAM, BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY HIS SPIRITUAL POSTERITY, CP Rom 9-6-8, Gal
3: 6-14" (Note (1) P1136, Oxford 1967 Edition, note to Jn
8:37.)
How, pray tell, can "all Jews" be
"natural descendants of Abraham," a Chaldean
who lived some 3000 years ago? Persons of all races are Jews and new Jews are
being converted every day from every race. One might as well say all Lutherans
are the natural descendants of Martin Luther; or that all Baptists come from
the loins of John the Baptist. This note could only have been written by an
Israeli patriot, for no one else would have a vested interest in promoting this
genetic nonsense. Shame on those who accept this racism; it is apostate
Christianity.
The original Scofield note was far out of
line with traditional Christianity in 1908, and should have been treated as
heresy then. Yet Scofield had failed to go far enough for the Zionists.
Scofield clearly recognized what the book of Genesis states, that the sons of
Ishmael are co-heirs to Abraham's ancient promise. Did not Scofield say
"the Israelitish people and Ishmaelitish
people are...the natural posterity of Abraham"? The Oxford Press simply
waited for Scofield to die and changed it as they wished.
And what is it that Scofield said that did
not satisfy the Zionists who rewrote the
The answer is an easy one. Most Arab and
Islamic scholars consider Arabs in general and the Prophet Mohammed in
particular to be direct descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's first son and older
half-brother of Isaac, whose son Jacob was later to become known as "
The Zionists solved this dilemma by
inserting a senseless footnote in the 1967 (
And there is more of such boondogglery in the
"(2)
8:44 That This Satanic Fatherhood Cannot Be Limited To
The Pharisees Is Made Clear In 1jn3:8-10" (note SRB 1967 Edition, P1137 to John
Let us look at the verse
"Ye
are of your father the devil and the lust of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speakest a lie, he speakest of his own; for he is a liar, and the father of
it." (John
Those are plain words. No wonder the
Zionists wanted to dilute what Jesus said. Not only did
"He
that commiteth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the work of the devil." (1Jn3:8.King James Edition)
Fine, but this verse, spoken by Jesus to His
followers in a speech about avoiding sin, in no way supports
To find out to whom Jesus is speaking you must read the rest of John 8, not
something from another book. Furthermore, John
These are a few examples of Zionist
perversions of scripture that have shaped the doctrine of America's most
politically powerful religious subculture, the "Christian Zionists"
as Ariel Sharon calls them, or the dispensationalists, as intellectual
followers call themselves, or the Judeo-Christians as our politically-correct
politicians describe themselves. Today's Mid-East wars are not caused by the
predisposition of the peoples, who are no more warlike than any human tribes.
Without the pandering to Jewish and Zionist interests that is carried out by
this subculture--the most vocal being the celebrity Christian evangelists--there
would be no such wars, for there is not enough support for war outside of
organized Zionist Christianity.
Reverend Stephen Sizer
of Christ Church,
England is perhaps the most dedicated new scholar writing about the
Scofield Bible craze, popularly known as Christian Zionism. He has quipped,
"Judging Christianity by looking at the American Evangelists is kind of
like judging the British by watching Benny Hill."
Reverend Sizer's
remark brings to mind another Benny; his name is Benny Hinn,
not a British comic, but an American evangelist spouting inflammatory
hate-filled words aimed at Muslims everywhere. Hinn
was speaking to the applause of an aroused crowd of thousands in the American
Airline Center in Dallas when he shocked two Ft. Worth Star Telegram religious
reporters covering the July 3d event by announcing, "We are on God's
side," speaking of Palestine. He shouted, "This is not a war between
Jews and Arabs. It is a war between God and the Devil." Lest there be any
doubt about it, Hinn was talking about a blood war in
which the Israelis are "God" and the Palestinians are "the
Devil."
Benny Hinn is one
of hundreds of acknowledged Christian Zionists who have no problem spouting
outright race hatred and who join in unconditional support for Israel without
regard for which or how many of Israel's enemies are killed or crippled. His
boldness stems from his knowledge that the vast majority of professing
Christians from whom he seeks his lavish support-the Judeo-Christians, or
Christian Zionists--do not shrink at his words, because they have been
conditioned to accept them, just as Roman citizens learned to accept Christian
persecution, even burning alive, under Nero. Several evangelists in attendance
affirmed their agreement with Hinn - "the line
between Christians and Muslims is the difference between good and evil."
An amazing number of professing Christians
are in agreement with the fanatical likes of Hinn,
including Gary Bauer, Ralph Reed, James Dobson and hundreds more. Yet Hinn's profit-seeking fanaticism is not as shocking as that
of men like Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention who occupy the
highest positions in the area of conservative religious thought. Land may have
stopped short of branding all Muslims as devils, but he attacked their leader
and Prophet and stated that, according to Baptist Bible interpretation, the
Palestinian people have no legal rights to property in
The more politically conservative and
libertarian the speaker expressing hatred for Islam, the more shocking the
statement sounds. One example is Samuel Blumenfeld, a
veteran textbook author and advocate of home education. His attack on Islam in
a story entitled "Religion and Satanism" in the April 2002
conservative, Calvinist Chalcedon Report leaves little room for civil
liberties and freedom of thought. He writes, "Islam is a religion ruled by
Satan," and asks, "Can anyone under the influence of Satan be
trusted?” Blumenfeld shows poor judgment and a lack
of morality when he allows phrases such as "willing agents of Satan,"
"another manifestation of Satanism" and "the willingness of
Muslims to believe blatant lies," to spill from his pen.
How can anyone interpret these words by
Land, Hinn, Blumenfeld, and
yes, our own President, as anything less than race hatred? Who would make such
generalized and transparently false statements against any other minority
except Muslims?
About 100 million American Christians need
to recover their true faith in Christ Jesus, who never denounced any individual
on account of his group. Jesus even tried to save the Pharisees, and only
denounced them when they showed themselves to be deceivers. There is not a word
in the New Testament that urges any follower of Jesus to murder one child in
Christian Zionism may be the most
bloodthirsty apostasy in the entire history of Christianity or any other
religion. Shame on its leaders: they have already brought the blood of untold
numbers innocent people down upon the spires and prayer benches of
WHTT asks every Christian to share this
article with pastors and church leaders, especially lay leaders. We ask every
Muslim and Jew who reads it to do the same. You might wish to suspend giving money
to any organizations that preach Zionist race hatred in any form, especially
under the cover Jesus Christ. And lastly, We Hold These Truths invites your
informed comments and questions. -Copyright 2002, WHTT, may be reproduced in
full with permission.
Resources from WHTT. Part I of this
series.
Listen to: "Kulture
Klash II, How Oxford University Press and CI Scofield
stole the Christian Bible" on WHTT Internet Talk Radio. Also available
on tape.
The Incredible Scofield and His Book,
Joseph M. Canfield, hard cover.
Sherry's
War: Twenty page research paper by C. E. Carlson, - How Judeo-Christians
mix and match scripture verses and use of extra text out of context to promote
the
The Final Apostasy - by Gordon Ginn Ph.D. Is your church apostate, would you know
it if it were? A book that reveals the untold historical and documented ex-post
facto changes made in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament...after Christ.
These changes have affected what all of us believe, from the Reformation to Day
911. Ginn sheds light on the turmoil in the