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Summary:
With
the help of C. I. Scofield, a convicted forger, Oxford Press invents a new,
limited edition class of ruptured Christians related to the "rapture' which
is not even mentioned in Matthew! Christian
Zionists have largely accepted this context, changing Jesus' salvation message
to one of punishment for anyone who does not treat the State of Israel as a
specially favored people. Oxford
decreed that Jesus meant only Jews and only the State of Israel when he preached
of love for "brethren," 1,976 years before there was a State of
Israel! Anyone who believes this
should read what Jesus said about the Pharisees in the previous Chapter 24, of
St. Matthew, where he calls them vipers and sons of Satan.
Worshiping the God State
A critic of Why
Judeo‑Christians Support War, Speaks Out
Mike
Lopez, who tells us he is a Bible school student and a former Christian pastor,
sent us an eight‑page letter which we have posted in its entirety, to
which we are responding. He quotes
from the New Testament book of Matthew.
"...there are several places where god says nations
have sinned and that he is going to judge them as a nation.
Mt. 25:31‑46 is a good example of god pronouncing judgment on
gentile nations for their treatment of the Jews."
Your
Editor Replies:
You have led us to a very important consideration in
Matthew 25; but first let us answer your very common argument about the great
land theft going on in the Middle East in God’s name. Let us examine bible fraud.
You refer to the New Testament book of Matthew, Chapter 25, but you do
not site the verses themselves, so in answering you we will do that.
Mr.
Lopez, you took your statement almost directly from the Oxford footnotes to
Matthew Ch. 25, found in the Scofield Reference Bible, 1967, which contains
factual falsehoods and distortion. Please
permit us to show you how a certain faction called World Zionists created a
biblical tool for blackmailing Christians with a threat of eternal damnation if
they fail to kneel before Israel with money and favors, as you have done.
The
deception was literally written between the lines of the Scriptures, where the
Bible itself condemns such additions. C.I.
Scofield himself had to be an accomplice, making a farce and a fraud of the very
verse you have quoted, Mr. Lopez. His role was to drive wedges into the Holy Scriptures.
After his death Oxford Press, who owned him and his book, widened the
crack into a crevasse. In Matthew 25, Scofield wrote and inserted a phony
inter‑verse heading that most readers now accept as part of the scripture,
and that misdirected the meaning of the last 16 verses of this important
chapter. You, Mr. Lopez, have
accepted Scofield's misdirection, just as Oxford Press intended!
After
the death of this hireling heretic named Scofield, Oxford Press compounded the
heresy by writing an even more elaborate and radical series of notes within the
text and adding several additional footnotes to those presumed to have been
written by Scofield. Oxford then
published all this again in 1967, still under the name of the long dead former
Editor.
Mr.
Lopez, you did not quote the verse itself, allowing it to stand on its merit.
You only told us what it means according to Oxford Press.
This is typical, too, of pastors and teachers who use Scofield as their
guide. Your criticism can only be
based upon the 1967 SRB, because your quote is almost verbatim from the
footnotes. The terms "State of
Israel" were first introduced in the 1967 Oxford editions.
We
must look at the whole of Matthew 25 in its context within the chapter where it
occurs, as one would do with any essay, story or legal document.
Fortunately, this is easy to do because Jesus himself tell us exactly
what chapter 25, is about‑‑"Heaven" and "outer
darkness," he tells us, is the subject, which I was taught means Heaven and
Hell.
Oxford
was unusually brazen in changing the context of this chapter in the King James
Bible, because all through the chapter, Jesus explains his subject so no one can
miss it. To accomplish the change,
Scofield inserted an announcement of his own within the text, telling the reader
that Jesus had changed his direction in mid‑verse and misdirecting the
reader’s thoughts to a new context, that Armageddon scene.
In doing so, Oxford directly contradicts Jesus’ words about his
subject. This is usually called
“blasphemy.”
Jesus
tells us not once, but twice, that the subject in Chapter 25 is Heaven and Hell
and what one must do to get to Heaven. Verse
(1) "Then shall the kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.(2) and five of
them were wise, and five were foolish..."
...and so on through verse 14, wherein Jesus pronounces that many of the
seekers, like the foolish girls, will be rejected.
This
parable ends with the warning not to try to guess the time when the
"Bridegroom" will come. As
Reverend Robert Moody describes them: "These
virgins thought they were ready. They thought they were Christians and were
prepared, but it was in the realm of their thinking and not in reality. The same
as those who rely on the deceptions and perversions of Scofield and his kind.
They think, and that's all they do. Instead of submitting to Christ's
mind, they uphold their own."
Jesus
announces he is going directly on with another parable about Heaven in verse 14.
Listen to his words: (14) "For
the kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called
his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods..."etc.
This parable, also of righteousness and faithfulness, continues with
punishment and reward, and goes on through verse 30.
It
is here that Scofield strikes his brazen wedge, announcing a complete change of
the subject. In between verse 30
and 31, Scofield inserted the following words in bold italics:
"The Olivet Discourse: (8) the Lord's return tests
the gentile nations. (cf Joel 3.11‑16)"
This
is an addition and contradicts Jesus' words!
There is no chapter break or any indication that Jesus has changed his
lecture about Heaven and Hell. The
text indicates it is continuous. But
that did not stop Scofield from putting up a detour sign leading into the swamp
of dispensationalism.
Oxford
presses on where Scofield's pushed his nose under the Christian tent in 1908.
The 1667 Oxford Edition further and drastically changes what bible
students read. Oxford dropped Scofield's' reference to "The Olivet
Discourse" because it implied that Jesus was still delivering the same
lecture. Oxford replaced
Scofield’s words with those that say outright that Jesus is not talking about
Heaven and Hell after all, but about the Jewish concept of a earthly kingdom
with an earthly king. Here is what
Oxford substituted as an inter‑verse heading in the 1967 Edition:
"Judgment of individual gentiles at Christ's return
to earth."
Oxford
is steering you, Mr. Lopez, and millions like you, into the ever‑popular
rapture, Armageddon, and end times heretical myth popularized in modern
Judeo‑Christian pulp fiction. Its
phony detour sign injected end times fiction right into the middle of a key part
of Jesus’ teachings. How
horrible, how Pharisee-like!
Note
that the King James Bible has no notes of any kind between the verses, in the
margins, or at the bottoms of pages. Only
a paragraph indentation at the end of verse 30 indicates the parable of the
talents had ended. Verse 31 sounds
like the logical continuation of Jesus' lecture on Heaven and Hell.
See if you don't agree with WHTT when you read verse 31:
"(31)
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:" (end of quote)
Unannounced change of direction is not a Godly trait and
is most unlike Jesus. He always
made it clear to his audience what he was talking about and who he was
addressing. Scofield has made our
God into someone who switches subjects and directions without the least warning.
Though Jesus carefully labels two parables in chapter 25 as being about
Heaven, we are supposed to believe the Zionists at Oxford Press, when they say
he changed his subject in med stream from his Heavenly kingdom to some earthly
one with an entirely different time scene and cast of characters.
But the words themselves say otherwise, read them!.
(30)
And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
(This
is the place the Christian-Zionists say the subject has been changed by a few
thousand years)
(31)
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall
set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the
King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and
ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was
in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as
ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me.
41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an
hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I
was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and
in prison, and ye visited me not.
44
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungred, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee?
45
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it
not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go
away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
‑END OF CHAPTER 25
Note
how similar verse 30 is to verse 45. Everlasting
punishment, eternal life, everlasting darkness all sound a lot like Heaven and
Hell to this writer. Without
Scofield (and his army of followers) as a guide we would assume the obvious, the
goats is a designation of those who look like sheep but do failed Jesus test.
The sheep are those who did as he commanded and were saved.
The
basis for salvation was following his example to love the "least of
these," which Jesus called His "brethren."
His instruction is to love and do kindness to all mankind, regardless of
who they are, not just to Jewish mankind, as Oxford wants us to believe.
The entire matter used to be understood by children over the age of
three. You are at a disadvantage to
the children, Mr. Lopez, because you are burdened with a study bible.
As
we view the progressive changes from the former Scofield Bible additions in 1908
to the most recent Oxford version, the intent of the Oxford Press is shown by
their work to be clearly political. It
lays the groundwork for a separate, racially‑motivated--not
God‑motivated--love for the "chosen people," which eventually
metamorphoses into a phyla‑affair with a God State.
Today's Israel is to be loved by Christians, even to the exclusion of
Jesus. How terrible! How damning!
Now,
let us follow Oxford’s footnotes added to the bottom of the pages as it tries
to steal our faith.
The
footnote to verse (31) in the Scofield 1945
pre‑state‑of‑Israel‑edition is found at the bottom
of page 1036 and states, in part: "This judgment is to be distinguished
from the judgment of the great white throne. Here
there is no resurrection..."
And
further:
"the
test in this judgment is the treatment accorded by the nations to those whom
Christ here calls 'my brethren,' these 'brethren' are the Jewish remnant who
have preached the gospel to all the nations during the tribulation."
Again,
this is a footnote invented by Scofield in 1908. It tells us that this is a different scene and has nothing to
do with the final judgment, and that Jesus is presumed to have switched subjects
and must have told only Scofield about it.
How insulting to the God of the universe.
But
the Zionists at Oxford were not satisfied with Scofield's unholy wedge.
The footnotes in the 1967 Oxford Edition are longer and more aggressive,
defining as an object of worship, today's 21st century State of Israel, which
did not even exist in 1945.
Notes
on page 1037 of the 1967 Edition: (we show the 1945 footnotes in lower case, and
1967 additions in caps):
"The
subject of this judgment is 'all nations' I.E.
ALL GENTILES THEN LIVING ON EARTH." THREE CLASSES ARE MENTIONED: (1) SHEEP, SAVED GENTILES; (2)
GOATS, UNSAVED GENTILES; AND (3) BRETHREN, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (new additions
in caps)
The
1945 Scofield reads on page 1036: "These
Brethren are the Jewish Remnant who have preached the gospel of the kingdom to
all the nations during the Tribulations." And, "The scene is on earth;
no books are opened; it deals with the living rather than with those translated
or raised from the dead." (following added in 1967) THE TEST OF THIS JUDGMENT IS THE
TREATMENT BY INDIVIDUAL GENTILES of those whom Christ calls 'my brethren,'
LIVING IN THE PRECEDING TRIBULATION PERIOD WHEN ISRAEL IS FEARFUL OF PERSECUTION
(CPGEN12:3)"(new additions in caps)
The
Oxford Zionists substituted this for what Scofield wrote: "..MY BRETHREN,
THE JEWISH REMNANT WHO HAVE PREACHED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM TO ALL NATIONS
DURING THE TRIBULATION."
But
the "tribulation" is not even mentioned in Matthew.
And
Oxford added this to the footnotes:
"...THE
SHEEP ARE GENTILES SAVED ON EARTH DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE RAPTURE AND
CHRIST'S SECOND COMING TO EARTH.
In
Summary:
With
the help of Scofield, a convicted forger, Oxford Press invents a new, limited
edition class of ruptured Christians related to the "rapture' which is not
even mentioned in Matthew! Christian
Zionists have largely accepted this context, changing Jesus' salvation message
to one of punishment for anyone who does not treat the State of Israel as a
specially favored people. Oxford
decreed that Jesus meant only Jews and only the State of Israel when he preached
of love for "brethren," 1,976 years before there was a State of
Israel! Anyone who believes this
should read what Jesus said about the Pharisees in the previous Chapter 24, of
St. Matthew, where he calls them vipers and sons of Satan.
A
most obvious evidence that the Oxford, Scofield Reference Bible is an
anti-Christ created joke on mankind, is found in a lengthy and seemingly
insignificant footnote added to the last page of the last book of the King James
Bible after Scofield’ death. Oxford
arrogantly added note (3) to verses that demand, on their face, that nothing be
added:
“If
any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in the book: And if any man shall take away from the words of this book
of this prophesy, God shall take away his part (r) [from the tree] of (3) life,
and out of the holy city, and form the thing which are written in this book.”
(page 1137, Rev 231,18-19)
Oxford
had the disrespect to add footnotes to the forgoing verse that warning, on
penalty of damnation that no man should tamper with the words.
Not even Scofield, the heretic little professional forger of the 19th
century, had the indecency to shoot bullet holes through God’s “No
Trespassing” sign at the end of the Bible, but Oxford did.
Mr.
Lopez, one of our readers told us that that many years before he was advised by
a pastor to burn his Scofield Reference Bible.
He did so, and told us that only now does he know why.
You might also burn all the clones such as McArthur, Thompson’s, and
all the “left behind” books on your shelves.
Jesus' followers would not have know what he was talking about if he
preached this confusing Zionist dribble in 34 AD, unless, of course, Scofield
was there to explain it to them.
Mr.
Lopez, you have our sincere thanks for writing. In your many citations of scripture, even if only this one
from Matthew 25 was in the New Testament. It
may be the most fraudulent Zionist dribble yet, whose dialectic technique are
now a familiar pattern. Our critics
usually quote almost every verse in Genesis about the Abrahamic covenant, but
they rarely quote anything from the New Testament. Scofield followers tend to live in the Old Hebrew Testament
because Jesus' words raise embarrassing questions. You did us a favor by focusing us upon this blasphemous bit
of new testament text.
We
invite other comments and suggest serious readers send for our original paper, THE
SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE MID EAST ‑ WHY JUDEO‑CHRISTIANS SUPPORT
WAR by C. E. Carlson.
(Link to Mr. Lopez’s letter)
