The Road to Holocaust

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Summary: Defense of the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints
Review: Hal Lindsey hits the nail squarely on the head in this book written over ten years ago, but one which continues to ignite passions, as it relates to Israel and her place in the world, and in specifics, God's plan for the redemption of His chosen people. Lindsey's first chapter chronicles the devastation the Jews suffered at the hands of "Christians" from the earliest days of the church, right up to Nazi Germany, and even chronicles Martin Luther's statements and the Reformers views about the Jews (not nice!!!) Hal Lindsey strikes a blow to the Dominionist and Christian Reconstructionist viewpoint about how the Jews don't matter anymore to God's plan, as well as their viewpoint that they will usher in the Kingdom of God. A truly provocative read, and if you're hesistant because you've already got an opinion, set it aside, and go with Lindsey. I challenge you that your mind will stir passionately, and you will come to understand what the biblical mandate is, not only for the the past, present, and future Israel, but the Church of Jesus Christ as well. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Hal Lindsey's: This book is his "Hidden Gem "
Review: You can't go wrong reading anything written by Hal Lindsey. He is most famous for his books on bible prophecy and the second coming of Jesus Christ. This book has only a slight prophetic bent; it is mostly a commentary on the corruptness of doctrine in today's church.

I first read this book when it came out in the late 1980's but I didn't recognize how profound the message was at that time. Only after I observed how the churches since then have begun to teach "replacement theology" that I realized how prophetic Lindsey was when he warned about it 15 years ago.

"Replacement Theology" is basically the school of thought that teaches when the Jews rejected their Messiah and Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D., God gave up on His promises to Abraham, Isaac and the Jewish people. These promises were then transferred to the New Testament church. This belief is taught by the Roman Catholic Church and most mainline protestant churches.

Replacement Theology is heresy. Bunch of baloney. Here is your scripture:

Romans Chapter 9 through 11, written by the Apostle Paul, clearly teaches that God is not through with the Jewish people. As a witness to an unbelieving world, God will keep all His promises to the Jewish people despite their continual cycles of unbelief.

One can see why "Replacement Theology" is such an appealing doctrine for the church to embrace. Who wouldn't want to be the apple of God's eye? But read Romans Ch. 11 and you can see that the Gentile believers are just a detour, a wild branch of the olive tree, that God is calling during Israel's current time of unbelief. The church has completely lost its focus that we are the unnatural branch, not the natural one. By God's grace, we are grafted into the natural olive tree. The church is far too cocky about this and we forget the importance of the Jewish branch which will soon be restored.

But the church wants these promises made to Israel and forget that the Jews exist. Many prominent church leaders believe, by human efforts, the church will evangelize the world so that Jesus will return to take His rightful throne. What arrogance !!

Today's church and corrupt pastors and priests, in their lust for worldly power, materialism, and prestige, fail to read the bible message that the world is not going to get better and better. Paul and Peter in the epistles clearly warn the end time will be filled with apostasty, deception and things will get worse and worse. The church of today also don't want to recognize Revelation Chapter 7 that God is going to designate 144,000 Jews to evangelize the world during the final 7-year Tribulation. The true church and its remnant of believers will be raptured before the Antichrist is revealed. Those remaining in the church after the Rapture will be deceived. (1 Thess. 2:11-12)

Particularly fascinating about Lindsey's book was how Martin Luther became very Anti-Semitic late in his life. Martin Luther did many great things restoring biblical truths that had been perverted by the Catholic church. But Luther was very disappointed that the Jews did not embrace the reformation theology. He voiced that frustration in books that led to "replacement theology." Hitler eventually used Luther's own writing to justify his proposed extermination of the Jews. This little feature about Luther is not well advertised and even in the current movie "Luther", the last 15 years of his life are deliberately omitted at the end. (Probably because Lutheran Brotherhood, part producer of the movie, would like to conveniently whitewash that little fact.)

This book needs to be re-read and the scripture studied to ensure that the Gentile church never forgets her place in scripture. The church is here to go forth and make disciples. But the church age is coming to an end. (Romans 11:25) God will then evangelize the world through the natural branch before He returns. God means what he says and says what he means. We are to love and pray for the Jewish people and Jerusalem that they will one day recognize and welcome their messiah.