By sifilings
Apr
15
2014
"Hagee has gone far beyond anything Harold Camping ever did, and ought to be treated with the same utter rejection when his predictions fail" American Vision
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Dangerous
John Hagee is a dispensationalist. I, too, am a dispensationalist. I also really dislike sensationalist prophesy books. I'm take a more Things to Come type approach to discussing eschatology. You know, a eschatology book without crescent moons, oil rigs, fighter planes, blood moons or anything else silly on the cover. That means I'm not disposed to like something written by Hagee. It was with some trepidation I agreed to look over a copy of Hegee's Blood Moons book for a church member who found it insightful. I haven't delved too far into it yet, but wanted to pass along a word of warning.
Hagee makes the remark that those who aren't breathlessly awaiting Christ's imminent return to rapture His saints are unsaved and have death and destruction in their future. (I'm at work and don't have the page #, but it's in there). To be frank, this is (1) stupid, (2) un-biblical, (3) irresponsible and (4) idiotic. I'm not sure how #1 differs from #4, but I felt the need for one more adjective . . .
Paul drew the line in the sand around the Gospel (Gal 1), not a nuance of premillennial eschatology. For this reason alone, I am not looking forward to reading the rest of this book. I believe Hagee is dangerous and gives dispensationalism a bad name.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
Amen!!
Amen!!
Dr. Paul Henebury
I am Founder of Telos Ministries, and Senior Pastor at Agape Bible Church in N. Ca.
Some Tidbits from Hagee . . .
I felt compelled to share with you some of Hagee's most horrible follies, and these are just the one's I've found by skimming 30 pages:
This man truly is dangerous.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
Thanks Tyler. I wasn't sure
Thanks Tyler. I wasn't sure what all he believed. That stuff is heresy all right.
Good Article
This is a good article featuring a rebuttal to Hagee by Dr. Jason Lisle from ICR. This bit is particularly imporrtant:
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
I agree, but
Tyler, I agree that Hagee is a dangerous false teacher.
But, you criticize him for capitalizing "Rapture"???
Most dispensational writers do, in my experience. It is tantamount to a proper name, the name of a particular event, the Rapture. For example, here is a quote from Tom Constable, of Dallas Theological Seminary.
Perhaps I misunderstand you on this one, but capitalizing "Rapture" hardly seems evidence of heresy.
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
Don
I meant that he seems to view it as a holy, divine event far out of proportion. It is almost as though it is the "Rapture," and not His death and resurrection, that saves us! Taken in tandem with what else he Hagee said, it just seemed very odd. Maybe I read too much into it.
At best, Hagee is advocating loss of salvation for unbelief in the rapture. At worst, Hagee is (perhaps unwittingly?) advocating some novel scheme of works salvation: Christ + belief in rapture = salvation. Even if Hagee was carried away by rhetorical flourish, and was caught up in an ecstatic frenzy of apocalyptic imagery with visions of blood moons dancing in his head (over multiple pages!), this is inexcusable language.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
Hal Lindsey too
http://www.christianpost.com/news/is-everything-about-to-change-the-firs...
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Earth and Sky article
http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015
With some relevant quotes:
Commentary (tongue-in-cheek and mostly true):
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