By Greg Holt

I imagine the title will not be a popular choice, still, I believe it to be true.

History is very revealing I do believe.  By the year 300, only centuries after the death and resurrection of Christ, there were active churches in pretty much all of the vast Roman Empire.  This included Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor and the Balkans to name a few.  By the year 700, Christianity had settled into Jordan, Iraq, Persia (Iran), Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, and even China and India.

There were already Arabs battling for control of cities etc. in the early part of the sixth century, and they soon took control of Jerusalem, building the Dome of the Rock.  By 750, a huge portion of the world’s Christians were under the thumb of Islam.  Most all of the territory held by Christians in the Middle East was controlled by Islam by the eleventh century or so.  There was some back and forth, but it never lasted, Islam took control and kept it.

Fast forward to today, Islam has taken over many countries, and is working on controlling ever more, like England and France for example.  They are even making inroads into the U.S.  If you doubt this, look into Dearborn Michigan, and the Twin Cities area in Minnesota.  Then there is New York City, which now has a socialist Muslim mayor.

People in large part do not take the threat of Islam seriously.

“Even on the eve of the conquest of Jerusalem, when Arab armies had encircled the holy city and blocked the road to Bethlehem, the patriarch of Jerusalem, Sophronius, assured the faithful: ‘We will laugh at the demise of our enemies the Saracens [as Christians first called the Muslims] and in a short time see their destruction and complete ruin.’” (Source)

Sophronius apparently did not take the Islamic Arabs seriously, deriding them and their victory, promising that they would soon be a footnote in history – and yet the Muslims are still there over a 1000 years later in Jerusalem, and still causing trouble.

The Church back then felt safe and secure, and in their arrogance and complete lack of attention to detail, they lost sight of the big picture, and the forces of Islam waltzed in the door and took center stage.  The cost was enormous, and it still is today.  Many lives were lost, nations dedicated to Christ were converted to Islam, by force.  This is still occurring today, while Christianity is falling apart at the seams, Islam is moving forward like a heavily armed division of the military, with plenty of funding, and a hoard of dedicated soldiers, ready and very willing to do battle.

It is said that in Nigeria, as many as 50,000 Christians have been murdered by Islamic militants.  Being a Believer in Christ in North Korea is death sentence, in China, it means imprisonment and possibly death, it is the same in many other countries.

While those who believe in Jesus are arguing theology and embracing unbiblical doctrines, Muslims are moving into many non-Muslim countries, forming their own communities, getting elected to offices, seeking positions of influence, government and otherwise in order to make changes to benefit Islam.  And they are succeeding.  Oddly enough, most Muslims run for office as Democrats, anyone surprised by this?

Replacement Theology

There is a huge issue dividing the Church in America and around the world of late, it’s called replacement theology.  In replacement theology, people believe that God has permanently cast-off Israel, the chosen people of God – the Jewish people, are now chosen no longer, they are done, kicked out of the Kingdom forever.  Instead, God has replaced them with the Church, or in other words, those that believe in and follow Jesus Christ.

Replacement theology is a biblically false and very divisive theology.  Many who follow this false doctrine hate the Jewish people, or at the very least intensely dislike them, while ranting and raving against them like all the ills of the world are specifically their fault, and that they are of no more value than the trash you just threw away.  Unfortunately, one of these very people owns the social media platform Gab, Andrew Torba: 

“A line has been crossed in the conscience of the American Christian. The theological and political chains that bound us to a foreign agenda, crafted not in the interests of our nation but for the benefit of those who reject our Lord, have been broken. For generations, we labored under a dual loyalty: pledging our hearts to Christ and the American nation while our government bowed to Israel and Jewish donors. We funded wars we didn’t believe in, silenced truths we were called to speak, and sacrificed our sons and daughters on altars of a foreign nation that scorns the very name of Jesus.

That captivity ends now.” (Source)

Torba’s thoughts here are unbiblical and hateful, dripping with scorn and rage.  Needless to say, I am no longer a supporter of Torba.  It’s not that I think we (The USA) need to rubber-stamp everything Israel does, or that we need to fund them to the tune of billions every year – but I do believe we need to support them and yes defend them.

A large portion of the people of Israel are Jewish, and the Jewish people are God’s chosen people, regardless of whether or not they believe in Him, the Bible makes this very clear (Jeremiah 31:35-37; 33:20-22).  Torba’s rant that biblical Israel is confused with political Israel is an attempt at misdirection, and is therefore a lie.

Here is the larger problem, those that believe this nonsense take a very hard line against Israel.  This division in the Church is only lending aid to the Muslims looking to take over America and other countries.  While people like Torba are actively involved in hating Israel, and attempting to persuade others to do likewise, the Muslims are laughing it up and enjoying how this makes their goal easier – world domination.

The Threat of Islam

Instead of guarding against the Muslim take-over of many nations, including the U.S., Believers in Jesus are much more focused on whether or not lesbians, homosexuals, and transgenders can be pastors etc. in the Church.  Or if women should be pastors.  None of these things should even be an issue to begin with – the Bible is very clear on what God thinks of the LGBTQ (Leviticus 18:22), and as far as women being pastors, show me just one female pastor in the entire Bible!

Far too many do not take the threat of Islam seriously, at all!  Consider the following:

“It is a permanent command in Islam for Muslims to hate and despise Jews and Christians and not take them as friends. This comes from both the Qur’an as well as from the sacred hadith scholars Bukhari and Muslim.

“Jihad is a permanent obligation on the Muslim community until the entire world made the Dar al Islam (Meaning under Muslim sovereignty).” (Source)  **Parenthesis mine**

What does the holy book of Islam say about those who believe in Jesus?  Islam venerates Jesus, but yet to them Jesus is just a prophet, not God, He will return to rule on Earth for a time, and then will die.

Despite Jesus being important in the Muslim faith, their “faith” commands the Muslim to kill Jewish people!

“Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews until some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, ‘O `Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.’” (Source – I will not link to this site, but here is the source link: https://www.quranbookk.com/hadiths/hadiths-sources/bukhari/56?hadith-number=138

“The following verses in the Quran clearly state to kill those who do not follow Islam. Worshiping Jesus in a Muslim nation is grounds to have your property taken away, to be beaten, and to be killed. One need only read today’s news to see this is true.

“Surah 2:191 And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith.

“Surah 2:193 And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression.

“Surah 2:216 Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.” (Source)

Islam states that lying is a huge no-no.  Yet at the same time, it is allowed – “taqiyya” allows one to lie if one thinks one is being persecuted.  You can also lie to your spouse, if it “helps” the relationship.  Lying where battle is concerned is also approved.  If the only way to “reconcile” people is to lie, that’s good too.  See the problem here?

It’s all over the Internet that Islam doesn’t really advocate killing the Jews and the “people of the book,” Jesus’ followers in other words.  And let’s not forget the horrors of Sharia Law.

• Who attacked Israel and murdered 1,200 people, tortured, kidnapped etc. – Muslims
• Who has murdered as many as 50,000 Christians in Nigeria? – Muslims
• Who flew airplanes into the U.S. World Trade Center buildings killing thousands of people? – Muslims
• Who beheaded Christians with knives, whose hands were tied behind their backs, and filmed it? – Muslims
• Who murdered 10 people because they were “affronted” by cartoons? – Muslims
• Who allows the mutilation of female genitals, or “Female circumcision”? – Muslims
• Who allows the killing of a woman who supposedly dishonors her religion? – Muslims
• Who states that those who leave their religion should be killed? – Muslims
• Who prescribes special taxes to be paid, peoples’ hands and feet to be cut off, crucifixion, etc., for unbelievers? – Muslims
• Who commands jihad, and if you don’t fight and kill, then you must support those who do? – Muslims

Getting the picture here?  All one has to do is to look at the news, and it becomes very apparent that the above is all true.  Google may try to hide things, but that doesn’t make these things any the less true.

The following happened in 2010; it most certainly is not going to get any better unless the American government puts a stop to this kind of thing.

“Christian missionaries whose constitutional rights were egregiously violated during the 2010 Arab International Festival held in Dearborn, Michigan, the home of the largest Muslim population in the United States. 

“Under sharia law, which is Islamic law, it is a crime to preach the Gospel to Muslims.  On Friday, June 18, 2010, four of the Christian missionaries, Qureshi, Wood, Rezkalla, and Negeen Mayel, were detained and handcuffed, had their personal property seized, and were thrown in jail by City police officers for peacefully preaching to Muslims at the Arab festival.” (Source)

One cannot preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to Muslims, and yet the Muslims can come here to our country, and blare the Muslim call to prayer over loudspeakers that can be heard for quite some distance – like they do in Minneapolis Minnesota, and in Dearborn Michigan.  This should be illegal, nation-wide!

Then there is the fact that the Muslims see themselves as untouchable, if anything happens to them that they dislike, they trot out their favorite saying, “Islamophobia.”  If one so much as speaks against their beliefs, it’s Islamophobia,” everyone is “out to get” them.  At the same time, many a Muslim commits atrocious acts of extreme violence and murder, and this is just fine, even justified they will say.  People will say that not all Muslims are like that, well, have you noticed that the so-called moderate Muslims rarely speak against those that are violent?

The Jewish People

Many people are not aware of the beliefs of Islam, like for instance the fact that many in Islam desire the nation of Israel, and all Jewish people to be wiped off of the face of the Earth.

There are nations that have made peace with Israel, but that could change if the leadership of a nation changes.

Then there is also the fact that the Bible tells us that all nations will eventually turn against Israel.

Replacement theology only serves to help turn people against Israel, and assist radical Islam in their goal of world domination.