“If Your Pastor Gets Israel Wrong, Find Another Church”

 I’ve heard it said many times we need to seek unity as Christians.  Figure out what the salvation issues are and agree on them but don’t fight over the non-salvation issues.  While I totally agree on not dividing over the color of the carpet in the sanctuary, what issues are worth standing for?  This pastor is saying Israel is one issue for sure, and I would agree.  Many denominations have bought into the lie of Replacement Theology where they teach that any promises God made to Israel transferred to Christians.  Pastor Washington calls that a “doctrine of demons.”  And now that we have Tucker Carlson and other conservative voices turning on Israel, it’s more important than ever that we understand God’s eternal covenant with Israel.  Read the whole article as I  just posted a few paragraphs below.

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His message came at a moment when American churches face increasing pressure to distance themselves from Israel. From college campuses to social media, voices claiming to speak for justice demand that Christians side with those who call for Israel’s destruction. Washington’s sermon offered a counter-narrative grounded not in politics but in Scripture itself. Younger evangelicals especially are abandoning Israel, questioning the Biblical role as “God’s Chosen People”, and returning to replacement theology.

Washington’s sermon centered on what he called “the doctrine of demons”: replacement theology. Also known as supersessionism, this teaching claims the church has replaced Israel as God’s chosen people. Washington argued that Scripture shows Satan actively pursuing Israel even after Christ’s resurrection. “If God is done with Israel,” he asked, “why does John tell us that the enemy is still trying to destroy her?”

The question strikes at a theological contradiction. Revelation 12 describes the dragon pursuing the woman who gave birth to the Messiah. If God had abandoned Israel, Satan’s continued assault would be pointless. Washington contended that replacement theology doesn’t just misread Scripture but aligns with the enemy’s agenda against God’s covenant people.

“Replacement theology is the doctrine of demons,” Washington declared, drawing applause from the congregation. He pointed to Romans 11, where Paul confronts early Gentile believers who claimed God had finished with the Jews. Paul called such thinking “arrogant, proud, boastful, presumptuous,” warning the church not to boast against the natural branches of God’s olive tree.

Washington noted that Christians have sung Psalm 121 for generations: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” But virtually every Christian version omits verse four: “Behold, He who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” Jewish congregations center their prayers on that exact verse because it speaks to God’s eternal covenant.

“The church has unconsciously erased Israel over almost 2,000 years,” Washington said. Not through deliberate malice in every case, but through gradually severing Jesus from His Jewish identity. He reminded his audience that the Messiah they worship is “a Torah keeping, Shabbat keeping, kosher eating Jewish rabbi.”

The sermon took direct aim at Christians who claim they don’t hate Jews but oppose Israel’s government. Washington dismissed the distinction. “It doesn’t say pray for the peace of Bibi Netanyahu,” he said. God’s command is to pray for Jerusalem itself, regardless of which political coalition holds power. Israel’s enemies don’t care whether the government leans left or right. They want to destroy the nation because of what it represents.

https://israel365news.com/413330/pastor-dumisani-washington-if-your-pastor-gets-israel-wrong-find-another-church/