Exposing the Freemasons’ Crusade to Eradicate Christianity and Their Plot to Destroy the World

ABSTRACT

CHRISTIAN ZIONISM AND THE FREEMASON DECEPTION:
Exposing the Freemasons’ Crusade to Eradicate Christianity and Their Plot to Destroy the World

By Peter John Hill

The world is home to 300 million dispensationalists (otherwise known as Christian Zionists), and they’ve long been fascinated by the End Times, including the reestablishment of the state of Israel (1948), the rebuilding of the Third Temple, the Rapture, the Great Tribulation, Armageddon, and ultimately, Jesus’ Second Coming. Most dispensationalists expect these events to occur during their lifetimes, which is why they are oftentimes more familiar with eschatology, or the study of last things, than they are with their Bibles. Indeed, dispensationalists have consumed a steady diet of dispensational eschatology, such as Hal Lindsey’s The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) and the bestselling, twelve-part Left Behind (1995- 2004) book series. However, what most dispensationalists are unaware of is that dispensationalism offers a peculiar interpretation of the End Times that lacks a biblical foundation.

Truth be told, dispensationalism is one of the Christian Church’s greatest heresies, as it was invented by the Englishman John Nelson Darby during the latter part of the 19th century. Darby’s American counterpart, C. I. Scofield, wrote the Scofield Bible, which popularized Darby’s dispensationalism to an American audience during the 20th century. Instead of becoming the world’s peacemakers, loving one’s neighbor as oneself, and fulfilling the Great Commission, the Scofield Bible urged Christians to focus most of their time and energy on all things Israel, including, the reestablishment of the state of Israel, the propagation of Greater Israel, and the rebuilding of the Third Temple, which would then usher in the rapture, the Great Tribulation, Armageddon, and Jesus’ Second Coming.

Darby’s Dispensationalism wasn’t just a harmless misinterpretation of scripture, however, because he was working on behalf of the Freemasons, which is the world’s largest Satanic secret society. As this book proves, the Freemasons have waged a two-century-long crusade to eradicate Christianity from the face of the earth, and they invented the theory of evolution, Mormonism, and Communism, among other toxic ideologies, to do so. In addition, the Freemasons have fomented a myriad of catastrophes over the last three centuries, including the French Revolution, the Armenian Genocide, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, to wage war upon the Christian West.

Darby and the Freemason brotherhood invented dispensationalism because they hoped to convince Christian Zionists they should reestablish the state of Israel to start the countdown to Armageddon. After all, doing so would cause Jesus to rapture his Church, which would thus lead to their salvation. What most dispensationalists aren’t aware of, however, is that the secret pretribulation rapture is a myth, which Darby invented because he was a Freemason, as well. Simply put, Darby invented the pretribulation rapture so that Christians wouldn’t question the need to work towards the reestablishment of Israel, the rebuilding of a Third Temple (in which the anti-Christ would sit one day), and Armageddon, because Christians wouldn’t have to endure those hardships since they would have already been raptured. Indeed, dispensationalists would be the very instruments of their own destruction. The good news is that the Great Tribulation already occurred during the 1st century, just like Jesus said it would during the Olivet Discourse, so dispensationalists don’t need to partner with Israel to provoke WWIII because if they continue to do so, they’ll find that they, too, have been left behind.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank several people who had a role in helping me craft this book over the last year and a half. First, I would like to thank my wife, Sharon, who virtually became a single mother to our daughters, Lynn and Ava, while I researched and wrote this book. Lynn and Ava, thank you for understanding the importance of this book and why I spent countless hours writing it when I could have spent them with you. We have much play ahead of us, so be prepared! I would also like to extend my gratitude to my sister, Catherine, who knew it all along. I, too, want to thank the rest of my family, because without them, I wouldn’t have written this book. Finally, I would like to extend my appreciation to the pastors and historians who dared to speak the truth, despite the consequences, because it was their courage that ultimately led me here.

Introduction: Confessions of a Recovering Dispensationalist

I vividly remember that it was on a Saturday in the fall of 1988 that I had just finished putting on my soccer uniform and about to depart for that day’s game when my father, who was a pastor at an evangelical church, interrupted my scheduled departure to forewarn me that Jesus Christ’s Second Coming may come imminently. I assume my father had this serious discussion with his four other children in preparation for the End Times. After all, he loved his children and sought that none would be left behind to endure the terrible suffering brought forth when God poured His wrath upon the earth during the Great Tribulation. As a dispensationalist, it was my father’s understanding that once Christ’s believers were raptured into Heaven, the rest of the world’s population would live through a seven-year period called the Great Tribulation that would ultimately conclude with Armageddon. Needless to say, I was terrified. At the time, I wasn’t confident that I would be saved or left behind. I did play the game that day, but for obvious reasons, my head “wasn’t in the game.” I still can’t remember if we won or lost, but at the time, it mattered little. Fortunately, New Year’s Day brought forth salvation for the world was spared God’s wrath. Since those fateful days, I often wondered about eschatology (the study of last things) and why Christ didn’t return in 1988. Why not 1989? The origin of that question can be traced back to John Nelson Darby, a 19th-century Englishman who invented what is commonly known as “dispensationalism.”

Before examining Darby’s significant influence on American evangelical churches, I would like to briefly sketch how Darby impacted this author personally. Even though, as a youth, I had no idea who Darby was, he was largely responsible for inspiring me to become a historian and educator. I chose this career path because I wanted to understand how all the End Times puzzle pieces fit together. In short, I wanted to know how everything was going to go down. At the same time, I intended to show others how God’s prophecies regarding Israel were unfolding before our eyes. After all, Darby’s doctrine must be correct since his End Times doctrine was centered on Israel, which, at the time he invented dispensationalism, didn’t exist. However, after two World Wars, Israel began to take shape and finally became a reconstituted nation-state in 1948, after a period of nearly two millennia. As such, dispensational prophecy had to be true, which by extension, proved that Christianity was true as well, so get yourself saved, brother! Little did I know that dispensationalism was similar to a broken clock that was right twice a day. It was during my pursuit of all things End Times that I stumbled upon some inconvenient facts (to put it mildly) about Darby’s doctrine. Put simply, Darby’s deception has become the largest perversion of scripture and church doctrine since the Pope claimed to have the same spiritual authority as Jesus Christ. He doesn’t. But, self-righteous Protestants should be careful not to throw stones, as dispensationalism has led countless millions of devoted Christians astray. In fact, Darby’s dispensational prophecies have led both Protestant and Catholic believers astray, as many share the same misconceptions regarding Darby’s End Times paradigm.

After researching the Darby deception, I instinctively sought to share the good news with my siblings. I started with text messages at first, but there was too much evidence for such a medium, so I turned to email. Then, my email began to resemble an extended letter as I had to get everything onto the page once and for all. No second chances, and indeed, no more text messages. It was ultimately that series of revisions that turned into what you are reading here, whatever it has become. This rather lengthy letter is intended to be as concise as possible, conveying the point without being too brief to be ineffective. I am an educator, after all, and know what TikTok has done to our collective attention spans. I then shared this letter with some friends, and now I hope to “go public” by sharing it with you. I hope that, like Goldilocks, the information below isn’t too short or too long—but just right. I fear, however, that my letter leans towards the latter. Whatever the case may be, it’s time to get started, and I hope that my letter has a positive impact on your life. Reflecting on my life up to this point, I’ve realized that my career path wasn’t built upon the sand of dispensationalism, but it prepared me to tell a much more beautiful and positive story that only a good God could plan. That is what I intend to do here.

Much of the information presented below has been borrowed from theologians such as Alistair Begg, Hank Hanegraaff (The Bible Answer Man), Timothy Weber, and Paul Ellis. To be sure, I am truly standing on the shoulders of giants, but I also rely on lesser-known experts. I will infuse my insights when necessary, as well as provide an updated assessment that reflects the current realities on the ground. Most importantly, I rely on scripture throughout. The purpose of this letter, then, is to weave these narratives together in a succinct type of “best-of-the-best,” “one-stop-shopping,” “Cliff Notes,” to correct the dispensational heresy and give you hope for the future. I must apologize ahead of time, however, because if this letter comes across as preachy or judgmental, such a phenomenon was not my intention. I am only writing from experience because I was guilty of believing all of it. As the introduction’s subtitle suggests, I am a recovering dispensationalist.

And finally, I more or less wrote an abbreviated summation of the dispensational deception because the present crisis in the Middle East, caused by the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel, necessitated a rapid intellectual response. I have since added additional parts to this letter, which has ultimately turned into a book. Whereas Part One describes how dispensationalists were deceived, Parts Two and Three will explain why. I must admit, it doesn’t get any more diabolical than this. Once completed, it is my goal to prove that dispensationalism wasn’t simply a careless interpretive mistake, but a carefully planned deception that only the Evil One could orchestrate.

Part I: Christian Zionism and the Freemason Deception

It is somewhat ironic that dispensationalists (those who believe in a pretribulation rapture like the Left Behind books) hold such a preoccupation with future Bible prophecy since they reckon they will be safely raptured to Heaven before the great seven-year tribulation. As such, it would seem strange that dispensationalists are constantly practicing newspaper eschatology (study of last things). But, they do have a major signpost that their salvation is near, which was the reestablishment of Israel in 1948. But, before getting into the details, a bit of history.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Millerites were one of America’s largest congregations, named after their founder, Baptist minister William Miller. According to his calculations, Jesus was going to come back on a specific date in 1843. His congregants sold their belongings, quit their jobs, and didn’t bother planning for the future as they were going to be raptured before the end of the world. Well, other than Joseph Smith’s endorsement of polygamy, 1843 was a relatively uneventful year. So, Miller went back to the drawing board and figured out that he had made a careless mistake. What he really meant was that Jesus would come back in 1844. Well, 1844 came and went, and the Millerites soon became the laughing stock of Christianity. It was called the Great Disappointment. Those devoted few who didn’t quit the Millerites changed their name and became the 7th Day Adventists. They swore, however, that Jesus failed to return since they didn’t practice the Sabbath on a Saturday as well as practice certain dietary restrictions (legalism). They would simply have to try harder. ¹

1 Timothy P. Weber, Living in the Shadow of the Second Coming: American Premillennialism, 1875-1982. Chicago: U. of Chicago, 1987, 15-16.

After that embarrassing fiasco, Christians stopped date setting. Nobody wanted to be branded another William Miller. But, after nearly a century had passed and the memory of the Millerites had faded, the date setters returned thanks to John Nelson Darby (1800-1882). Darby was a tyrannical minister from Scotland and was the first Christian to make the absolute distinction between Christ’s Church and Israel. ² Before Darby came along, for 1,850 years, Christians assumed that anyone who followed Christ now belonged to Israel. Israel was comprised of 1st-century Jews, such as Jesus’ disciples, and any gentiles who chose to follow Jesus, as seen in the case of Peter’s dream to baptize the Roman centurion Cornelius. As Paul instructs, “first to the Jew, and then the gentile.” This is precisely how Christianity spread during the first century. Paul makes this point very clear in all of his epistles, that Christians, regardless of one’s race, now belong to true Israel. He states, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Or, when he states, “And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). This is truly good news for any Christian no matter one’s race or national origin. God is not a racist, and salvation depends on one’s faith. When God spoke to Abraham, He said, “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice” (Genesis 22:18). The seed God spoke of was Jesus. The word nations’ is plural, meaning Christians or Christian nations, not a singular physical Israel.

2 Timothy P. Weber, On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel’s Best Friend, Grand Rapids MI.: Baker Publishing Group, 2004, 21. Before Darby’s dispensational doctrine became the dominant narrative, many Protestants believed that the papacy represented the future antiChrist as described in the Book of Revelation.

According to Darby, however, not only are Christians disqualified from God’s promised blessings to Israel, but we gentile believers were a mistake of sorts since we are living in a type of parenthesis time period that wasn’t part of God’s original plan for Israel. All of the promises for Israel will commence once Jesus returns, which will take place after Armageddon. ³ He will rule from a rebuilt 3rd temple in Jerusalem for 1,000 years. Keeping with that logic, Darby claimed that God has a dual covenant, offering two ways to reach Heaven. One for the Church (gentile Christians) and one for the Jews and their reinstated temple system. ⁴ But God doesn’t make mistakes, and there is only one way to salvation, and that is through His Son Jesus Christ. Even John MacArthur, a dispensationalist, disputes Darby’s dual covenant theory.

3 Keith Mathison A., Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God? Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Pub., 1995, 17.
4 Hank Hanegraaff, “Left Behind: From Root to Ripened Fruit,” Christian Research Institute, 2017, https://www.equip.org/articles/left-behind-from-root-to-ripened-fruit/.

One of the significant problems with Darby’s doctrine is that he uses a hyperliteralistic interpretation of scripture. Israel must mean a physically restored Israel in Palestine, rather than those who have faith in Jesus. The problem, however, is that dispensationalists don’t use that same hyperliteral interpretation elsewhere in the Bible. For example, when the Bible says that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, dispensationalists know that it means that God owns everything. Curiously, most dispensationalists don’t take Christ’s words literally when he calls on believers to cut off their hand or gouge out their eye if it causes them to sin. In brief, the Bible is composed of both poetry and prose. The apocalyptic nature of the Book of Revelation is especially replete with metaphors. Dispensationalists are aware that the horses in Revelation are symbolically colored, but somehow fail to recognize the symbolism of Christ’s 1,000-year reign. It means, by the way, that once He comes back, He will reign from a new Heaven and a new earth for all of eternity with all of His believers, no matter their race or nationality. ⁵

5 Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says About The End Times and Why It Matters Today. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc., 2007, 20-35.

Since Darby invented the dual covenant matrix, he also had to invent the doctrine of the “secret” pre-tribulation rapture. As every good dispensationalist knows, Christians will be safely raptured before God’s wrath is poured out upon the unbelieving Jews during the great seven-year tribulation. Instead of a localized event as described in the Bible, the whole world will be caught up in the conflict, thus ushering in Armageddon. Darby’s problem is that the word “rapture” is nowhere to be found in Scripture. Presumably, that is why it has to be a secret. For “proof,” some dispensationalists will point to Jesus’ parable, “two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other one left” (Matthew 24:40). Historically speaking, Christians assumed the one being taken meant taken to Hell, not raptured to Heaven. Such a concept is similar to the parable of the harvester separating the wheat from the chaff, illustrating how we will all be judged one day. In addition, dispensationalists will often quote 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 for confirmation of the secret pretribulation rapture. For example, it states “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” But, as Hank Hanegraaff, The Bible Answer Man argues, “Prior to the nineteenth century, all Christians, futurist included, believed that a commonsense reading of Scripture inevitability led to the conclusion that the second coming/bodily return of Christ and the rapture/resurrection of believers are simultaneous events.” ⁶ In other words, before Darby invented his heterodox dual covenant theory, Christians believed that 1 Thessalonians referred to Christ’s Second Coming once and for all, not an extrabiblical pretribulation rapture before His Second Coming. In simplest terms, it meant Christ would return once, not twice.

6 Ibid., 17.

After all, the Bible clearly states that there will only be one Second Coming, not two (before the tribulation and again after the seven-year tribulation). Darby’s doctrine might even suggest there will be three raptures as Christ will come for His saints once more after His literal 1,000-year reign from a temple in Jerusalem, of course. Telling lies, no matter how insignificant they seem at the time, has a funny way of snowballing out of control. Once it starts, it’s difficult to control and has profound consequences when influencing a believer’s lifestyle, world-view, and America’s foreign policy built upon a NeoCon philosophy that breeds forever wars. ⁷

7 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 23-26.

As can be imagined, Darby’s dual covenant, coupled with his double or even triple rapture paradigm, gets confusing rather quickly. As a result, dispensationalists like Clarence Larkin have had to make all sorts of charts and graphs to explain their matrix to their unschooled congregations. They also have to be able to adjust their calculations in response to events on the ground, which often change on a moment’s notice. Once that happens, they are usually back to the drawing board to see how the puzzle pieces will fit. ⁸ Even loyal parishioners who’ve been party to years of dispensationalist drilling walk away with a shaky grasp of Darby’s prophetic doctrine. As is commonly the case, the rest of the flock can’t make heads or tails of dispensationalism’s prophetic assertions, so they’ll just have to try harder or settle for someone’s word for it. And would it kill them to pick up a newspaper?! “Haven’t you heard the latest, fill in the Middle East blank?”

8 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 149, 189-90.

This dilemma isn’t unique to modern-day dispensationalists, as Bible believing Christians have struggled with Darby’s doctrine from its inception. Darby was obsessed with biblical prophecy, and his radical views on End Times prophecy led him to split up several churches before he eventually founded his own, known as the Plymouth Brethren. Like an autocratic Pope, Darby excommunicated parishioners in his Plymouth Brethren who weren’t fully committed to his interpretation of the End Times. Darby even excommunicated his friend, George Müller, who was legendary for his work with orphans. ⁹ Darby refused attempts to reconcile with Müller for the rest of their lives, and Müller finally concluded that, “I am a constant reader of the Bible, and I soon found that what I was taught to believe did not always agree with what my Bible said. I came to see that I must either part company with John Darby, or my precious Bible, and I chose to cling to my Bible and part from Darby.” ¹⁰

9 Jeff Swayzee, “Against Dispensationalism, Exposing the Founder, John Nelson Darby,” YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqVmgVSuGtg.
10 William E. Cox, An Examination of Dispensationalism, Phillipsburg, NJ, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1963, p. 10.

Like other dispensationalists, I grew up sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the final piece of the puzzle to fit. As strange as it sounds now, doomsday stories were welcomed because, the assumption goes, it won’t get better until it gets worse. This phenomenon of “the end is near” has plagued Christianity for centuries, if not millennia. I suppose it’s only natural for us to assume the end will come in our lifetimes when we place ourselves at the center of historical attention. We believe that “things” have never been so bad, and Christ just won’t put up with it anymore. We fail to realize that horrific circumstances have occurred since the introduction of original sin in the Garden of Eden. When was the last time you saw people fed to lions or crucified on a cross? Are things worse now than in the 21 st than in the 20th century, which witnessed two suicidal World Wars and the rise of an atheistic communist ideology responsible for killing over one hundred million people? What many Christians fail to understand is that much of scripture was aimed at the audience that read it two (or more) thousand years ago. Yes, all scripture is instructive, and yes, we should be prepared for the end, but we shouldn’t batten down the hatches and neglect to do God’s work until that time comes.

It is those frightened and lost sheep who begin to feel disillusioned and left behind by their pastoral shepherds who spend a tremendous amount of people’s time on a future pre-tribulational rapture, which is a peripheral issue to Christianity. In other words, the shepherds neglect to feed their flocks the core biblical principles, so they begin to wander. Middle Eastern current events may overshadow other important societal issues that require Christians’ attention, while at the same time, cause them to neglect reading their Bibles. Besides, none of the biblical promises to Israel apply to them anyway, so why bother? It becomes a vicious cycle. Whatever the case, dispensationalism is a significant distraction for most believers who just want to know when and if they’ll be raptured before the tribulation hellscape begins.

Although Jesus encourages His followers to have faith like that of a child, nobody said that Christianity is a simple religion to grasp, since the Bible contains a great deal of history. However, when dispensationalism is added to the mix, it becomes impossible. Like a square peg into a triangular hole, it will never work because it isn’t based on sound biblical principles. Jesus, however, never intended for His Gospel to be out of reach for the average person since He came to save ordinary sinners. Most of the biblical heroes were underdogs, which tells us that one doesn’t have to be a member of the intelligentsia to understand Christianity. Christianity that is impossible to comprehend runs contrary to Luther’s principle of Sola Scriptura (scripture only). Relying on so-called experts to interpret dispensationalism has similar parallels to the Catholic Church’s priests, who for centuries sought to keep the Bible out of the hands of the masses. Furthermore, it wasn’t until 1964 that the Second Vatican Council allowed Mass to be conducted in the vernacular (common language). Catholic priests began deceiving Christians 300 years after Christ ascended to Heaven, just like Protestants were deceived by Darby’s dispensationalism 300 years after Luther. ¹¹

11 Yvonne Nachtigal, Rockets Over Zion, The Truth is Stranger than Fiction, October 22, 2023, accessed, Nov. 11, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0lu7N6b1g&t=7s.

Dispensationalist preachers, no matter how impassioned their sermons, reckon they have the future mapped out when, in fact, they are basing their hypothetical End Times scenarios on Darby’s flawed interpretation of scripture. Darby’s dispensational contagion has so ingrained itself in believers’ psyches that even preachers who know the truth concerning Darby’s distortion of scripture still insist upon his conclusions regarding the End Times, when in fact, he invented the entire framework. In other respects, dispensationalists will state that they are either “mid-tribulationists” or “post-tribulationists,” meaning that they believe Jesus will rescue them midway or at the end of the seven-year tribulation. As plausible as that may sound to some, Daryby’s matrix won’t allow it. The paradigm must be a pretribulation rapture, as the Jewish covenant won’t begin until the Christian covenant has ended. Besides, the dispensational story goes, the Jews simply must be punished since they were the ones who rejected Christ. In short, one can’t simply rearrange the furniture without first demolishing Darby’s house and rebuilding. ¹²

12 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 150.

Coming to America

Darby’s dispensational matrix gained steam in the U.S. thanks to his heretical American sidekick, Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921). Scofield was a former Confederate Soldier who later abandoned his wife and children for another woman. He also had no formal biblical training and served time in prison for embezzlement. Regardless of those seemingly insignificant details, the Scofield Reference Bible became one of the most widely distributed Bibles in America, primarily due to its association with the Oxford University Press, which the Rothschild family then owned. This project became so crucial to the Oxford University Press that they set up their first printing press in America and made sure that every seminary student that attended the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) or the Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) was not only given a free copy of the Scofield Bible, but was thoroughly instructed in its doctrine. Oftentimes, however, students of the MBI and the DTS took only a few correspondence courses when they received a crash course in dispensationalist theology before being sent out to start thousands of churches throughout the U.S. As a result, it wasn’t long before Darby’s dispensationalism became America’s dominant interpretation of the End Times. ¹³

13 Stephen Sizer, “Christian Zionism: Misguided Millennialism: Historical Roots of Christian Zionism,” https://stephensizer.com/books/christian-zionism/.

Despite Scofield’s death a century ago, the references found within the Scofield Bible have continued to grow with each new edition, thus taking on a life of their own. As strange as it may sound, all of the additional Bible references have increasingly placed the fortunes of a newly recreated nationstate of Israel on par with that of Jesus Christ Himself. In other words, what’s good for Israel is suitable for Christians. ¹⁴ This movement for a secular and political nation-state of Israel is known as Zionism. Biblically speaking, however, the return of Jews to the Holy Land never depended upon race, but was always dependent upon their faith and obedience to God. Those biblical pillars mattered little to the Zionists because after all, “whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, and whoever curses Israel will be cursed” (Numbers 24:9). I don’t know if dispensationalists have bothered to notice or not, but ever since the United States has given Israel its unconditional support, Americans’ fortunes have headed south.

14 C. E. Carlson, as quoted in Yvonne Nachtigal, “Zionists Behind the Scofield ‘Bible’—It’s Powerful Effects On Modern Christianity,” 8/21/2015, “Christian Zionism: The Tragedy & Turning, Part I, We Hold These Truths, Jul. 29, 2014, accessed, Nov. 9, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv-CdTC-StQ.

It was because of Christianity’s growing devotion to Israel that William Blackstone, a leading dispensationalist, antedated the very first Jewish Zionist, Theodore Herzl. As an atheist, Herzl is credited with being the father of modern political Zionism and he had sought to make a secular Jewish homeland in Argentina or somewhere in Africa, but Blackstone, guided by Darby’s principles, insisted that “Palestine Belongs to the Jews!” As such, the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, claimed that Blackstone was “The Father of Zionism.” ¹⁵ Never mind what Paul taught about Christians making up true Israel, dispensationalists have thrown their undivided support behind the recreation and maintenance of secular and political Israel, no matter the costs. Perhaps without realizing it, dispensationalists’ faithfulness to Israel mirrors that of Catholics and their devotion to the Pope, but a Christian’s adoration belongs to none other than Christ. No matter how one tries to justify venerating Israel or the Pope, there is no way to square that circle biblically.

15 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 102-106.

The dispensationalists’ misguided faithfulness to Zionism is due to the Scofield Reference Bible. Paradoxically, most dispensationalists wouldn’t dare read Thomas Jefferson’s, Jefferson Bible, which removed all of Jesus’ miracles, just like they wouldn’t read Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon. Somehow, the irony is lost on them when failing to see the inconsistencies with someone like Scofield writing his own Bible.

Timothy Weber, a historian of dispensationalism, found that dispensationalists were the spectators in America’s churches regarding the dominant interpretation of the End Times, but that began to change once Israel became a nation again in 1948. Instead of mere spectators, they became the players on the field, as it seemed that biblical prophecy was unfolding before their very eyes. In fact, they figured they could help Christ shape it! ¹⁶ The problem with that line of thinking, however, is that Christ never charged us with bringing about His second advent, just like He never required our help for His first, otherwise known as Christmas.

16 Ibid., 15.

After Israel was reestablished, the date setters were confident they couldn’t go wrong this time, since in the Olivet Discourse Jesus Himself said, “This generation shall not pass before all these things must happen” (Matthew 24:34). Therefore, the rapture had to be within 40 years of 1948. Dispensationalists, such as Hal Lindsey, claimed in The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) that Jesus would return by 1981. 1948 + 40 = 1988 7 (for the tribulation, of course) = 1981. 17 Others like Webb Weekly’s book, 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will be in 1988, claimed that Jesus would return in, you guessed it— 1988. The problem with this arithmetic is that Jesus still hasn’t returned, and it has been more than two generations since the reestablishment of Israel. 1948 + 40 = 1988 + 40 (another generation for good measure) = 2028 7 for the tribulation of course = 2021. Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind Books came out in the 1990s and avoided date setting within the 1980s, for some reason, but the point is that failed modernday date-setters somehow get a pass from America’s churches when they should be held to the same humiliating standards as the 19th-century Millerites. ¹⁸ This may be the first and last time I state this, but sometimes it’s unfortunate that history doesn’t repeat itself. Who knows, perhaps Christianity has already been written off as full of kooks as a consequence of dispensationalists’ compulsive doomsday date setting.

17 Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code, 185-186.
18 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 192-196.

What is perplexing is that anyone who challenges this dominant dispensationalist narrative is branded a “false prophet,” when in fact it is those modern-day date setters who fit the bill. Darby and Scofield recontextualize Jesus’ warning that “false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect” (Matthew 24:24). Sadly, countless Protestant denominations have been broken up by dispensationalists over this very issue when Paul tells Christians that there should be a unity of believers. Most pastors who don’t hold fast to the dispensationalist dogma avoid this issue altogether, fearing they will lose half of their flock. It would mean church suicide for some congregations, and since the issue isn’t foundational to one’s salvation, they avoid confronting the heresy head-on. The fact of the matter, Darby was a heretic working towards the foreign policy objectives of the Rothschild Freemasons while tricking Christians into supporting the British Empire’s attempts to gain a foothold in the Holy Land. ¹⁹ (We shall explore this issue in more detail below.)

19 Mike Minnicino, “Darby Made ‘Christian Zionism’ for the Empire,” Executive Intelligence Review, Vol 29, Number 46, November 29, 2002, https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2002/eirv29n46-20021129/eirv29n46-20021129_063-darby_made_christian_zionism_for.pdf.

Middle Eastern Manifest Destiny

Some dispensationalists still hold out “hope” for Christ’s doomsday return and have moved the goalposts when they now claim that Israel’s borders must expand to fit the historical boundaries of biblical Israel. ²⁰ Those borders stretch from the Nile River in Egypt to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq. Such a phenomenon would mean that Israel would need to grow by ten times and conquer as many nations. Probably not going to happen without igniting WWIII, but dispensationalists continue to put their maximum effort into supporting Israel’s expansion. There is a real moment behind this concept, called Greater Israel, and some dispensationalists and Jews are calling for its fulfillment. ²¹

20 Before leaving dispensationalism, I was an ardent supporter of Israel’s actions in the Middle East. Upon learning the truth, I have since changed my mind on the issue and now pray for peace on both sides.
21 Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code, 167. Tulika Tandon, “What is Greater Israel? Why is the idea not acceptable to the Palestinians and Islamists,” Jagran Josh, May 21, 2021, accessed, Nov. 10, 2023, https://www.jagranjosh.com/generalknowledge/what-is-greater-israel-why-is-the-idea-not-acceptable-to-the-muslim-community-1621507466-1;

Greater Israel isn’t an urban myth, and one could argue that it has been underway for some time. For example, during the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, Britain, France, and Israel launched a preemptive strike against Egypt, seizing the Sinai Peninsula, thus expanding Israel’s borders to the Nile River. Alarmingly, Russia entered the fray as Egypt’s ally and threatened to use nuclear weapons against the West. World War III was averted thanks to the wise intervention of President Eisenhower. A decade later, Israel launched another preemptive strike against its neighbors during the Six-Day War (1967). It was during this episode that Israel seized large portions of Palestinian territory, including parts of Jerusalem—the ultimate prize. Seven years later, the Yom Kippur War (1973) broke out between Israel and its Arab neighbors, resulting in yet another victory for Israel. ²² Israel may have won the battle, but the West lost the war as OPEC made its opening salvo by cutting the West off from oil, thus causing stagflation throughout the 1970s. Other than war profiteering, could there be another reason why the George W. Bush administration lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction to invade Iraq? At $ 5.00 a gallon, it certainly wasn’t about oil, especially when we are sitting on a mountain of it at home. But, the Neocons did accomplish killing a million Iraqi civilians, which destabilized the Middle East. Such a phenomenon led to the rise of ISIS, which caused untold millions of refugees to flood into Europe. ²³ Is the U.S. so dense that it hasn’t learned from our endless wars in the Middle East, which have caused nothing but harm to our economy, national security, international credibility, and ceded the moral high ground?

22 Weber, Living in the Shadow of the Second Coming, 209-11.
23 Dennis Kucinich, “Forward, into the breach,” The Dennis Kucinich Report, Mar. 1, 2024, accessed Mar. 1, 2024, https://open.substack.com/pub/denniskucinich/p/forward-into-thebreach?r=xhe4e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email.

Before 1948, when the U.N. granted statehood to Israel, only 8 percent of the land belonged to Jewish settlers. After statehood was granted, Israel gained 77 percent of the land. Moreover, the state of Israel continues to whittle away at what little land that Palestinians control. ²⁴ The prospect of extinction breeds Palestinian terrorism. The Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel that kidnapped 250 hostages and killed 1,400 Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023, have been likened to America’s 9/11. Such an attack was horrific, but the heavy-handed, indiscriminate bombing campaign against two million Palestinians trapped in the world’s largest open-air internment camp has caused millions of Muslims to rally to their defense. Like a Mexican standoff, this may trigger WWIII. Unphased, American Neocons backed by their loyal dispensationalist boosters continue to offer Israel their unconditional military support, no matter how many atrocities against innocents are committed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). As strange as it may sound, many dispensationalists become giddy when war breaks out in the Middle East, and this phenomenon can be likened to the prophetic equivalent of the Super Bowl.

24 Mouin Rabbani, Lisa Hajjar, “Israel and Palestinians, 1948-1988,” Middle East and Information Project: Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971,” May 1988.

Neither the Israelis nor many politicians in the U.S. are willing to discuss a two-state solution, which may actually quell the endless cycle of violence. After all, the reason why Hamas attacked in the first place was because Israel was weeks away from signing the Abraham Accords with Saudi Arabia, which would have normalized relations between the mortal enemies without recognizing Palestinian statehood. In brief, if the Abraham Accords were signed, the Palestinians would continue to live in Israeli apartheid and never have a chance for statehood to control their destiny. Doesn’t America’s mission statement state that “all men are created equal?” As bad as the terrorist attacks against Israel were, Hamas succeeded in getting the Abraham Accords canceled since they knew exactly how Israel would respond. ²⁵ Parts of Gaza have been carpet bombed, and UK ambassador, Tzipi Hotovely, is calling on the IDF to finish the job by leveling Gaza to the ground like Dresden was during WWII. ²⁶ Whatever worldwide sympathy Israel had in the aftermath of the attack is now gone since they have lost the moral high ground.

25 Scott Ritter, “Why I no longer stand with Israel, and never will again,” Scott Ritter Extra, Oct. 13, 2023, accessed, Nov. 7, 2023, https://scottritter.substack.com/p/why-i-no-longer-stand-with-israel.
26 David Gilmour, “Israeli Official Invokes World War Dresden Bombings to Defend Israeli Assault on Gaza,” MEDIAITE, Oct. 16th, 2023.

The world is on the precipice of tearing itself apart over this issue, and one can’t help but wonder if this is being done on purpose. (The reason why will be cultivated further in Part Two.) But, as Congressman Ron Paul explained, there is no denying the fact that Israel was responsible for creating Hamas in the 1980s. ²⁷ One doesn’t have to take Paul’s word for it because former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, tells us that Benjamin Netanyahu deliberately created Hamas to undermine any chance of a future Palestinian state since Hamas would govern Gaza, whereas Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) would govern the West Bank. Like what occurred to the Native Americans, Netanyahu employed a classic divide and conquer strategy because he knew the two rivaling Palestinian governments would never see eye-to-eye, and therefore, they would never cooperate on a unified Palestinian State. ²⁸

Ron Paul: “Who REALLY started HAMAS…,” Abraham Education, Oct. 12, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQHHm18J7I.
28 Ian Carrol, “Israel financed Hamas, to avoid a two state solution,” Oct. 31, 2024, accessed Jun 24, 2025, https://x.com/IanCarrollShow/status/1887610872954298596.

In addition, Daniel Benjamin claims that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sought to preserve Hamas, because then “he could demonstrate that Palestinians could not be trusted—to undermine the credibility of the Palestinian moderates, and thereby justify Israel’s claim that it had no partner for peace.” ²⁹ As everyone knows, “we don’t negotiate with terrorists.” However, there is credible evidence to suggest that Israel was warned a year before Oct 7 that Hamas was planning on carrying out an attack exactly like the one Hamas strategically carried out on Oct. 7, 2023. ³⁰ The timing of the terrorist attack was questionable for several reasons, not least of which was that Netanyahu was currently facing charges stemming from corruption. Not only did such charges threaten the end of his political career, but they also threatened his freedom. The terrorist attacks put Israel on a war footing, which has caused everyone to forget about Netanyahu’s legal troubles because there are more important things to worry about, like how this series of events may trigger WWIII.

29 Daniel Benjamin, “Netanyahu Should Quit. The U.S. Can Help With That,” The Atlantic, Dec. 7, 2023, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/12/netanyahu-israel-leadership-uspalestine/676250/.
30 Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman, “Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More than a Year Ago,” The New York Times, Dec. 2, 2023, accessed, Dec. 4, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html.

Dispensationalists dismiss the idea of the two-state solution because the Jews, after all, are God’s chosen people, and all of the Holy Land belongs to them. It’s not only Christian dispensationalists who believe in the Jewish manifest destiny, but so too do many Israelis. As such, nobody seems to have their foot on the brake. Besides, if sparks fly, Christians won’t be around for Armageddon anyway, so it’s full steam ahead. The problem remains: What if their conception of the End Times is wrong, which, in my assessment, it is. What happens the next time there is a conflagration in the Middle East when Iran has nuclear weapons? Like the tail that wags the dog, could it be that in dispensationalists’ attempts to bring forth Christ’s return, they are also hastening WWIII? After all, they got Christ’s Second Coming in their hearts, and the only way that happens is WWIII. The very definition of the term self-fulfilling prophecy was created for situations like this. Beyond mindlessly supporting Israel, these are serious questions that require serious contemplation. Thanks to their efforts, we may indeed experience World War III, but without Christ’s rapture.

It is relatively common knowledge that when Israel became a nation in 1948, at least 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly ejected from their homes to make room for Jewish settlements. Little do Christians know, however, that 145,000 Christians were also evicted along with them. As Timothy Weber points out, whenever Christians pilgrimage to Israel, they are surprised to see Christians living in the Holy Land and like to think of them as museum exhibits or movie props, put there for their enjoyment. Indeed, genuine Christians have been living in the Holy Land since biblical times, but we never hear of the hardships they’ve endured while living like second-class citizens along with the Palestinian Muslims. ³¹ On second thought, perhaps visitors to the Holy Land should think of them as movie props, but from a live version of The Hunger Games. So much for Paul’s call for the unity of believers.

31 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 245-248.

What’s embarrassing for Christianity as a whole is that dispensationalists have convinced themselves that Palestinian suffering is a necessary evil because the ends justify the means. Perhaps on occasion, it’s only natural for us to ignore Jesus’ call to love one’s enemy. Still, dispensationalists can’t even bring themselves to love their Palestinian Christian neighbors (I realize neighbors means everyone). Dispensationalists have convinced themselves that the Israelis are the underdogs without realizing that the Palestinians have no control over their affairs. Contrary to the narrative, Israel is not David to Palestine’s Goliath. Thanks to U.S. support, Israel has the most powerful military in the Middle East. Dispensationalists believe that if they removed their unconditional support for Israel, no matter how much Palestinian treatment runs counter to biblical principles, God’s plan would surely crumble. One must pause and ask; would God want His children to compromise His values to bring forth His prophetic plan for the end of the age?

Due to my carnal nature, I’ve always admired Peter’s courage when he came to Christ’s defense in the garden of Gethsemane by cutting off the ear of the soldier who came to arrest Jesus. We know from Jesus’ rebuke, however, that “for all who draw the sword will surely die by the sword” (Matthew 26:52). I wonder if dispensationalists may learn from this. Jesus does not require the aid of America’s militaristic sword. Like Peter experienced, I fear that we won’t learn our lesson until the rooster crows thrice, or in this case, until the war confronts us personally and in a way that is painful, humiliating, and humbling.

An Unholy Nation?

Two thousand years ago, Jews rejected Christ because they thought that the Messiah would crush the Romans and rule over the earth from the temple in Jerusalem. This became one of the primary reasons why they crucified Jesus because He said that the temple would be destroyed and rebuilt in 3 days. Today, of course, Christians know that Jesus meant that He would be crucified and raised from the dead in 3 days. He became the perfect lamb and atonement for all of our sins once and for all, which is far superior to any earthly temple built by men’s hands. As a result, there is no longer a need for a temple in Jerusalem because His Holy Spirit lives in those who believe in Him. Recall when Jesus said to the woman at the well, “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem” (John 4:21). The Jews tried to put Jesus into their preconceived notion of how God should behave, not realizing what Jesus meant when He said “My Kingdom is not of this world.”

How are dispensationalists any different from the first-century Jews who killed Jesus? Consider it: dispensationalists believe that for Jesus to come back, they must help Zionists gain a foothold in Palestine (which has happened thanks to Darby) so that a 3rd Temple may be built, complete with animal sacrifices. But what is less known, but equally “true,” is that this will fit with the dispensationalists’ plans to usher in Armageddon so that ⅔ of the Jews become wiped out, so that the surviving Jews somehow become believers in Christ. That’s God’s plan for saving the unrepentant Jews? Blow ‘em up to save ‘em? It’s so ridiculous that dispensationalists don’t even say this last part out loud. Dispensationalists believe that the Jews simply must pay for what they’ve done to Christ and therefore must learn the hard way. ³² Even if this plan doesn’t offend one’s Christian sensibilities, why would Christians support the building of a temple in which the Antichrist will one day reign? Christians should focus on Christ’s business and steer clear of Satan’s. Why is it, then, that dispensationalists often accuse Christians who don’t hold fast to unconditional support of Israel as anti-Semites, when they are the ones guilty of encouraging the world’s Jews to migrate to the Holy Land, only for them to be eliminated?

32 Weber, On the Road to Armageddon, 112, 149-52.

Despite this unpleasant scheme, the average god-fearing Christian dispensationalist assumes that Jews may turn toward Christ if only Christians supported Israel’s legitimacy in the Middle East. Who knows, Christians on pilgrimage to the Holy Land may be able to convert a few along the way. What Christians don’t realize, however, is that most pro-Israeli dispensationalist organizations discourage individuals from evangelizing Jews. Those individuals who ignore the unspoken rule face the revocation of their church’s Holy Land charters. ³³ In fact, the Knesset is currently considering a bill that would make it a crime, punishable by up to one year in prison, for any Christian who tries to spread the Gospel in Israel. ³⁴ Dispensational preachers like John Hagee are well aware of these policies, but they don’t bother lobbying the Knesset for their repeal. Of course, Hagee fails to share that rather important information, fearing that the Christian revenue train may derail. So much for the realization of the Great Commission, but Israel will still happily host Christian pilgrims and their tourist dollars while educating Americans on why it is imperative that they continue to support Zionism. Consequently, in order to convert the Jews, Christians must rely on the sword—Armageddon. Israeli Jews know the apocalyptic plans that Christians have in store for them, but assume that we are naive at best and genocidal at worst. ³⁵ Whatever the case, it sure isn’t an effective means of “winning friends and influencing people.” After all, where in the Bible does it say that Christians should start WWIII? Oh yeah, support all things Israel. Got it. If Israel walks off a cliff…

33 Ibid., 230.
34 Joel C. Roseberg, “EXCLUSIVE: Two Knesset members propose legislation to outlaw sharing the Gospel in Israel and send violators to prison—could it become law?,” https://www.christianlearning.com/two-knesset-members-propose-legislation-to-outlaw-sharing-the-gospel-in-israel-and-send-violators-to-prison-could-it-become-law/.
35 Weber, Road to Armageddon, 214-18, 230-234.

Christians prefer to think that the Shia Muslims of Iran and Iraq are unhinged since their prophecy assumes that by starting WWIII, they will bring forth their messiah—the 12th Imam. But, aren’t dispensationalists guilty of the same thing? In essence, dispensationalists are shaping our foreign policy decisions in the Middle East that will usher in Armageddon in order to hasten Christ’s Second Coming. Let’s face it, dispensationalists are not so different from today’s so-called fanatical Muslims, nor the firstcentury Jews.

Timing the Great Tribulation

There is a better answer for dispensationalists than Darby and Scofield provide, and it’s evident to anyone who examines the events that have occurred in our past. In Matthew 24:34, Jesus’ disciples asked Him what He meant by the temple being torn down and what the signs of the end of the age would be. Jesus answered his friends when He stated, “This generation will not pass away until all of these things have taken place.” It doesn’t get any more literal than that, but dripping with irony, dispensationalists somehow attribute “this generation” to mean 2,000 years in the future. Jesus, however, wasn’t a false prophet, and in fact, the temple was torn down by the Romans in 70 A.D., thus ending the tribulation 37 years after his crucifixion and ascension into Heaven. In other words, the tribulation has already occurred.

Similar to Darby, recent scholarship has uncovered that Irenaeus believed in a pre-tribulation rapture where Christians would be safely whisked away before the Jews would be punished for their unbelief. ³⁷ It’s plausible that Irenaeus lacked a well-defined understanding of Paul’s definition of Israel. Or, like Darby, it’s possible that Irenaeus purposely played fast and loose with Revelation’s timeline whereby his flock would have to hang on his every word. After all, one’s salvation may depend upon the future tribulation, so one had better pay attention and shape up because it could happen at any moment. Whatever the case, the so-called imminent tribulation that both Irenaeus and Darby warned their followers of has yet to come.

37 Lee W. Brainard, “Irenaeus—Ground Zero for the Rapture Controversy in the Early Church,” Soothkeep, accessed 11/9/23, https://soothkeep.info/irenaeus-ground-zero-for-the-rapture-controversy-in-the-early-church/.

Finally, the Book of Revelation and the Gospels contain dozens of time stamps indicating that the tribulation was rapidly approaching. In this regard, these same chronological references corroborate an early dating of Revelation. The most significant comes from the book of Daniel, when he is given a prophetic vision concerning when the Messiah would come, followed by the end of the age. Daniel is instructed to, “‘shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end’” (Daniel 12:4). Daniel was told to “seal the book, until the time of the end,” because the end of the age was a long way off and we know from history that it took 483 years until Daniel’s prophecy came to pass. Conversely, in Revelation, John was instructed, “‘Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near’” (Revelation 22:10). Indeed, as you’ll see below, Israel’s tribulation at the hands of the Romans was just about to take place. Beyond the obvious example above, there are other scriptures referencing the end of the age that inform us that “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” “about to come,” “pass away,” “The last hour,” “will not delay,” “Quickly.” In fact, there are over one hundred timestamps indicating that the tribulation occurred in that very generation. Simply put, if by “this generation”, Jesus meant 2,000 years in the future, He would have been wasting His breath by warning His disciples about the sign of the times in Matthew 24.

Continued in Part II: The Freemason-Dispensationalist Deception Section 1.