When we hear of such statements such as John Hagee has made we tend to try to "rationalize" and "explain away" what we hear with our own ears. No matter how you look at this event the facts are that with the words of his own mouth he declares that Jesus is not the Messiah.
Here is one review that astounds me. This lady had the truth in her hands and allowed a Pastor at Cornerstone to rationalize her into totally ignoring what John Hagee had "really " said.
"I saw John Hagee's video promoting his book and it is shocking. I then decided I would buy the book to determine the truth. After reading the book, I was so confused ( confusion is not of God) because John Hagee is a solid (?) man of God! I had to get to the bottom of the truth."
Here is what a pastor of Cornerstone Church told me on behalf of what John Hagee believes.
(Once again she allows a person to "rationalize" her thinking instead of praying and asking God to reveal the truth).
1. John Hagee believes that Jesus did not come to be the Messiah JUST to the Jews, but to the whole world.
2. John Hagee firmly believes that Jews must believe in Christ Jesus to be saved. I found that John Hagee is so bent on refuting replacement theology that he was not clear in what he was trying to say in this book. I feel John Hagee could have done a better job in explaining what he meant. That is why I gave 4 stars instead of 5. This book is ABSOLUTELY not as some have said "anti-christ".
John Hagee is trying to show that Jesus is the saving Christ to all people, including the Jews not JUST the jews. What John Hagee is saying is that the Jews were looking for the Messiah to be a person that would literally save them from the Roman empire just as Moses saved them from Egypt and that Jesus was telling the Jews that he was not going to be the messiah from Rome because he is the savior of the world.
If you read this book, knowing the statements from Hagee's church itself, you will see what the truth is in what he is saying. ( The book clearly speaks for itself, as the words coming out of John Hagee's mouth do as well).
ANOTHER REVIEW ON IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL...................
Before proving Hagee's apostasy from the Christian faith, it is important for the reader to understand that I stand firm in my support of Israel for humanitarian and political reasons. I love the Jewish people, delight in their music, literature and culture, and deeply appreciate that God used them to bring forth Jesus the Messiah and the Holy Bible that proclaims the Gospel of His Messiahship "to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile." I condemn any form of anti-semitism as anti-christian and a sure sign of spiritual alienation from God. But I also know that you do not "show love and support" to Israel by denying that Jesus Christ is their Messiah, which is exactly what John Hagee has done.
In his book "In Defense of Israel," beginning in the section called "The Jews did not Reject Jesus as Messiah" (p. 132) John Hagee relentlessly twisted Scripture in his attempt to prove that Jesus Christ did not come "to be Messiah to the Jews." His denial of Jesus as the Christ (Messiah) cannot be overlooked as a mere "slip of his pen" because he repeated his assertion "seven ways from Sunday" as seen in this sample of seven quotes from his book:
* If God intended for Jesus to be the Messiah of Israel, why didn't he authorize Jesus to use supernatural signs to prove he was God's Messiah, just as Moses had done? (p. 137)
* Jesus refused to produce a sign ... because it was not the Father's will, nor his, to be Messiah. (p 138) *
If Jesus wanted to be Messiah, why did he repeatedly tell his disciples and followers to "tell no one" about his supernatural accomplishments? (p. 139)
* The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah; it was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews. (p. 140)
* They wanted him to be their Messiah, but he flatly refused. (p. 141)
* He refused to be their Messiah, choosing instead to be the Savior of the world (p. 143)
* Jesus rejected to the last detail the role of Messiah in word or deed. (p. 145)
John Hagee's words directly contradict the central message of the entire New Testament. Indeed, John Hagee's words directly contradict the fundamental declaration that defines the Christian Faith, which is that Jesus is the Messiah (i.e. the Christ).
This is what Peter declared in his first sermon to thousands of his fellow Jews gathered at Pentecost (Acts 2:36): "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ [MESSIAH]." Likewise, this was the first thing Saul, the Jew from Tarsus, proclaimed to his fellow Jews in the synagogues immediately after the scales fell from his eyes (Acts 9:20-23): "And straightway he preached Christ [MESSIAH] in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ [MESSIAH]. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:"
Google "The Apostasy of John Hagee" (with the quotes) and pick the top link to read more of this review.
If you doubt Hagee's heresies, just read these words he spoke in his interview with the Houston Chronicle:
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In fact, trying to convert Jews is a "waste of time," he said. "The Jewish person who has his roots in Judaism is not going to convert to Christianity. There is no form of Christian evangelism that has failed so miserably as evangelizing the Jewish people. They (already) have a faith structure.
"Everyone else, whether Buddhist or Baha'i, needs to believe in Jesus, he says. But not Jews. Jews already have a covenant with God that has never been replaced by Christianity, he says.
"The Jewish people have a relationship to God through the law of God as given through Moses," Hagee said. "I believe that every Gentile person can only come to God through the cross of Christ. I believe that every Jewish person who lives in the light of the Torah, which is the word of God, has a relationship with God and will come to redemption."
The law of Moses is sufficient enough to bring a person into the knowledge of God until God gives him a greater revelation. And God has not," said Hagee, giving his interpretation of Romans 11:25. "Paul abandoned the idea (of Jews knowing Christ). In the book of Romans, he said, `I am now going to go to the Gentiles from this time forward.' Judaism doesn't need Christianity to explain its existence. But Christianity has to have Judaism to explain its existence."
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So is that what you believe? The law of Moses is sufficient, only Gentiles need the Cross, the Jews get in through the LAW? Is that consistent with the New Testament Gospel?
Don't deceive yourself!
If you accept the teachings of John Hagee, you are disputing the Apostle Paul and the entire New Testament!
