The Origins of Christian Zionism

Most English-speaking Christians who support Zionism claim the Bible as the inspiration for their position. Few realize that what they actually believe is a novel interpretation of Scripture concocted by a notorious con artist. In this article, Christian writer C. E. Carlson tells the story of Cyrus Scofield and the wealthy Jews who used his work to turn today’s Christians into near-Judeolaters

By C. E. Carlson
February 22st, 2007

The French author, Alexis de Tocqueville, wrote Democracy in America when he traveled here in the first third of the 19th Century. In ringing tones he sang the praises of America’s invulnerable strength and spirit. He attributed its greatness to its citizens’ sense of morality… even with the abundant church attendances he observed in America. De Tocqueville wrote in French and is credited with this familiar quote: America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.

De Tocqueville could see the power of America, but he could not have known in 1830 that she was soon to be under an attack aimed at its churches and the very sense of morality that he extolled.

First, there was a War Between the States, which scarred the powerful young nation in its strapping youth. A worse attack on America was to commence near the turn of the 20th century. This was the onset of an attack on American Christianity that continues unabated against the traditional, Christ-following church. This attack, which author Gordon Ginn calls ?The final Apostasy,? began with a small very wealthy and determined European political movement. It had a dream, and the American churches stood in its way.

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