The Road to Holocaust

In some quarters, Hal Lindsey has garnered an undeserved reputation for hype and sensationalism. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book is a prime example. It is easy to read, but written in a very scholarly manner, a testament to Lindsey's earned doctorate and mastery of Greek. The book is well organized and documented. Although the title, and much of the book structure would lead one to believe it is primarily concerned with anti-Semitism, it is actually a discourse on the errors (some would say heresies) of amillennialism, postmillenialism, the "Christian Reconstructionist" movement, "Kingdom Now" movement, and preterism. Without going into details, let me just say that if you are a premillennialist, this book gives you all the ammunition you need to stand up to the attacks of the heretics. There are any number of points made by Lindsey that are each fatal blows to those who would distort the intended message of the Bible. Highly recommended!!!

A definitive work on the combined history of Israel and the Jews from both the New and Old Testaments. This is the book that sticks in the craw of Reconstructionists and their followers who, as Gary North(Mr. Y2K) has said on many occasions, would love to see democracy in the USA replaced by a theocracy, with home, church and government obedient to the letter of Old Testament Law and see both moden and ancient Israel thrown into the wastebasket of history. Lindsey correctly identifies the "replacement theologists" in the Dominion Now, Reconstructionist camps and how they have followed the lead of the Catholic Church since 400 AD in teaching that the church has the right to ursurp the promises and convenants made to Abraham. Lindsey exposes the subtle attacks on Israel's legitimacy being made by these Reconstructionists and Theonomists who are a very small but vocal part of the Evangelical Christian Church. Lindsey's scriptural arguments are rock solid and provide the reader with an excellent tutorial on how a small segment of the Jewish community still is in God's plan for the endtimes. If you've ever wondered how a very small segment of what the media refers to as the Christian Right has tried to turn bible history past, present and future into an anti-semitic diatribe, read this book . Finally, if you are Jewish(Messianic or otherwise) and want to understand why this group called Dominion Theologists and Reconstuctionists do not represent bible believing Christians who understand and support the true destiny of Israel, read this book.

You can't go wrong reading anything written by Hal Lindsey. He is most famous for his books on bible prophecy and the second coming of Jesus Christ. This book has only a slight prophetic bent; it is mostly a commentary on the corruptness of doctrine in today's church. I first read this book when it came out in the late 1980's but I didn't recognize how profound the message was at that time. Only after I observed how the churches since then have begun to teach "replacement theology" that I realized how prophetic Lindsey was when he warned about it 15 years ago. "Replacement Theology" is basically the school of thought that teaches when the Jews rejected their Messiah and Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D., God gave up on His promises to Abraham, Isaac and the Jewish people. These promises were then transferred to the New Testament church. This belief is taught by the Roman Catholic Church and most mainline protestant churches. Replacement Theology is heresy. Bunch of baloney. Here is your scripture:Romans Chapter 9 through 11, written by the Apostle Paul, clearly teaches that God is not through with the Jewish people. As a witness to an unbelieving world, God will keep all His promises to the Jewish people despite their continual cycles of unbelief. One can see why "Replacement Theology" is such an appealing doctrine for the church to embrace. Who wouldn't want to be the apple of God's eye? But read Romans Ch. 11 and you can see that the Gentile believers are just a detour, a wild branch of the olive tree, that God is calling during Israel's current time of unbelief. The church has completely lost its focus that we are the unnatural branch, not the natural one. By God's grace, we are grafted into the natural olive tree. The church is far too cocky about this and we forget the importance of the Jewish branch which will soon be restored.But the church wants these promises made to Israel and forget that the Jews exist. Many prominent church leaders believe, by human efforts, the church will evangelize the world so that Jesus will return to take His rightful throne. What arrogance !!Today's church and corrupt pastors and priests, in their lust for worldly power, materialism, and prestige, fail to read the bible message that the world is not going to get better and better. Paul and Peter in the epistles clearly warn the end time will be filled with apostasty, deception and things will get worse and worse. The church of today also don't want to recognize Revelation Chapter 7 that God is going to designate 144,000 Jews to evangelize the world during the final 7-year Tribulation. The true church and its remnant of believers will be raptured before the Antichrist is revealed. Those remaining in the church after the Rapture will be deceived. (1 Thess. 2:11-12) Particularly fascinating about Lindsey's book was how Martin Luther became very Anti-Semitic late in his life. Martin Luther did many great things restoring biblical truths that

Hal Lindsey hits the nail squarely on the head in this book written over ten years ago, but one which continues to ignite passions, as it relates to Israel and her place in the world, and in specifics, God's plan for the redemption of His chosen people. Lindsey's first chapter chronicles the devastation the Jews suffered at the hands of "Christians" from the earliest days of the church, right up to Nazi Germany, and even chronicles Martin Luther's statements and the Reformers views about the Jews (not nice!!!) Hal Lindsey strikes a blow to the Dominionist and Christian Reconstructionist viewpoint about how the Jews don't matter anymore to God's plan, as well as their viewpoint that they will usher in the Kingdom of God. A truly provocative read, and if you're hesistant because you've already got an opinion, set it aside, and go with Lindsey. I challenge you that your mind will stir passionately, and you will come to understand what the biblical mandate is, not only for the the past, present, and future Israel, but the Church of Jesus Christ as well. Highly recommended.