his essay is an open rebuke of Jewish Dispensationalist Jack Hook resulting from a recent email he sent out to many members of the Body of Christ, for it was an email that needs to be rebutted. In addition, as a member of the Remnant of Israel, a born-again believer in Jesus the Christ, and a student of end-times prophecies, I would like to point out an alarming trend; a growing expectation among deceived Christians who believe as Mr. Hook does; a belief that has frightening implications for the tribulational events that are soon to befall this Christ-rejecting world.

In his work Babylon The Great Is Falling, Hook teaches a variant of the classic dispensational model with the Antichrist making a 7 year treaty with Israel, a breaking of the covenant, and a cessation of a then renewed Jewish sacrificial system. All of these perspectives are dangerously false, and play directly into the Antichrist deception.

The Scriptures make it very clear the identification of the Lord's people as physical "Israel" under the New Covenant is in error. A balanced perspective of the New Covenant flatly refutes the teaching of dispensationalist and Christian talk-show guest and author Jack Hook, and shows the blatant scriptural errors contained in the message that is being promulgated by him (and other men as well who teach of the awakening of a physical "Jewish Remnant" during the end-times).

 The Scriptures, both New Testament and Old, make it abundantly plain that we, the born-again Christians, regardless of our race or genealogy, are the Lord's "chosen people," and it is we who have the obligation, responsibility and ability, by way of the Holy Ghost, to be a light unto the nations of the world during the dark times that lie ahead of us in the Christ-rejecting world.

What follows are two main points I would like to share concerning Jack's
heretical teachings:

1) Jack is teaching and preaching a heresy known as Jewish Dispensationalism,
which violates Romans 2:28,29, 9:6-8, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Galatians 3:28,29 and
1 John 2:22. These verses, and many others, concisely state that those who today are still physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob or no longer considered "Jews" (or "natural" Jews as Jack claims). Rather the only true Jews in this New Covenant era are those who are circumcised of heart (Romans 2:29); washed clean by the Blood of the Lamb, regardless of whether they were originally Jew or Gentile.

Jack was publicly admonished repeatedly by this author in emails, politely and
respectfully at first. He was later directly confronted by me publicly, on air
on the Zeph Daniels show.

2) There are ominous implications of an expectation of an "awakening" of physical
Israel. Those of us who follow the developments of the both the occult and the New Age movements around the world are aware of the expectation of a great spiritual
awakening coming upon the Earth in the near future. Some in New Age circles have
called this the awakening of the "Christ Mind" or "Christ Consciousness".

In Jack Hook's recent email, titled "The Lamb is King...Israel's Awakening," Jack
clearly asserts that there is a distinction in the eyes of the Lord between
those who are Gentile Christians, and those who are Jewish. He also teaches that
the 144,000 described in the Book of Revelation are physically Jewish. Furthermore, he
stated on the interview mentioned previously that the 144,000 will come from
original physical Jewish bloodlines.

There is zero Scriptural support for any of these three assertions, and when questioned directly by me on the Zeph Daniels show concerning these false teachings, Jack Hook offered ZERO scripture to defend his position. These are the makings of heresy: teachings promulgated by those such as Mr. Hook who are willfully disobedient to the plain teachings of scripture.

So just what is it that Jack thinks separates a Jew from a Christian? Is it the
blood? Is it the genes? is it the Law? Is it a spiritual difference?

It cannot be the blood, for the Bible says that we are all under one blood in
Christ:

" . . . And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth" - Acts 17:26

It cannot be genetic, for the scriptures makes it clear that Abraham, the
father of the Jews, was a gentile:

"Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name" - Acts 15:14

It cannot be the Christ-rejecting Orthodox Jews that still keep the Law of
Moses, for the Bible says that those still under the Law are cursed:

"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." - Galatians 3:10

And it cannot be a spiritual difference, for the scriptures make it clear that
only one Spirit carries the power and authority of the Lord on High, and that is
the Holy Spirit:

"But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit." - 1 Corinthians 6:17

"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." - 1 Corinthians 12:13

"For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." - Ephesians 2:18

"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;" - Ephesians 4:4

St. Peter stated explicitly to the Jews at Jerusalem that there is no difference
between a Jew or a Gentile, as long as they were in Christ:

"And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put NO DIFFERENCE between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith." - Acts 15:8,9

Finally Jesus said Himself that there would be NO division between Jews and
Gentiles:

"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." - John 10:16

Regarding the ominous implications of an expectation of an "awakening" of physical Israel, I would put for the following. Those of us who follow the developments of the both the occult and the New Age movements around the world are aware of the expectation of a great spiritual awakening coming upon the Earth in the near future. Some in New Age circles have called this the awakening of the "Christ Mind" or "Christ Consciousness", while those involved heavily with the occult satanic hierarchy wait in expectation of a "Black Awakening."

Such an "awakening" of physical Jewish occupants of the current Christ-rejecting
nation-state of "Israel" as claimed by Jack Hook does not exist anywhere in
prophecy. The only remaining path to salvation indicated by the scriptures is
the individual change of heart by an individual physical Jew (see 2 Corinthians
3:15-17).

Therefore it is my contention, even my prediction, that all three of these
"awakenings" WILL BE THE SAME EVENT, that they will not be of the Holy Spirit or
of the Gospel, that they will be of Antichrist. We need look no farther thatn 1
John 2:22 to see what the scriptures teach about those who continue to reject
Jesus as Messiah:

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son." - 1 John 2:22

In closing I can only say that I feel sorry for Jack and those Christians that
buy into his heretical teaching, for they are committing the sin of Esau by
giving up their own spiritual birthright and failing to exercise the full
responsibility and authority that they have been invested with by the gift of
the Holy Spirit; by imputing to a group of people who are not under the blood
atonement of Jesus the status of "chosen people."

"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." - Revelation 3:11

See Also

The Remnant Of Israel

The Rapture Cult

[At the time this essay was published, "Captain" Jeff Cross was a sometime host of the CMN show The Threshing Floor. He is now the host of Shortwave Wars, a weekly show on CMN and AVR. He continues to be an active contributor to the Christian Media Internet Fellowship Forum, and a frequent guest on various radio programs]   

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