[Crossposted at Old Man McCain]
Watch this right now:
In this video, Rev. Hagee clearly states that in his view, Jesus was not the messiah. He says Jesus didn't come to Earth as the messiah, nor did he claim to be the messiah. Apparently this is Hagee's convoluted way of defending the Jewish people against yet another smear that Hagee has himself promoted, that Jews killed Jesus, but I imagine this would enrage quite a large swathe of Christian believers. If you aren't Christian I'm sure you agree with Hagee, and that's fine. But Hagee is supposed to be a Christian minister -- and he's basically committing flat-out apostasy here.
Maybe McCain should be asked to explain this to the Republican base. What do you think?
I haven't studied Hagee enough to make sense of his ramblings or kooky theories. But if McCain thinks Wright is fair game, maybe we should take a closer look at McCain's crazy religious friends.
And let's remember that Barack Obama has cut all ties with Wright for his silly comments about Farrakhan and AIDS. But at least Wright praises Jesus as the savior and puts the blame for his death squarely on the shoulders of the Romans.
To this day, McCain still stands by Hagee and enjoys his support despite Hagee's smears against the Catholic church, against Jews, against gays, against American Muslims, and now against Jesus himself.
Hagee is basically saying that Jesus was a false prophet. He also continues his smearing of the Catholic church, subtly saying that they (the "Fathers" in "Rome") are the ones who conspired to kill Jesus. You'd think this would cause some heads to explode on Fox News, amongst Catholics like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, and in evangelical circles. This should get more attention, don't you think?
From one online review of the book:
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
Liar! Antichrist! There is no mistaking the apostasy here. The word “Christ” literally means “Messiah.” The New Testament could be faithfully translated with all references to Jesus Christ rendered as “Jesus the Messiah.” Indeed, the Complete Jewish Bible translates the verse above as “Who is a liar at all, if not the person who denies that Yeshua is the Messiah?”
How then is it possible that John Hagee, who has been preaching and teaching the “Bible” for over forty years, could suddenly turn and deny that Jesus is the Messiah? Is it possible that we are misunderstanding what he really meant? The unfortunate answer is that Hagee left no room for misunderstanding. He repeated his heresies over and over again....
It is a tragedy that Hagee wrote as if he never understood a single word of the New Testament proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah. How else could he assert that there is a distinction between Jesus as Saviour and Jesus as Messiah as he did when he asserted that “He refused to be their Messiah, choosing instead to be the Savior of the world” (p. 143)? He appears to know less of the Gospel than any ten year old child who has recited Luke 2:11 in a Christmans pageant: "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
These are the apostate antichrist teachings of John Hagee. He explicitly and repeatedly denies that Jesus came to be the Messiah to the Jews. John Hagee needs to repent. All faithful and orthodox Christians need to warn others of his false teachings.
Hat tip to Coach Jay, who also posted this shocking video.