FORCING GOD'S HAND by Grace Halsell

Scofield’s system of biblical interpretation destroys the unity of the Bible, particularly the unity of God’s love and grace to mankind for all ages
It violates the meaning of Christ – and Christianity.
It does so by making Christians hostages to what present-day Jews do – or don’t do.
Scofield’s dispensationalsim places not Christ but rather Jews – and Israel – on center stage. Holding that the Jewish state has first priority with God, the doctrine makes a cult of the land of Israel. It places the Jewish state – and its priority with God – above the Church and the teachings of its head, Jesus Christ.
Scofield’s Dispensationalism not only hold Christ and Christianity in hostage, but also God. It teaches that God cannot permit Christ to return until the Jews do their “earthly” part in a Scofield-devised scenario.
Scofield taught that “God has earthly promises for His earthly elect” – the Jews, and “heavenly promises for His heavenly elect” –the Christians. That is pur Scofield. But it’s not to be found in Holy Scripture.
Scofield’s Dispensationalism cites “unconditional” covenants between God and man. But there is not one unconditional covenant in all Scripture.
Scofield’s Dispensationalism negates the doctrine of the New Covenant established between God and all mankind by the blood of the crucified, buried and risen Christ.
Scofield’s Dispensationalism teaches a “secret” Rapture. The word, from the Greed meaning “snatching away,” is subjective, not the objective reality. The major event is the Resurrection. The so-called Rapture is a minor event. Scofield’s Dispensationalism makes it a major event.
Scofield’s dispensationalsim teaches that Christ will return to establish a Jewish kingdom, sitting on a throne in the third temple in Jerusalem, and presiding over Old Testament style temple worship such as sacrifices of red heifers. Reverting to tribal laws was not, …what Christ was about. He came with a new message. And He is now sitting on an eternal throne. He is the eternal King ruling over an eternal kingdom. His mission was fulfilled.
Why…has Dispensationalism gained so many adherents?

“It appeals to those who like to feel they are on the ‘inside,’ that they are getting ‘the news’ in advance, that they and other like them know what was always in the mind of God.” [taken from page 48 & 49]

In her startling book, FORCING GOD’S HAND: Why Millions Pray for a Quck Rapture and the Destruction of Planet Earth, Grace Halsell explores the danger of a new religious doctrine sweeping America. Adherents to this doctrine are said to constitute the fastest growing movement in Christianity today. The cult members look like your average next-door neighbors. They are middle to upper-class Americans. Its leaders proclaim that God wants—even demands—that Planet Earth be destroyed in our generation.

Fundamentalist Evangelicals believe there will be catastrophic events on earth, some occurring already, including the turmoil in the Middle East, culminating in the Battle of Armageddon in which Christ will triumph and begin ruling the earth. At this point, they believe, non-believers will be destroyed, good Christians saved and any remaining Jews converted to Christianity. By praying for their Rapture and the End of Time, might they Force the Hand of God—to bring it about?

What’s the number-one item on the agenda of the Christian right? Abortion? School prayer? No and no. Believe it or not, what’s most important to a lot of conservative Christians is the Jewish state, Israel; its size, its strength, its survival… [ Taken from the ‘back cover’]