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Origins of Christian Zionism, How It Corrupted American Christianity and Why It’s Finally Collapsing
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Rabbinic Judaism: A Post-Temple Invention Unrecognizable to Moses
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Hall makes one of his most provocative arguments: rabbinic Judaism is not Christianity minus Jesus. It is a completely different religion from what you see in the pages of the Old Testament — because Old Testament Judaism was architecturally dependent on a functioning temple. Without the altar, the priesthood, and blood sacrifice, none of the key rites could be observed. After Rome destroyed the temple in 70 AD, the Pharisaic sect that became modern Judaism had to manufacture new rites and rituals, some of which (like the modern Seder) aren't in the Torah at all. Hall points to the story of Nadab and Abihu, killed by God for lighting the altar with 'strange fire' — the Old Testament religion required exact observance; deviation was lethal. He uses the story of two men executed for using the wrong fire to illuminate how precisely God designed the system, and argues that modern Jewish practice deviates infinitely more than a wrong Zippo lighter. The Passover Seder's third and fourth cups, he claims, include a prayer for the destruction of the goyim and specifically Rome — which rabbinic literature associates with Christianity. Jesus would not have recognized this religion, and neither would Paul. [1] — J.D. Hall "Modern Judaism could not exist without the temple — every Old Testament rite required an altar, a priesthood, and blood sacrifice. After Ro…" 1:10:30
Modern Judaism could not exist without the temple — every Old Testament rite required an altar, a priesthood, and blood sacrifice. After Rome destroyed the temple in 70 AD, rabbis had to manufacture a completely new religion, renaming feasts and inventing rituals that don't appear anywhere in the Torah. Jesus would not have recognized it, and neither would Paul.
Hall's Substack audience — mostly over 50 — is having daily revelations that the Abrahamic promise belongs to Christians, not ethnic Jews. The internet is finally enabling theological polemics to reach lay Christians who were never exposed to it. It's still more political anger than theological reformation, but it's a real crack in the edifice of Christian Zionism.
