Corruption

Here’s What It’s Really Like to Live as a Christian in the Holy Land

Transcript: Mother Agapia Stephanopoulos
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TUCKER CARLSON: What is Christian Zionism?

AGAPIA STEPHANOPOULOS: As far as I understand it, they believe in the idea of the Rapture. They believe that it’s sort of this cruel bargain they have going with Israel because basically what they say, that they’re going to be swooped up into heaven. Right. And then there’s going to be a thousand year kingdom and then there’ll be the end of the world and the judgment by Christ and he’ll come back.

This is a false. It was, it was condemned as a heresy in 381 because basically there is no thousand year millennium to come. No thousand year period. The end. Look, we are in that time period now. And so it’s a false belief there. And the, the.

TUCKER CARLSON: So basically they’re arguing is that Jesus coming the first time wasn’t enough.

The Denial of the Messiah and Christian Persecution

AGAPIA STEPHANOPOULOS: Yeah. And it’s like in a way it’s denying the Messiah. As an Orthodox Christian, the most important thing in my life is that we receive the body and blood of Christ and we prepare ourselves to receive that body because Christ came as God and as man.
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