The Fraudulent Scripture: Deconstructing the ‘Bless Israel’ Myth
The entire theological edifice of Christian Zionism rests on a manipulated and fraudulent interpretation of scripture. The key verse used to justify unconditional support for the modern state of Israel is commonly paraphrased as: ‘Those that bless Israel will be blessed, and those that curse Israel will be cursed, and all the world will be blessed through them.’ [6] However, this quote is a complete fabrication. It does not appear in any Bible. The actual verse, Genesis 12:3, reads: ‘And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.’ [6] Crucially, the word ‘Israel’ is absent from the original Hebrew text and all major translations.
This scriptural fraud originated with John Nelson Darby and the 19th-century heresy of Dispensationalism, a theological system that divides history into distinct periods. [6] Darby’s framework was popularized through the Scofield Reference Bible, created by C.I. Scofield, a man accused of fraud and deceptive behavior prior to his ministry. [6] This corrupted interpretation was designed to create a separate destiny for a political ‘Israel,’ fundamentally distorting the biblical message of unity in Christ. As journalist Jeffrey Prather pointed out, ‘For most of Christian history, this verse was understood universally: the promise was ultimately fulfilled in Christ, a descendant of Abraham, through whom ‘ALL nations are blessed,’ not just the ethnic or political nation of Israel.’ [6] The entire justification is a modern invention, a brainwashing tool used to convince millions of Christians to support a supremacist project.