Doomsday Theology: The Heart of Candlelight's Division

Candlelight Christian Fellowship's theology - a 19th-century invention by John Nelson Darby - obsesses over Greater Israel, accelerates wars for prophecy, and sows fear over faith. Born from hyper-literalism, it clashes with Jesus' call to love (Matthew 5:44) and unity (John 17:21), prioritizing ethnic promises and end-times chaos over the Gospel's spiritual kingdom for all. As former congregants, we expose this theology's roots, leaders, and dangers. Evidence based, for your discernment. We honor the sincere seekers at Candlelight, while questioning these ideas that divide us from broader Christianity's call to peace.

  • The Leaders

    Meet the architects: Darby, Scofield (a convicted fraudster), Lindsey (failed 1980s doomsday predictions), and Hagee (CUFI's Zionist founder). Their hidden agendas and Zionist ties shaped a theology that divides the Church.

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    Doomsday Beliefs

    Dispensationalism twists red heifer births and animal sacrifices into blood-soaked end-times countdowns, while the pre-trib rapture imagines believers vanishing like ghosts, escaping a chaos they accelerate.

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    Modern Inventions

    Darby's 1830s hyper-literalism, applying Old Testament promises solely to ethnic Israel. deviates from the early church. Like Islam's rigid Quran view, it turns Scripture into a geopolitical script, not a call to love.

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    Anti-Catholic Attacks

    Pastor Paul calls Catholicism "satanic" and cursed, veiling bigotry in professed love. These attacks fracture Christian unity, contradicting the Gospel's embrace of all believers.

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    War for Greater Israel

    Literal expansion from Nile to Euphrates justifies land grabs and conflicts, risking global war. Candlelight's ethno-nationalist double standard exposes hypocrisy.

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