Replacement Theology and Poor Hermeneutics
Distorted the Concept of Usury Enslaving the West
Usury is the “loaning of money for interest” {Jewish Moneylending. My Jewish Learning} though today the concept has changed, “the loaning of money for exorbitant interest,” in order to allow reasonable interest on loans or else no one would lend any money. God, through Moses, instructed Jews to not charge interest on loans to other Jews but they could charge interest on loans to Gentiles {strangers} or goyim {Hebrew} (De 23:20). Hermeneutics is the art and science of biblical interpretation to understand God’s wisdom contained in the Bible. Replacement theology is the concept that God has transferred His promises to the Jews to the Church because the Jews executed Christ. The Roman Catholic Church (RCC), ignorant of Jewish culture, poor hermeneutics and erroneous theology banned any usury between Christians during its medieval control of Europe. We still live with the results today. Continue reading “How Bad Doctrine Enslaved the World”