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1 | What is dispensationalism? | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 160057 | ||
What is dispensationalism? (Repost) (The following Question was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California, and Answered by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr.) 'Question 'What is dispensationalism? And what is your position, from Scripture, on the subject? 'Answer 'I will try to condense this because I don't want to get too bogged down. Dispensationalism is a system. It is a system that got, sort of, out of control. I think it started out with a right understanding. The earliest and most foundational and helpful comprehension of dispensationalism was: '"That the Bible taught a unique place for Israel and that the Church could not fulfill God's promises to Israel, therefore, there is a still a future and a kingdom involving the salvation and the restoration and the reign of the nation Israel (historical Jews)." 'Dispensationalism at that level, (if we just take that much of it, and that's all I want to take of it, that's where I am on that), dispensationalism became the term for something that grew out of that and got carried away because it got more, and more, and more compounded. Not only was there a distinction between the Church and Israel, but there was a distinction between the new covenant for the Church, and the new covenant for Israel. And then there could become a distinction between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven; and there could become a distinction in the teaching of Jesus, between what He said for this age and what He said for the Millennial Age; and they started to even go beyond that; and then there were some books in the New Testament for the Church and some books in the New Testament for the Jews, and it just kept going and going and going until it became this very confounded kind of system... 'I really believe that they got carried away and started imposing on Scripture things that aren't in Scripture. For example, traditionally, dispensationalism says, "The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) has nothing to do with us, so we don't need to worry about it." When I went through the Sermon on the Mount in writing my commentary, as well, I pointed out how foolish that is.' (...) There Is A Real Future For Israel 'If you take a literal approach to Scripture, then you cannot conclude anything other than that God has a future for Israel. What that means is that the Church is distinct from Israel, and when God is through with the Church, and takes the church to glory then He brings that time of Jacob's distress, that we read about earlier, purges, redeems Israel, and the kingdom comes. 'I don't want to say any more than that about dispensationalism. I don't believe there are two different kinds of salvation. I don't believe there are two different covenants. I don't believe there is a difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. I don't believe the Sermon on the Mount is for some future age. I don't believe that you can hack up New Testament books--some for the Jews and some for the Church. I think that the only thing the Bible really holds up in that kind of system is that there is a future for Israel, and that's an exegetical issue. 'It is probably more than you wanted to know, but it is very, very important, because it preserves the literal interpretation of Scripture. Listen folks, once you're not literal, then who's to say? Right? I mean, then why not just say, "Well, Israel really means 'left-handed Texans'--if it's not exegetical--if it's not in the text, it could mean 'Canadians'" How can you say, if you can't say what's literally there?' ____________________ To read more go to: www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/70-16-9.htm |
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2 | What is dispensationalism? | 2 Tim 2:15 | JimmyHen | 160513 | ||
hey, thats the best post i read here yet, very well written, and i wholeheartedly agree, people need to start taking the Bible more literally, its not a fiction, its very real, God is very real, his word is very real, and the return of Jesus will be very real, i guarantee it | ||||||
3 | What is dispensationalism? | 2 Tim 2:15 | bridgetteciaj | 160528 | ||
The belief that God deals with people differently during different periods of time. Example: Adam and Eve- Law written on their hearts, so God dealt with them in a certain way, then The Law: Men were held to that standard. Then Grace: When Jesus came. Now we are under the dispensation of Grace. It is also sometimes taught that certain acts of God are only for a certain time. For example: miracles are not for today, that dispensation has passed. It was during the time of Jesus and the Apostles. However, I personally don't hold to this because of Hebrews 13:8 (God is the same yesterday, today and forever.) Yes, God deals with us where we are, but his values and standards are always the same. His standard is perfection. Remember, Abraham has his faith credited to him as righteousness PRIOR to Jesus dying on the cross. Hope this helps. from dictionary.com An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority. An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority. The document containing this exemption. Theology. The divine ordering of worldly affairs. A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed. |
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