Series: Understanding Mid-Acts Dispensationalism — Post 4 of 20Section I: Understanding the Framework The Heart of the Mid-Acts System “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began…” —…
Series: The Elephant in the RoomPart I: How the Apostles Read the Throne — Post 1 of 5 There is an elephant in the room whenever Christians discuss Israel, Jerusalem, Bible prophecy, and the return of Jesus Christ. We are often told that the Old Testament requires a future restoration of Israel as a distinct…
Jump to Table of Contents Introduction There is an elephant in the room whenever Christians discuss Israel, Jerusalem, Bible prophecy, and the return of Jesus Christ. We are often told that the Old Testament requires a future restoration of Israel as a distinct national people in the land, Jerusalem as the governmental center of Messiah’s…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 21) A Biblical Answer to a Difficult Question One question that frequently arises in conversations about the Middle East is this: Why does the world seem to be against Israel and the Jewish people? Some claim the hostility is simply because Israel was once God’s nation and the…
Two Roads, Same Destination: How Dispensationalism and Christian Zionism Overlap — and Where They Diverge Dispensationalism and Christian Zionism are often seen as two sides of the same coin. In fact, in the modern evangelical world, the two are nearly synonymous — both champion the ongoing prophetic role of national Israel, and both anticipate a…
One of the most damaging ideas in dispensational theology is the belief that God still has a separate plan for national Israel — apart from the Church, apart from Christ, and apart from the Spirit. But is this the gospel? Or is it a return to the flesh? Vlach’s View: National Israel Still Central “Dispensationalists…
Dismantling the Core Division at the Heart of Dispensationalism “The church is a New Testament organism… Israel is an ethnic/national entity…”— Mike Vlach, Dispensational Theology This is the sine qua non of Dispensationalism: that God has two distinct peoples, two plans, and two sets of promises. But Scripture tells another story — one rooted not…
“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him…” — Zechariah 12:10 (KJV) This chapter is often cited as a crystal-clear prophecy of future national repentance…