dispensationalism

When did the church which is Christ’s body begin? Study series. Lesson#1 Israel’s position of preeminence in Gods Kingdom over the rest of the Nations. The first thing I would like to establish among the different positions held concerning the creation of the body of Christ, is Israel’s place...

It is a Bible fact that - "There will be a future millennial reign of Christ and the saints" - and at the rapture God takes all the saints to heaven - which is after the tribulation as Matt 24 points out. Matt 24 29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened...

1. Futurism is built on obviously wrong method: Beginning with the figurative language, interpreting it and changing plain words and meanings to fit the interpretation. 2. Futurists do not understand that the prophetic language is frequently not literal, but figurative. 3. All predictions of...

If Romans 11:26 means that the entirety of national, ethnic Israel will be saved in the future, what do you make of Zechariah 13:8-9? (and similar passages like Joel 2:32, Obadiah 17, 2 Kings 19:31, Is. 37:32, etc. that only promise salvation to a remnant of Israel)

Intro Christian Zionism is believed by many Christians (unknown percentage), and of course it is believed to have scriptural origins. I want to explore this idea here, and see if it holds up. First we must define the belief : the return of the Jews to the Holy Land and the establishment of the...

The Westboro Baptist Church, always ascribe to a major tragedy as from the wrath of God, from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina to even all the mass shootings, from Sandy Hook to Pulse Nightclub shootings, to this pandemic. There are a few, fundamentalist Christians who believe that this COVID-19...

Hi! I would, on behalf of our team of admins, like to welcome everyone to join our Eschatology and End Times Facebook group!

Good morning everyone! Hope you had a good Easter. In light of our shared literal hermeneutic, how are we to understand Matthew's use of prophecy in the first few chapters of his Gospel. Here are some examples: 1) Matthew 1:22-23, quoting Isaiah 7:14. 2) Matthew 2:15, quoting Hosea 11:1 3)...

The opening post is my response to a common assumption that the Old Covenant ended when the Jewish temple was destroyed in AD 70. There have been several misconceptions concerning the forty-year period between the crucifixion of Christ and the destruction of the Jewish temple by the Romans in...

Most criticism of Dispensationalism has centered on the Rapture, the most well known belief of Dispensationalists. Much criticism has been focused on their treatment of Jews and Israel, which sometimes sets up a two-tiered scheme of salvation. A lot of criticism has been focused on...

I know that Eastern Orthodoxy considers Zionism to be heretical. But, how do we reconcile the prophecies of Ezekiel, especially about the physical descriptions of the sacrifices and the third temple, with Eastern Orthodox position against Zionism (I am asking this not only for some protestants...

Matthew 24:14 NASB "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. This verse raises a question in my mind... is it the gospel of the kingdom that we should be preaching today, so that Christ can return? Or is it...

A number of movies based on the idea of a future Rapture show crumpled clothes on a sidewalk or other places after the person disappears. This goes along with driver-less cars, pilot-less planes and so forth. This was done in the 2014 Left Behind movie with Nicholas Cage, for instance, and was...

Greetings brethren, I am interested in communicating with any in this group who consider themselves to be knowledgeable and supportive of the teachings of John Nelson Darby?

I did a quick search of the New American Standard Bible for the phrase "last days", and now I am confused. In the OT it seems to be used at least mostly of the Millennial Kingdom (Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 49:39; Micah 4:1), but in the NT it seems to be used specifically of the Church Age (Acts...

I’m new to rightly dividing and new to being open about my faith in general. My awareness of Paul and his gospel of faith by grace not works is still very much a hyper awareness with all the joy of blessings, new understanding of the Bible as I read it with new eyes and enthusiasm for sharing...