There are two communites that are problems for dispensationalists, especially acts 9ers.
1) Melchezedek's kingdom. He was a royal high priest, presumably over a community of faith, yet they had nothing to do with circumcision. Abraham paid him a tithe, and that was the end of that.
2) Ninevah. Jonah didn't want to prophesy to the Ninevites, because God might forgive them. They were the mortal enemies of Israel. If they had to convert, how would they make sacrifices before a high priest, if they couldn't come to Jerusalem or find a High Priest to to perform the rituals? In fact, they probably knew little of the Old Covenant, and yet after being threatened with destruction they believed and repented, and were saved apart from the Old Covenant law.
Thus, the Dispy assertion that one had to be saved under the "program" of the time ,especially that of the Jewish Law is simply wrong, as evidenced by the communities of faith that existed outside the current "program."
Muz
1) Melchezedek's kingdom. He was a royal high priest, presumably over a community of faith, yet they had nothing to do with circumcision. Abraham paid him a tithe, and that was the end of that.
2) Ninevah. Jonah didn't want to prophesy to the Ninevites, because God might forgive them. They were the mortal enemies of Israel. If they had to convert, how would they make sacrifices before a high priest, if they couldn't come to Jerusalem or find a High Priest to to perform the rituals? In fact, they probably knew little of the Old Covenant, and yet after being threatened with destruction they believed and repented, and were saved apart from the Old Covenant law.
Thus, the Dispy assertion that one had to be saved under the "program" of the time ,especially that of the Jewish Law is simply wrong, as evidenced by the communities of faith that existed outside the current "program."
Muz
