In a Sentence

[jimmyjimmy]

Please explain dispensationalism in a sentence (or 2).

 

[Danoh]

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Involves...

A Steward
His Lord
His Household
Its' Portion of Meat
Its' Due Season

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Involves...

A Steward
His Lord
His Household
Its' Portion of Meat
Its' Due Season

Thank you, but that is far from converting me.

 

[MWood]

Please explain dispensationalism in a sentence (or 2).

The Bible is a history book about how God dealt with His human creation, as man matured and changed, so did Gods method of dealing with them, and at each change you have a dispensation.

And there you have it, Dispensationalism. All in one sentence.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

The Bible is a history book about how God dealt with His human creation, as man matured and changed, so did Gods method of dealing with them, and at each change you have a dispensation.

And there you have it, Dispensationalism. All in one sentence.

Thank you for that explanation.

Does God respond to man, or were God's "methods" predetermined?

 

[MWood]

Thank you for that explanation.

Does God respond to man, or were God's "methods" predetermined?

God does respond to man. But I can't speak for God. I don't know if His "methods" are predetermined, or if He just plays it by wait and see.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

God does respond to man. But I can't speak for God. I don't know if His "methods" are predetermined, or if He just plays it by wait and see.

So, you are saying that God might be waiting to see what will happen and then act accordingly, right?

 

[MWood]

So, you are saying that God might be waiting to see what will happen and then act accordingly, right?

Well that is what He did the first 1500 years. And now for the past 2000 years He hasn't called down any fire and brim stone that I know of. Nor has He sent forth any prophets with new revelations. So I suppose He is in the wait and see mode. Who will believe and who wont.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Well that is what He did the first 1500 years. And now for the past 2000 years He hasn't called down any fire and brim stone that I know of. Nor has He sent forth any prophets with new revelations. So I suppose He is in the wait and see mode. Who will believe and who wont.

I understand. Thank you. God gets new information and acts accordingly.

 

[joshua 1 9]

Please explain dispensationalism in a sentence (or 2).

Psalm 90:4 "For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night."

 

[joshua 1 9]

The Bible is a history book about how God dealt with His human creation, as man matured and changed, so did Gods method of dealing with them, and at each change you have a dispensation.

And there you have it, Dispensationalism. All in one sentence.

God's "method of dealing" is that He wants to establish a relationship with us. The atonement is two fold, Jesus died so we could be reconciled with each other and so we can be reconciled with God.

The Bible is a history book of the dispensation of God's relationship with His human creation as man matures and changes to become the people He intended and is creating us to be (alpha & Omega).

This began 6,000 years ago with Adam & Eve and we are very close to the last 1,000.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Psalm 90:4 "For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night."

This explains what dispensationalism is?

 

[joshua 1 9]

This explains what dispensationalism is?

Yes of course it does. Moses was given ALL of God's plan of salvation. Nothing was added other then a better understanding of what was already reviled at the time of Moses. It would take a whole book to explain dispensationalism. So to try and reduce this down to one sentence would take someone like Moses.

 

[joshua 1 9]

So, you are saying that God might be waiting to see what will happen and then act accordingly, right?

The Bible says: "Then you will know that I am God". He does not change, so He is waiting for us. When we know God as He knows us then it will all seem as yesterday to us. "A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by" 1 cor "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

 

[jimmyjimmy]

It would take a whole book to explain dispensationalism.

How would a child or a simpleton like me read the Bible correctly if it's that complicated it needs an entire book to explain it?

He does not change, so He is waiting for us.

If I understand you correctly, God's intentions and plans are not enacted because He must wait for us.

 

[BABerean2]

Please explain dispensationalism in a sentence (or 2).

Many of the current pastors teaching the doctrine were trained at Dallas Theological Seminary, which was built to promote Dispensational Theology.


Lewis Sperry Chafer the first president of Dallas Theological had the following to say about the difference between Israel and the Church.


“The dispensationalist believes that throughout the ages God is pursuing two distinct purposes: one related to the earth with earthly people and earthly objectives involved which is Judaism; while the other is related to heaven with heavenly people and heavenly objectives involved, which is Christianity.”

Lewis Sperry Chafer, Dispensationalism (Dallas, Seminary Press, 1936), p. 107.



Chafer states that, ‘Israel is an eternal nation, heir to an eternal land, with an eternal kingdom, on which David rules from an eternal throne,’ that is, on earth and distinct from the church who will be in heaven.”

Lewis Sperry Chafer. Systematic Theology. 1975. Vol. IV. pp. 315-323.



John Walvoord, another prominent voice of Dallas Theological stated…

"...it is an article of normative dispensational belief that the boundaries of the land promised to Abraham and his descendants from the Nile to the Euphrates will be literally instituted and that Jesus Christ will return to a literal and theocratic Jewish kingdom centred on a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem. In such a scheme the Church on earth is relegated to the status of a parenthesis.”

John F. Walvoord, The Rapture Question.1979, p. 25

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[joshua 1 9]

How would a child or a simpleton like me read the Bible correctly if it's that complicated it needs an entire book to explain it?

We need the Holy Spirit of God to guide us and lead us into the truth. We can not teach truth to each other. We can only help people to discover truth for themselves.

If I understand you correctly, God's intentions and plans are not enacted because He must wait for us.

God has a plan, that is what dispensationalism is all about. God created this dispensation in 7 days. Then Adam and Eve fell and He has a 7 day plan to redeem and restore the earth back to it's former glory. None the less for wear as everything will be better then what it was before the Adam and Eve fell into transgression.

For Science dispensations are VERY VERY long period of time, even millions or billions of years. Yet our dispensation began at the last extinction about 13,000 years ago. That is when the Mammoths and the Saber Tooth Tigers and a lot of other species died and this age or era that we are currently in began.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

We need the Holy Spirit of God to guide us and lead us into the truth

I have the Holy Spirit, yet I don't know what you are talking about. As I originally asked, I am seeking a simple and very brief definition of dispensationalism. Can you provide one?

 

[joshua 1 9]

I have the Holy Spirit, yet I don't know what you are talking about. As I originally asked, I am seeking a simple and very brief definition of dispensationalism. Can you provide one?

I already gave you Moses definition of dispensationalism. I realize you do not understand it. What I am talking about is the Bible and Jesus said the Holy Spirit was given so we could understand the Bible. If you have the Holy Spirit then you will understand the Written Word of God: "But when He the, Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you into all the truth." "the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things ". Man does not need to teach you because you have the Holy Spirit to teach you ALL things.

A dispensation is an age, an era or a period of time. Now we are in the Church Age, the Holy Spirit dispensation. This lasts two days or two thousand years and is soon going to come to an end. Then the earth will be cleansed with fire and we will enter the 1000 year reign of Christ. Some refer to this as the third day. Hosea 6:2 "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."

 

[jimmyjimmy]

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I already gave you Moses definition of dispensationalism. I realize you do not understand it. What I am talking about is the Bible and Jesus said the Holy Spirit was given so we could understand the Bible. If you have the Holy Spirit then you will understand the Written Word of God: "But when He the, Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you into all the truth." "the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things ". Man does not need to teach you because you have the Holy Spirit to teach you ALL things.

A dispensation is an age, an era or a period of time. Now we are in the Church Age, the Holy Spirit dispensation. This lasts two days or two thousand years and is soon going to come to an end. Then the earth will be cleansed with fire and we will enter the 1000 year reign of Christ. Some refer to this as the third day. Hosea 6:2 "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."

Oh, I understand the Bible pretty well. The verse you pointed out has nothing to do with the subject at hand or an answer to my question, though.