Pastor Spurgeon,
I am glad you are here. You are my favorite Baptist preacher. You were the one who stood up against the newer doctrines.
Remember that even with all of the snide and smart alec comments on this forum, those with opposite views are still our Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Use this forum to speak the truth.
When you have some time, look at the materials in the links below. If people will really look at this information, it will make a difference. Send them to others on your home and church email list, etc. and ask them to do the same. Prepare yourself to be labeled as a nut. The flesh likes the opposite point of view. Christ said that we will be persecuted.
Genesis of Dispensational Theology (on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee4RS5pDntQ
Origin of the Pretrib Rapture Doctrine
http://www.answersinrevelation.org/pretrib_history.pdf
Grant Jeffreys revision of early Church viewpoints
http://www.answersinrevelation.org/Jeffrey.pdf
The History and Doctrine of Irvingism
by Edward Miller
https://archive.org/details/historydoctrines02milliala
PROPHETIC DEVELOPMENTS
with particular reference to the early Brethren Movement.
F. Roy Coad, (Read pages 10-26)
http://brethrenhistory.org/qwicsitePro/php/docsview.php?docid=418
Lacunzas book Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty is available at
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Great Errors in Dispensational Theology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVAgf6O0YCU&list=PL5A70D7A3748A2A3B
Is the Gog Magog War the Battle of Armageddon ?
Gog of Magog - Here a little, there a little - Prophecy
Darby, J. N., Reflections (1829), Prophetic No. 1
Reflections upon the Prophetic Inquiry and the views advanced in it
In the paper above from 1829, Darby writes from the perspective of a Historicist, Amillennial in opposition to the book "Coming of Messiah" by Manuel Lacunza.
Voice of the Martyrs: Persecution- torture and murder happening now
https://www.letterofconfession.com/email-2.html
Rapture Theory: What Does God's Word Say About It?
http://www.biblestudysite.com/rapture.htm
The Jesuit Origins of Dispensationalism...
Pastor Mark Fitzpatrick, Arann Reformed Baptist Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbWsk5mvby8
Rightly Dividing the Word, Pastor Mike Hoggard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaw-6n_L0pg
Greek word for so in Romans 11:26, G3779 ( sounds like, hoo-to)
It is an adverb of manner, not an adverb of time.
Greek Lexicon :: G3779 (KJV)
Pastor Sam Storms: Problems with Premillennialism
Sam Storms: Oklahoma City, OK > Problems with Premillennialism
Daniel 9:27, Who Confirmed the Covenant?
Who Confirmed The Covenant? | Christian Media Research
A Baptist speaks on the history of dispensationalism in America
The History of Dispensationalism in America | Founders
Preterism and Futurism
Papacy's effort to remove it's identification as Antichrist by Reformers
Futurist And Futurism Bible Prophecy
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A Short History of Dispensationalism in the U.S. and U.K. 1800 to 2014
Based on the older written sermons and commentaries available today, during the year 1800 protestant church bodies in the both the U.S. and the U.K. taught that the 1st Thess. Chapter 4 gathering of believers would occur at the beginning of Christs Second Coming. They interpreted the verses of 2nd Thess. 2:1-5 to mean the man of sin(antichrist) would be revealed before the gathering (rapture) of the Church by Christ. The 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 was believed to have ended after 490 years, which was within a few years of the crucifixion. The prophecy was believed to have included two future characters, the Messiah and the one who would come to destroy the sanctuary. The Roman army destroyed the sanctuary in 70A.D. under the leadership of General Titus. Some of the early commentators clearly indicated their belief that the prophecy had already been fulfilled within the 490 year period indicated by the angel Gabriel.
They were also of the belief that the land promise to the descendants of Abraham had been fulfilled based on the verses of Joshua 21:43-45. All other promises to the descendants of Abraham were considered fulfilled through the one seed of Galatians 3:16, which is Christ. The verse goes on to indicate it did not apply to more than one seed. In Romans Chapters 9, 10, and 11 the Apostle Paul taught that not all of Israel is Israel. This was understood to mean not all of the descendants of Jacob were to be part of faithful Israel. Romans 11 uses the illustration of a wild olive tree grafted into a cultivated olive tree to show gentile believers grafted in along with Jewish Christians as faithful Israel. In chapter 11 unbelieving Jews were described as the branches broken off. They could only be grafted back in through faith in Christ. It was also understood that the only way of salvation was faith in Christ which occurred before his return. Some used the parable of the bridegroom and virgins of Matthew Chapter 25 as evidence that the decision must be made before the bridegroom(Christ) arrives. A free online computer program titled Esword will allow verification of the older commentaries like those of Albert Barnes, Adam Clarke, and John Gill.
During 1812 a book titled, The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty was published in Spanish under the pseudonym of Ben Ezra a converted Jew. The actual author was Manuel Lacunza, a Jesuit priest. During the 1820s Edward Irving, a Scottish minister, gained access to the book and came to value Lacunzas concepts within the book. He then had Lacunzas book translated into English. The English version was published in 1827 and included Irvings Preliminary Discourse as his commentary of the book. Irving was teaching doctrine based on the book in 1826 at a conference in Albury.
Irving taught a number of concepts from Lacunzas book at the Albury prophecy conference. He stated that some of the promises to the Jewish people had not yet been fulfilled. (Lacunza p. 336, 338) Lacunza had added the antichrist and a rebuilt temple to Daniel 9:27. (p.301) He stated at least 7 years would be needed for conversion of the Jews in the last days. (p. 316) He also stated the Jewish people would accept Christ as their messiah at his Second Coming. (p. 349) Irving used the term dispensation 13 times on page 63 of his Preliminary Discourse which accompanied Lacunzas book. The term is only used 4 times in the King James version of the Bible.
Lacunzas book Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty is available at
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According to early members of the Plymouth Brethren, during 1830 a teenage girl named Margaret Macdonald reported a vision of a pretribulation gathering of believers. Margaret had been bedridden for some time. She wrote a letter to Irving reporting the details of her vision. The text of her vision is available from various sources. The Irvingites published the concept of a pretribulation gathering within the September 1830 edition of their publication known as, The Morning Watch. Verification is available at
http://www.answersinrevelation.org/pretrib_history.pdf
Edward Irving incorporated this pretrib rapture into his earlier teachings from Lacunzas book. Many today consider John Nelson Darby to be the Father of Dispensationalism, however it can be shown many of the key concepts were first taught by Edward Irving at the Albury conference. This is found in the text of Irvings Preliminary Discourse which was printed as a part of the English edition of Lacunzas book in 1827.
During the late 1820s John Darby had become ordained as a minister within the Anglican Church. Darby became disillusioned with the Anglican Church within a few years. According to Dispensationalist Dr. Charles Ryrie, Darby attended at least one of the Albury conferences. Edward Irving died in 1834. At some point Darby adopted Irvings teaching and later became its greatest promoter. He had become a part of a group known as the Plymouth Brethren, although later friction within the group caused division into smaller groups. Darby brought Dispensationalism to the United States around the time of the American Civil War.
Dispensationalism teaches a distinct separation between Israel and the Church, as well as the unfulfilled promises to the Jews and the pre-trib rapture of the Church. Darby believed that both Old Testament and New Testament saints would be raptured together, however later Dispensationalists changed this. Most Dispensationalists now teach that the Old Testament saints will be resurrected at Christs Second Coming.
At some point Dispensationalists made an additional change to the interpretation of the 9th Chapter of Daniel. They believe the 490 years of the 70 weeks has not yet been completed. A gap (sometimes called a parenthesis or The Church Age) was placed between the 69th and 70th week of the 490 year prophecy. Dispensationalists believe God will deal again with Israel during the future 70th week ( 7 years), after the pretrib rapture of the Church. This also doubled the time of the tribulation period from 3 ½ years to 7 years, based on a comparison to the older commentaries. It is not clear if this change came from Lacunzas book, Irving or Darby. However, it is an essential part of Dispensational Theology.
Dispensationalists state they use a more literal interpretation of scripture and insist that others spiritualize scripture more than is intended. They have also adopted the principle that Christians have always expected the any-moment return of Christ. This concept is known as Imminence.
One of the biggest changes in doctrine proposed by Dispensationalists is the idea that Jews and others who are present after the pretrib rapture of the Church will be given another chance at salvation, either during the 7 year tribulation period, or when Christ appears at his Second Coming. Most Christians before had only accepted the possibility of salvation on an individual basis, however Dispensationalists see the possibility of National Salvation for the Jewish people. They take this idea from Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved
This is to occur at some point in the future after the pretrib rapture of the Church. Earlier commentators had believed these verses referred to Jews being grafted back into faithful Israel through faith as indicated in Romans 11:23.
A pastor named C.I. Scofield incorporated Darbys Dispensational teachings into the notes of his Scofield Reference Bible which was published and sold on a massive scale. When people found these notes written in their Bible, many accepted the newer doctrine. Scofield also proposed a plan which divided the history of the Bible into 7 time periods or dispensations commonly referred to as economies by Dispensationalists.
Dallas Theological Seminary was established in 1924, and taught the new doctrine to future pastors. 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
During the last half of the 20th century authors such as Hal Lindsay and Tim LaHaye sold millions of copies of books and movies, based on the teachings of Dispensational Theology. The most popular were LaHayes The Left Behind series. Today many of these line the shelves of Christian homes and churches.
At present, many conservative church bodies throughout the U.S. have adopted some or most of the basic teachings of Dispensational Theology.
Very few Christians today know it all started with a book written by a Jesuit Priest and Edward Irvings translation and commentary of the book or that the pretribulation rapture doctrine was first taught by Edward Irving during 1830, after a teenage girl claimed to have had a vision of a pretrib rapture.
Please check this information yourself to verify it. The Body of Christ should always be willing to examine the source of any doctrine being taught within their church.
Does the doctrine come from Gods Word or does it come from men?
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2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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