Much of that information is found in the book "The Incredible Scofield and His Book" by Joseph M. Canfield.
https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-S...ble+scofield+and+his+book,+joseph+m.+canfield
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Much of that information is found in the book "The Incredible Scofield and His Book" by Joseph M. Canfield.
https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-S...ble+scofield+and+his+book,+joseph+m.+canfield
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Oh brother... the study of the crowns on the heads and horns, the difference between Chapters 12, 13, 17 is very important to understand.
That aside, Q, do you say that the "beast" confirms the covenant with many for 7 years? If not, why not?
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Your ducking and dodging the the issues I posted for you to answer with a simple yes or no is NOT going to go away! Your above post fails to address the fact that Israel has NEVER accepted the New Covenant, no matter how hard and long you try remake Scripture into saying what you want it to say. Zech.12:10 and 14:4-5 are beyond the "second chance," but rather, they are the BOTTOM LINE, AFTER Jesus second coming!
Review the following from Zola Levitt Ministries:
Israel and the Church: the Differences
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by Thomas S. McCall
Dr. Thomas McCall, the Senior Theologian of our ministry, has written many articles for the Levitt Letter. He holds a Th.M. in Old Testament studies and a Th.D. in Semitic languages and Old Testament. He has served as Zola’s co-author, mentor, pastor, and friend for nearly 30 years.
This article appeared originally in the May 1996 Levitt Letter.
Page Contents (skip contents)
- Introduction
- The Church is Israel
- Israel & Church Different
- Church Decided Demise of Israel?
- Israel’s Future Demeans Church’s Glory?
Tell a friend about Zola Levitt Ministries and invite them to our website.
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Introduction
One of the great theological battlegrounds of orthodox Christianity throughout the centuries has been the nature and character of the Church, especially in relation to its biblical predecessor, Israel. The two major views are that:
- The Church is a continuation of Israel
- The Church is completely different from Israel
The predominant view has been that the Church is the “new” Israel, a continuation of the concept of Israel which began in the Old Testament. In this view, the Church is the refinement and higher development of the concept of Israel. All of the promises made to Israel in the Scriptures find their fulfillment in the Church. Thus, the prophecies relating to the blessing and restoration of Israel to the Promised Land are “spiritualized” into promises of blessing to the Church. The prophecies of condemnation and judgment, though, are retained literally by the Jewish nation of Israel.
This view is sometimes called Replacement Theology, because the Church is seen to replace Israel in God’s economy. One of the problems with the view, among others, is the continuing existence of the Jewish people, especially with regard to the revival of the new modern state of Israel. If Israel has been condemned to extinction, and there is no divinely ordained future for the Jewish nation, how does one account for the supernatural survival of the Jewish people since the establishment of the Church, for almost 2,000 years against all odds? Furthermore, how does one account for Israel’s resurgence among the family of nations as an independent nation, victorious in several wars and flourishing economically?
Second View: Israel and the Church are Different
The other view, we believe, is clearly taught in the New Testament, but it has been suppressed throughout most of Church history. This view is that the Church is completely different and distinct from Israel, and the two should not be confused. In fact, the Church is an entirely new creation that came into being on the Day of Pentecost after Christ’s resurrection from the dead, and will continue until it is taken to Heaven at the Rapture return of the Lord Eph. 1:9-11). None of the curses or blessings pronounced upon Israel refer directly to the Church. The Church enters into the Abrahamic and New Covenants, for instance, only by divine application, not by original interpretation Matt 26:28).
This leaves all the covenants, promises, and warnings to Israel intact. Israel, the natural Jewish nation, is still Israel. To be sure, Israel has been side-lined during these past 1,900 years of the Diaspora. The Church has taken center stage in the Lord’s affairs as the Gospel has spread throughout the world. Nevertheless, God has carefully preserved the Jewish people, even in unbelief, through every kind of distress and persecution. Sometimes, the professing Church itself (I speak to our shame) has been a cause of these persecutions to the Jews.
Not only has God preserved the Jewish nation, but He has also kept His promise to save a remnant of Israel in every generation. The remnant of Israel in this age are the Jewish believers in Christ who have joined the Gentile believers, and form the Church, the Body of Christ Rom. 11:5). In this respect, then, a part of Israel (the believing remnant) intersects with the Church during the Church Age. But this does not make Israel the Church, or vice versa.
In the future, both God’s warnings and promises to Israel will come to pass. After the Lord is finished with the Church Age, and has taken the Church to Heaven in the Rapture 1 Thess. 4:16-18), God will restore Israel to center stage on the world’s divine theater. First comes the devastating “Time of Jacob’s Trouble” (Jer. 30:7) also known as the Great Tribulation. This is a dreadful period of seven years, which begins relatively lightly during the first half, but intensifies into full focus during the latter half. During this time the world is judged for rejecting Christ, but, more specifically, Israel is judged, purged and prepared through the fiery trials of the Great Tribulation for the Second Coming of the Messiah. This is the bad news.
The good news is that, when Christ does return to the earth at the end of the Tribulation, Israel will be ready, willing, and eager to receive Him, and proclaim, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Matt. 23:39). As the stumbling of Israel brought blessing to the world at Christ’s First Coming, the reception of Israel to Christ at His Second Advent will be like “life from the dead” (Rom. 11:15). The remnant of Israel which survives the Tribulation (some one-third of the Jewish people who enter the Tribulation), will be saved, and the Lord will establish His kingdom on the same earth and the same capital city, Jerusalem, that rejected Him centuries before. Israel will be the head of the nations, and no longer the tail, and all nations will send representatives to Jerusalem to honor and worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Isa. 2:2-3;Micah 4:1). The Church will return with Christ, and will rule with Him for a thousand years (Rev. 20:1-5). He Himself told His disciples that they would rule over the 12 tribes of Israel in the restoration (Matt. 19:28). Thus, Israel has not been forgotten in God’s plan. While the Jewish nation still has a dark period facing it, there is a glorious finale to Israel’s long history.
How Did the Church Decide the Demise of Israel?
The New Testament Church was very much involved with the vicissitudes of Israel. Jesus is an Israeli, as were all the apostles, and the concerns of Israel, spiritually and politically, were very much a part of their lives. The greatest struggles the early Church had were over the relationship between Israel and the Church, law and grace, and the fellowship between Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ (Galatians). Many of the Jewish believers were not comfortable with the Gentile believers at first; and as time went on and Gentiles began to predominate numerically, the attitudes were reversed. Galatians shows how the Jewish party tried to impose the Mosaic Law on Gentile Christians, and Romans shows how the Gentile party began to “boast against the branches” (Rom. 11:18), resenting the place of Israel in history and theology.
It took some time, perhaps a couple of centuries, but eventually the vast Gentile majority in the Church began to view Israel as a vestigial organ that had outlived its usefulness. In fact, the predominant Christian view was that the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans in 70 AD signaled the official and divinely-ordained end of the Jewish nation, never more to be re-instituted as a national entity. The fact that Jerusalem lay in ruins and the Jewish people were scattered over the world was seen as conclusive evidence that God was forever finished with national Israel. If there were any purpose for the existence of the Jewish people, it was to remind the world of the severe judgment of God upon a disobedient people.
If this harsh view of Israel were true, though, what of the promises of God to Israel in the Old Testament? For those who claimed to believe in the entire Bible as the Word of God, this was a great problem. How could a faithful God not keep His promises to His ancient people? To deal with this took extraordinary theological dexterity and alchemy. The theologians had to propose that Israel in the Scriptures did not really mean Israel, especially when it came to the promises of eternal blessing. Instead, Israel meant something else, something that came to be known in the New Testament as the Church. The Church became the new Israel, and through this remarkable transformation, wherever blessing is promised to Israel in the Old Testament, it was interpreted to mean the Church. This is Replacement Theology, in which the Church has become Israel.
Replacement Theology was already around before the end of the First Century, but did not become the official position of professing Christian leadership until Augustine popularized the concept, primarily in THE CITY OF GOD, in the latter part of the Fourth Century. Augustine actually states that he was previously a Chiliast, meaning that he was a believer in the thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth after His return. This is the same as our current description of Premillennialism. However, he had come to the conclusion that this view was “carnal,” and had adopted the view that the reign of Christ would be something more “spiritual,” and would actually occur during the Church Age. Such a view necessitated the extinction of Israel, and the cancellation of all promises God made to the Jewish nation. These promises of blessing would now be fulfilled within the framework of the Church.
This view, which had been latent in Christendom, now flourished throughout the Byzantine world. From this point on, the theological legs were cut out from under Israel, and the predominant Christian theology was that there was no future for Israel. Replacement Theology has been the rule that has survived the Middle Ages, the Crusades and the Reformation in Church History. Only during the last Century or so has the Premillennial concept of the future of Israel come to the forefront in evangelical Christianity. Even so, it is a minority view.
Does Israel’s Future Demean the Church’s Glory?
Some suggest that if Israel has not ceased to exist in its covenant relationship to God, and if Israel still has a future in the divine plan, this somehow diminishes the position of the Church. Is such a concern valid? It is almost as though the Church has been jealous of Israel, and afraid that if it recognized Israel’s future promises, it would somehow demean Christ and the Church. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It is when the Church recognizes Israel that the true distinctiveness and glory of the Body of Christ becomes evident. This called-out body, composed of believing Jews and Gentiles during the Church Age, is the highest entity the Lord has created, superior to the universe, all the Angels, the nations, and Israel. Our Head, our Husband, our Friend is the Son of God Himself. We shall reign with Him when He rules the earth, and our 12 Founding Apostles will rule over the 12 tribes of Israel. The Angels themselves will study us forever as the greatest exhibit of God’s grace, and we will actually judge the Angels. This is our destiny, and this writer, for one, would not trade his position in the Body of Christ with any creature in the universe! Why, then, be disturbed over what God has promised the Jewish people? Why be jealous over the future destiny of Israel? How short sighted of us! Indeed, the Church’s finest and most distinctive hour will be when Israel is restored nationally and spiritually to the Lord at the Second Coming of Christ. We will return from Heaven with Him as His glorious Bride to rule Israel and the world. What more could we ask?
So, if we are not to suffer from spiritual myopia, we must recognize what the Lord is doing with Israel, not shrinking from it as though our own interests will be overshadowed. Rather, we rejoice in these developments, with full assurance that our own redemption draws ever closer.
This article is scheduled to appear in the Dictionary of Premillennial Theology, to be published by Kregel Publications.
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Why are you waiting for confirmation concerning something I never said I disagreed with?
I have clearly asked you time and time again to please provide the post where I claimed that anything you have said about Schofield was incorrect. You will not do it because there is no such statement by me.
How many times and how loud do I have to say it?
No - that is not all you said.
You say that Darby first introduced the teaching in America. You said that Scholifield was the one who popularized Darby's teachng. Before that it was not the norm that it is now.
Please produce the post where I asked you to prove it. I'm waiting.
Why would I agree or disagree as to the character of a man I never met who lived many years ago and about whom I know little except hearsay?
It is not pertinent to the discussion concerning end time events. The scriptures are our source and not people long dead - be they saints or devils.
Yes I did and I stand by it.
It is not my "whole argument" that we can't know for sure the things you and the internet allege. It does, however, appear to be your whole argument that Schofield was a scoundrel and therefore we should reject the rapture out of hand.
When it comes to actually arguing from the scriptures - you produce a statement by Jesus in the Book of Revelation and say that it says something it doesn't even say.
Nothing.
Please produce the post where I claim that your charges against Schofield are not accurate. One more time - do it or shut up. Your duplicity is wearing thin.
Simply produce where I said that Schofield did not have a poor character and I will either recant the statement or prove it.
I provided the section of scripture for you and everyone else to see.
He warns the readers (you and I in this case) that there will be signs and wonders performed by demons in the last days which will deceive even the king of the earth.
He warns us similarly elsewhere and tells us to be on our guard and pray that we may escape those temptations - for (if it were possible) they would deceive even the elect.
I understand from other conversations that you believe that the elect will be deceived. I do not.
IMO - it will not be possible - simply because we will not be there.
I have prayed to be delivered from this time of wrath ordained by God to come upon the earth. I have faith that I will be and that thereby I will be rendered unable to be deceived.
Nowhere in the Revelationpassage does He tell us that He comes as a thief just before a particular battle. He simply reminds us of what He has already said concerning that.
Can I assume that because you are reading the passage in Revelation now you believe that the battle at Megiddo is in the immediate offing?
It is your assumption that the battle must follow immediately after the Lord's warning to be on the look out for deceptions. In fact it is your apparent assumption that the Lord will come back as a thief just after issuing that warning. Those are your assumptions and they are ridiculous. I have asked you to show me where He does say those things and you will not.
When your argument against the rapture is not allowed to include slandering a man long since dead - your theology is shown to be based on assumptions and it falls flat.
You are right - we should end this now. You simply keep saying things which are not accurate. This is true concerning things I have and have not said and it is true concerning things the Lord has and has not said.
Next time we will stick to the scriptures or we will not engage at all. You have a nasty habit of presenting your assumptions and opinions as facts equal with the scriptures.
Until we meet again -
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Your view of the source of your Biblical knowledge is commendable and as it should be for all Christians. But it does not provide you with knowledge of the Scriptures exceeding those who have gone much further than that, in order to understand and to know the intended meaning and interpretation of what God i saying to us.
A review of my posts #11 and #33 provide you with wh and what the Antichrist is along with what he is called in each place in the Bible he is referred to. No matter how much you argue and post to the contrary.
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Rom 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Rom 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Rom 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Act 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Act 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Act 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
On the day of Pentecost about 3,000 of "all the house of Israel" in Acts 2:36 accepted the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34, and found fulfilled in Hebrews 8:6-13.
You can try to ignore the fact that when the New Covenant Church began almost all of its members were Israelites. (See Romans 11:1)
However, the rest of us have not cut those verses out of our Bible.
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No matter how loud you scream, dance and holler, the Church IS NOT Israel and never will be, as my last post of many has proven to you, in #43! Even more so, the Scripture DO NOT SAY SO, anywhere.
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What does worldly honour or estimation or title have anything to do with being a man of God? Were the Pharisees of Jesus' time in the same camp? Would you have defended them against Jesus because they were "highly esteemed, honourable theologians"?
He is merely a product of the indoctrination he received from his education.
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I must say that your ideas that rely on your man-made credentials to teach are contrary to what the "unadulterated" word of God declares. I'm sure many churches teach that, but the fact is, Israel "was" in fact the church or congregation of God in the Old Covenant or Testament, but has since lost that designation with their rejection of Christ in the New Covenant economy. You say Israel was never the church, as compared with God's word, which says they were.
Acts 7:37-38
- "This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
- This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:"
Moreover, the New Covenant church may not be the Israel of man, but it most certainly is the Israel of God. Remember, He is not a Jew that is one outwardly in the flesh (or by heritage), but according to God's word he is a Jew that is one inwardly, in the spirit, whose praise is not of men, but of God (Romans 2:28-29). For example, the true Jews are the true Israel of God, not those in the flesh, but in the Spirit of Christ. Why this is so hard for so many people like you to comprehend is astonishing. So much for your "qualification" to teach.
Ephesians 2:11-20
- ""Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
- That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the Covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
- Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;[/l]
- And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
- For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
- Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
- And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;"
Moreover, do you not know that the New Testament (the New Covenant) is with Israel? If that is true, then as is so well illustrated in the above verses by God, the New Covenant church must of necessity be Israel. The word of God is unambiguous about these basic truths.
Hebrews 8:6-8
- "But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better Covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- For if that FIRST Covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
- For finding fault with them, He saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah:"
Deal with the Truth, Q!
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Strange but predictable. No definition of what distinguishes a Jew. How much DNA?
There is not a dispensationalist alive who will dare to attempt to answer that question, because 1. There is no dispensational answer to the question. 2. To attempt to do so exposes the racialized basis of dispensational doctrine.
Not to mention what the "Jews" themselves acknowledge -- that Abraham's DNA is possessed by every inhabitant of planet earth.
Abraham lineage
DNA Tests Could Fulfill God’s Promise to Abraham by Revealing Millions of Jews. But How Jewish is Jewish Enough?
Israel in all of Us? Research finds 'Jewish genes' in unusual places
The dispensational Israel is a scientific and spiritual vacuity.
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My credentials are the 66 books of the Holy Canon, the only credentials worth anything in the hands of the faithful messengers of God. Signed, sealed and delivered by the Holy Spirit of God, they are rejected by most and received only by God's people. Sorry, but a man-made "qualification" from Prairie Bible Institute, Liberty University, and Dallas Theological Seminary can't hold a candle to the authority of God's Word as far as eschatology is concerned!
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The Israel of God, as recorded in Gal.6:16, are the BORN AGAIN Israeiite Christians who have received Jesus as their Messiah, who has baptized them with the Holy Spirit. recorded in, Mt.3:11, confirming their membership in the Body of Christ, His Church, as recorded in 1 Cor.12:12-13.
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Did you even read the book?? Page numbers to substantiate your claims? I'll give you page numbers from that same book that you cite which substantiate my claims that Scofield was a scoundrel and thief.
Scofield began courting his future second wife Hettie van Wark before the divorce was finalized and they got married only three months after it was. Joseph Canfield, The Incredible Scofield And His Book (Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1988) p. 100
Cyrus Scofield had several other incidents of a downright dishonest nature after he supposedly became saved. The fact that in 1892 he began calling himself Doctor Scofield without producing any Doctorate degree from any Seminary or University is the least of his devious activities. Even the details he gave in his story of conversion are proven to be fabricated, including the time, place and other particularities, thereby placing doubt on the whole story. Canfield, op. cit., pp. 65-68
He was a self-promoter in every sense of the word, even lying about being able to comfort and calm the entire city of Belfast, Ireland with a sermon he delivered there the Sunday after the Titanic sunk. Canfield, op. cit., p.239-240
“ Cyrus I. Schofield, formerly of Kansas, late lawyer, politician and
shyster generally, has come to the surface again, and promises once more
to gather around himself that halo of notoriety that has made him so prominent in the past. The last personal knowledge that Kansans have had of this peer among scalawags, was when about four years ago, after a series of forgeries and confidence games he left the state and a destitute family and took refuge in Canada. For a time he kept undercover, nothing being heard of him until within the past two years when he turned up in St. Louis, where he had a wealthy widowed sister living who has generally come to the front and squared up Cyrus’ little follies and foibles by paying good round sums of money. Within the past year, however, Cyrus committed a series of St. Louis forgeries that could not be settled so easily, and the erratic young gentleman was compelled to linger in the St. Louis jail for a period of six months.
Among the many malicious acts that characterized his career, was one peculiarly atrocious, that has come under our personal notice. Shortly after he left Kansas, leaving his wife and two children dependent upon the bounty of his wife’s mother, he wrote his wife that he could invest some $1,300 of her mother’s money, all she had, in a manner that would return big interest. After some correspondence he forwarded them a mortgage, signed and executed by one Chas. Best, purporting to convey valuable property in St. Louis. Upon this, the money was sent to him. Afterwards the mortgages were found to be base forgeries, no such person as Charles Best being in existence, and the property conveyed in the mortgage fictitious…” Canfield, op. cit., pp. 79-80 – as taken from the files of the Kansas State Historical Society.
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You are playing both sides of the fence which I find to be very disingenuous. You wrote that what I claimed about Schofield is due to "likely prejudice" and the "unreliability of the internet." Is that you not casting doubt about my allegations?? After all, you asked me to cite evidence for my claims to which I replied that you should make the effort to do your own research.
It is a fact the Scofield Reference Bible was largely responsible for the introduction of Darby's teachings concerning the rapture in America. Prior to this, Darby's teaching was an unknown commodity in America.
You wrote: "Yes - I am. Who says I'm not? Provide references please so I can take them to task."
You requested that I provide you with my references so that you can take them to task.
Definition of take someone to task:
- 1.
reprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake.
synonyms: rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, castigate, lecture, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, arraign;
So you have no problem following and adhering to the teachings of a liar and thief? It should at least give you pause to reexamine your beliefs based on bad fruit produced by this man. Your choice.
We can know for sure by doing our own research which you seem too lazy or averse to doing yourself. Primary source documents exist which detail Scofield's charges and conviction resulting in jail time. My previous post documents such references. Jesus quoted in Revelation says what he says. If you choose to disregard his words and believe otherwise - your choice.
Your disingenuous claims are apparent for all to see.
Like I wrote - you play both sides of the fence. You ask me to prove my references and you will take them to task which means you disagree with my claims regarding Scofield. Yet, you claim you don't disagree with me that Scofield had poor character. Make up your mind Marvin.
Who said Megiddo is in the immediate offing? Jesus stated he's coming as a thief. THEN they gathered...Armageddon. Then is a connective word which joins these two verses and indicates sequence and proximity of time. Armageddon takes place at the end of the tribulation. The verse clearly does not state: Then the saints were raptured...before the tribulation.Nowhere in the Revelationpassage does He tell us that He comes as a thief just before a particular battle. He simply reminds us of what He has already said concerning that.
Can I assume that because you are reading the passage in Revelation now you believe that the battle at Megiddo is in the immediate offing?
It is your assumption that the battle must follow immediately after the Lord's warning to be on the look out for deceptions. In fact it is your apparent assumption that the Lord will come back as a thief just after issuing that warning. Those are your assumptions and they are ridiculous. I have asked you to show me where He does say those things and you will not.
When your argument against the rapture is not allowed to include slandering a man long since dead - your theology is shown to be based on assumptions and it falls flat.
You are right - we should end this now. You simply keep saying things which are not accurate. This is true concerning things I have and have not said and it is true concerning things the Lord has and has not said.
Next time we will stick to the scriptures or we will not engage at all. You have a nasty habit of presenting your assumptions and opinions as facts equal with the scriptures.
Until we meet again -
You accuse me of slandering Scofield so your true colors have finally manifested Marvin? Apparently you don't believe Scofield lacked integrity since you believe I've slandered him. As I stated many times before, do your own research Marvin. If you won't do your own due diligence, just take a peek at my post #56.
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Yes.
I just found it on the shelf.
page 190
last paragraph
"It is at this point that Gaebelein's narrative..."
Canfield is buried in Wilson, North Carolina, which is my home state.
After I read the book I was thinking about contacting him.
But then I found out he had already gone to be with the Lord.
Some believe that Zionist Samuel Untermeyer helped Scofield finance the publication of his reference Bible, since they were both members of the exclusive "Lotus Club". It was not the kind of club where you would expect to see an evangelical preacher.
According to Frank Gaebelein, who was Arno C. Gaebelein's son, it was his father who actually wrote the notes of the Scofield Reference Bible.
Gaebelein is listed as one of the editors. He had the knowledge and ability to produce the notes.
Frank said when he was a child Scofield would show up at their house and then Scofield would go to see a movie, while his father banged away on the typewriter.
To this day nobody can figure out where Scofield's doctorate of divinity came from. It appears that he invented it in the same way that he invented his heroism during the war between the states.
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In this letter Paul was speaking to Galatians, who were from Gentile bloodlines.
However, that really does not matter because if we take your answer as the truth, you have just killed your own distinction between Israel and the Church.
You constantly claim that a person cannot be Israel and a part of the Church at the same time.
In the answer above, you just broke your own rule.
This demonstrates one of the many errors of modern Dispensational Theology.
Great Errors in Dispensational Eschatology: Pastor John Otis
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