SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

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If your OT-based idea is true then Paul's gospel wasn't a mystery (Ephesians 6:19), was it? Unless there were other things Paul taught in his gospel that nobody else knew about... like parts of 1 Corinthians 15:5-8. If I were you, I'd have to look in Luke's writings for this "scripture" Paul references.

In several places the NT Scriptures speak of a mystery.

Ephesians 3:1-7
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles — 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, NKJV

A “mystery” according to Webster’s 1828 dictionary generally meant . . . “1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder . . .”

Therefore, it not necessary that a mystery explained in the NT was not evident in the OT, it simply would not be understood until, special revelation progressed and the NT, with the Holy Spirit working on the mind of the reader, would provide the fuller meaning of the OT text.

The explanation is provided, for those with eyes to see, in Galatians.

Galatians 3:7-9
7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. NKJV


But is this a reach too far? Does the OT text speak of a blessing involving both Abraham and the Gentiles? First, a helpful insight.

The Greek term translated as gentiles in Ephesians and Galatians (ἔθνη) can also be translated as "nations."

Is there then, some hint in the OT text of a blessing to Gentiles coming as part of God’s promises to Abrahaham. There a hint of this mystery – a mystery later to be fully revealed/explained in the NT.

Genesis 18:17-19

17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. KJV
 
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It's not the bible verses that does the spamming but the the one quoting them flippantly!

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Since it's fairly easy to scroll past a post on a website, or only quote parts of that post in your reply... it seems to me that you might need a different dictionary.
 
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If your OT-based idea is true then Paul's gospel wasn't a mystery (Ephesians 6:19), was it? Unless there were other things Paul taught in his gospel that nobody else knew about... like parts of 1 Corinthians 15:5-8. If I were you, I'd have to look in Luke's writings for this "scripture" Paul references.

Personally, from the WAY that he writes, I think that Paul considered ALL of his teachings to be his gospel to the gentiles.

In several places the NT Scriptures speak of a mystery.

Ephesians 3:1-7
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles — 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, NKJV

A “mystery” according to Webster’s 1828 dictionary generally meant . . . “1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder . . .”

Therefore, it not necessary that a mystery explained in the NT was not evident in the OT

Strong's # 3446
musthrion = from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); a secret or mystery.

Parables: Matthew 13:11, prophesied in Psalms 78.
Stars and Candlesticks explained: Revelation 1:20.
of God: Revelation 10:7, fulfilled in Revelation 11:15.
Babylon: Revelation 17:5-7.

musthria 1 Cor 13:2, 1 Cor 14:2
musthrion Rom 11:25, 1 Cor 15:51, Eph 1:9, Eph 3:3, Eph 5:32, Eph 6:19, Col 1:26, Col 4:3, 2 Th 2:7, 1 Ti 3:9, 1 Ti 3:16
musthriou Rom 16:25, Eph 3:9, Col 1:27, Col 2:2
musthriwn 1 Cor 4:1
musthriw 1 Cor 2:7, Eph 3:4

But is this a reach too far? Does the OT text speak of a blessing involving both Abraham and the Gentiles? First, a helpful insight.

The Greek term translated as gentiles in Ephesians and Galatians (ἔθνη) can also be translated as "nations."

Gentile is a Latin word, revealing the translators themselves. Anyone who's ever read an interlinear knows ethnos means a race, people, or nation. Ethnology is the study of races.

Is there then, some hint in the OT text of a blessing to Gentiles coming as part of God’s promises to Abrahaham. There a hint of this mystery – a mystery later to be fully revealed/explained in the NT.

Genesis 18:17-19

17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. KJV

Please tell me that you're aware of these verses:

John 8:38-40 [38] I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.[39]They answered and said unto Him, Abraham is our father. Ιησους saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.[40] But now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. (seek to kill Him: Matthew 21:37-45, Matthew 23:34-37)

THIS is NOT figurative language:

Genesis 17:1-21 And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God: be well-pleasing before Me and be blameless,[2] and I will establish My Covenant between Me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.[3] And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,[4] And I, behold! My Covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.[5] And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.[6] And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee and kings shall come out of thee.[7] And I will establish My Covenant between thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an Everlasting Covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee. ...[21] I will establish My Covenant with Isaac...LXX

If any of this was about the gentiles, why not take a bride of the Canaanites?

Genesis 28:1-4 And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.[2] Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.[3] And may my God bless thee, and increase thee and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.[4] And may He give thee the blessing of my father Abraam, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.LXX

Genesis 28:10-14 And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan,[11] and came to a certain place and slept there for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it at his head and lay down to sleep in that place[12] and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.[13] And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraam and the God of Isaac: fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed.[14] And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth: and it shall spread abroad to the sea and the south and the north and to the east, and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.LXX


Therefore, these are the GENETIC seed of Jacob, coming home:

Isaiah 43:1-8 And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee O Jacob, and formed thee O Israel, Fear not, for I have redeemed thee: I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.[2] And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.[3] For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves thee: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia thy ransom, and given Soene for thee.[4] Since thou becamest precious in My sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for thy life.[5] Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and will gather thee from the west.[6] I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back: bring My sons from the land afar off, and My daughters from the ends of the earth,[7] even all who are called by My name. For I have prepared him for My glory and I have formed him and have made him:[8] and I have brought forth the blind people, for their eyes are alike blind and they that have ears are deaf.LXX

"Gentile" is never substituted for "Jacob" ...so it's obvious who is meant... in context.

The circumcision Commandment
for Abraham's tribes to enter the Promised Land
is NOT repealed in the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven:

John 7:22-23 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.[23] If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision that the law of Moses should not be broken, are ye angry at Me because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

Genesis 17:1-14 ...be well-pleasing before Me and be blameless... [9] And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep My Covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.[10] And this is the Covenant which thou shalt fully keep between Me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.[11] And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.[12] And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.[13] He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and My Covenant shall be on your flesh for an Everlasting Covenant.[14] And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken My Covenant.LXX

If the gentiles don't want it, that's up to them. But proselytes coming into the land keep the laws of the land. They don't change the laws of the land to make the whole land gentile. Does Paul's gospel raise the gentiles or lower Jacob?
 
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Gentile is a Latin word, revealing the translators themselves. Anyone who's ever read an interlinear knows ethnos means a race, people, or nation. Ethnology is the study of races.

Curious that you are more interested in the Latin. There are approximatey 165 NT verses containing 183 uses of the Greek word ἔθνη. In those uses there are 74 places where ἔθνη is translated "Nation" in 109 uses it is translated Gentile. My point stands. Relative to their uses in the NT the terms Gentiles and Nations are largely synonymous. We must rely upon the context to determine whether, within a particular context ἔθνη is better translated Gentiles or Nations.

And, in case I forgot to point it out previously, the terms translated as "nation" and “nations” in the following . . .
Genesis 18:17-18 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation [έθνος], and all the NATIONS [έθνη] of the earth shall be blessed in him? KJV​

. . .are translated as έθνος/ έθνη in the Septuagint, the OT translation quoted by Jesus and His apostles.

And Paul, of course, wrote . . .

Galatians 3:7-9
7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles [έθνη] by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. NKJV

Your theology would be better served if you spent more time in the Greek and less in the Latin. The Gentiles are blessed though the blessings and promises of Abraham.

NATION – ~74
GENTILE – ~109
έθνος/ έθνη - ~ 183


  1. Matthew 4:15
  2. Matthew 6:32
  3. Matthew 10:5
  4. Matthew 10:18
  5. Matthew 12:18
  6. Matthew 12:21
  7. Matthew 20:19
  8. Matthew 20:25
  9. Matthew 21:43
  10. Matthew 24:7
  11. Matthew 24:7
  12. Matthew 24:9
  13. Matthew 24:14
  14. Matthew 25:32
  15. Matthew 28:19
  16. Mark 10:33
  17. Mark 10:42
  18. Mark 11:17
  19. Mark 13:8
  20. Mark 13:8
  21. Mark 13:10
  22. Luke 2:32
  23. Luke 7:5
  24. Luke 12:30
  25. Luke 18:32
  26. Luke 21:10
  27. Luke 21:10
  28. Luke 21:24
  29. Luke 21:24
  30. Luke 21:24
  31. Luke 21:25
  32. Luke 22:25
  33. Luke 23:2
  34. Luke 24:47
  35. John 11:48
  36. John 11:50
  37. John 11:51
  38. John 11:52
  39. John 18:35
  40. Acts 2:5
  41. Acts 4:25
  42. Acts 4:27
  43. Acts 7:7
  44. Acts 7:45
  45. Acts 8:9
  46. Acts 9:15
  47. Acts 10:22
  48. Acts 10:35
  49. Acts 10:45
  50. Acts 11:1
  51. Acts 11:18
  52. Acts 13:19
  53. Acts 13:42
  54. Acts 13:46
  55. Acts 13:47
  56. Acts 13:48
  57. Acts 14:2
  58. Acts 14:5
  59. Acts 14:16
  60. Acts 14:27
  61. Acts 15:3
  62. Acts 15:7
  63. Acts 15:12
  64. Acts 15:14
  65. Acts 15:17
  66. Acts 15:19
  67. Acts 15:23
  68. Acts 17:26
  69. Acts 18:6
  70. Acts 21:11
  71. Acts 21:19
  72. Acts 21:21
  73. Acts 21:25
  74. Acts 22:21
  75. Acts 24:2
  76. Acts 24:10
  77. Acts 24:17
  78. Acts 26:4
  79. Acts 26:17
  80. Acts 26:20
  81. Acts 26:23
  82. Acts 28:19
  83. Acts 28:28
  84. Romans 1:5
  85. Romans 1:13
  86. Romans 2:14
  87. Romans 2:24
  88. Romans 3:29
  89. Romans 3:29
  90. Romans 4:17
  91. Romans 4:18
  92. Romans 9:24
  93. Romans 9:30
  94. Romans 10:19
  95. Romans 10:19
  96. Romans 11:11
  97. Romans 11:12
  98. Romans 11:13
  99. Romans 11:13
  100. Romans 11:25
  101. Romans 15:9
  102. Romans 15:9
  103. Romans 15:10
  104. Romans 15:11
  105. Romans 15:12
  106. Romans 15:12
  107. Romans 15:16
  108. Romans 15:16
  109. Romans 15:18
  110. Romans 15:27
  111. Romans 16:4
  112. Romans 16:26
  113. 1 Corinthians 5:1
  114. 1 Corinthians 10:20
  115. 1 Corinthians 12:2
  116. 1 Corinthians 12:13
  117. 2 Corinthians 11:26
  118. Galatians 1:16
  119. Galatians 2:2
  120. Galatians 2:8
  121. Galatians 2:9
  122. Galatians 2:12
  123. Galatians 2:14
  124. Galatians 2:15
  125. Galatians 3:8
  126. Galatians 3:8
  127. Galatians 3:14
  128. Ephesians 2:11
  129. Ephesians 3:1
  130. Ephesians 3:6
  131. Ephesians 3:8
  132. Ephesians 4:17
  133. Colossians 1:27
  134. 1 Thessalonians 2:16
  135. 1 Thessalonians 4:5
  136. 1 Timothy 2:7
  137. 1 Timothy 3:16
  138. 2 Timothy 1:11
  139. 2 Timothy 4:17
  140. 1 Peter 2:9
  141. 1 Peter 2:12
  142. 1 Peter 4:3
  143. 3 John 7
  144. Revelation 2:26
  145. Revelation 5:9
  146. Revelation 7:9
  147. Revelation 10:11
  148. Revelation 11:2
  149. Revelation 11:9
  150. Revelation 11:18
  151. Revelation 12:5
  152. Revelation 13:7
  153. Revelation 14:6
  154. Revelation 14:8
  155. Revelation 15:4
  156. Revelation 16:19
  157. Revelation 17:15
  158. Revelation 18:3
  159. Revelation 18:23
  160. Revelation 19:15
  161. Revelation 20:3
  162. Revelation 20:8
  163. Revelation 21:24
  164. Revelation 21:26
  165. Revelation 22:2
 
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Curious that you are more interested in the Latin. There are approximatey 165 NT verses containing 183 uses of the Greek word ἔθνη.

Your theology would be better served if you spent more time in the Greek

But WHY translate that Greek word into Latin... for an English Bible? Who benefits?

They sometimes translated it "heathen"... Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:9, Galatians 3:8, 2 Corinthians 11:26...

Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the (ἐθνικοί) heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an (ἐθνικὸς) heathen man and a publican.

ethnikos = as a Gentile:--after the manner of Gentiles.--Strong's

Thank you for encouraging my research. :cool: Now I know more background for Matthew 15:24 and Matthew 10:5-7.
 
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From what you provided, it seems that we are in agreement. But that doesn’t help to meet the purpose of this thread. I want to know what those who believe there are TWO gospels believe saves a man under each “gospel.”

In Gal 2:7 Paul was entrusted with THE GOSPEL of THE UNCIRCUMCISION .

Just as Peter was was of THE CIRCUMCISION .

Please notice that the HOLY SPIRIT does NOT say that Peter preaching is called a GOSPEL , because in some 35 years Israel wil be set aside as written in Acts 28:26 , 27 , 28 ,

Also in Gal 1:23 , they were only hearing that the one once persecuting US is Now preaching the Gospel of FAITH which once he was destroying .
#1 At this time the Pharisees and Sadducees were LAW of Moses keepers .

#2 There was the LITTLE FLOCK leaded by Peter .

#3 Than there were the BELIEVERS saved by GRACE ,

#4 This means there were 3 GOSPELS being preached at that time period .

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In Gal 2:7 Paul was entrusted with THE GOSPEL of THE UNCIRCUMCISION .

Just as Peter was was of THE CIRCUMCISION .

Please notice that the HOLY SPIRIT does NOT say that Peter preaching is called a GOSPEL , because in some 35 years Israel wil be set aside as written in Acts 28:26 , 27 , 28 ,

Also in Gal 1:23 , they were only hearing that the one once persecuting US is Now preaching the Gospel of FAITH which once he was destroying .
#1 At this time the Pharisees and Sadducees were LAW of Moses keepers .

#2 There was the LITTLE FLOCK leaded by Peter .

#3 Than there were the BELIEVERS saved by GRACE ,

#4 This means there were 3 GOSPELS being preached at that time period .

dan p
Peters preaching was the preaching of the Gospel, what are you talking about ? And there is only One Gospel
 
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Peters preaching was the preaching of the Gospel, what are you talking about ? And there is only One Gospel

Gal 2:7 says Paul was entrusted with the GOSPEL of THE/HO GOSPEL of THE / HO UNCIRCUMCISION ,

just as Peter ( was ) of the CIRCUMCISION .

#1 UNCIRCUMCISION means Gospel to be preached to GENTILES BY Paul .

#2 As Peter preached THE CIRCUMCISION to Jews .

# 3 Gal 2:14 all can see that Peter was a HYPOCITE as Peter b was trying to COMPEL Gentiles to ADOPT Jewish CUSTOMS and RITES .

In Gal 1:23 , they were only hearing that the one persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of FAITH which once he was destroying .

#4 Please notice that Paul was a PHARISEE , and was persecuting the LITTLE FLOCK of Peter , as Paul was preaching the UNCICUNCISION of Grace ,''
#5 This means at this point in time THERE WERE 3 GOSPEL BEING PRTECHED .

dan p
 
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Gal 2:7 says Paul was entrusted with the GOSPEL of THE/HO GOSPEL of THE / HO UNCIRCUMCISION ,

just as Peter ( was ) of the CIRCUMCISION .

#1 UNCIRCUMCISION means Gospel to be preached to GENTILES BY Paul .

#2 As Peter preached THE CIRCUMCISION to Jews .

# 3 Gal 2:14 all can see that Peter was a HYPOCITE as Peter b was trying to COMPEL Gentiles to ADOPT Jewish CUSTOMS and RITES .

In Gal 1:23 , they were only hearing that the one persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of FAITH which once he was destroying .

#4 Please notice that Paul was a PHARISEE , and was persecuting the LITTLE FLOCK of Peter , as Paul was preaching the UNCICUNCISION of Grace ,''
#5 This means at this point in time THERE WERE 3 GOSPEL BEING PRTECHED .

dan p
Theres only one Gospel friend.
 
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Theres only one Gospel friend.
And if you aren't yet aware of it, they also present two of events and things which are the same, as in:

two second comings (the one the Bible locates after the "tribulation;" and the one they locate before the "tribulation"--the "tribulation" being the church age/millennium of Revelation 20:4-6, where they "come to life" from spiritual death in their new birth; i.e., their first resurrection, and over whom the second death has no power, and who are seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 1:20) reigning with Christ in that age (Ephesians 2:6),

two first resurrections (the one the Bible locates after the "tribulation"--Revelation 20:4-6; and the one they locate before the "tribulation"),

two last trumpets (the one the Bible locates after the "tribulation,"--Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 10:7, Revelation 11:15); and the one they locate before the "tribulation"),

two bodies of Christ (the redeemed in Christ which the Bible locates on earth during the "tribulation;" and the bride of the Lamb which they locate in heaven during the "tribulation," and which does not include the body of Christ on earth),

two temporal Messianic kingdoms (the one the Bible inaugurates at Christ's first coming--Daniel 2:44; Luke 11:20; John 18:36; Romans 14:17; and the one they inaugurate at Christ's second second; i.e., third, coming),

two final world battles (the Armegeddon "which the Bible locates at the end of the "tribulation" and temporal Messianic kingdom--Revelation 16:16, Revelation 19:19; Revelation 20:7-9; and the one they locate at the end of their second temporal Messianic kingdom, above--Revelation 20:7-9),

two final judgments (the judgment of all mankind which the Bible locates at the end of time--Daniel 12:2; Revelation 20:11-15; Matthew 25:31-33, Matthew 16:27; John 5:28-29, John 6:39-40, John 6:44, John 6:54, John 11:24; Acts 17:31; 2 Peter 3:7, 2 Peter 3:11-13; 2 Timothy 4:1--KJV; Romans 2:16, Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Corinthians 15:22-24; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 1:6, Philippians 1:10, Philippians 2:16; 1 John 4:17; and the one they locate at the beginning of the "tribulation").

They must multiply events and things which are the same so as not to contradict the Bible's locations of these events with the coming of Christ after the "tribulation" (church age).

The Bible knows only two dispensations (Hebrews 10:9) since Adam (Hebrews 11:4):
the Old and the New (Luke 22:20, 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 9:15),
both of grace (Genesis 15:6; Galatians 3:17-18; Hebrews 11),
the former a dispensation of types and shadows (Colossians 2:17) and
the latter a dispensation of the realities themselves (Hebrews 10:1).

The doctrine of multiple (seven) dispensations is a doctrine of man (of his own invention, of which he is so fond and wedded to that he thinks it is the doctrine of God, it being so agreeable to his own fancy), nowhere found in the word of God.

And if it is not NT apostolic teaching (which the above is not, rather it contradicts it), then we don't know it (1 Corinthians 4:6), we only erroneously assume it.
 
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