The Church

[twoedge]

How do dispensationalists interpret such passages as...

Acts 3:24 ' Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also fortold these days '.

Acts 26:6 ' And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hopes sake, king Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews '.

Remember what he was accused of (Acts 22:21-22, Acts 24:5 )

In the light of these ( and many other scriptures ) it seems very hard to believe that the church was 'hidden' from the Old Testament Church.

2E

 

[holdon]

How do dispensationalists interpret such passages as...

Acts 3:24 ' Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also fortold these days '.

Read the context:

3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
3:20 and he may send Jesus Christ, who was foreordained for you,
3:21 whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began. 3:22 Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you. 3:23 And it shall be that whatsoever soul shall not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. 3:24 And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession after him, as many as have spoken, have announced also these days.

So, the days that were announced, refer to the times of refreshing and of restoring all things.


Acts 26:6 ' And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hopes sake, king Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews [/QUOTE]

You can see what Paul was accused of in Acts 23:6 for example:

"I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead. "

Why you link this to a supposed Church in the OT, I do not understand.

 

[eph3Nine]

Please , take the time to read the threads here about the three churches mentioned in scripture. Just because the word "church" is used doesnt mean it applies to WE the Body of Christ. There was a church in the wilderness...and it wasnt the Body of Christ either. The church of God in times PAST consisted of those who actually believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah and King of PROPHECY. That is the church that was added to in Acts 2...it already existed and nothing new took place.

The Church, which is His body didnt begin until Acts 9 when Paul was saved and given the title by God of being the apostle to the Gentiles. One church phased OUT, and another phased IN.

We are not a part of the Kingdom Church of Peters day. Never were, never will be. Until you agree with God on the plan HE SET FORTH, you will be nothing but confused and hatefully arguing with HIM..not us , but HIM.

 

[twoedge]

Please , take the time to read the threads here about the three churches mentioned in scripture. Just because the word "church" is used doesnt mean it applies to WE the Body of Christ. There was a church in the wilderness...and it wasnt the Body of Christ either. The church of God in times PAST consisted of those who actually believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah and King of PROPHECY. That is the church that was added to in Acts 2...it already existed and nothing new took place.

The Church, which is His body didnt begin until Acts 9 when Paul was saved and given the title by God of being the apostle to the Gentiles. One church phased OUT, and another phased IN.

We are not a part of the Kingdom Church of Peters day. Never were, never will be. Until you agree with God on the plan HE SET FORTH, you will be nothing but confused and hatefully arguing with HIM..not us , but HIM.

Does that men athat you are not going to answer my question?

2E

 

[eph3Nine]

Does that men athat you are not going to answer my question?

2E

It has already been answered here in another thread. I dont have time to type it again. So , if you really want an answer to your question, in detail and with scripture...please look for the threads entitled Three mentions of church in the bible, and then there are threads titled Church Nbr ONE, Church Nbr Two and Church Nbr three.

Good question, and the answer is there.