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FUTURISM
ESCHATOLOGY
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Dear
Dispensationalist Friend...
My Testimony of How I Got Here From There
Dispensationalist theology refers to the teachings of
Dispensationalism to address what many other scholars see as
opposing theologies between the
Old Testament and
New Testament. Its name comes from the fact that the teaching
has in view that biblical history is best understood in light of a
series of dispensations, or separated time-periods, in the Bible.
Each dispensation is said to represent a
different way in which God deals with man. Some writers also believe
that it also involves a different testing of Man. "These periods are
marked off in Scripture by some change in God's method of dealing
with mankind, in respect to two questions: of sin, and of man's
responsibility," explained
C. I. Scofield. "Each of the dispensations may be regarded as a
new test of the natural man, and each ends in judgment—marking his
utter failure in every dispensation."
The seven
dispensational periods
Dispensationalism seeks to address what many see as opposing
theologies between the
Old Testament and
New Testament. Its name comes from the fact that it sees
biblical history as best understood in light of a series of
dispensations in the Bible. Most dispensationalists cite seven
dispensations although this is not a critical or foundational factor
to the theology:
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the dispensation of
innocence (Gen 1:1–3:7), prior to Adam's
fall,
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of
conscience (Gen 3:8–8:22), Adam to Noah,
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of
government (Gen 9:1–11:32), Noah to Abraham,
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of
patriarchal rule (Gen 12:1–Exod 19:25), Abraham to Moses,
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of the
Mosaic
Law (Exod 20:1–Acts 2:4), Moses to Christ,
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of
grace (Acts 2:4–Rev 20:3 -- except for
Hyperdispensationalists and
Ultradispensationalists), the current church age, and
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of a literal, earthly 1,000-year
Millennial Kingdom that has yet to come but soon will (Rev
20:4–20:6).
Key Dates in Dispensationalism’s
History
1830 ‘The initial development of the
pre-tribulation doctrine, either by the trance-induced 20-year-old
Margaret Macdonald or by John Nelson Darby.
1855 John Cumming announces that Russia will
invade Israel: The End: 0r, The Proximate Signs of the Close of This
Dispensation, Lecture ‘7.
1878 Publication of the immensely popular
book by William E. Blackstone (W. E. B.), Jesus Is Coming.
1909 C. I. Scofield’s Scofield Reference
Bible is published by Oxford University Press.
1917 Balfour Declaration promises British
support for the creation of a State of Israel in Palestine.
1925 The Scopes’ "Monkey Trial" results in a
public disgrace for William Jennings Bryan and the voluntary withdrawal
of American fundamentalism from public discourse.
1926 Founding of Dallas Theological
Seminary.
1948 The creation of the modern State of
Israel, May 14: the “generation of the fig tree” supposedly begins.
1970 Hal Lindsey’s Late Great Planet Earth
creates a huge new market in “ticking clock” prophecy books: an unstated
but obvious rejection of traditional dispensationalism’s doctrine of the
any-moment Rapture, which insists that the 70th week of Daniel begins
only after the Rapture.
1980 The presidential race and victory of
Ronald Reagan: the New Christian Right becomes visible in the U.S.
1981 Rapture postponed: 1988 (40 years after
the creation of the State of Israel), minus 7 years for the era of the
Great Tribulation = 1981
1988 Rapture postponed: May 14, the 40th
anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel.
1988 Rapture postponed: Edgar C. Whisenant’s
prediction of a September Rapture during the Jewish Rosh-hosanna. His
book sells millions of copies, July through early September.
1989 Rapture postponed: Whisenant’s
follow-up prediction for Christ’s Rosh-hosanna appearance in September,
due to his neglect to factor in the millennium dating change in Jesus’
era.
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall in October.
1990 Iraq invades Kuwait on July 2. Dallas
Seminary’s Charles Dyer announces the revival of prophesied Babylon.
1991 January-February: U.S. obliterates
Iraq’s army.
1991 August 21: Defeat of the attempted
Soviet coup; Soviet Union begins to break apart.
2000 The final year of the second millennium
after the birth of Jesus. What if the Rapture is again postponed?
2001 The beginning of the third millennium
after the birth of Jesus. What if the Rapture is again postponed?
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Predictions that
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John Hagee |
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John Hagee's
teaching exposed
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The Other
Gospel of John Hagee -
CHRISTIAN ZIONISM AND ETHNIC SALVATION by G. Richard Fisher
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John Hagee's Heresy
Beware! --- "I'm not trying to
convert the Jewish people to the Christian faith... In fact,
trying to convert Jews is a waste of time. Jews already have a
covenant with God and that has never been replaced by
Christianity." (Houston Chronicle, April 30, 1988, sec, 6, pg. 1).
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Beginning of
the End - A Summary Critique DE405 H. Wayne House
--- Beginning of the End shows surprising restraint, avoiding
extreme speculation and date-setting. Nonetheless, it does feed
the fire of a popular but problematic style of newspaper
eschatology that often distracts Christians from a more serious
and profitable study of God’s Word. The biggest concern that this
book raises for the body of Christ, however, is that it adds to
the popularity of a man who in other places espouses such
seriously errant views as positive confession, guaranteed
prosperity, salvation for the Jews apart from faith in Christ, and
utter condemnation for those who disagree with his dispensational
view of the relationship between Israel and the church.
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In Defense of
Zionism: Hagee's Mandate for Supporting Israel by KENNETH L.GENTRY
JR.
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