DISPENSATIONALISM
- Innocence
- Conscience
- Human Government
- Promise
- Law
- Grace
- and Kingdom
This entire theory is a fabrication that contradicts the Scriptures in numerous places. Some elements of this theory, along with Scripture references that refute them, are:
- Allegedly Christ came to re-establish David's kingdom but surprisingly was rejected by the Jews (Psa. 118:22; Isa.. 53:1ff).
- As a result of the Jewish rejection, the kingdom was postponed (Mk. 9:1; Mt. 16:19; Col. 1:13; Rev. 1:6, 9).
- The church -- set up in place of the postponed kingdom -- was but an afterthought in the mind of God (Eph. 3:10-11).
- Certain visible signs point to the imminent return of Christ (Mt. 24:34-36; Mt. 25:5).
- Christ comes to earth three times: the first coming in the incarnation; the second coming at the "rapture;" the third coming to begin his "millennial reign" (Heb. 9:28).
- The Lord's return to earth will begin his reign (Lk. 19:15; 1 Cor. 15:24-25).
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