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You May Be A Dispensationalist, if....
Dan R. Smedra
Misconceptions and misunderstandings abound, even among so-called conservative Christians. I visited a forum recently having the thread title, "Dispensationalists...what are they, what do they teach?" Sadly, no one gave a clear answer, and I'm unsure whether anyone really wanted one.
If I can inject a bit of humor using Jeff Foxworthy's "You may be a red-neck, if...." shtick:
You may be a dispensationalist, if....
You see in the Word a difference between Judaism and Christianity.
You may be a dispensationalist, if....
You see in the Word a distinction between the "flesh" and the "Spirit,"
You may be a dispensationalist, if....
You see in the Word a contrast between heaven and earth, and
You are a dispensationalist if...
You have been awakened by the Holy Spirit to see in the Word the "mystery" (please read Eph.1:9,10) revealed by the Risen and Ascended Lord Jesus Christ via the Apostle Paul (Gal.1:11,12) that, "what unifies Scripture is the unfolding of the nature and glory of God in Christ, manifested in two spheres, the earthly and the heavenly. That is, the Cross being the moral foundation of all, where God's nature was vindicated so that blessing could reach man, God's glory in Christ will be manifested in government in the earthly sphere, with Israel as its center; and God's glory in Christ will be manifested in unique blessings in the heavenly sphere with the [born-again] Church as its center."
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