These are not dirty words and they certainly won't bite you.
I think it is a benefit to examine them, so here goes.
Dictionary terms;
What is a dispensation?
dispensation (1) ordering, administration, management; [specific] : a divine ordering and administration of worldly affairs (2) : a system of principles, promises, and rules divinely ordained and administered (3) a period of history during which a particular divine revelation has predominated in the affairs of mankind.
What is Dispensationalism?
dispensationalism: adherence to or advocacy of a system of interpreting history in terms of a series of God's dispensations.
What is a Dispensationalist?
A dispensationalist is someone who believes in the concept of dispensationalism: the idea that God deals with man differently at differemt times. ie God never changes, but his dealings with man down through time does, has and will.
For example;
Adam Gn 1:29
Noah Gn 9:3
Moses Lev 11:2-4
Paul 1 Tim 4:4-5
Man's dietary instructions show distictions in God's instructions & dealings with man down through time. We all see this and understand it, we are all dispensational whether we realize it for what it is or not. Really not that wacky when we look at it plainly.
I think it is a benefit to examine them, so here goes.
Dictionary terms;
What is a dispensation?
dispensation (1) ordering, administration, management; [specific] : a divine ordering and administration of worldly affairs (2) : a system of principles, promises, and rules divinely ordained and administered (3) a period of history during which a particular divine revelation has predominated in the affairs of mankind.
What is Dispensationalism?
dispensationalism: adherence to or advocacy of a system of interpreting history in terms of a series of God's dispensations.
What is a Dispensationalist?
A dispensationalist is someone who believes in the concept of dispensationalism: the idea that God deals with man differently at differemt times. ie God never changes, but his dealings with man down through time does, has and will.
For example;
Adam Gn 1:29
Noah Gn 9:3
Moses Lev 11:2-4
Paul 1 Tim 4:4-5
Man's dietary instructions show distictions in God's instructions & dealings with man down through time. We all see this and understand it, we are all dispensational whether we realize it for what it is or not. Really not that wacky when we look at it plainly.
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