Dispensationalism...

You still believing the lie that seeks the separation of Jew from Gentile in the Body of Christ...........shame

It is written "what God has put together let no man separate"

It is written: "But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

It is written: For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

We are discussing the doctrine of dispensations which in my view is deceptive because it's hardly 200 years old. Not biblical!

Are you implying replacement theology? As in the body of Christ has replaced Israel? Not going to work...

True Israel is grafted into the body of Christ. And within the body of Christ there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile. Paul is an example.

Dispensationalists repeatedly reference "replacement theology" as an intentional misnomer for "fulfilment theology". Christ fulfils the Law.

Dispensationalists reject Gal 3 and Rom 9. Dispensationalists won't answer the question of whether they consider Paul part of Israel or part of the Church because the obvious conclusion that he is part of both destroys their worldview. Dispensationalism is a heresy.

God does not change. You need to look at the OT scriptures through the lens of their faith which always points to the faithful remnant. The Psalms are a window to the faith of the believers of the OT (old covenant).

Nope, you could not be more wrong. Don't take lightly the word of God. Covenants are NOT dispensations. The Law of Moses had nothing to do with dispensations. If you think you are correct, show scripture in the OT where dispensations are used.

Nope, if Jew and Gentile are in christ they are one. I’m talking about the nation of Israel and the body of Christ as separate groups with different promises given to them by God.

I agree with virtually everything said here by GotQuestions:
What is dispensationalism and is it biblical?
A dispensation is a way of ordering things—an administration, a system, or a management. In theology, a dispensation is the divine administration of a period of time; each dispensation is a divinely appointed age. Dispensationalism is a theological system that recognizes these ages ordained by God to order the affairs of the world. Dispensationalism has two primary distinctives: 1) a consistently literal interpretation of Scripture, especially Bible prophecy, and 2) a view of the uniqueness of Israel as separate from the Church in God’s program. Classical dispensationalism identifies seven dispensations in God’s plan for humanity.

Dispensationalists hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible as the best hermeneutic. The literal interpretation gives each word the meaning it would commonly have in everyday usage. Allowances are made for symbols, figures of speech, and types, of course. It is understood that even symbols and figurative sayings have literal meanings behind them. So, for example, when the Bible speaks of “a thousand years” in Revelation 20, dispensationalists interpret it as a literal period of 1,000 years (the dispensation of the Kingdom), since there is no compelling reason to interpret it otherwise.

There are at least two reasons why literalism is the best way to view Scripture. First, philosophically, the purpose of language itself requires that we interpret words literally. Language was given by God for the purpose of being able to communicate. Words are vessels of meaning. The second reason is biblical. Every prophecy about Jesus Christ in the Old Testament was fulfilled literally. Jesus’ birth, ministry, death, and resurrection all occurred exactly as the Old Testament predicted. The prophecies were literal. There is no non-literal fulfillment of messianic prophecies in the New Testament. This argues strongly for the literal method. If a literal interpretation is not used in studying the Scriptures, there is no objective standard by which to understand the Bible. Each person would be able to interpret the Bible as he saw fit. Biblical interpretation would devolve into “what this passage says to me” instead of “the Bible says.” Sadly, this is already the case in much of what is called Bible study today.

Dispensational theology teaches that there are two distinct peoples of God: Israel and the Church. Dispensationalists believe that salvation has always been by grace through faith alone—in God in the Old Testament and specifically in God the Son in the New Testament. Dispensationalists hold that the Church has not replaced Israel in God’s program and that the Old Testament promises to Israel have not been transferred to the Church. Dispensationalism teaches that the promises God made to Israel in the Old Testament (for land, many descendants, and blessings) will be ultimately fulfilled in the 1000-year period spoken of in Revelation 20. Dispensationalists believe that, just as God is in this age focusing His attention on the Church, He will again in the future focus His attention on Israel (see Romans 9–11 and Daniel 9:24).

Dispensationalists understand the Bible to be organized into seven dispensations: Innocence (Genesis 1:1—3:7), Conscience (Genesis 3:8—8:22), Human Government (Genesis 9:1—11:32), Promise (Genesis 12:1—Exodus 19:25), Law (Exodus 20:1—Acts 2:4), Grace (Acts 2:4—Revelation 20:3), and the Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:4–6). Again, these dispensations are not paths to salvation, but manners in which God relates to man. Each dispensation includes a recognizable pattern of how God worked with people living in the dispensation. That pattern is 1) a responsibility, 2) a failure, 3) a judgment, and 4) grace to move on.

Dispensationalism, as a system, results in a premillennial interpretation of Christ’s second coming and usually a pretribulational interpretation of the rapture. To summarize, dispensationalism is a theological system that emphasizes the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy, recognizes a distinction between Israel and the Church, and organizes the Bible into different dispensations or administrations.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Dispensationalism

I agree with virtually everything said here by GotQuestions:
What is dispensationalism and is it biblical?
A dispensation is a way of ordering things—an administration, a system, or a management. In theology, a dispensation is the divine administration of a period of time; each dispensation is a divinely appointed age. Dispensationalism is a theological system that recognizes these ages ordained by God to order the affairs of the world. Dispensationalism has two primary distinctives: 1) a consistently literal interpretation of Scripture, especially Bible prophecy, and 2) a view of the uniqueness of Israel as separate from the Church in God’s program. Classical dispensationalism identifies seven dispensations in God’s plan for humanity.

Dispensationalists hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible as the best hermeneutic. The literal interpretation gives each word the meaning it would commonly have in everyday usage. Allowances are made for symbols, figures of speech, and types, of course. It is understood that even symbols and figurative sayings have literal meanings behind them. So, for example, when the Bible speaks of “a thousand years” in Revelation 20, dispensationalists interpret it as a literal period of 1,000 years (the dispensation of the Kingdom), since there is no compelling reason to interpret it otherwise.

There are at least two reasons why literalism is the best way to view Scripture. First, philosophically, the purpose of language itself requires that we interpret words literally. Language was given by God for the purpose of being able to communicate. Words are vessels of meaning. The second reason is biblical. Every prophecy about Jesus Christ in the Old Testament was fulfilled literally. Jesus’ birth, ministry, death, and resurrection all occurred exactly as the Old Testament predicted. The prophecies were literal. There is no non-literal fulfillment of messianic prophecies in the New Testament. This argues strongly for the literal method. If a literal interpretation is not used in studying the Scriptures, there is no objective standard by which to understand the Bible. Each person would be able to interpret the Bible as he saw fit. Biblical interpretation would devolve into “what this passage says to me” instead of “the Bible says.” Sadly, this is already the case in much of what is called Bible study today.

Dispensational theology teaches that there are two distinct peoples of God: Israel and the Church. Dispensationalists believe that salvation has always been by grace through faith alone—in God in the Old Testament and specifically in God the Son in the New Testament. Dispensationalists hold that the Church has not replaced Israel in God’s program and that the Old Testament promises to Israel have not been transferred to the Church. Dispensationalism teaches that the promises God made to Israel in the Old Testament (for land, many descendants, and blessings) will be ultimately fulfilled in the 1000-year period spoken of in Revelation 20. Dispensationalists believe that, just as God is in this age focusing His attention on the Church, He will again in the future focus His attention on Israel (see Romans 9–11 and Daniel 9:24).

Dispensationalists understand the Bible to be organized into seven dispensations: Innocence (Genesis 1:1—3:7), Conscience (Genesis 3:8—8:22), Human Government (Genesis 9:1—11:32), Promise (Genesis 12:1—Exodus 19:25), Law (Exodus 20:1—Acts 2:4), Grace (Acts 2:4—Revelation 20:3), and the Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:4–6). Again, these dispensations are not paths to salvation, but manners in which God relates to man. Each dispensation includes a recognizable pattern of how God worked with people living in the dispensation. That pattern is 1) a responsibility, 2) a failure, 3) a judgment, and 4) grace to move on.

Dispensationalism, as a system, results in a premillennial interpretation of Christ’s second coming and usually a pretribulational interpretation of the rapture. To summarize, dispensationalism is a theological system that emphasizes the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy, recognizes a distinction between Israel and the Church, and organizes the Bible into different dispensations or administrations.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Dispensationalism

I wondered if they had mentioned any of the Act's of the Apostles in the show I notice that the sections from Acts 15-21 are in general left out of these type discussions because as you say it is an difficult matter. Men often do speak of their own opinions of this as you see in the writings you have quoted. To me it is important to note that when faced with this Peter points out that the Holy Spirit was involved in his being shown this concerning taking the Gospel to the Gentiles and so it is not only just men opinion's involved in this but as we believe these men were "filled with the Holy Ghost" and so the Holy Ghost is also speaking through them.


Also these are the very Acts of the Apostles as recorded so then it is an record of their very actions of that time frame. To me it seems clear that both in Acts 15 and in Acts 21 their is a distinction made and pointed out by James(reminding Paul of the decision in Acts 15 concerning the Gentiles), Acts 21:25, that they seem to still see the issue the same as in Acts 15. Also of note is the change of personal pronoun usage by Luke where before Acts 15-16 he used words like them,they ect.(reciting things told to him) but after the Acts 15 meeting he uses first person pronouns including himself(we,us ect.) and so from then on he is giving his first hand account. Anyway to me there are an multitude of explanations of this offered by men and then there's the Acts recorded in the book of Acts of/by the disciples,Apostles and the Holy Spirit who were first hand witnesses of these events and so one just far outweighs the other. I'll give again the two chapters for others to examine because they seem to explain themselves the reason why they were doing the things(Acts) they were doing. https://biblehub.com/interlinear/acts/15.htm and https://biblehub.com/interlinear/acts/21.htm

Should I quote Paul’s usage of the term some 2,000 years ago?

I agree with virtually everything said here by GotQuestions:
What is dispensationalism and is it biblical?
A dispensation is a way of ordering things—an administration, a system, or a management. In theology, a dispensation is the divine administration of a period of time; each dispensation is a divinely appointed age. Dispensationalism is a theological system that recognizes these ages ordained by God to order the affairs of the world. Dispensationalism has two primary distinctives: 1) a consistently literal interpretation of Scripture, especially Bible prophecy, and 2) a view of the uniqueness of Israel as separate from the Church in God’s program. Classical dispensationalism identifies seven dispensations in God’s plan for humanity.

Dispensationalists hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible as the best hermeneutic. The literal interpretation gives each word the meaning it would commonly have in everyday usage. Allowances are made for symbols, figures of speech, and types, of course. It is understood that even symbols and figurative sayings have literal meanings behind them. So, for example, when the Bible speaks of “a thousand years” in Revelation 20, dispensationalists interpret it as a literal period of 1,000 years (the dispensation of the Kingdom), since there is no compelling reason to interpret it otherwise.

There are at least two reasons why literalism is the best way to view Scripture. First, philosophically, the purpose of language itself requires that we interpret words literally. Language was given by God for the purpose of being able to communicate. Words are vessels of meaning. The second reason is biblical. Every prophecy about Jesus Christ in the Old Testament was fulfilled literally. Jesus’ birth, ministry, death, and resurrection all occurred exactly as the Old Testament predicted. The prophecies were literal. There is no non-literal fulfillment of messianic prophecies in the New Testament. This argues strongly for the literal method. If a literal interpretation is not used in studying the Scriptures, there is no objective standard by which to understand the Bible. Each person would be able to interpret the Bible as he saw fit. Biblical interpretation would devolve into “what this passage says to me” instead of “the Bible says.” Sadly, this is already the case in much of what is called Bible study today.

Dispensational theology teaches that there are two distinct peoples of God: Israel and the Church. Dispensationalists believe that salvation has always been by grace through faith alone—in God in the Old Testament and specifically in God the Son in the New Testament. Dispensationalists hold that the Church has not replaced Israel in God’s program and that the Old Testament promises to Israel have not been transferred to the Church. Dispensationalism teaches that the promises God made to Israel in the Old Testament (for land, many descendants, and blessings) will be ultimately fulfilled in the 1000-year period spoken of in Revelation 20. Dispensationalists believe that, just as God is in this age focusing His attention on the Church, He will again in the future focus His attention on Israel (see Romans 9–11 and Daniel 9:24).

Dispensationalists understand the Bible to be organized into seven dispensations: Innocence (Genesis 1:1—3:7), Conscience (Genesis 3:8—8:22), Human Government (Genesis 9:1—11:32), Promise (Genesis 12:1—Exodus 19:25), Law (Exodus 20:1—Acts 2:4), Grace (Acts 2:4—Revelation 20:3), and the Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:4–6). Again, these dispensations are not paths to salvation, but manners in which God relates to man. Each dispensation includes a recognizable pattern of how God worked with people living in the dispensation. That pattern is 1) a responsibility, 2) a failure, 3) a judgment, and 4) grace to move on.

Dispensationalism, as a system, results in a premillennial interpretation of Christ’s second coming and usually a pretribulational interpretation of the rapture. To summarize, dispensationalism is a theological system that emphasizes the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy, recognizes a distinction between Israel and the Church, and organizes the Bible into different dispensations or administrations.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Dispensationalism

I agree if whatever you’re calling “true Israel” has placed their trust in the cross of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins.

But the Lord is not through with his physical people the nation of Israel. He has made a covenant with them which includes an earthly kingdom and righteousness. When the fullness of the agentikes be come in the Lord will finish his covenant to the nation of Israel.

When I was studying my way out of the dispensationalist confusion, I noticed that the dispensationalists are selective literalists, when it fits their preconceived, man-made theology.

I'm sorry, I do not follow what you are trying to say about Acts 21:26. The men where I quoted from their commentaries, I found to be understandable, but I do not know the point you are making. The BBC series I was watching was about the history of Rome and was not about the early church, until it came to the episode about Constantine. So, whatever the point is that you are making, would not be dealt with in that series.

Dispensation simply means administration.

Dispensational theology teaches that there are two distinct peoples of God: Israel and the Church.

God does not change nor His grace but the way in which He dispenses His grace changes. We no longer are blest or cursed according to whether or not we obey the commandments and observe the ordinances.

God does not treat with the church as He treats of Israel, God treats of Israel as a nation. ALL Israel are chosen, if they do obey the law they are blest, if they do not obey the law they are cursed ... but they still are chosen and beloved. The remnant are set to save the whole, they are kept so that in their time they will turn the whole nation back to Yahweh. This is shown at Mt Carmel.

The time of Israel's vindication draws near.

When people oppose dispensations they are usually opposing the so called secret rapture but they are two distinct factions.