Benja32one
June 21st, 2005, 09:12 AM
Short summary by Miles Standford......
PAULINE -- Pauline Dispensationalism teaches that the indwelling of the Spirit of Israel's New Covenant is in no way similar to the baptism of the Spirit at Pentecost, which constituted the birth of the Church.
Without reading anything of Pauline Church truth back into Israel's New Covenant, the Scriptures reveal that God promised to Israel and Judah, the following:
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.... I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts... for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jer. 31:31,33,34).
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My ordinances, and do them ... and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land" (Ezek. 36:26,27; 37:14).
The Pauline dispensationalist, already possessing "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3), has neither need for nor inclination toward Israel's future earthly kingdom blessings. The distinction between them is total. If a member of the Body of Christ were to settle for all of the kingdom blessings of Israel's New Covenant, he would be a woefully deprived Christian indeed. In fact, he would not be a Christian at all, but simply a reconstructed kingdom Jew! Who needs Israel's best, when the heavenly Church supersedes that kingdom nation in every conceivable way?
The following are some of the "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" that the Father has already bestowed upon every member of the Body of Christ--not one of which Israel will ever realize:
The believer was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4). It is by the shed Blood of the Cross that every member of the Body of Christ is "made nigh" to the Father (Eph. 2:13). Not only were the Christian's sins forgiven (Col. 2:13), but he, the sinner, was condemned and crucified with Christ on the Cross (Gal. 2:20). He died in Christ's death unto sin (Rom. 6:1-10), and ascended in Him to the right hand of the Majesty on high (Col. 3:1-3).
The believer is now positionally seated with Christ in the heavenlies (Eph. 2:6). He is "complete in Him" (Col. 2:10), an "heir of God and joint heir with Christ" (Rom. 8:17). He is "one spirit" with Him in eternal union of new-creation life (2 Cor. 5:17), and his "life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:4).
When He shall appear [at the Rapture], we shall be like Him [completely conformed to His image], for we shall see Him as He is (1 John 3:2). Then He "shall change our lowly body, that it may be fashioned like His glorious body" (Phil. 3:21).
"When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory" (Col. 3:4). This second advent will be to establish Israel's Millennial Kingdom, to both judge Israel with the "baptism of fire," and afterwards bless them with their promised New Covenant. Then, every risen and glorified member of His Beloved Bride will attend the Bridegroom-King to reign with Him over the earth (2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 5:10; 20:
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PAULINE -- Pauline Dispensationalism teaches that the indwelling of the Spirit of Israel's New Covenant is in no way similar to the baptism of the Spirit at Pentecost, which constituted the birth of the Church.
Without reading anything of Pauline Church truth back into Israel's New Covenant, the Scriptures reveal that God promised to Israel and Judah, the following:
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.... I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts... for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jer. 31:31,33,34).
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My ordinances, and do them ... and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land" (Ezek. 36:26,27; 37:14).
The Pauline dispensationalist, already possessing "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3), has neither need for nor inclination toward Israel's future earthly kingdom blessings. The distinction between them is total. If a member of the Body of Christ were to settle for all of the kingdom blessings of Israel's New Covenant, he would be a woefully deprived Christian indeed. In fact, he would not be a Christian at all, but simply a reconstructed kingdom Jew! Who needs Israel's best, when the heavenly Church supersedes that kingdom nation in every conceivable way?
The following are some of the "all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" that the Father has already bestowed upon every member of the Body of Christ--not one of which Israel will ever realize:
The believer was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4). It is by the shed Blood of the Cross that every member of the Body of Christ is "made nigh" to the Father (Eph. 2:13). Not only were the Christian's sins forgiven (Col. 2:13), but he, the sinner, was condemned and crucified with Christ on the Cross (Gal. 2:20). He died in Christ's death unto sin (Rom. 6:1-10), and ascended in Him to the right hand of the Majesty on high (Col. 3:1-3).
The believer is now positionally seated with Christ in the heavenlies (Eph. 2:6). He is "complete in Him" (Col. 2:10), an "heir of God and joint heir with Christ" (Rom. 8:17). He is "one spirit" with Him in eternal union of new-creation life (2 Cor. 5:17), and his "life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:4).
When He shall appear [at the Rapture], we shall be like Him [completely conformed to His image], for we shall see Him as He is (1 John 3:2). Then He "shall change our lowly body, that it may be fashioned like His glorious body" (Phil. 3:21).
"When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory" (Col. 3:4). This second advent will be to establish Israel's Millennial Kingdom, to both judge Israel with the "baptism of fire," and afterwards bless them with their promised New Covenant. Then, every risen and glorified member of His Beloved Bride will attend the Bridegroom-King to reign with Him over the earth (2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 5:10; 20:
<withchrist.org/MJS/paulvsprog.htm>