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Bible Question:
I
would like to check if the dispensational, premillennial view
of the events of the last days is as follows: 1) rapture, 2)
seven year tribulation, 3) battle of Armageddon, 4) 1,000 year
millennium, 5) battle of Gog and Magog, 6) Great White Throne
Judgment, and 7) new heaven and new earth.
Bible Answer:
The
term dispensational is a confusing expression since there is
disagreement about the number of dispensations among those who
are called dispensationalists." The term "dispensational"
usually means that God deals with mankind in different ways
in different eras. The only question left is, "What are
the ways and when?" There are at least two dispensations:
one before Jesus Christ and one after Jesus Christ. Most agree
that the Old Testament looked forward to Jesus. This is called
the period of the law. The New Testament looks backward to Jesus.
This is called the age or period of grace. Men and women have
always been saved by faith in the coming Messiah, or Jesus Christ.
Classic Dispensational View. You
are correct that the classic dispensational, premillennial view
believes
in the sequence that you presented.
However,
they would add Jesus' Second Coming along with the Battle at
Armageddon. Classic dispensationalists believe that there are
seven dispensations: Innocence, Conscience, Human Government,
Promise, Law, Church, and then the Kingdom. The difficulty with
this view is that scripture never identifies them. It is artificial
and unnecessary. The Bible only talks about two: the Old Covenant
and the New Covenant, that is, the Old Testament and the New
Testament, or before Jesus and after Jesus. It is best to ignore
such labels as dispensational. In reality, all believers are
dispensational. We believe in either two or more.
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. . . that in the dispensation of the fullness of the
times He might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
(NKJV) Ephesians 1:10 |
Premillennial View There are several links at this site that will provide
more information about the premillennial view of the future.
The first one is a special study called "Which Kingdom?"
This provides an overview of the different views.
The
second one is called "Thy Kingdom Come . . ."
It provides more information about the details of the timeline
that you have asked about.
Conclusion:
The
Sadducees knew the Old Testament scriptures very well. They
must have been surprised when Jesus rebuked them for not knowing
the scriptures.
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But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken,
not understanding the Scriptures, or the power of God.
(NASB) Matt. 22:29 |
Jesus
did not mean that they did not have it memorized. He meant that
they did not understand it. They had their doctrinal view of
the scriptures, but they did not have a biblical understanding.
Our passion is to know the truth and to forget about labels.
We desire that doctrinal schemes be forgotten in favor of the
truth of scripture. |
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