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! Dispensationalism
 
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The Unfolding Of The Mystery
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*/Mr.
Stam tells us: \\ The nation Israel, with all her shortcomings, was once the only bright spot in a dark world.
God had promised that through her, as Abraham's multiplied seed, the other nations should be blessed (Gen.
22:17,18).
Ruth, the Moabitess, and others like her, found shelter under the wings of God by coming to Israel (Ruth 2:12).
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*The author makes a statement in which he refers to the promise to Abraham's seed spoken of in Gen. 22:17+18 and states that this is in reference to the nation of Israel.
We find however as we compare scripture with scripture that this seed speaks not of the nation Israel but of Christ.
Gal.3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one.
And to thy seed which is Christ.*
*Now note the verses spoken of in Gen. "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy SEED as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of HIS enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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*As we go through the life of Abraham we see that God made two covenants with Him, one concerning Christ and one concerning Isaac.
In Gen.12: 2,3 we see God making a promise to Abraham.
This promise entails several things:*
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Abram shall father a great nation.*
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Abram shall be blessed and his name made great*
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Those that bless him will be blessed and those that curse him will be cursed*
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All of the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.*
*Note, all of this promise concerns Abraham primarily and not his seed.
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*In Gen. 12:7 we see that God promises the land to Abram's seed and again in verses 14-16 with the promise of them being numbered as the dust of the earth.
Note also in Gen.15: 5; 17:7,8 the promise of land and numbers but there is no mention of the world being blessed through Abraham's seed.
Even in 18:18 the Lord prior to telling Abraham of the coming destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah states that the nations of the earth will be blessed through HIM, not the nation that is to come out of him.
As we go on we see, even when God spoke to Isaac, there was no mention of the nation Israel as becoming a blessing only that it would multiply and be blessed for Abraham's sake Gen.26:24.*
*CHRIST AND CHRIST ALONE IS THE ONLY SEED OF ABRAHAM TO WHOM BEING A BLESSING TO ALL OF THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, IS PROMISED.
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*As we look at the scripture the writer uses in John 4:22 we see Christ telling the woman of Samaria that salvation is from the Jews, or of the Jews, meaning that the nation of Israel was (because of the obedience of Abraham) the tool God used to bring about the birth of the coming Messiah.
In I Cor.
13:10 Paul tells us that when that which is perfect is come that which is in part shall be done away.
We see this transformation happening even as Christ spoke to the Samarian woman in verses 21+23- as He tells her that the hour is coming in fact now is that true worshipers of God will need not go to Jerusalem or to the mountain to worship but that the temporal earthly type will be fulfilled by the eternal spiritual promise.*
*We see this change throughout the New Testament:*
*1.
The temporal Levitical priesthood found its eternal fulfillment in the priesthood of Christ.
Heb.7*
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The temporary earthly tabernacle and its temporal ordinances eternally fulfilled by Christ.
Heb.9:1-13*
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The earthly temporal nation of Israel as God's people reaching its true fulfillment as the eternal body of Christ in the church.
Matt.21:43 + I Pet.2:9.*
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The sinful seed of Abraham through the flesh being fulfilled by the spiritual seed of Abraham through Christ.
Rom.9:6+7, Gal.3:6-9, Gal 3:26-29.*
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The city of Jerusalem made through the actions of human builders attaining its perfection in the heavenly Jerusalem, whose builder and maker is God.
Gal.4:25,26.*
*All of these, and many more, show us a truth of the Word of God that the writer of this book and many other Bible teachers of today seem to forget.
CHRIST IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
MATT.5:17.
The physical incomplete types of the Old Testament point us to the spiritual completeness of Christ.
Many theologians of today try to reverse this concept and make the Old Testament in its incompleteness the final desire of God, when in fact we are told in the New Testament that Christ is the perfect fulfillment of the Old Testament.
Since we can find no scripture in the New Testament that tells us of an earthly reign of Christ in bodily form, or the establishment of earthly Jerusalem and the nation of Israel as a supreme power in the world, (even in Rev.20 there is no reference to the reign of Christ being on the earth, it does state that those who are beheaded for the witness of Jesus lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years but it does not say where this reign occurred) the dispensationalist must remove the New Testament from being the explanation of the Old and place it off by itself, telling us that :*
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Although Christ came to set up an earthly kingdom He was thwarted in his attempt by a bunch of stiff-necked humans.*
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He put the nation of Israel on the back burner for the time being and concentrated on the rest of the world.*
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Instead of Christ then fulfilling the law and the prophets he abolishes them for the time being, bringing salvation to his people through grace instead of the Old Testament sacraments.*
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There will come again a time when these sacraments, which we read in the Word of God were only a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, will be reinstated and innocent animals will once again be slain and the laws, which Peter called a yoke of bondage, (Acts 15:10), will once again be necessary to please God.*
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Since there is no New Testament, or for that fact Old Testament, basis for this theory gaps amounting to almost 2000 years must be placed between verses of the Old Testament which speak of Christ's coming and His glorification as King.*
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We must then make up charts and determine whether a verse of scripture fits into the church, the nation Israel before the church, a so-called seven year tribulation period, a millennial reign, or a new heaven and earth.*
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Instead of Christ's work at the cross of Calvary being seen as the final act of God against sin we must look to the nation Israel and what happens in the Mid East.*
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The body of Christ, the church, must fail in its work on the earth.
This in itself brings a slur against the name of Christ, because, as we have already seen, the complete work of the church depends not on any human factor but solely on Christ through the action of the Holy Spirit.*
*Christ's cry " It is finished" on the cross of Calvary becomes a lie because 60% of the law and the prophets which he said he came to fulfill are left unfulfilled.*
*/Mr.
Stam tells us: \\ These means of approach to God, while they indicated that Israel was no better than the Gentiles, gave them, at the same time, a distinct advantage over the Gentiles--and a great responsibility toward them.
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*/Israel was not to keep these blessings to herself, for God had said to Abraham: "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (Gen.
22:18).2
They were to be the agents, not merely the objects of God's blessing.
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*The Word and the worship of God were committed to Israel that through her the Gentiles might find God.
As we saw earlier Gen. 22:18 is in reference to Christ according to Gal.3:15+16.
The question still remains, was Israel the nation to be a blessing to all nations or was the nation Israel to be separate from all nations?
As we study the Word of God we see the children of Israel given the edict to destroy all men, women and children of all the nations which dwelt in Canaan land.
This hardly seems like a call to bless all nations.
Although this seems barbaric God had a very good reason for doing this.
Israel as a nation had not received the Holy Spirit of God, Christ's atoning work on the cross was still in the future physically speaking, and because of this Israel as a nation was no match against Satan and the idol worship of the day.
Even though the law was read to them, they still had no understanding nor could they ever understand unless given the knowledge of the scriptures by the Spirit of God which was only given to a select few.
Moses in Duet.
32:28 calls them a nation void of council, neither is there any understanding in them.
To be sure any gentile who desired to come under the protective umbrella of Israel was given this privilege, but under certain conditions as we see in Ex. 12: 48.
He must be circumcised and keep the Passover as well as all the law of the Israelites as we see in vs.49.(also note Lev.24:16, Num.9:14; 15:14-16; 15: 29-30; 35:15, I Kings 8:41-43).
In other words he must forsake his gods and give honor to the God of Israel.
We see this happening in the case of Ruth in Ruth 1:15-16.
But nowhere in my study of the scriptures do I see where Israel was called out to be a blessing to the nations around her, rather she was called to be a particular people out of whom some day would arise a Savior who would be a blessing to all of the nations of the world through His body the church.(Gal.3:13+14).
Even the scripture the author uses in Isa.56:6,7 refers to the coming kingdom under the reign of Christ./
\\    \\ Mr. Stam tells us: \\ John's ministry was to bring Israel back to God, and so make the way smooth for the coming King.
The cry was: /*
*/". . .
Pepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
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*/"Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth" (Luke 3:4,5).
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*/John labored earnestly to fulfill his mission.
His ministry reached into every department of Israel's national life.
He dealt with "the people," with the tax gatherers, with the soldiers (Luke 3:10-14).
He dared to send the proud Pharisees and Sadducees away, calling them a "generation of vipers," asking them: "Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" and saying: "Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance" (Matt.
3:7,8).
He even entered the court of King Herod, rebuking him for living with his brother's wife "and for all the evils which Herod had done" (Luke 3:19).
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*/But with all this Israel as a nation did not repent.
Indeed, the great reformer was "shut up in prison" (Luke 3:20) and finally beheaded (Matt.
14:10) by Israel's wicked and licentious king--a crime which would hardly have been tolerated had there been a real reformation in the nation.
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*/So, the way for our Lord was made anything but smooth.
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*If we accept the premise of this writer then we must admit to the failure of the Holy Spirit of God.
The reason I make this statement is simple, if John failed then the Holy Spirit failed because John was led to act and speak through the working of the Spirit which indwelled him from birth.
Let us search the scriptures and find out exactly what the work and the call of John the Baptist was.
Read Luke 1:13-17 to see what Zacharias was told concerning his future son.
/"But the angel of the Lord said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, EVEN FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB./" /And many/ (note many not all or not even Israel as a nation) /of the children of Israel shall be turned to the Lord their God.
And he shall go before him in the spirit of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
/Was this accomplished according to the Word of God or did Holy Spirit through John fail?
Did many rejoice at his birth and did Zacharias have joy and gladness?
Read Luke 1:57-64.
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