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v  Identify chapter content as related to chapters
o   Abrahamic – Genesis 12  (Genesis 15 covenant confirmed)
o   Davidic – 2 Samuel 7
o   Noahic – Genesis 9
o   New Covenant – Jeremiah 31
 
v  genesis early things
o   fall – Genesis 3-4
o   protoevangelium – Genesis 3:15
 
v  Reference to “Son of Man”
o   Daniel 7
o   Daniel 8
 
v  Where mosaic covenant given
o   Exodus 19
 
v  Specific references to the word dispensation in the sense that we use it
o   Ephesians 1:10 (kingdom)
o   Ephesians 3:2 (church age~/grace)
o   Colossians 1:25-26 (everything before church age)
 
v  Reference searching what manner of what we knew aforetime
o   I Peter 1:11 – prophets never figured the full idea of messiah but knew basic things
 
v  Key passages relating to rapture
o   I Thessalonians 4:13-18
o   John 14:1-3
o   I Corinthians 15:51-58
o   Revelation 3:10
 
 
v  Sermon on the mount is found where
o   Matthew 5,6,7
 
v  passages about the millennium, eternal state
o   *millennium*
§  Revelation 19:15
§  Isaiah 2:1-4
§  Isaiah 11:4
o   *Eternal state*
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v  Familiar with terminology about kingdom
o   *Intercalation* – an insertion, as into a calendar; an insertion between existing elements (parenthesis)
o   *Interregnum* – an intervening period between the kingdom phases
o   *Postponement* – God postponed His plan for Israel when they rejected Messiah, so the earthly kingdom was postponed and God set them aside for a time
 
v  Three elements that comprise a kingdom
o   *Ruler – *God, as opposed to all other alternatives
o   *Realm – *the whole of creation, the universe
o   *Reign* – means and extent to which the ruler exerts his authority
 
v  Christ’s relationship with his people, desire for people fellowship (they will be my God they shall be my people)
o   Found underneath main theme of dispensationalism
o   Jeremiah 24:7
 
v  Son of man expression
o   Daniel 7:13
o   When Christ was using this expression He was presenting Himself as Messiah, He was not trying to present Himself as human
o   Always refers to Himself, never anyone else
 
v  Number of things about progressive dispensationalism
o   *Inaugurated eschatology* – already not yet.
Basically the kingdom is being fulfilled now in some ways and in some ways not.
o   *Complementary hermeneutics* – Using the NT to expand OT promises without jettisoning the original promises (sensus plenior – /fuller meaning/)
o   *Davidic throne* – they think that Christ’s present right-hand session equals Him being on the Davidic throne.
However, the Davidic throne is earthly
 
v  Eschatology
o   *Essential differences*
§  Nature of millennial kingdom – what is it like
§  Chronology of the inauguration of the millennial kingdom – when is it going to start
§  The agency “means of establishment” of the millennial kingdom – how is it going to get established
o   *Essential agreements*
§  Immortality of the soul
§  Intermediate state
§  Future bodily resurrection
§  Future divine judgment
§  Future return of Christ
§  Future eternal state
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v  Different millennial systems
o   *Premil* – Christ returns to the earth before the millennium
o   *Postmil* – the church will establish the kingdom on earth before Christ returns, Christ then returns (2nd coming), and then eternity
o   *Amil* – Christ’s return marks the end of this present age, the church is the kingdom on earth, after Christ’s 2nd coming is eternity.
According to them we are living in the kingdom right now
 
v  Is Dispensationalism Optimistic or pessimistic?
o   *Dispensationalism *– /optimistic/ because we are looking toward the kingdom and can have victory now and look forward to the kingdom, the Covenants think we are in the kingdom now
o   *Covenant Theology* – /pessimistic /because we cannot have victory until the eternal state
 
v  Survey Ryrie and have a big picture sense of the chronology of the key events in a proper premil pretrib understanding
 
I.
Events surrounding the end of the church age
a.       Increasing apostasy
b.      Preparation for ecumenical church
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Rapture of the Church
a.       Believer’s works judgment (between rapture and 2nd coming)
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Tribulation
a.       OT saints (end of trib~/2nd coming)
b.      Living gentiles (end of trib~/2nd coming)
c.       Nations~/living gentiles(end of trib~/2nd coming)
IV.             Second coming
a.       Sheep and goats judgment
b.      Tribulation saints ~/ martyrs?
c.       Armageddon (at the end)
V.                Millennium
a.       Great white throne (end of millennium)
b.      Satan and fallen angels (end of millennium)
 
 
v  Basic principles that lead to a literal systematical interpretation (was on quiz)
o   Primacy of authorial intent – discover God’s intended meaning
o   Univocal nature of language – has only one meaning
o   Textual locus of meaning – found in the text
o   Single truth intention of Scripture – can never mean what it never meant
 
v  sensus plenior
o   fuller meaning, expanded meaning (NT into OT)
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