[geros]

The article is wrong on one thing: it was not Darby's dispensationalist interpretation which triggered an understanding of Israel's continuing role in Bible Prophecy and history. It's plain for anyone reading the book of Romans.

[STD]

Pseudo-Ephram preached Rapture in 160 BC

[STD]

Pseudo-Ephram preached Rapture in 160 AD

[crystalk]

While to this author, as to so many, the obvious dependency of Dispensationalism upon a particular scenario that involves Israel in the final events, "explains" their very strong support of Israel--

What the author is missing, is that those of us who are NOT dispensational, and who do NOT have thus such an open-and-shut idea of what God is going to do before Messiah comes--

ARE STILL VERY SURE THAT MESSIAH IS COMING,---

---THAT GOD IS DOING, AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING, INVOLVING ISRAEL AND HIS HISTORIC PEOPLE---

AND THAT THE CHRISTIAN AND JEW ARE TO BECOME ONE "STICK" in God's hands, in the last days, to strike His enemies and ours, the Muslims and other heathens.

Thus ALL Christians, who actually think God is doing or going to do anything in this world, are agreed.

NOT JUST DISPENSATIONALISTS, and NOT EVEN JUST (imminent) ADVENTISTS, BUT ALL CHRISTIANS!

[mcsparkie]

"Dispensationalist script" = Bible

[NH Liberty]

"The article is wrong on one thing: it was not Darby's dispensationalist interpretation which triggered an understanding of Israel's continuing role in Bible Prophecy and history. It's plain for anyone reading the book of Romans."

Exactly -- Thank you. Why do these people write things like this before becoming familiar with true Biblical Christianity?

For example, how does he draw the conclusion that Christians and Jews are an "unlikely alliance"? Not only is this guy seemingly unfamiliar with Scripture and overly-concerned about the "traditions" of what some of the denominations "believe," but he forgot to complete his history homework, as well. Christianity was borne of Judaism.

NEWSFLASH, Mr. Dreher: The first Christians were Jews!