[My2Cents]

I'm a "pan-millenialist" -- it will all pan out in the end.

[Mark in the Old South]

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[dartuser]

The chronology provided in Daniel’s prophecy of the Seven­ty Weeks (Dan. 9:24–27) is a linchpin in the dispensa­tional system

Strawman constructed ...

Never ceases to amayze me how a covenant theologian cannot have a rational discussion about dispensationalism without making some claim like Gentry does. The heart of dispensationalism is not some passage. It is a straightforward application of the grammatical-historical approach to Biblical interpretation (including prophetic sections). Simple application of the grammatical-historical approach brings you unquestionably to dispensational premillenialism.

The main difference between Dispensational and Non-dispensational (Reformed/Covenant) theology, and there are major differences, is in the construction of a Systematic Theology. The dispensationalist uses the following steps:

1. Recognize Presuppositions

2. Construct a Biblical Theology of the OT based on the OT text.

3. Construct a Biblical Theology of the NT based on the NT text.

4. Synthesize results into a Systematic Theology.

The covenant theologian uses the following steps:

1. Recognize Presuppositions

2. Construct a Biblical Theology of the NT based on the NT text.

3. Construct a Biblical Theology of the OT based on the NT understanding of the OT text.

4. Synthesize results into a Systematic Theology.

This is why the covenant theologian sees the Church as the spiritual Israel ... instead of a separate entity of Gods redemptive history.

[RaceBannon]

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