John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), leader of the Plymouth Brethren, taught a theological system known as dispensationalism. This system affirms the following: the terms ‘Israel’ and ‘Church’ in Scripture always stand for two essentially different covenant peoples of God: Israel stands for an earthly national-theocratic kingdom, but the Church for a spiritual and heavenly people. (LaRondelle,
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It’s easy to get sidetracked. We start searching for a product online then quickly find ourselves looking at something else. Like us, the disciples were constantly getting distracted. After Jesus rose from the dead, Luke records this episode: On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem,
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What should be our attitude toward the land of Israel? Do the physical descendants of Abraham have a divine right to that area of the earth? If so, should Christians support Israel’s movement and expansion into the land even if that requires the use of force? In his book Jesus and the Land, Gary Burge
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