What is "dispensationalism?"

[Guest Chrissy]

I have a friend that told her husband today that she wanted to study it together with him, and he flew off the handle and told her no. WHAT IS IT? Can someone explain it to me, and why would her husband be so against studying it together with her? I dont get it.

[JesusisGod2]

I have a friend that told her husband today that she wanted to study it together with him, and he flew off the handle and told her no.  WHAT IS IT?  Can someone explain it to me, and why would her husband be so against studying it together with her?  I dont get it.

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Hi Chrissy,

Here is a link that you may find helpful. click for the link HERE

Many people seem to think that God has forgotten or the church has replaced Israel and this is probably his reaction to it. From my understanding dispensationalism is pretty much the opposite of replacement theology.

God has not forgotten, nor replaced her.

Hope it helps.

In Jesus

Kevin

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

I know dispensations are a break down of periods of events in biblical history.There are 7 dispensations...from the time of Adam(dispensation of innocence)to the time of now(dispensation of grace).This is what I know about the subject.

[Guest shiloh357]

Here is a breakdown of the dispensational ages. It is from www.biblebelieversbaptist.org >>>Dispensational Truth

A. Edenic Dispensation (Age of Innocence)

This dispensation extends from the creation of Adam to his expulsion from the garden. As to its duration we know nothing. It was probably very short.

1. The Test: Maintain innocence, do not eat the fruit. (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-17).

2. The Failure: They ate the fruit (Genesis 3:1-6).

3. The Judgment: Curse and Death (Genesis 3:7-19).

B. Antediluvian Dispensation (Age of Conscience).

This dispensation extends from the fall of Adam to the universal flood. It lasted 1,656 years. (4046 BC - 2390 BC)

1. The Test: Exercise the conscience that was inherited from Adam to do good and make blood sacrifices (Genesis 3:5,7,22; 4:4).

2. The Failure: Wickedness almost beyond human imagination (Genesis 6:5,6,11,12).

3. The Judgment: A universal flood that covered the entire earth (Genesis 6:7, 13; 7:11-24).

NOTE: The translation of Enoch took place shortly before the flood (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5).

C. Post-Deluvian Dispensation (Age of Human Government)

This dispensation lasted 427 years and extends from the "Noahic Covenant" to the entrance of Abraham into the promise land. The judgment of this dispensation (the confusion of languages at the tower of Babel), seems to have taken place fairly early. If the confusion of tongues can be equated with the division of the earth in the days of Peleg (Gen. 10:25)then the tower of Babel would have been built in approximately 2260 BC. Abraham will not enter into the promise land until 1963 BC.

1. The Test: Scatter and Multiply (Genesis 8:15-9:7).

2. The Failure: They did not scatter. They decided to build a tower up to heaven (Genesis 11:1-4).

3. The Judgment: God came down and confused their communications with the creation of languages (Genesis 1:5-9). There are over 3,000 known languages and dialects in the world today.

D. Patriarchal Dispensation (Age of the Family).

This dispensation extended from the "call of Abraham" to the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, a period of 430 years (Exo.12:40) . (1963 BC - 1533 BC)

1. The Test: God commanded Abraham to dwell in Canaan where he would father a great nation (Genesis 12:1-7).

2. The Failure: Abraham chose to dwell in Egypt (Genesis 12:10; 46:6).

3. The Judgment: The children of Abraham wound up in Egyptian bondage (Exodus 1:8-14). This is a good picture of the law of reaping and sowing.

E. Legal Dispensation (Age of Law).

This dispensation extended from the exodus of the Jews from Egypt to the Cross (or to the start of the Church). This period extended from 1533 BC

[Guest Bro David™]

They will be resurrected from all dispensations to be proven they could NOT be saved by their own works and their names are NOT written in the Lamb

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BroDave -

The link is the underlined words:

Here is a breakdown of the dispensational ages.  It is from www.biblebelieversbaptist.org  >>>Dispensational Truth

(That is, move the curser over the underlined words and left click it there.)

[Guest Bro David™]

BroDave -

The link is the underlined words:

Here is a breakdown of the dispensational ages.

[Guest Bro David™]

They will be resurrected from all dispensations to be proven they could NOT be saved by their own works and their names are NOT written in the Lamb

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[Guest shiloh357]

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