Dispensationalism

Quit Quoting Jesus, He Was a Legalist Part 2

Technically none of Jesus’ teaching is for us. Let me explain.
We have to understand the dispensation of his ministry to understand his words. Jesus’ ministry was not a ministry to the church; it was to the Jews. In fact, Jesus would not minister to the Gentiles except for a few rare occasions. Some people don’t know what “dispensational theology” is, and even some have been taught to reject it.

Dispensation: a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs.
Some of the church has taught against dispensationalism based on the premise that “God does not change.” If God does not change, He cannot act distinctly different with humanity over time and be true to his word. This is one of the fundamental premises in theology that cause Christians to mix the Old and New Covenants into one hot mess. So, how does dispensational theology correct this error?

Let’s look at the American dispensation. The American government relates to the people through a constitution, bill of rights, congress, judicial system, etc. These dispensational elements do not apply in the same way to illegal immigrants or foreign visa holding visitors, as they do to American citizens because they are not part of our dispensation. We generally send them back where they came from –back to their dispensation. So what changed? The government did not change; the thing that changed was who was participating in the dispensation.

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