The problem with such a conclusion is that it does not account for the
biblical record.  The Church Age is a parenthetical period.  Israel
does not accept the Kingdom offer of its Messiah.  However, the promise
cannot be nulified.  (Heb 6:17-18)  The covenants made is Israel,
Mosaic excluded, were unconditional.  They labor with "I will" but
never "if you will" as within the Mosaic.  Also, the covenants were
national, not individual, in nature.  So for individuals to reject the
Messiah at His 1st advent, does not dismiss the national promise let
alone its fulfillment.  This is part of the Pauline objection in Rom
9-11 to the inferred objector at the end of Rom 8.

Yes, indeed, revelation is progressive.  However, the progressive
nature of revelation does not discount the specificity of the economic
aspects within the Eternal Decree of God.

When your view follows "as man better understood God, he better
understood how God wanted him to act", it dismisses the central
Protestant doctrine concerning the depravity of man.  Especially
concerning eschatological themes, evolution is not the result of
man-power, but rather the removal of "mystery."  Dan 12:9.  This verse
speaks of dispensational distinction, not evolution.  Man does not
evolve into "superman" to borrow a philosophic phrase.  Rather, at the
moment of eschatological dispensation distinction, "we will be changed
in a twinkling of an eye."

Philosophically and experientially, we are all dispensationist to one
degree or another.  Thus Paul wrote, "When I was a child, I use to
speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a
man, I did away with childish things."  Our very lives are
dispensational in character.  This is part and parcel of the space/time
continuum and our finite limitations.  [ Here I suggest you read,
"Dimensions of Time" by Achtner, Junz & Walter]  To look back over
one's life, he/she can easily distinquish the various dispensations
within.  Simple ones would include living with parents, college and/or
military service, marriage, retirement, loss of one's mate, etc.  Each
is a dispensation in life.  And as is in micro, so in the macro economy
of God's plan for the ages.  For there is no chance behind God.

((( s.r.c.b-s is a moderated group.  All posts are approved by a moderator. )))
(((   Read http://srcbs.org for details about this group BEFORE you post.   )))
---
þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info{at}bbsworld.com

---
 * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS
 * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 12/23/04 6:10:33 AM