Dispensationalism

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    Dispensationalism means "administration." It refers to different ways that God administers His plan in history. But it is important to note; it is a human-made theological construct in organizing and understanding God's work. This especially deals with God's management of the family of God throughout Biblical history. Traditionally, Dispensationalism divides humankind's history into seven distinct dispensations, and each has a purpose in the overall human drama of biblical history. The most commonly thought of is the dispensation of Law and the dispensation of Grace. The purposes of our study here are limited to Law and Grace. 

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John Nelson Darby

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  Dispensationalism developed as a system from the teachings of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) and his view of Isaiah 32.                According to Darby, it required a future fulfillment and a realization of Israel’s kingdom. He saw the New Testament church in a separate program unrelated to that kingdom. Thus, there was a prophetic earthly kingdom program for Israel and a separate “mystery” heavenly program for the church. 

 

   To not conflate the two programs, the prophetic program must be put on hold to allow the church to exist. Then the church must be raptured away before the prophecy can resume its earthly program for Israel.  Therefore, following the rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18), God will turn His attention on Israel and the Jewish people, thereby finally restoring Israel to fulfill Isaiah 32.

 

This view, however, destroys Romans 1:16 (To the Jew First) and places the responsibility for Jewish salvation solely upon God following a set of future events. If the door of salvation to the Jew has been closed until these events transpire, we cannot explain away the millions of Jews that have been getting saved since the Messiah’s first advent. We acknowledge, there is a hardening in part that prevents all Israel from getting saved, but a remnant has always existed, a number that no one can count that remains open to the light of the Messiah during this present age. 

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Dispensationalism Has The

Following Prerequisites.

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1. Full Number of the Gentiles Must Come In: Romans 11:25 -26, “ For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery — so that you will not be wise in your own estimation — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26  and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, “THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”

 

  2. The Tribulation Must Occur (Revelation chapters 6–19.) Believers who have been raised together with

    living believers and transformed are now caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (I Thessalonians

   4:16-17). After this meeting in the air, the raptured church continues to be with Christ as he completes his descent      to earth. Further, the raptured believers are judged for their works according to

    (2 Corinthians 5:10).

   

   3. The Church Must Be Raptured: With the Church raptured, Israel now enters a final preparation period through

      the Great Tribulation trials. The trials during this time are also called Jacob's  Trouble  Day of the Lord,

       [1].  Out of this time of great wrath Israel will be humbled through great suffering and will finally acknowledge

      the one whom they have pierced, and the second coming of the Messiah will commence when all

      Israel will be saved.

    

       Notably:  The remnant of Israel who survives the tribulation will be saved, and the Lord will establish

       His kingdom on this earth with Jerusalem as its capital. With Yeshua reigning as King, Israel will be the

       leading nation, and representatives from all nations will come to Jerusalem to honor and worship the King—

       Jesus Christ. The church will return with Christ and will reign with Him for a literal thousand years (Revelation

        20:1–5).

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​[1] Isa. 2:12; 13:6,9; Ezek. 13:5; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14; Amos 5:18, 20; Zephaniah 1:7, 14; Zechariah. 14:1; and Malachi.4:5. Some of the passages that mention the Day of the Lord in the New Testament include Acts 2:20; 2 Thessalonians. 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10.

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