![]() Dispensationalism Created a Dualistic GospelĬonsequently, a dualistic gospel emerged within the classical system. Though Christ warned of judgment on that generation if they persisted in their rejection, the leaders did indeed reject Him and thus He withdrew His offer of the Kingdom to that generation and announced judgment instead (Pentecost, Thy Kingdom Come, 1995, p. ![]() ![]() Jesus validated His offer of Himself as the Messiah by the miracles which He performed. ![]() Ryrie and Pentecost still retain this view (Pentecost, Thy Kingdom Come, 1995 Ryrie C. The postponement theory emerged as a tenet of classical dispensationalism Kingdom theology. 137) to describe the proposed parenthetical period in God’s program. Randall Price, President of World Missions, adopts the term “apostelesmatic approach” (Ryrie C. Hoyt employs the term “suspended” (Hoyt, 1977, p. Since the Davidic Kingdom was rejected, Christ, therefore, postponed the establishment of the Davidic Kingdom until the parousia of our Lord. , Biblical Kingdom Compared and Conrasted, 1994) works from a premise the Kingdom offered to Israel by Jesus was the Davidic form, that it was postponed, and that Christ’s reign as Davidic King “will coincide with the beginning of the millennial Kingdom” (p. Gaebelein declared, “Not only did John preach this Kingdom in its Jewish, earthly form, but the Lord Himself declared that it had drawn nigh” (Gabelein, 1910, pp. means the earthly Kingdom promised to Israel in the OT, over which the Messiah was to reign” (p. James Gray said (Gray, 1915), “The Kingdom of heaven. According to dispensationalism, the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are not the same, but two different concepts altogether.ĬDs perceive an earthly, Davidic form of the Kingdom that was postponed during our Lord’s ministry. However, the term, “Kingdom of heaven” is used thirty-three times by Matthew, and the phrase “Kingdom of God” is used only four times in Matthew (Chafer, 1947-1948: Gabelein, 1910)).Ĭlassical dispensationalists (CDs) saw the Kingdom of Heaven as a form of the Davidic Kingdom and the Kingdom of God as a universal, heavenly Kingdom. Mark, Luke, and John use the phrase “Kingdom of God” exclusively. ![]() The postponement theory is built on a pseudo distinction between the Kingdom of Heaven (KOH) and the Kingdom of God (KOG). Brook Stockton, Unedited Lecture Notes: Kingdom of God) Classical Dispensationalism ![]()
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