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You believe that, but is it true? No. Jesus said "this generation" will see, not the end, but the fall of the temple, and an accompanying dispersal of Israel to the ends of the earth. You will find that clearly spelled out in Luke 21. It concerned *Jesus' generation,* and not the end of the age...

"Salvation" is a bigger word than most people realize. It encompasses our right to "get to heaven," but it also encompasses a successful life lived for the Lord right here on the earth, here and now. Salvation is deliverance from a carnal lifestyle, from a life that displeases the Lord. It was...

I'm not running. It's not wise to continue to speak with a troublemaker. I'll be happy to discuss *anything* with you. I just won't do it when you ignore plain-spoken statements, and you turn around and claim I say the opposite of that. Again, I told you our spiritual transformation, our...

Thanks, I can get it now. I think my antivirus program sometimes interferes with links too much! I can see it now, and will get back with you.

You don't have to commit yourself to Hal Lindsey's timeline. It was he who claimed "this generation" in Matt 24 referred to the last generation, and to the restoration of Israel in 1948. He claimed that a generation is 40 years, based on the 40 years in the Wilderness. But 1988 came and went...

I'm starting to think you're a bit thick? I'm done with you for now. You can't comprehend a single thing I'm saying.

Not a problem. I believe you're Postrib? If so, we're on the same page there. I believe even expert Robert Gundry holds to a somewhat-Dispensationalist form of Postrib--at least he includes some elements of Dispensationalism in his Postrib arguments, although he would reject Dispensationalism as...

But that's not what the passage is saying, in context. It is saying *nations* will result, not just "nationalities," or *ethnicities.* You misunderstand. I'm saying that Paul denies ethnicity is a qualification for Salvation. I'm not talking about qualifying to *have an ethnicity!* ;) I...

Why do I have to listen carefully? I've been saying this for a long time! Unbelievers can indeed do the right thing! The whole idea of divine judgment is predicated on human choice, on the capacity of unbelievers to choose Christ and to choose to do good. When unbelievers choose to do good it...

What a dumb thing to say! You think there is no such thing as a "righteous lifestyle?" And of course, you have to make this argument by slandering me. I *never* said I believe in "self-effort." Please quote me saying this? You won't find it! So your argument is illegitimate, and based on...

You're arguing with a truism, that things that are the same cannot be different! ;) Of course that's true. But I'm trying to argue that the categories created by Dispensationalism separate things into different compartments when some of those compartments are not different at all. So...

God promised Abraham that he would become a father of "many nations." Jesus also said, at a time when Israel was failing as a nation again, that the Kingdom would be taken from them and given to a *nation* worthy of it. That "kingdom" was the Roman Empire. Paul made racial *distinctions.* He...

"Salvation" is a big word, and doesn't just refer to the atonement that qualifies us for it. It also includes the process of being delivered from sin, through sanctification and finally, through resurrection. You're mixing these things up, defining "Salvation" only in terms of what properly...

The task has not been taken away from the Jews, but away from the Jewish *nation.* Jews are still part of the Church today when they accept their Messiah Jesus. There has always been a remnant of Jews in the Church. So you can't say the Gospel has been given exclusively to the Gentiles, and not...

What does it mean to say "the age of Israel ended?" Sure, Israel as a nation is under punishment, but a remnant of Israel remains, and Israel exists as a people, and now as a nation again, just as many nations exist in the present era. This is why I don't agree with distinguishing the...

Covenant Theology seems to be part and parcel with Amillennialism, and so does not reflect a future salvation for the nation Israel. I share with Dispensationalism the hope of a future national Israel. Where Dispensationalism goes wrong is in its strict differentiation between ages of Israel...

Are you kidding? This is what I said: "We can't earn that righteousness, but we can certainly abandon our old ways for a new way of life in Jesus' righteousness. This is the transformation required to get into heaven." And you say this kind of "personal transformation" is not Salvation? You deny...

I was raised a Lutheran, but I'm respectful of the Catholic position, if I understand it correctly. There are a few good Lutherans left, but most that I've known have lost their spiritual life. So they have doctrine and platitudes. Other Christians from other persuasions believe in "accepting...

I was raised with the Lutheran truth that we can be saved, as Christians, through grace, and not have to perform in any way to qualify for this salvation. There is no law we have to meet, and no endurance record, not litmus test, to qualify us for getting through the pearly gates. And I do...

You may not have heard some of this before, but you should know that your info is based in Dispensationalism, which is a popular modern eschatology which contains a number of truths, as well as a number of errors. I can personally buy into some of its truths, but I've spent a lot of time...