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Aren't pastors supposed to be apt to teach?

You jump to all sorts of incorrect conclusions. Where is the proof dispensationalism was around prior to Darby? If my research is incomplete in this area, why not fill it in rather than make wild accusations and emotional outbursts. My research into this area has encompassed a wide variety of reading, including reading the works of more dispensationalists than non-dispensationalists. The vast majority of the dispensationalist readings I've looked into all pointed to Darby as the father of dispensationalism and didn't seem to have a problem with that.

I've found it interesting in my research that dispenstionalists don't agree upon the number of dispensations or even what each dispensation actually means. That hardly sounds biblically solid and yet each group stands by their version while denouncing the other versions.

I've yet to discover any more proof that dispensationalism stems from Scripture, through Christ, the apostles and on to us any more than I've found proof of the apostolic secession the RCC claims.

Yes I am a pastor, and my charge is to teach the church that God has called me to. That doesn't mean I am responsible for YOU. You are not a member of the church here, and don't attend here. But you are really interested in learning anyway, you just want to argue the point.

See, John, there you go again, at first pretending that you can be taught, and that you are interested in being "filled in."
And then in other places you brag about studying this topic for 30 years, and reading all of this dispensational material. Considering that you are so opposed to it, I only wonder why you would waste so much valuable time reading it if it is so wrong.

Again, you accuse me of "emotional outbursts" which sure sounds good ON SCREEN, but you would have a tough time proving it. There is no emotion here. And I have ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT, but you just don't seem to get it. I don't believe in playing games. I believe in "telling it like it is," and many people just can't handle the plain truth.

Then you pretend that there is no "Scriptural proof" that Dispensationalism is indeed a Scriptural teaching.
And you accuse ME of "emotional outbursts" and over-reacting???

If our system was not Scripturally sound, then why, pray tell, does our position encompass so much Scripture?
We are not picking one or two verses here and there and erecting a system of doctrine on it.
The RCC picks Matthew 16:18 and builds their entire church on it.
The JW's pick one or two privately interpretted verses from Ecclesiastes and then tell us there is no hell.
The MOrmons pick one verse from I Cor. 15 to get their idea about "baptism from the dead."

We are NOT doing that!

I gave you enough of a start on the history side of it in Posts #109 and #115. If you are as smart as you claim to be, you can go dig up some Baptist history books and study it out for yourself.

Ryrie states that Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Clement of Alexandria held to some dispensational concepts.
Isaac Watts, David Bogue, Adam Clarke, and several others held to dispensational ideas long before Darby ever showed up.
As I mentioned before, the ideas and concepts were there prior to Darby. Darby may have systematized the ideas, and wrote particularly on this system of teaching, but that does not mean he "invented it." Certainly he played an important role in bringing it into the open, but that doesn't mean the ideas came exclusively from him. He took what he had learned from others, and put it all together for us.
He did not invent it, so just get over that.

If you really want to know more then get the book by David Walker entitled "The Bible Believer's Guide to Dispensationalism." It goes into the historical aspects of it.

Adios.
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I label you as Darbyites, or Scofieldites as they were the inventors of the system. Darby invented it, Scofield perfected it. There was no dispensationalism before Darby. The pretribulation rapture preceded Darby by a few years in the church of Edward Irving the leader of the Scottish and English pentecostal/charismatics at the time, late 1820s-early 1830s. Irving got his teaching from J. J. Ben Exzra, "A Converted Jew." but in fact a Jesuit priest writing under an assumed name. Irving taught himself Spanish in one month to be able to translate the book, so I don't expect his translation was all that accurate, although it might have as he would have had Latin and French, which you had to have to be educated in those days.

Strange - the Roman Catholic Church has placed a curse on anyone who holds to our position....
AND...
The official theological position of the RCC is the PRETERIST view!

HHHhhhmmmmm!

Adios
This topic is dead...we are only rehashing what has already been stated.
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Yes I am a pastor, and my charge is to teach the church that God has called me to. That doesn't mean I am responsible for YOU. You are not a member of the church here, and don't attend here. But you are really interested in learning anyway, you just want to argue the point.

See, John, there you go again, at first pretending that you can be taught, and that you are interested in being "filled in."
And then in other places you brag about studying this topic for 30 years, and reading all of this dispensational material. Considering that you are so opposed to it, I only wonder why you would waste so much valuable time reading it if it is so wrong.

Again, you accuse me of "emotional outbursts" which sure sounds good ON SCREEN, but you would have a tough time proving it. There is no emotion here. And I have ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT, but you just don't seem to get it. I don't believe in playing games. I believe in "telling it like it is," and many people just can't handle the plain truth.

Then you pretend that there is no "Scriptural proof" that Dispensationalism is indeed a Scriptural teaching.
And you accuse ME of "emotional outbursts" and over-reacting???

If our system was not Scripturally sound, then why, pray tell, does our position encompass so much Scripture?
We are not picking one or two verses here and there and erecting a system of doctrine on it.
The RCC picks Matthew 16:18 and builds their entire church on it.
The JW's pick one or two privately interpretted verses from Ecclesiastes and then tell us there is no hell.
The MOrmons pick one verse from I Cor. 15 to get their idea about "baptism from the dead."

We are NOT doing that!

I gave you enough of a start on the history side of it in Posts #109 and #115. If you are as smart as you claim to be, you can go dig up some Baptist history books and study it out for yourself.

Ryrie states that Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Clement of Alexandria held to some dispensational concepts.
Isaac Watts, David Bogue, Adam Clarke, and several others held to dispensational ideas long before Darby ever showed up.
As I mentioned before, the ideas and concepts were there prior to Darby. Darby may have systematized the ideas, and wrote particularly on this system of teaching, but that does not mean he "invented it." Certainly he played an important role in bringing it into the open, but that doesn't mean the ideas came exclusively from him. He took what he had learned from others, and put it all together for us.
He did not invent it, so just get over that.

If you really want to know more then get the book by David Walker entitled "The Bible Believer's Guide to Dispensationalism." It goes into the historical aspects of it.

Adios.

I'm thankful our pastor doesn't take this sort of attitude with brothers/sisters in Christ who are not in our church.

Apparently talking with Rick or others would be more beneficial since you are unwilling or unable to rightly do so. In nearly every post you have made towards me you have come to wrong conclusion and made wrong statements because you apparently have some preconcieved idea of how everyone else is thinking. Sorry to inform you, but you are way off base and unbiblical in your approach.

Being American, I'll say good-bye.
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You didn't say anything new in that post so there was no reason to address it. We are at an impasse; both sides have presented the evidence ad nauseam for their interpretation based on the text alone. There's nowhere left to go on the text by itself. The only place to go from here is to consider how the rest of the Bible must be interpreted as based upon the two views of the text.

I see them as follows:

1. You believe God is not sincere in His offers, I disagree.

2. You believe all the promises to the nation of Israel have been fulfilled or transferred to the church, I disagree.

3. You believe there is no future seven year Tribulation period, no future Antichrist, and that everything before Revelation 20 and all of Matthew 24 have been fulfilled completely, I disagree.

These are the supporting views to our different interpretations, and as such I don't see any middle ground. If someone takes up your view on the text they must by default take up the other supporting beliefs. Your view cannot stand without them, and neither can mine.

None of us have anything new to say on the text by itself, so there's nowhere to go there. On the above three points you have been skunked several times in the past, so there's nowhere to go there either.

Therefore, in all areas of this discussion there is nowhere to go. If you want to declare victory because some of us are getting bored, go ahead.

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I actually see room for common ground in some of what you have said, perhaps in another thread we will have the opportunity to discuss this in more depth. I agree with you that this particular thread seems to have run its course.
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I'm thankful our pastor doesn't take this sort of attitude with brothers/sisters in Christ who are not in our church.

Apparently talking with Rick or others would be more beneficial since you are unwilling or unable to rightly do so. In nearly every post you have made towards me you have come to wrong conclusion and made wrong statements because you apparently have some preconcieved idea of how everyone else is thinking. Sorry to inform you, but you are way off base and unbiblical in your approach.

Being American, I'll say good-bye.

THis could all be avoided if you would stop the childish labelling of "Darbyism." I am willing to teach those who are willing to listen...
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I need to reply to this - not for Rick & Steve - but to correct the false statements being made for the benefit of those genuinely interested in the discussion.




You didn't say anything new in that post so there was no reason to address it.
I did show that the 70 weeks prophecy needed no gaps - not 2,000 years nor 40 years if we simply read it as true & authoritative Scripture. Rick claimed that Jesus' reference to Daniel's prophecy in Mat. 24:15 is to Dan. 9. It isn't - it's Dan. 11. The reference to Dan. 9 is in Mat. 23. He doesn't understand the obvious difference between singular & plural abominations. Jesus has specified the abominations in Mat. 23 before declaring the house desolate.
15
When ye therefore shall see
the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16
Then let them which be in Judaea flee i
nt
o the mou
nt
ains:


Dan. 11:
31
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place
the abomination
that maketh desolate.


Dan 9:
27
And he shall confirm the covena
nt
with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
ob
lation to cease, and for
the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate
, even u
nt
il the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.


Mat. 23:
38
Behold, your house is left u
nt
o you desolate.


We are at an impasse; both sides have presented the evidence ad nauseam for their interpretation based on the text alone.

There's nowhere left to go on the text by itself. The only place to go from here is to consider how the rest of the Bible must be interpreted as based upon the two views of the text.

I see them as follows:

1. You believe God is not sincere in His offers, I disagree.
Not true - I maintain that God's promises are faithfully fulfilled in Christ to all believers - Jew & Gentile as the redeemed people of God. Rick teaches that God's promises to 1,000 generations do not apply to the 100 generations between Calvary & the second coming, & that then many of the Jews who returned to the land ready for Messiah will be slaughtered. (OK Invicta, 25-30 & counting).

2. You believe all the promises to the nation of Israel have been fulfilled or transferred to the church, I disagree.I believe all the promises to Israel are fulfilled in Christ & only in Christ, with the Gentiles being counted in. Complete fulfilment will only be in the NH&NE, not some half-way house millennium where everything goes wrong again.

3. You believe there is no future seven year Tribulation period, - you're right there - no future Antichrist, - just many antichrists - and that everything before Revelation 20 - we haven't discussed Revelation thoroughly, but much clearly refers to events before AD 70 - e.g. the destruction in Rev. 11; & Rev. 20 is a reiteration of Rev.19 - and all of Matthew 24 - only up to v. 34 (this generation), the rest is instruction for everyone until the Lord returns - have been fulfilled completely, I disagree.

These are the supporting views to our different interpretations, and as such I don't see any middle ground. If someone takes up your view on the text they must by default take up the other supporting beliefs. Your view cannot stand without them, and neither can mine.

None of us have anything new to say on the text by itself, so there's nowhere to go there. On the above three points you have been skunked several times in the past, so there's nowhere to go there either.
I don't understand your American expletives, but I assume you are being offensive. I recommend you junk the Scofield Kool-Aid - it's poisoning many more than the Jones-town victims.

Therefore, in all areas of this discussion there is nowhere to go. If you want to declare victory because some of us are getting bored, go ahead.
I'm not interested in personal victory, but the truth of the Word of God. I'll just add our Lord's command for all the generations between Olivet & his glorious return:
Mark 13:
31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall n
ot
pass away.

32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, n
ot
the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know n
ot
when the time is.

34
For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his serva
nt
s, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35
Watch ye therefore: for ye know n
ot
when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

36
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

37
And what I say u
nt
o you I say u
nt
o all, Watch.


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THis could all be avoided if you would stop the childish labelling of "Darbyism." I am willing to teach those who are willing to listen...

I'm sorry you take offense to the term Darbyism. I've spoke with many dispensationalists and they not only have no problem with the term Darbyism, some use it themselves. The two are often used interchangably so the only childishness involved here is possibly your reaction to the term.

I've read every post put forth and asked questions in an attempt to learn yet you seem more interested in jumping to wrong conclusions about others intentions or reinterpreting their clear statements to mean something not intended at all.

The way you have responded in most of your posts gives one the impression you are very insecure in your position. This may not be the case, but in most cases when one responds in the manner you have it's an indication their viewpoint isn't as solid as they would like.

I certainly hope you aren't so wrongly judgemental of those who ask you questions in person. In any case, you have utterly failed to provide any compelling evidence dispensationalism is biblical. That is not to say that some of the conclusions dispensationalists eventually come to in regard to other matters may not hold some validity, but as to dispensationalism itself, no biblical foundation has been established.

That said, I remain open to learning, but like the Bereans, I'm going to study all things (whether dispensationalism, end times, baptism or anything else) presented in the light of Scripture.
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Just when I thought I was done with this thread....

Ian said:

I did show that the 70 weeks prophecy needed no gaps - not 2,000 years nor 40 years if we simply read it as true & authoritative Scripture. Rick claimed that Jesus' reference to Daniel's prophecy in Mat. 24:15 is to Dan. 9. It isn't - it's Dan. 11. The reference to Dan. 9 is in Mat. 23. He doesn't understand the obvious difference between singular & plural abominations. Jesus has specified the abominations in Mat. 23 before declaring the house desolate.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Dan. 11: 31And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Dan 9:27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Mat. 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.


Thanks for putting the Daniel 11 passage in there; it actually helps my case more than yours. Jesus claims that Daniel's abomination of desolation is future from when Jesus mentioned it; we both agree on that, so it's not Antiochus Epiphanies or someone like that. I'm pretty sure you put it with the high priest or someone, and you have it happening at or before 70 A.D.

You've already committed to the fact that Daniel 11 is a reference to the A of D, but that creates some problems for you:

1. Daniel 11 has the abomination of desolation happening at the same time that the daily sacrifices are taken away, which ties in exactly my interpretation of Daniel 9.

Dan. 11:31, "And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."

2. It's not Jesus taking away the sacrifice here, it's "him," a person. As in the prince that shall come, the Antichrist. That ties in perfectly.

Daniel 11:30-32, "For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31) And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32) And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."

The holy covenant here is the New Covenant. While as Jews inwardly we do get in on it to some degree, the New Covenant is spoken of in Hebrews as being for the Jews as a nation and that the day will come when the nation as a whole will get a new heart, etc. Here we have a man going after people who are adherents to the holy covenant, and then he takes away a daily sacrifice, setting up the abomination of desolation.

let me reiterate: the person who is taking away the daily sacrifice here is the same person who:

1. Is angry with holy covenant and works against it.
2. Cooperates with those that work against the holy covenant and flatters and deceives them.
3. Sets up the abomination of desolation.

This is not God confirming a covenant for seven years and then the Messiah being crucified half way through to end the sacrifices. It’s the Antichrist working against the people of God and trying to wipe out the Jews. From my understanding the first half of Daniel 11 is historical and has been fulfilled, but when Daniel changes channels, so to speak, and mentions the Abomination of Desolation, the rest of the chapter is a perfect description of the future Son of Perdition mentioned by Paul. If I were you, I'd stay as far away from Daniel 11 as I could, it all ties in with Daniel 9 being exactly what we've been saying it is this whole time.

In other words, once again, the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24, Revelation 13) does in fact occur within the 70th week, and it is the Roman prince that shall come (the Antichrist) that confirms the covenant for seven years and then take away the daily sacrifice and declares himself to be God (I Thess. 2) half way through.

I would encourage the reader to check out for more on this.



Ian also said:

I maintain that God's promises are faithfully fulfilled in Christ to all believers - Jew & Gentile as the redeemed people of God. Rick teaches that God's promises to 1,000 generations do not apply to the 100 generations between Calvary & the second coming, & that then many of the Jews who returned to the land ready for Messiah will be slaughtered. (OK Invicta, 25-30 & counting).


Who said anything about God's promises to believers? That's not what I was talking about. Of course we both believe that God keeps His promises, I think we both do at least. You might not believe in Eternal Security, which is a whole other can of worms, but if you don't then you don't think God keeps His promises either.

Regardless, I said you don't believe God's invitations are sincere. If God offers something, I believe He is fully capable of allowing a person to take Him up on the offer, and that He is fully capable and willing to keep His side of the offer. God offered the Messiah to Israel, and I believe that God was sincere in that offer. You believe God offered the Messiah, but at the same time predestined Israel to reject Him. That would mean you believe God is not always sincere when He offers things.

As far as the thousand generations thing, that doesn't prove anything on your part. I believe, sometimes to the chagrin of my friends on this side of the room, that there is such a thing as a "spiritual Israel," and that is what this is talking about. It is those that are "Jews inwardly," it is the spiritual side of the New Covenant which comes to us as being of the spiritual seed of Abraham. This is why many of the things in the Old Testament do apply to us when they are speaking of spiritual promises to the children of Israel. God keeping His covenant and mercies for a thousand generations (40,000 -100,000 years) is very true, and will go on throughout the New Heavens and New Earth while natural human beings reproduce and glorify God.

Anyways, I'll probably be checking out now.

I'm having tacos tonight, that should be awesome.

I really like tacos. Do you like tacos, Ian?

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You've already committed to the fact that Daniel 11 is a reference to the A of D, but that creates some problems for you:

1. Daniel 11 has the abomination of desolation happening at the same time that the daily sacrifices are taken away, which ties in exactly my interpretation of Daniel 9.

Dan. 11:31, "And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."

2. It's not Jesus taking away the sacrifice here, it's "him," a person. As in the prince that shall come, the Antichrist. That ties in perfectly.

Daniel 11:30-32, "For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31) And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32) And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."


Agreed, the abomination of desolation was in place at the time the sacrifice was taken away. The Roman armies were surrounding Jerusalem at the time the sacrifice failed. The Jews saw the armies surrounding Jerusalem. (When you see....) The Roman armies were a pagan abomination. Jerusalem was made desolate by them.

You also said 2. It's not Jesus taking away the sacrifice here, it's "him," a person. As in the prince that shall come, the Antichrist. That ties in perfectly. Actually it does not say him, it says they. In verse 30, we have the ships of Chittim, the Romans, coming against him, Antiochus, when he was attempting to conquer Egypt. The Roman general drew a line in the sand in front of him and ordered him not to cross it He, Antiochus, was agrieved and returned to Jerusalem and took it out on the Jews.

and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. They could apply to Antiochus and the Romans, however as the abomination is singular and was still in the future when Jesus mentioned it, it could only apply to the Romans. As Luke mentions "armies" the "arns" in Daniel must refer to the Roman arms.

The abomination was not one of the items mentioned in Dan. 9:24, so did not have to take place in any of the seventy weeks, but was a concequence of the events that were included.
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Just when I thought I was done with this thread....

Ian said:

I did show that the 70 weeks prophecy needed no gaps - not 2,000 years nor 40 years if we simply read it as true & authoritative Scripture. Rick claimed that Jesus' reference to Daniel's prophecy in Mat. 24:15 is to Dan. 9. It isn't - it's Dan. 11. The reference to Dan. 9 is in Mat. 23. He doesn't understand the obvious difference between singular & plural abominations. Jesus has specified the abominations in Mat. 23 before declaring the house desolate.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Dan. 11: 31And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Dan 9:27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Mat. 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.


Thanks for putting the Daniel 11 passage in there; it actually helps my case more than yours. Jesus claims that Daniel's abomination of desolation is future from when Jesus mentioned it; we both agree on that, so it's not Antiochus Epiphanies or someone like that. I'm pretty sure you put it with the high priest or someone, and you have it happening at or before 70 A.D.

You've already committed to the fact that Daniel 11 is a reference to the A of D, but that creates some problems for you:

1. Daniel 11 has the abomination of desolation happening at the same time that the daily sacrifices are taken away, which ties in exactly my interpretation of Daniel 9.

Dan. 11:31, "And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."

2. It's not Jesus taking away the sacrifice here, it's "him," a person. As in the prince that shall come, the Antichrist. That ties in perfectly.

Daniel 11:30-32, "For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31) And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32) And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."

The holy covenant here is the New Covenant. While as Jews inwardly we do get in on it to some degree, the New Covenant is spoken of in Hebrews as being for the Jews as a nation and that the day will come when the nation as a whole will get a new heart, etc. Here we have a man going after people who are adherents to the holy covenant, and then he takes away a daily sacrifice, setting up the abomination of desolation.

let me reiterate: the person who is taking away the daily sacrifice here is the same person who:

1. Is angry with holy covenant and works against it.
2. Cooperates with those that work against the holy covenant and flatters and deceives them.
3. Sets up the abomination of desolation.

This is not God confirming a covenant for seven years and then the Messiah being crucified half way through to end the sacrifices. It’s the Antichrist working against the people of God and trying to wipe out the Jews. From my understanding the first half of Daniel 11 is historical and has been fulfilled, but when Daniel changes channels, so to speak, and mentions the Abomination of Desolation, the rest of the chapter is a perfect description of the future Son of Perdition mentioned by Paul. If I were you, I'd stay as far away from Daniel 11 as I could, it all ties in with Daniel 9 being exactly what we've been saying it is this whole time.

In other words, once again, the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24, Revelation 13) does in fact occur within the 70th week, and it is the Roman prince that shall come (the Antichrist) that confirms the covenant for seven years and then take away the daily sacrifice and declares himself to be God (I Thess. 2) half way through.

I would encourage the reader to check out for more on this.



Ian also said:

I maintain that God's promises are faithfully fulfilled in Christ to all believers - Jew & Gentile as the redeemed people of God. Rick teaches that God's promises to 1,000 generations do not apply to the 100 generations between Calvary & the second coming, & that then many of the Jews who returned to the land ready for Messiah will be slaughtered. (OK Invicta, 25-30 & counting).


Who said anything about God's promises to believers? That's not what I was talking about. Of course we both believe that God keeps His promises, I think we both do at least. You might not believe in Eternal Security, which is a whole other can of worms, but if you don't then you don't think God keeps His promises either.

Regardless, I said you don't believe God's invitations are sincere. If God offers something, I believe He is fully capable of allowing a person to take Him up on the offer, and that He is fully capable and willing to keep His side of the offer. God offered the Messiah to Israel, and I believe that God was sincere in that offer. You believe God offered the Messiah, but at the same time predestined Israel to reject Him. That would mean you believe God is not always sincere when He offers things.

As far as the thousand generations thing, that doesn't prove anything on your part. I believe, sometimes to the chagrin of my friends on this side of the room, that there is such a thing as a "spiritual Israel," and that is what this is talking about. It is those that are "Jews inwardly," it is the spiritual side of the New Covenant which comes to us as being of the spiritual seed of Abraham. This is why many of the things in the Old Testament do apply to us when they are speaking of spiritual promises to the children of Israel. God keeping His covenant and mercies for a thousand generations (40,000 -100,000 years) is very true, and will go on throughout the New Heavens and New Earth while natural human beings reproduce and glorify God.

Anyways, I'll probably be checking out now.

I'm having tacos tonight, that should be awesome.

I really like tacos. Do you like tacos, Ian?

While I find some agreement with you here, I still don't see where God indicates the 70 weeks are anything but literal. I'll continue to study this but even though some things don't necessarily seem to fit, I don't see where God indicates the 70 weeks itself is anything but literal. How can it be called 70 weeks when it's actually hundreds of weeks? Why are the first 69 weeks literal and yet we are to see the 70th weeks as not literally following the other 69 even though God doesn't say that?

As to some other apsects, we could probably find agreement.

To clarify, what do you mean by natural human beings reproducing throughout the New Heaven and New Earth? Isn't that something that's only supposed to happen during the thousand years?
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THis could all be avoided if you would stop the childish labelling of "Darbyism." I am willing to teach those who are willing to listen...


You object to being labelled a Darbyist because you follow the man made teachings of Darby, yet those of us who believe the bible's teaching on predestination are labelled Calvinists.
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I do know a former pastor who thought that the AofD was in the seventy weeks, but to get that, he said that the 70th week was one of unknown duration, known only to God.

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I'm sorry you take offense to the term Darbyism. I've spoke with many dispensationalists and they not only have no problem with the term Darbyism, some use it themselves. The two are often used interchangably so the only childishness involved here is possibly your reaction to the term.

I've read every post put forth and asked questions in an attempt to learn yet you seem more interested in jumping to wrong conclusions about others intentions or reinterpreting their clear statements to mean something not intended at all.

The way you have responded in most of your posts gives one the impression you are very insecure in your position. This may not be the case, but in most cases when one responds in the manner you have it's an indication their viewpoint isn't as solid as they would like.

I certainly hope you aren't so wrongly judgemental of those who ask you questions in person. In any case, you have utterly failed to provide any compelling evidence dispensationalism is biblical. That is not to say that some of the conclusions dispensationalists eventually come to in regard to other matters may not hold some validity, but as to dispensationalism itself, no biblical foundation has been established.

That said, I remain open to learning, but like the Bereans, I'm going to study all things (whether dispensationalism, end times, baptism or anything else) presented in the light of Scripture.


Look, I know a lot of Baptists who believe the Baptists as a denomination started in the 1500's or 1600's. I disagree with that idea based upon the history I have read from several sources, sometimes from sources who are anti-Baptist. I can have grace with these people though since they are only repeating what they have heard. If I get the opportunity, I will give them a different perspective of Baptist History, and explain my side of the story, based upon the information I have come across. Generally speaking, they will take this new information ("new" to them!), and either be more considerate in my presence, or go do some digging themselves.
The people you have spoken to who accept the term "Darbyism" as appropriate simply do not know their history. I do not fault them for that - I fault their teachers.
I lay no blame at your feet for repeating that label, because, after all, it is repeated throughout most IFB circles, even by dispensationalists.
That does not mean that the label is correct or accurate. Remember, to the victors go the spoils. Within Christianity as a whole, Dispensationalists hold a very small minority. Therefore the opponents to Dispensationalism have all the tools to dismantle and discredit our system, with little fear of reprisals, corrections, or rebukes. They control the playing field. Unfortunately, just as many Baptists lost sight of their true history and heritage, so have many of the leading dispensationalists, and they have accepted the label "Darbyism" and the false history.

So I don't BLAME you for throwing that label out. However, after I take pains to correct you, and offer a reason for not accepting that label, my expectation is that you would take that into consideration, and then either ask more questions about WHY I don't accept that term, or question your own research, or try to find different sources, or (preferably) all of the above.
You didn't do that...you just kept repeating the same label.....as if I had said nothing.
I do not expect everyone to agree with me on everything - especially on these difficult subjects.
However, I don't like to be ignored either, and that is exactly how I feel you have treated me in regards to this "Darbyism" stuff.
I can have patience with that, but when I have offered an alternative view to that name, and even supplied my source, and even given you a broader definition of "dispensationalism" you continue to throw that name out there.
Well, using the term "Darbyism" is in fact a derogatory term for Dispensationalism that implies that this Scriptural system of interpretting Scripture is a man-made system. It is not. Our system is built upon the Scriptures. I have already demonstrated that our approach to Scripture is nothing like the RCC, JW's. Mormons, etc. We don't take one verse and build some kooky cult out of it, as they do.

You say that you put forth your questions "in an attempt to learn," and I say "learn what?"
You are very decidely AGAINST dispensationalism - you can't hide that. In fact, on the other thread you state it quite clearly.
So I really don't know what it is that you are "attempting to learn" since you dismiss our answers very quickly and state your answer after you slam dispensationalism.

It is not my intention to be mean to you on a personal level.
As far as how I respond to other people - that is between me and the Lord. The Lord rebukes me when I am wrong, but I have been rough with some people, and they needed it, and the Lord didn't rebuke me for it either.

Pr 26:4 ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Pr 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

There is a time to be patient, gracious, kind, gentle, etc....
And there is a time when a sledgehammer is appropriate.

So don't try to label me as "insecure" or "arrogant" or any of that nonsense. If I am not sure about something, I keep my mouth shut.
I would not participate in these threads if I was NOT sure of my position.
So, AGAIN, you are imposing YOUR emotion and YOUR assumptions into my posts. It is unwise to do so.
I do not fit ANY molds, stereotypes, etc. I have been married for 16 years, and my wife STILL has not figured me out completely. I don't fit any of the "corporate molds" for my company. I can get away with things at my job that most people would never DREAM of doing.
I can't explain it, but I am the Maverick. I don't fit into any of the typical "categories."
I am not angry - I am passionate and forceful.
I am not insecure - I am extremely secure on the things I speak about. In fact, I am absolutely dogmatic about it.
I am not "judgmental" - I am extremely intuitive about people and what they are up to, and where they are headed. Yes, my intuition is sometimes wrong, and I am cautious about it, but 98% of the time, it is dead on. (I speak as a fool...I am only attempting to help you understand where I am coming from....) The problem is that I can typically spot a fakir a mile away, and rat them out before they can stir up any mischief....and they HATE that. (I am not accusing you of being a fakir...again, insight.)
I am not proud or arrogant - I am confident of my gifts, and cognizant of my weaknesses. I use my gifts to the best of my abilities for maximum results, and try to shore up or protect myself from exposing my weaknesses (which I am not good at!) As Paul said, "By the grace of God I am what I am..." (I Cor. 15:10)
I AM a reactionary - I have a tendency to react instead of respond....and that does get me into trouble sometimes, but I am working on it....as bad as I am about this now, I was much worse in times past (having a good wife helps!)

As far "utterly failing" to provide Scriptural proof for dispensationalism:
1. I was not trying to prove the system as a whole, only offer my insight on the passages in question
2. You rejected dispensationalism a long time ago, and I don't think anyone can change your mind about it. So why pretend to be "open" about it, when you really are not?

Just askin!
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I've found no reason to believe dispensationalism is biblical or the concept existed prior to Darby. As I've studied the concept of dispensationalsim comes up as beginning with Darby, as even many of his contemporaries attest. At the time Darby put forth his ideas of dispensationalism virtually all conservative pastors/churches rejected what they called a new and unbiblical teaching. It was only a few of the liberal pastors/churches who accepted this, most of them being of the Brethren. Further study indicates the idea of dispensationalism didn't really catch on in any broad manner, or outside the more liberal churches, until Scofield adopted the idea and incorporated it into his study Bible. Of course Scofield also incorporated an evolutionistic gap in the creation account too.

At the same time, I've also studied the history of Baptists. While some new Baptists came out of the Reformation, even many of them came about because of the existence of Baptists prior to the Reformation. At least several hundred years prior to the Reformation there were Baptists, as even is evident by the writings of some in the RCC who had spent those years persecuting Baptists. Prior to that, there is no direct evidence of any Christians known as Baptists, but there is some possible evidence to show where Christians known by other names earlier on were among those who eventually came to be known as Baptist. There is room for debate on some matters between those Christians from the time of the Apostles to the time when some were actually known as Baptists, but there is no room for debate as to whether or not there were Baptists prior to the Reformation.

Now, I point this out, per your example, as an example of how my own studies have progressed from not knowing Baptists had been around that long to studying the evidence and learning they have. At the same time, I've also studied dispensationalism and as I've mentioned, I've not found proof of it prior to Darby.

When I study a subject or topic I study to see where the evidence leads, not to prove something is or isn't true. Thus far, as stated above, I've found the evidence proves Baptists existed prior to the Reformation, but I've not found proof that dispensationalism existed prior to Darby.

That said, in yet another post you jump to wrong conclusions and fail to take the opportunity to teach, if you have anything to teach in this area.

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before the reformation I cannot find they were called Baptists.

They were called Paulicians, Cathari, Publinani, Albigenses, Bogomils, Waldensians, Pauvre, Humiliati, Petrobrussians, and other names. Justin Martyr mentions Baptism. Even Rome's ambassador who converted England to RCism, Augustine, I call him Austin, (which was probably how it was pronounced) to distinguish hime from the other Augustine, practised baptism. Austin baptised 10,000, we read, in the Swale in Kent, including the king of Kent, and another 10,000 in the river Swale in Yorkshire, including the king of Northumbria. 10,000 seems somewhat doubtful as when I seen the number in Roman numerals, it was XM which acording to my understanding is 990.

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