tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post7007012813594942893..comments2023-10-02T22:27:44.618-04:00Comments on AgainstDispensationalism.com: Anti-Semitism and DispensationalismNiceneCouncil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520465956622728760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-83404074936557390622011-08-23T19:52:33.598-04:002011-08-23T19:52:33.598-04:00Hi Dr. Gentry, thanks for your great blog and all ...Hi Dr. Gentry, thanks for your great blog and all these useful resources on understanding the problems with dispensationalism. I did have one question that I haven't seen addressed elsewhere on the site. How do you deal with Romans 11:25-32? This is one of the few passages that seems to back up the dispie ideas, but while I suspect I'm reading it wrong I can't find much of anything offering a non-dispensational interpretation of this passage. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129703136605609644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-83584678175601802602011-07-21T10:56:13.624-04:002011-07-21T10:56:13.624-04:00Joe:
Thanks for your comment. Good thought, but un...Joe:<br />Thanks for your comment. Good thought, but unfortunately it is mistaken. <br /><br />It is mistaken both theologically and exegetically. That is, it is mistaken in terms of what dispensationalists themselves teach (theologically) and in terms of what the Zechariah 13 passage itself states (exegetically).<br /><br />Walvoord in his <i>Prophecy Knowledge Handbook</i> (p. 332) states: “It was prophesied that two-thirds of Israel in the land will perish.” <br /><br />Zechariah 13 is dealing with “Jerusalem” (Zech 13:1) and “the land” (Zech 13:2). In fact, the very verse in question (Zech 13:8) expressly declares: “And it will come about <b>in all the land</b>," Declares the Lord, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.”<br /><br />Ken GentryNiceneCouncil.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520465956622728760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-37531022862787790232011-07-21T10:02:25.651-04:002011-07-21T10:02:25.651-04:00In addition to this, I see an issue with regard to...In addition to this, I see an issue with regard to the term 'replacement theology'. For those who believe in a premillenial eschatology, when the remaining 1/3rd of jews recieve Christ after the rapture, won't that mean that they become Christians? <br /><br />So, according to Dispensationalism:<br /><br />The Jews rejected Christ, then the Christians replaced them whilst the Jews were set aside, then the Christians all get raptured and then, after most of them are wiped out, the Jews become Christians? Right? <br /><br />I dunno. My understanding from Romans is that we as believers are all grafted into the olive tree, both Jew and Gentile under the New Covenant in Christ. If anyone can be accused of 'replacement theology' it's the dispensationalists.<br /><br />Just a thought..... <br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034932256870184515.post-15710151372312612292011-07-20T17:38:52.243-04:002011-07-20T17:38:52.243-04:00Dr. Gentry,
I see your point. But if anti-semitis...Dr. Gentry,<br /><br />I see your point. But if anti-semitism and persecution of Jews becomes a major problem again in the future, does it matter where they are living? When Hitler persecuted them, there was no "Israel" and most Jews were scattered throughout Europe in numerous countries. Yet look what Hitler managed to do. I have read statistics that almost two-thirds of Jews died in the holocaust, which occurred only decades ago. <br /><br />So, as I see it, whether the majority of Jews live in Palestine or if most live scattered all over the world, if a world-wide movement against them occurs again, it won't matter where they are living. <br /><br />JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com