The Reformed Olive Press

The Land Promises  Genesis 15:18-20- 18  On that day the  Lord  made a covenant with Abram, saying, “ T o YOUR OFFSPRING (NOT ABRAM/ABRAHAM) I givethis land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates , 19  the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,   20  the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,   21  the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” NOTE: Abraham did not receive any of the land; only his offspring Christ. Through Christ we received this inheritance (See Acts 7:5-7). Acts 7:5-7- 5 Yet he (God) gave him (Abraham) no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him , though he had no child. 6 And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years. 7 ‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall c

Dispensationalism ***This is quick summary of what Dispensationalists believe*** God’s Plan of Redemption throughout the Bible is laid out and compartmentalized into 7 particular ages/epochs/periods of time- It is the Dispensation of Innocence, Dispensation of Conscience, Dispensation of Human Government, Dispensation of Promise, Dispensation of Law, Dispensation of Grace, and the Millennial Kingdom of Christ.          You believe that Israel and the Church are two separate people          You attempt to dangerously reconfigure TV/media news information, so it can align with Biblical information or vice versa.          You believe  in multiple Jesus Second comings-Broken into two phases-technically 2-3 additional comings          You believe in multiple Judgments-2-3 additional judgments/Splitting of the Bema Seat and White Throne Judgment into different events.          You believe  in multiple Resurrections-2-3 additional resurrections         You bel

Israel and the Church are One ***The Church is the continuation and extension of the nation of Israel. The Church does not REPLACE Israel. We are one body in Christ now, not at a future time. This is problematic for Dispensationalism. We live together and go to Heaven together with God; not at separate times. *** ·          Romans 2:28-29- 28  For  NO ONE IS A JEW  who is  MERELY ONE OUTWARDLY , nor is  circumcision outward and physical .  29  But  a Jew is one inwardly , and  circumcision is a matter of the heart, BY THE SPIRIT, NOT BY THE LETTER . His praise is not from man but from God. ·    Romans 4:9-17- 9  Is this blessing then only  for the circumcised  (JEWS) , or also for the  uncircumcised  (GENTILES) ? For we say that  faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness .  10  How then was it counted to him? Was it  before  or  after  he had been  circumcised ? It was not after,  but before he was circumcised .  11  He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of