The Inconsistencies of the Dispensationalist Eschatological Timeline Part 1

The Inconsistencies of the Dispensationalist Eschatological Timeline

The Resurrection

John 5:28-29-²⁸ Do not marvel at this, for AN HOUR is coming when ALL who are in the tombs WILL HEAR HIS VOICE²⁹ and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.NOTE: No silent rapture. Compare this with 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.

Daniel 12:2-3- ² And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.³ And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

 

Acts 24:14-15-¹⁴But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, ¹⁵ having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

NOTE: No indication that they are separate events at separate times.

John 6:39-40³⁹ And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:44-⁴⁴ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

John 6:54-⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 11:24-²⁴ Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

Judgment

Matthew 7:22-²²On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

John 12:48-⁴⁸The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

1 Corinthians 5:5-⁵ you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:8 ⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to ALL who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 1:18-¹⁸May the Lord grantOnesiphorusHis mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

2 Peter 3:10-. ¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Compare this with1 Thessalonians 5:2-3.

2 Thessalonians 1:9-⁹They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰when he comes on THAT DAY to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

Matthew 25:31-46-(Judgment of the Nations-Sheep/Goats) ³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ ⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ ⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 13:24-30*(The Parable of the Weeds)-²⁴ He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵ but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. ²⁶ So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. ²⁷ And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ ²⁸ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ ²⁹ But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. ³⁰Let BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be BURNED, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

Matthew 13:36-43-The Explanation of The Parable of the Weeds-³⁶ Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” ³⁷ He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is THE END OF THE AGE, and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom ALL causes of sin and ALL law-breakers, ⁴² and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.⁴³ Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.NOTE: This includes the Devil. This is the ultimate end. In Revelation 20:11-15, the Great White Throne Judgment takes place AFTER the millennial age, which is described in Revelation 20:1-10. However, in Matthew 25,the judgment happens at Christ’s second coming. This means that the millennial age described in Revelation 20:1-10 is happening right NOW before the second coming of Christ. At the second coming, unbelievers will be judged and cast into the lake of fire for all eternity while the redeemed will have eternal life in God’s new Heavens and new Earth. There is no room for an earthly millennial reign between Christ’s second coming and the restored creation.

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Hebrews 2:14-15-¹⁴ Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

Hebrew 2:7-8-⁷ You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,⁸ putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he LEFT NOTHING outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

1 Corinthians 15:22-28-²²For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, THEN AT HIS COMING those who belong to Christ. ²⁴THEN COMES THE END, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign UNTIL he has put ALL (NOT SOME) his enemies under his feet. ²⁶THE LAST ENEMY to be destroyed is DEATH. ²⁷ For “God has put ALL things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put ALL things in subjection under him. ²⁸ When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

Hebrews 10:11-13-¹¹And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ¹² But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³WAITING FROM THAT TIME UNTILhis enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.NOTE: Once he comes back it’s the end. He is not making multiple visits or giving last chances. This is the ultimate, final end.

Ephesians 1:20 ²⁰ that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.NOTE: Christ is waiting until the end to come back. Not to come, leave, and come back again.

1 Corinthians 15:50-58-⁵⁰I tell you this, brothers: FLESH AND BLOOD cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall ALL (NOT SOME) be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, THENSHALL COME TO PASS the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” ⁵⁵ “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. NOTE: IF Christ has returned, you get your new resurrected body and its God declaration that Death is gone forever.

NOTE: How could it even be possible to sin during the Millennial kingdom IF SIN IS DEAD when Christ has returned? Did he just come back too soon? How could there even be a 2^ndFall during the Millennial Kingdom if sin was declared dead when ALL believers received their new resurrected bodies? I know the resurrected believers cannot sin. I’m talking about the Great Tribulation believers and their children. If sin is dead at Christ’s returned, how is sin still possible?

Isaiah 25:8- ⁸ He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from ALL faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from ALL the earth, for the Lord has spoken.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17-¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. NOTE: Definitely, no silent rapture. These verses contradict the Dispensational interpretation of Matthew 25:36-51. Matthew 25 is the go to chapter for the silent rapture.

1 Corinthians 1:4-8 -⁴ I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— ⁶ even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you WAIT for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,⁸ WHO WILL SUSTAIN YOU TO THE END, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.NOTE: His revealing is a sign of the end. What is the point of Jesus sustaining us if it is not to the ultimate end when he comes back?

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ALL THESE EVENTS HAPPEN TOGETHER

Romans 8:17-23- ¹⁷ and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Future Glory ¹⁸ For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹ For the creation WAITS with EAGER LONGING for the REVEALING OF THE SONS OF GOD. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹ that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³ And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as WE WAIT EAGERLY for adoption as sons, the redemption of OUR BODIES.NOTE: The receiving of the new resurrected bodies and the restoration of creation happens at the same time. They are tied together.

2 Peter 3:3-14- ³ knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. ⁴ They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” ⁵ For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, ⁶ and that by means of these the world that THEN existed was deluged with water and perished. ⁷ But by the same word the heavens and earth that NOW exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. ⁸ But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ⁹ The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. ¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.¹¹ Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ¹²WAITING for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!¹³ But according to his promise WE ARE WAITING for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. ¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, since you are WAITING for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.NOTE: Notice there are three periods in this passage: The Then (Noah’s time), Now, and the future new creation. There is no room for an earthly millennial kingdom. We are supposed to look forward to Christ’s return not a Millennial kingdom. If the new heavens and new earth are tied to Christ's second coming, there can be no earthly millennial reign coming between the two. Dispensationalism places the restored creation after the millennium age in (Revelation 21-22). However, if the new heavens and new earth come with Christ’s second coming (as Peter says in the passage above) the millennial kingdom must occur in this present age and not some future time after Jesus’ return.

2 Thessalonians 1:5-10-⁵ This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ⁶ since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷ and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels ⁸ in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰when he comes on THAT DAY to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3-² For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and THEY WILL NOT ESCAPE. NOTE: This leaves no room for a 2^ndFall. This is the end of the wicked. They are done. No second chances.

 

Titus 2:11-13-¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, ¹² training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, ¹³waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. NOTE: This is the whole reason we are waiting. We are waiting for Christ to make things right and new. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a blessed hope.