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Beloved End Times Christian Song ‘Midnight Cry’ Conflates The Pretribulation Rapture Of The Church With The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

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“I hear the sound Of a mighty rushing wind, And it’s closer now than it’s ever been. I can almost hear the trumpet, as Gabriel sounds the call; at the midnight cry we’ll be going home!”

Over the past decade of broadcasting our online ‘Rightly Dividing’ King James Bible studies, we have played a lot of really good and edifying Christian hymns and songs. I have never kept account of how many songs we’ve played most often, but I know this much. The incredibly beautiful and soul-stirring song ‘Midnight Cry’, sung by John Starnes, would be in the top five of our most-played songs without a doubt. From a spiritual perspective, it’s wonderful and I never get tired of hearing it, but from a rightly dividing perspective it’s a hot mess.

“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” Matthew 25:5,6 (KJB)

I am not being critical of this beautiful Christian song, but what I am doing is using it as an object lesson to show you the power of what rightly dividing, as we are commanded by Paul in 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJB), is really all about. So why do I say the the ‘Midnight Cry’ we see in Matthew 25 has nothing to do with the rapture of the Church? Because there are no Christians in Matthew 25, just Jews and Tribulation Saints. Those Ten Virgins we read about in the passage are not Christians of any kind, they are Jews.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.” Matthew 25:1 (KJB)

Everything you need to know about who these virgins are is contained in the first six words of the very first verse. Here the Holy Spirit is directing your attention to people who are looking for a kingdom on Earth, and not a spiritual kingdom in Heaven. No Christian was ever promised the Kingdom of Heaven, when you and I got saved, we were placed into the Body of Christ in the Kingdom of God. Those two kingdoms are not the same.

Christians in the Church Age are “sealed unto the day of redemption”, and can never, ever lose their salvation. They can lose rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ, but their salvation and entrance into Heaven is never in doubt once they become born again. But these Ten Virgins in Matthew 25 are not as fortunate. They all started out with full lamps of oil, but a full 50% fell by the wayside and were denied entrance into the marriage when the Bridegroom arrived. Why do you think Jesus tells the people in the Tribulation to “endure to the end”? Because if they don’t endure to the end, they die unsaved. This is never the fate of a born again Christian in the Church Age.

Everything about the parable of the Ten Virgins points to a future time where God will again be dealing with His people, the Jews. They are waiting for a King who will bring in a Kingdom. It will have its fulfillment in the time of Jacob’s trouble, where faith + works will be the doctrine of the day. The Two Witnesses and the 144,000 will be preaching from books like Hebrews and James, as well as the “constitution of the kingdom” found in Matthew 5-7 (KJB).

These virgins are going to a marriage, but the wedding ceremony has already taken place. They are not the Bride, they are guests and servants. How do we know that? The good Dr. Luke has the answer.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.” Luke 12:35-37 (KJB)

You will take careful note that the people here in Luke 12 have their “lights burning”, as do the virgins in Matthew 25. Not only that, but Luke says when “their lord arrives”, it is after having been at the wedding. Did you catch that? By the time the Ten Virgins meet the Bridegroom, the wedding is all done and they did not attend nor were they even invited. So we see quite clearly that the ‘Midnight Cry’ in Matthew 25 shows us Jesus returning in Revelation 19 at the Second Coming, not the rapture of the Church.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:” 2 Peter 2:19 (KJB)

Lastly, the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church is not at midnight, it is in the morning! Paul says that the rapture of the Church is comforting, it is light, bright and full of hope, the exact opposite of the gloominess and darkness that heralds the Day of the Lord, see Amos 5:18-20 (KJB), at the Second Coming. Just as the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God are two different kingdoms, the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church and the Second Coming are two completely different events.

Please enjoy John Starnes singing “Midnight Cry” recorded live in 1988.

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NTEB RADIO BIBLE STUDY: The Doctrinal Dangers Of Fulfillment Theology As Taught By Amillennialists, Calvinists And The Roman Catholic Church

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Fulfillment Theology is a dangerous perversion of clear Bible prophecy showing God bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to the Jews and Israel as He promised to do

Fulfillment theology is the belief that the promises, prophecies, covenants, and kingdom expectations in the Old Testament are “fulfilled” in Jesus Christ and, often, in the Church. In simple terms, it teaches that many things God promised to Israel are now spiritually fulfilled in Christ and the Church, rather than requiring a future, literal fulfillment for national Israel. But the danger is that Fulfillment Theology can become a softer, more polished version of Replacement Theology. It may avoid saying “the Church replaced Israel,” but it still spiritualizes Israel’s land, kingdom, throne, and national restoration promises into the Church. That is absolutely not what the Bible teaches.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32,33 (KJB)

On this episode of Rightly Dividing, God promised Israel a land, a kingdom, a throne, and national restoration. Fulfillment theology may say those promises are fulfilled spiritually in Christ and His people today. But the Bible says those promises still await literal fulfillment for Israel in the future kingdom. Fulfillment theology says that Israel’s promises are fulfilled in Christ and the Church. Dispensational theology says that Christ fulfills prophecy, but God’s literal promises to Israel remain intact and will be fulfilled in Israel, while the Church has its own distinct heavenly calling in this present dispensation. We see these things when we follows Paul’s command in 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJB) to ‘rightly divide’ the scriptures. Tonight we give you everything you need to know about Fulfillment Theology.

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THE BIBLE BELIEVERS SUNDAY SERVICE: What Is Biblical Christianity?

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Biblical Christianity Stands Alone As The Blood-Bought Faith Once Delivered To The Saints While Rome, Mormonism And The Watchtower Preach Another Gospel

Biblical Christianity is not a religion built by councils, popes, prophets, publishing houses, temple ordinances, or denominational machinery. Biblical Christianity is the blood-bought faith once delivered unto the saints, anchored in the preserved words of God, centered on the Lord Jesus Christ, and sealed by the gospel of the grace of God. It begins with man as a lost, hell-bound sinner and ends with the only Saviour who can redeem him: Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, crucified, buried, risen again, and coming back. Everything else is either Bible truth or religious counterfeit. Today we compare biblical Christianty with the top 3 religious organizations to see how they stack up.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 (KJB)

What separates Biblical Christianity from every man-made system is that it does not ask the sinner to climb a ladder of works, sacraments, ordinances, priestcraft, church membership, or organizational obedience. It points him to a finished cross, an empty tomb, a risen Saviour, and an open Bible. The Roman system adds tradition and sacramental control; Mormonism adds another gospel and another authority; the Watchtower gives you another Jesus altogether. But the Bible gives you Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone — “the way, the truth, and the life” — and no man cometh unto the Father, but by him.

SUNDAY SERVICE STUDY NOTES: What Is Biblical Christianity?

What Is Biblical Christianity?

Biblical Christianity stands or falls on the person of Jesus Christ, the authority of the written word of God, and salvation by grace through faith apart from works.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9 (KJB)

When comparing any religious system to biblical Christianity, we ask four simple questions:

  1. Who is Jesus Christ?
  2. What is the final authority?
  3. How is a sinner saved?
  4. What gospel is being preached?

I. Biblical Christianity

The Final Authority Is The Written Word Of God

Biblical Christianity receives the Scriptures as the final authority, not church tradition, modern prophets, councils, popes, Watchtower publications, or additional books.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:16 (KJB)

Jesus Christ Is God Manifest In The Flesh

“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Colossians 2:9 (KJB)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (KJB)

Biblical Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ is not a created being, not the spirit brother of Lucifer, not Michael the archangel, and not merely one mediator among many. He is God manifest in the flesh. Please read our excellent article on the biblical nature of the Godhead.

Salvation Is By Grace Through Faith, Not Religious Works

“But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Romans 4:5 (KJB)

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,” Titus 3:5 (KJB)

The sinner is saved by trusting the finished blood atonement of Jesus Christ, not by sacraments, temple ordinances, baptismal regeneration, organizational loyalty, or personal merit.

II. Biblical Christianity Versus The Roman Catholic Church

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5 (KJB)

The Roman Catholic Church teaches many things about Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and the Bible that sound familiar to biblical Christianity, but it departs from Scripture by placing church authority, sacramental grace, priesthood, Mary, and tradition in positions the Bible does not give them.

The Vatican’s Catechism teaches that there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony; it says these sacraments “touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life.” The Catechism also calls the Eucharist “the source and summit of the Christian life.”

Difference In Authority

  • Biblical Christianity: Scripture is the final authority.
  • Roman Catholicism: Scripture is interpreted through the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, its traditions, councils, priesthood, and papal office.

The issue is not whether Roman Catholicism mentions the Bible. It does. The issue is whether the Bible is final, sufficient, and superior to church tradition.

Difference In Salvation

  • Biblical Christianity: A sinner is justified by faith in Christ apart from works.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” Romans 5:1 (KJB)

  • Roman Catholicism: Grace is connected to the sacramental system, including baptism, confession, penance, Eucharist, and final perseverance within the Roman Catholic Church. Biblically, salvation is not dispensed through a priest, a wafer, a confessional booth, or a religious system. It is received by faith in the finished work of Christ.

Difference In Mediation

  • Biblical Christianity: One mediator: Jesus Christ.

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5 (KJB)

  • Roman Catholicism: Though it confesses Christ, it also places priests, Mary, saints, and sacramental ministry in mediating roles that Scripture never assigns to them Roman Catholicism is not biblical Christianity with extra ceremony. It is a sacramental religious system that mixes Christ, church, priesthood, tradition, and works.

Are you resting in Christ alone, or in Christ plus church membership, plus sacraments, plus confession, plus penance, and plus religious performance? If Christ’s work on the cross was finished, then nothing needs to be added to it.

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:” John 19:30 (KJB)

III. Biblical Christianity Versus Mormonism

“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:8 (KJB)

Mormonism, officially The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, uses biblical language, speaks of Jesus Christ, and presents itself as Christian, but its doctrine of God, Jesus Christ, Scripture, salvation, and eternal destiny is radically different from biblical Christianity.

The LDS Church’s own teaching materials present the idea of a “restoration” and include additional scriptures and modern prophetic authority alongside the Bible. Its Gospel Principles manual includes chapters on “Prophets of God,” “Scriptures,” “The Church of Jesus Christ Today,” “Temple Work and Family History,” “Eternal Marriage,” and “Exaltation.” LDS materials define exaltation as the highest state of glory and connect it with man’s potential to become like Heavenly Father.

Difference In Authority

  • Biblical Christianity: The Bible is sufficient.
  • Mormonism: The Bible is joined with the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and continuing prophetic revelation.

That is a major divide. Biblical Christianity does not need a later “restoration” because the faith was once delivered.

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” Jude 1:3 (KJB)

Difference In The Nature Of God

  • Biblical Christianity: There is one eternal God.

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” Psalm 90:2 (KJB)

  • Mormonism: God is understood in a way that allows for exaltation, eternal progression, and humans becoming like God. LDS materials describe becoming like God as central to their gospel understanding.

Difference In Jesus Christ

  • Biblical Christianity: Jesus Christ is the eternal Word, God manifest in the flesh.

“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.” John 20:28 (KJB)

  • Mormonism: Jesus is honored, but Mormon doctrine places Him within a broader framework of premortal existence, heavenly parents, spirit children, exaltation, and restored temple ordinances that is foreign to the Bible.

Difference In Salvation And Eternal Life

  • Biblical Christianity: Salvation is a free gift by grace through faith.
  • Mormonism: Full exaltation is connected to faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, obedience, temple ordinances, and eternal marriage.

Biblical Christianity says the believer is complete in Christ.

“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” Colossians 2:10 (KJB)

Mormonism is not merely another Christian denomination. It is another gospel with another authority structure, another view of God, and another view of eternal destiny. Is your faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, or in a restored church, modern prophets, temple ordinances, and becoming exalted?

The biblical gospel does not need to be restored by Joseph Smith. It needs to be believed.

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved,” 1 Corinthians 15:1,2 (KJB)

Biblical Christianity Versus Jehovah’s Witnesses

“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached,” 2 Corinthians 11:4 (KJB)

Jehovah’s Witnesses use Bible terminology, speak much about Jehovah, and are known for door-to-door evangelism, but they deny core biblical Christianity by rejecting the deity of Jesus Christ, denying the Trinity, altering the doctrine of salvation, and submitting Scripture to Watchtower interpretation.

Jehovah’s Witness teaching identifies Jesus Christ as Michael the archangel; JW.org says Jesus has “an archangel’s voice” because “he is the archangel, Michael.” Watchtower material also states, “Jesus Christ is Michael the archangel.”

Difference In Jesus Christ

  • Biblical Christianity: Jesus Christ is God.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 (KJB)

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses: Jesus is not Almighty God, but a created being identified as Michael the archangel. That is not a small ‘doctrinal disagreement’. That is another Jesus.

Difference In The Godhead

  • Biblical Christianity: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God.

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7 (KJB)

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses: They reject the Trinity and deny the full deity of Jesus Christ and the personhood of the Holy Ghost.

Difference In Salvation

  • Biblical Christianity: Salvation is by grace through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:” Colossians 1:14 (KJB)

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses: Salvation is connected to association with Jehovah’s organization, endurance, obedience, and works. Biblically, good works follow salvation; they do not purchase it.

Difference In Final Destiny

  • Biblical Christianity: The saved are with Christ, and the lost face real judgment.

“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15 (KJB)

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses: They teach a distinction involving the 144,000 and an earthly hope for others, along with rejection of eternal conscious punishment as historically taught in biblical Christianity. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not simply have a different translation or a different denominational structure. They preach another Jesus.

Is Jesus Christ your Lord and your God, or merely an exalted creature? A created Jesus cannot save sinners. Only the eternal Son of God can redeem by His blood.

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 (KJB)

A sinner does not need Rome’s sacraments, Joseph Smith’s restoration, or the Watchtower’s organization. A sinner needs the Lord Jesus Christ, His shed blood, and the gospel of the grace of God.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,” Acts 16:31 (KJB)

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How Roman Catholic Fulfillment Theology Replaces Israel’s Literal Prophetic Future With A Spiritualized ‘Church System’ That The Bible Never Teaches

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Fulfillment Theology Versus Dispensational Truth Shows The Critical Difference Between Spiritualizing Israel And Rightly Dividing Scripture

Fulfillment theology is the belief that the promises, prophecies, covenants, and kingdom expectations in the Old Testament are “fulfilled” in Jesus Christ and, often, in the Church. In simple terms, it teaches that many things God promised to Israel are now spiritually fulfilled in Christ and the Church, rather than requiring a future, literal fulfillment for national Israel. But the danger is that Fulfillment Theology can become a softer, more polished version of Replacement Theology. It may avoid saying “the Church replaced Israel,” but it still spiritualizes Israel’s land, kingdom, throne, and national restoration promises into the Church. That is absolutely not what the Bible teaches.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32,33 (KJB)

God promised Israel a land, a kingdom, a throne, and national restoration. Fulfillment theology may say those promises are fulfilled spiritually in Christ and His people today. But the Bible says those promises still await literal fulfillment for Israel in the future kingdom. Fulfillment theology says that Israel’s promises are fulfilled in Christ and the Church. Dispensational theology says that Christ fulfills prophecy, but God’s literal promises to Israel remain intact and will be fulfilled in Israel, while the Church has its own distinct heavenly calling in this present dispensation. We see these things when we follows Paul’s command in 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJB) to ‘rightly divide’ the scriptures. If you don’t have a King James Bible, then it doesn’t say that in your bible because the Greek and Hebrew ‘scholars” removed it so you wouldn’t know to do it. This is why we stick with the God-honored King James Authorzied Version Holy Bible.

The Main Biblical Differences Between Fulfillment Theology And Dispensational Theology

“Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:” 1 Corinthians 10:32 (KJB)

The Bible recognizes three distinct classes of people in God’s dealings: the Jews, the Gentiles, and the church of God. Fulfillment theology tends to merge those distinctions by teaching that Israel’s promises are fulfilled spiritually in Christ and the Church. Dispensational theology rightly divides the word of truth and keeps God’s promises to Israel, the Church, and the nations in their proper biblical places. These three groups are not the same, they never were the same, and they will never be the same.

I. The Difference In How Each System Views Israel

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” Romans 11:25 (KJB)

“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:” Romans 11:26 (KJB)

“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” Romans 11:27 (KJB)

“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.” Romans 11:28 (KJB)

“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” Romans 11:29 (KJB)

Fulfillment theology says Israel’s promises are fulfilled in Christ and applied spiritually to the Church. Dispensational theology says Israel is presently blinded in part, but not permanently cast away. God still has a future national restoration for Israel because “the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” But Israel’s unbelief did not cancel God’s covenant promises. God’s dealings with Israel are paused during this present dispensation, not abolished. The Church has not replaced Israel.

Do not become “wise in your own conceits” by spiritualizing away what God clearly and plainly promised to Israel.

II. The Difference In How Each System Views The Church

“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,” Ephesians 3:1 (KJB)

“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:” Ephesians 3:2 (KJB)

“How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, “Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)” Ephesians 3:3,4 (KJB)

“Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;” Ephesians 3:5 (KJB)

“That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:” Ephesians 3:6 (KJB)

Fulfillment theology often views the Church as the continuation or fulfillment of Israel. Dispensational theology teaches that the Church is a mystery body revealed through Paul, made up of saved Jews and Gentiles in one body during “the dispensation of the grace of God.” The Church was not the subject of Old Testament prophecy in the same way Israel’s kingdom promises were. It was a mystery “not made known” in other ages. The Church is not Israel improved, Israel expanded, Israel spiritualized or Israel completed. The Church is the body of Christ, disctinct and seperate from the Jews and the nation of Israel.

III. The Difference In How Each System Views The Kingdom

“When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6 (KJB)

“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.” Acts 1:7 (KJB)

Fulfillment theology often says the kingdom promises are fulfilled spiritually now through Christ’s reign in the Church. Dispensational theology says the kingdom will be literally restored to Israel in God’s appointed time. Notice carefully: the Lord Jesus did not rebuke the apostles for expecting the kingdom to be restored to Israel. He corrected their timing, not their expectation.

“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” Matthew 21:43 (KJB)

The kingdom of Heaven is a literal, visible, Jewish, Davidic, and earthly kingdom. Christ will reign, Israel will be restored, and the promises of God will be fulfilled exactly as spoken. The kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom, given to the Gentile Church, and you must be born again to enter into it.

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 (KJB)

IV. The Difference In How Each System Handles Prophecy

“Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:” 1 Corinthians 10:32 (KJB)

Fulfillment theology often uses a spiritualizing method: land becomes heaven, Israel becomes the Church, David’s throne becomes Christ’s present spiritual rule, and national promises become general Christian blessings.

Dispensational theology uses a literal, grammatical, historical reading unless the Bible itself indicates otherwise. Israel means Israel. Jerusalem means Jerusalem. David’s throne means David’s throne. The Church means the Church.

Remember to always ask this one key question when reading prophecy: To whom is God speaking? Is He speaking to Israel? The nations? The Church? Tribulation saints? The apostles? Paul? The answer matters. If you miss who God is speaking to, you will invariably arrive at the wrong conclusion.

V. The Clear Difference In Their End Result

Fulfillment Theology Produces:

  • A merged people of God, where Israel’s national future is minimized or spiritualized.
  • A present spiritual kingdom emphasis, often at the expense of a future literal kingdom.
  • A tendency to make the Church the heir of Israel’s covenants.
  • A prophetic system where many plain promises lose their literal force.

Dispensational Theology Produces:

  • A clear distinction between Israel, the Gentiles, and the Church.
  • A future restoration of Israel.
  • A literal Second Coming and earthly kingdom.
  • A proper understanding of Paul’s gospel, Paul’s apostleship, and the mystery of the body of Christ.A Bible that remains clear when rightly divided.

The issue is not whether Christ fulfills Scripture. He absolutely does. The question is whether Christ’s fulfillment cancels, transfers, or spiritualizes God’s literal promises to Israel. Dispensational theology says no. Christ is Israel’s Messiah, the Saviour of the Church, and the coming King over all the earth. Fulfillment theology often compresses those truths into one spiritualized program. Right division lets every truth stand in its own place.

Hold the line where the Bible holds it: Israel is Israel, the Church is the Church, and the Kingdom is the Kingdom. When those distinctions are lost, prophecy collapses into confusion. When they are kept, the Bible opens up exactly as God wrote it. We invite to join our online Radio Bible Studies every Sunday Night from 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST.

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORTTO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB

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