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li0scc0 said:
Classical premillenial dispensationalism, dispensationalism in the thread of Scofield, Walvoord, Ryrie, Thomas, Fruchtenbaum. NOT the progressive dispensationalist line of Blaising and Block which is hardly dispensationalism as is traditionally taught.

By Dispensationalism I mean the traditional 4 Point Calvinistic teaching of the theologians given above, with
1) the primary purpose of the Scriptures being the Glory of God.
2) the church being unknown and not spoken of in Old Testament times
3) the separation between Israel and the Church
4) the parenthesis nature of the church
5) the pretribulational rapture with a postribulational return of Christ (7 year tribulation, either determined from the rapture or from the ratification of the peace agreement with Antichrist and Israel, etc.).
6) Literally 1000 year earthly millenium

The above is the traditional definition of Dispensationalism.

Steve

The problem is Steve that the dispensationalism of Scofield and the dispensationalism of Walvoord and Ryrie are actually two different variations. Walvoord and Ryrie actually corrected some of the egregious errors that Scofield proposed. One of the major problems with dispensationalism is that it is in a constant state of flux. There is no "set" form.

Peter

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Augustine of Hippo