Israel;support or bane of DF?

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Israel is often pointed out as the best marker in support of dispensational futurism. The existance of Israel is touted as proof God is and will literally fulfill prophectic Scriptures speaking of national resurgence ect ithe end times.

There is a problem.

Prior to WWII a common teaching among DF scholars was that the church will be raptured before Israel returns. It seems this was taught with nearly the same zeal as was the nearness of the rapture . Most DFs I come across are not aware of this as the errors have been poorly dealt with.

I reckon as time passess, and the prognosticative failures continue to mount, 2012 comes and goes just like 1981,88 etc. more and more will realize that various failed guesses are not conclusive erros but systematic.

So we see that these restoration prophecies can not be applied to the church which is first to be taken out before Israel and Jerusalem are to be restored


We might fill a book with comments upon how Israel shall be restored,but all we have desired to do was to show that it is an incotrovertible fact of prophecy, and that it is intimately connected with our Lord's appearing ...


The detail of the manner of their restoration and of their repentance and acceptance of Christ is not so important to us For those who are of the Church are to be taken away first, in the Rapture and escape all these things through which Israel must pass

Jesus is Coming, Blackstone , '08, pgs. 173,176 emphasis in original

Blackstone was not alone in his assumptions.


Take care

H

[Guest]

This is great Hitch...I'm with you 100%

Don't lift up the rug of DF to high or everything that they have swept under it will come out.

pmike