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Kind words. Thank you. Here's my problem with that. The book of Rev. has so many terrible things happening to unbelievers, not believers. Can you give me a source in eschatological writings for that? Some scholar who teaches it? Or is it basically your own idea? (Which in and of itself does...

It is an exegetical fallacy to say that a word always means the same thing in the NT. (A famous example is "leaven" which usually, but not always, has a negative meaning. Cf Matt. 13:33, etc.) In this case you say "almost always," but that cannot be carried through to mean "always." Here are...

I never heard that idea before, and I've read a lot of books on prophecy. Please clarify. Do you have Scripture for it? I don't know how you get that from the Olivet Discourse and Revelation. The disasters in those books overtake lost people, not believers. True. You'll have to ask the Lord...

I don't know. Didn't dare break the glass before the rapture! Confused But I assume it was a Gospel presentation of some kind.

The tribulation period is the judgement for the rejection of Christ by mankind during the Church Age. The premillennial return of Christ then finishes the church age, and ushers in the 1000 year reign of Christ, which is the final dispensation (of the seven). Each dispensation shows the glory of...

That is correct. That is why we call it historical premillennialism.

I don't have scripture for witnesses left by those going up on the rapture, but it seems obvious to me. Let's say you witness to a lost cousin many times before going up in the rapture. Why could he not remember your witness and trust Christ as Savior after the rapture? Funny story. Many years...

It is intrinsic to dispensationalism. I may have time later to explain more. I have a class now. Very simply put, yes. Certainly. Millions will be saved during the tribulation. There are five Gospel sources during the tribulation: the witness left by the raptured saints, the two witnesses...

In every dispensation, God gives a dispensation (a stewardship) to mankind. Humans then reject the stewardship, sin against God, and are judged. Pastors have nothing to do with the stewardship of the church age, except to give the Gospel to the world along with all Christians. Human failure in...

Definitions of Greek oikonomia and the English rendering "dispensation" as used in dispensationalism: Gingrich's shorter lexicon: "οἰκονομια management of a household, administration, office Lk 16:2–4; Col 1:25; commission 1 Cor 9:17; stewardship Eph 3:2. Plan of salvation 1:10; 3:9. Training...

Sorry, I don't count early church theology as our model. They got a lot wrong. They didn't even take a stand on the deity of Christ until Arius happened along in the 4th century and they had to have the Council of Nicea in AD 325. But what they did get right was premillennialism for the first...

But if you are trying to make the case that covenant theology is better because it is older, as some do. there is no logic there. "Older" does not mean "better."

Accusing individuals of being the Antichrist is not really a dispensational thing. You won't find it in any scholarly dispensational tome. But it has always been around, such as when Reformers called the Pope the Antichrist.

From Darby, sure. But there were precursors, such as Isaac Watts. And all covenant theologians speak of dispensations (a valid Scripture term), though without a system of dispensational theology.

AI does have occasional use. But one primary goal with our students is that they learn to think for themselves. AI shortcuts that if allowed in college settings.

Of course not. But there are scholars and then there are amateurs. That was my point. I don't see any point in showing the mistakes of the amateurs.

Here is a link on how bad AI can be when used in academia: This professor gave her students a basic exam after they'd used AI to summarize everything. The results were...not good.

SovereignGrace asked me a couple of questions after I objected to his using ChatGPT to question dispensational premilllennialism. I was not on the Internet over the weekend, so I was not able to answer him. Therefore I am starting this thread for that purpose. First of all, he wrote in post 4...

Oh, not ChapGPT for theology. Say it isn't so!! :Rolleyes That's the last source on Planet Earth I would use for theology (or any other AI).

So the rapture occurs, Jesus takes us up to meet Him in the air, then immediately the 2nd coming occurs, and Jesus drops us back onto the earth once more and starts his millennial reign? Is this what you hold to? What is the purpose of the two events being so close?