I think a lot of Hal Lindsey's and Youngs techniques are dubious at best, some spurious, that sends people to the newspapers for prophetic interpretation. I find most is sensationalistic and opportunistic, selling lots of books with dubious speculations which lead Christians into a position of hand sitting waiting for the "rapture" instead of having an attitude of being available to do the work Christians are called to.<>I don't hold to the entirety of the amil view either.
Specifically, by ecclesiology I meant, "Is the church a new man, distinct from Israel (as Scripture says), or is it a transmogrified, haha-fooled-you 'spiritual Israel' (as Scripture NEVER says)?"
Okay, thanks for the clarification. Generally, when the term "ecclesiology" is used, I understand it as church government without an eschatological context.
I didn't have church government in mind. (Though you do overgeneralize even there.)
I don't think it was an overgeneralization, a brief synopsis maybe, but direct and to the point. Congregational ecclesiology is not anywhere in Scripture, nor was practiced by the early church. Rather a governance by plurality of elders is taught in Scripture, and practiced by the early church.
I agree about congregationalism, I agree about elder-rule, plurality is not a requirement.
And I'm a Dispensationalist. So are Grace Brethren, etc.
Over-generalization. Congregationalism in no way arises from Dispensationalism, any more than white buckskin shoes arises from Fundamentalism. It's a conceptually unrelated coincidence.
Dan