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To: topcat54

Not ALL of the promises to Abraham were fulfilled, nor where the all of the promises to the children of Israel. But you know where I stand on that.

As far as the distinction between grace and blessing, I can’t say any more. I’ve tried to be as explicit as possible. We will just have to disagree.


14,247 posted on 05/08/2007 11:36:04 AM PDT by Blogger
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Not ALL of the promises to Abraham were fulfilled,

Which ones were not included in Paul's words which I quoted from Galatians 3? “Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as of many, but as of one, ‘And to your Seed,’ who is Christ.”

You seem to be denying the clear message in Galatians. Where does anyone in the NT differentiate between promise set A and promise set B (or C or whatever)?

Nowhere, right? You simply asserting something to be true which is not given us in the Bible in order to make sense of your theology.

That fact is that all the promises made to Abraham have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and all who are His children by faith share in those blessings and promises. When God looks down on His people He does not pick out Jews and gentiles and assign different things. We are all one in Christ.

That is what makes dispensationalism so hard to swallow. You need to disregard large sections of the NT, and then go back and read the OT as if the NT did not even exist.

14,250 posted on 05/08/2007 11:49:34 AM PDT by topcat54 ("... knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:3))
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