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"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd" (John 10:16)

1,362 posted on 01/20/2011 10:15:32 AM PST by the_conscience (We ought to obey God, rather than men. (Acts 5:29b))

To: the_conscience

"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd" (John 10:16)

One of the cardinal doctrines of a certain brand of futurist eschatology is that God has two chosen people quite distinct from each other. One is called Israel (earthly people) and the other is called the Church (a heavenly people). One is the wife of God and the other is the bride of Christ. One inhabits the kingdom of heaven and the other inhabits the kingdom of God. One is the sum and substance of all we read in the OT, and the other occupies a mere gap in one verse.

This idea is fundamental to their system, and any questioning of that view is immediately met with all sorts of name calling, including by not limited to “anti-semite.” “Replacementarian” is a mild form of the same epithet.

1,379 posted on 01/20/2011 10:48:31 AM PST by topcat54 ("Dispensationalism -- an error of Biblical proportions.")

To: the_conscience

OK.

I think my degree of need for it being spelled out is

much greater

than you inclination/willingness to spell it out.

LOL.

Ahhhh well.

1,393 posted on 01/20/2011 11:03:42 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)

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