FREE eBook – Against Dispensationalism: A Response To John MacArthur
Dr. John MacArthur is a well known and respected Bible teacher of today. His ministry has impacted many people and even the lives of those of us in this ministry. However there is a major disagreement with Dr. MacArthur when it comes to issues of the Church and Israel. Dr. Gary Harloff takes a small booklet to respond to Dr. MacArthur’s questions concerning biblical proof the the Old Testament Israel is the Church and that the New Testament Church is Israel.
This booklet is partly about illustrating this proof and attempts to show:
(1) the Bible teaches that there is a continuation between spiritual (individual believing) Israel and the church,
(2) the mystery in the New Testament is not that there is a church, but rather that Gentiles are fellow heirs of the same body and partakers of His promise in Christ,
(3) believing Gentiles historically joined Israel in the Old Testament, (4) the “new man” in the New Testament is comprised of believing Jews and Gentiles,
(5) those who believe in Christ (that Christ is the Messiah, died for our sins, and was resurrected to eternal life) are children of Abraham and all believers are part of the “olive tree” nourished by Christ,
(6) the Old Testament prediction of the New Covenant “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Jer 31:33) is synonymous with the New Covenant announced by Christ at His last supper, and
(7) salvation in Christ is the same in both the Old and New Testaments because no one comes to the Father except through Christ.
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