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Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church: The Search for Definition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The relationship between Israel and the church is a crucial reference point in theology, especially in distinguishing between dispensational and nondispensational ways of thinking. The thesis of this book is that Israel and the church are distinct theological institutions that have arisen in the historical progress of divine revelation. But they are also related as successive phases of a...

It should first be pointed out that “throne” is a pictorial description for rule, and that the allusion to Jesus’ sitting next to God is an allusion to the promise of Psalm 110, a Davidic promise. Hebrews makes the point that Jesus is already a priest according to the order of Melchizedek as a result of this seating through exaltation. Now how can one allow the fulfillment of Melchizedekian priesthood for the present age from Psalm 110 and then deny the present rule of Jesus, which is also tied to
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