then even dispensationalists do not make a consistent distinction between Israel and the church! What dispensationalist thinks the references to a “holy nation,” “chosen people,” and “royal priesthood” in 1 Pet 2:9 are not references to the church? What dispensationalist thinks the discourse on the “seed of Abraham” in Romans 4 only refers to ethnic Jews? Another way to understand consistency is that uses of the terms which are clearly national are always interpreted as such, and uses which are spiritual
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