single meaning as that meaning is fixed in the context of its original historical setting, no matter how the NT uses the OT. As a result, normative dispensationalists claim that consistency in utilizing a plain or literal hermeneutic requires the literal fulfillment of Israel’s promises and prophecies be met with Israel’s future possession of the Promised Land and reception of all the national blessings. A second distinctive of traditional dispensationalism involves the kingdom of God and inaugurated
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