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Like Traditional Dispensationalists, most Progressive Dispensationalists also recognize a distinction between Israel and the Church, a future Pre-Trib Rapture followed by a 7-year Tribulation, and a future Millennial Kingdom in which Christ will rule from Jerusalem. They differ, however, in their view concerning the relationship of this present dispensation to other dispensations. Whereas Traditional Dispensationalists view this present dispensation as a "parenthesis", Progressive Dispensations view it as the key that joins past and future dispensations. As a result, Progressive Dispensationalism teaches that certain promises concerning the New Covenant are currently being fulfilled by the church today, in the dispensation of grace. These promises initially began to be fulfilled when the Lord established the New Covenant with the believing "remnant" of Israel. Upon His ascension, the Lord began ruling on the throne of David in Heaven. Subsequently, the prophesied salvation of Gentiles began to be fulfilled in this present dispensation of grace, when the apostle Paul was sent to the Gentiles. At that time, believing Gentiles also began to partake of the New Covenant promises.

Resources in This Category

• Hermeneutical Issues in the Dispensational Understanding of the Abrahamic Covenant

  http://www.quodlibet.net/davis-covenant.shtml
  The hermeneutical issues in dispensationalism's understanding of the Abrahamic covenant revolve around what Ryrie has termed "the sine qua non of Dispensationalism".

• Israel's New Covenant and the Body of Christ

  http://www.twonewcovenants.com/covenant/covenant1.html
  This study examines the assumption made by the Progressive Dispensationalists that the Body of Christ partakes of the New Covenant promised to the houses of Israel and Judah.

• Progressive Dispensational Considerations

  http://worldview_3.tripod.com/dispensation.html
  P.D. is not "Replacement Theology"; rather, it is better described as "Fulfillment Theology", portraying all redeemed people as a blessing which was promised as part of the New Covenant.

• Progressive Dispensationalism and a Proper Biblical Diet

  http://www.ldolphin.org/progdispen.html
  Progressive Dispensationalism considers modern Israel to be the work of man, and not of God.

• The Dispensational View of the Davidic Kingdom

  http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj7h.pdf
  Stephen J. Nichols explains why Progressive Dispensationalism may not fit into the category of "true" Dispensationalism, because it fails to consistently distinguish between Israel and the Church.

• The Doctrine of Progressive Dispensationalism

  http://www.levitt.com/essays/progdisp.html
  Today there is a growing movement within dispensational theology that is gaining influence among some leading dispensational seminaries and churches across the land, called 'Progressive Dispensationalism'.

 

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