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Quiz for Tuesday

Quiz for Tuesday. Questions 1-10-Yes I have read chapters 1-10 in Dr. Ryrie’s Book EC-Yes I have read 300 pages. Day 6-Covenant Theology. REVIEW . What are the 3 Major Tenets (Sine Qua Non) of Dispensationalism Consistent Literal Hermeneutic Distinction between Israel and the Church

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Quiz for Tuesday

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  1. Quiz for Tuesday • Questions 1-10-Yes I have read chapters 1-10 in Dr. Ryrie’s Book • EC-Yes I have read 300 pages

  2. Day 6-Covenant Theology

  3. REVIEW • What are the 3 Major Tenets (Sine Qua Non) of Dispensationalism • Consistent Literal Hermeneutic • Distinction between Israel and the Church • Focus on the Glory of God

  4. 7 Dispensation • Innocense-Creation to Fall • Conscience-Fall to Flood • Human Gov’t-Flood to Babel • Promise/Patriarchs-Call of Abraham to Exodus • Law-Giving of the Law until the Cross • Grace-Day of Pentecost to Rapture/Tribulation • Millennium-2nd Advent to all eternity

  5. REVIEW • Key figures of Dispensationalism JN Darby Brookes Guers ScofieldGaebelein Chafer (Dallas Theological Seminary-flagship!) Walvoord (DTS) Pentecost & Ryrie (DTS) McClain (Grace Seminary)

  6. REVIEW • CHURCH DOES NOT EQUAL ISRAEL: ROMANS 11 AND REVELATION 21

  7. REVIEW What are the 5 main views of the rapture: • Pre-Tribulational Rapture • Post-Tribulational Rapture • Partial Rapture • Mid-Tribulational Rapture • Pre-Wrath Rapture What is Eschatology-Study of last things Matthew 24 and 25 lays out the events of what period of God’s History? Tribulational Period From what passage of Scripture do we get the word Rapture: 1 Thess. 4:17

  8. Chart of End Times

  9. REVIEW • The New Covenant was made with Israel and it promises a regathered Israel with a new heart that keeps the commands that are now written in their heart. The entire nation will be worshippers of God forever. This New Covenant was given specifically to Israel, BUT there seems to be a NT connection with the church whereby the Church enjoys “New Covenant” like blessings. The New Covenant was ratified at the Death of Christ but is not fully operational until the Millennium. • Key OT Passages: Jeremiah 31:31-40; Ezekiel 36:26-28 • Key NT Passages: Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 7-10

  10. DAY 7-Biblical Covenants in the Bible OBJECTIVES • What are the major covenants in the Old Testament? • Which covenants are still in force today? • Who are the parties in each covenant? • How does the Mosaic Law relate to believer’s today

  11. Covenant Theology

  12. Covenant Theology (Ch. 10 in Ryrie) • Covenant of Works: • An agreement between God and Adam promising life to Adam for perfect obedience and including death as the penalty for failure. • Covenant of Grace: • “that gracious agreement between the offended God and the offended but elect sinner, in which God promises salvation through faith in Christ, and the sinner accepts this believingly, promising a life of faith and obedience,” Louis Berkhoff. • Covenant of Redemption: Held by some Reformed Theologians • “the agreement between the Father, giving the Son as Head and Redeemer of the elect, and the Son, voluntarily taking the place of those whom the Father had given him,” Berkhoff.

  13. CT Historical Development • 1647-Codified in the Westminster Confession of Faith • The concept of covenant theology can be seen in the following: • Andrew Hyperius (1511-1564) • KasparOlevianus (1536-1587) • Rafael Eglinus (1559-1622) • William Ames (1576-1633) • These men were secondary teachers to the Reformers • Cocceius (German theologian) systematized CT in 1687 • CT is a Post-reformation development of doctrine

  14. READ ALOUD “BIBLICAL BASIS FOR COVENANT THEOLOGY” • Approximately page 236 • Explain the Biblical grounds for CT from the quotes by Covenant Theologians. • “It’s like pinning jello to the wall”

  15. Hermeneutics of DT and CT • DT employs a consistent literal hermeneutic employing the grammatical, historical method. • Reason#1-The very purpose of language seems to require literal interpretation (pg 91) • Reason #2-The prophecies concerning Jesus’ birth, rearing, ministry, death and resurrection were literally fulfilled • Reason #3-It the plain, normal or literal method is abandoned all objectivity is lost.

  16. Quote from Floyd Hamilton an amillennialist (pg. 93) • Now we must frankly admit that a literal interpretation of the Old Testament prophecies gives us just such a picture of an earthly reign of the Messiah as the premillennialist pictures. That was the kind of Messianic kingdom that the Jews of the time of Christ were looking for, on the basis of a literal kingdom interpretation of the Old Testament promises.

  17. Quote from Vern Poythress, covenant theologian (pg 93) • “I claim that there is sound, grammatical historical ground for interpreting eschatological fulfillments of prophecy on a different basis than preeschatolgical fulfillments…It is therefore a move away from grammatical-historical interpretation to insist that (say) the “house of Israel” and the “house of Judah” of Jeremiah 31:31 must with dogmatic certainty be interpreted in the most prosaic biological sense, a sense that an Israelite might be likely to apply as a rule of thumb in short-term prediction.” • PROBLEM: The following verses link Israel’s identity as begin as sure as the sun, moon and stars.

  18. Quote from Daniel Fuller—pg 95CT-Premillennialist but not DT • Theological Interpretation— • “In Covenant Theology there is a tendency to impute to passages a meaning which would not be gained merely from their historical and grammatical associations. This phase of interpretation is called the ‘theological’ interpretation” • PROBLEM: The non-dispensationalist does not appear to be able to apply a CONSISTENT literal hermeneutic. • QUESTION: Progressive revelation brings additional light, but does it completely reverse to the point of contradiction what has been previously revealed?

  19. Hermeneutic of CT (pg 97) • A Covenant Premillennialist sees God’s plan for the church and Israel somewhat blended in this age, but then distinct during the millennium—a halfway between CT and DT • Non Dispensational theologies will interpret prophecy and sometimes non-prophetic portions of Scripture figuratively even if the genre used does not indicate such interpretation. • Berkhoff, “The theology [of premillennialism] is based on a literal interpretation of Israel and of the Kingdom of God, which is entirely untenable.”

  20. Oswald Allis (CT) pg 97 • One of the most marked features of premillennialism in all its forms is the emphasis which it places on the literal interpretation of Scripture. It is the insistent claims of its advocates that only when interpreted literally is the bible interpreted truly; and they denounce as “spiritualizers” or “allegorizers” those who do not interpret the Bible with the same degree of literalness as they do. None have made this charge more pointedly than the dispensationalists.”

  21. Literalness and Apocalyptic passages (pg. 99) • To be sure, apocalyptic literature does employ symbols, but they stand for something actual. Furthermore, much of the Apocalypse is perfectly plain and clear, and sometimes explains in the text itself the meaning of a symbol (Rev. 1:20, 11:8, 12:5, 17:15, 20:2). At other times the text will say “like,” “as,” or “as it were,” indicating a real correspondence between what John saw and the reality he was trying to describe.

  22. Covenant TheologyQuick Overview • 2 or 3 Unifying Covenants • Covenant of Works, Grace and Redemption • Typically believe Church replaces Israel (Replacement Theology) and are now recipients of Israel’s promises • Figurative interpretation of eschatological passages • Read the church into the OT • Typically amillennial or postmillennial that do not believe in a literal, earthly reign of Christ • Believe that the tribulation period already happened or is fulfilled figuratively in our current age.

  23. Biblical Covenants • Edenic or Adamic Covenant—Genesis 2 and 3 • Supposed bilateral covenant made between God and Adam in the garden. • Noahic Covenant (Gen. 8:15-9:17) • Gen. 6:18-berith (covenant) first use in Bible • Sign=Rainbow (9:12-17) • Duration=forever (9:9, 12, 16) • Scope=all humanity and creatures (9:11-17) • Commands=Fill the earth (9:1, 7), do not eat blood and raw meat (9:3-4), capital punishment (9:5, 6)

  24. Biblical Covenants • Abrahamic (What are the promises and to whom was it given and repeated to?) • Genesis 12:1-3 • Genesis 13:14-18 • Genesis 15:1-21 • Genesis 17:1-27 • This covenant was unconditional or unilateral not being based on anything other than God’s faithfulness to keep His covenant with Abraham and His promised seed.

  25. Biblical Covenants • Abrahamic Covenant • Sign=Circumcision • Ratification=Genesis 15 cutting ceremony • Boundaries of land=Genesis 15:18-21 • Unconditional—CT seek to make it conditional or atleast watered down therefore allowing for the church to replace Israel. • Consider Galatians 3:16-18 and the covenant’s permanence and unconditional nature.

  26. Biblical Covenants • Land Covenant (Palestinian Covenant) • Deut. 29:1-Is the book of Deuteronomy a repetition of the land promises of the Abrahamic covenant or a “stand alone” covenant given to the Jews. • View #1=Deuteronomy is a repetition of the Abrahamic (Pastor King’s leaning) • View #2=Deuteronomy is a separate land covenant with Israel that reaffirm and parallel the land promises in the Abrahamic (Dr. Stallard’s leaning) • In either case the land promises are affirmed again. Possession was based on obedience but ownership was based on God’s faithfulness.

  27. Biblical Covenants • Mosaic Covenant • 613 Commandments in total! • Sign=Keeping of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:12-18) • The Law was done away with at the cross • Romans 7 (especially verse 4) • Galatians 2:16-3:25 • Galatians 5:1-15—notice his mention of circumcision which was a sign of the Abrahamic covenant not the law, yet included in the law was the continuation of being circumcised. The law was given to national Israel and national Israel had circumcision as its sign of the covenant. See verse 12 for Pauline saracasm!

  28. Biblical Covenants • Davidic Covenant • 2 Samuel 7 • Great name (9) • Rest from his enemies (11) • Head of a dynasty (11) • Son to establish kingdom forever (12-13) • Jeremiah 33:14-26

  29. Biblical Covenants • New Covenant • We have already discussed this at length • Covenant with national Israel whereby God changes their heart enabling them to obey and worship God and all of Israel is saved. They are also restored to their land under this covenant.

  30. Biblical Covenants • Although Some Covenants (Mosaic and Edenic) inaugurate and end with the opening and closing of a dispensation, most of the covenants are permanents and continue through dispensations. In our current dispensation there are 4 or 5 Covenants that are ratified • Noahic Covenant • Abrahamic Covenant • Land Covenant (if this is indeed separate) • Davidic Covenant • New Covenant

  31. Quiz for Wednesday • Identify each covenant as conditional or unconditional • What are the 3 covenants in CT and to whom were they made?

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