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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

DIspensationalism and the pre-tribulation rapture

Dispensationalism is the belief Yahweh has divided history into periods of time where He works with people differently in each stage of history.  Those who do not believe in the pre tribulation rapture reject dispensationalism because they believe Yahweh treats all people the same.  Many who claim to be Messianic who have gone too far into rabbinic Judaism or who have bought into the lie of replacement theology reject dispensationalism and the rapture even if they once believed both were true.

Most who do not know the bible are swayed with every wind of doctrine and once they buy into kabalah, rabbinic Judaism, or replacement theology then their views change to whatever false teacher or rabbinic rabbi they yoke themselves to.  Of course rabinic Judaism rejects dispensationalism because they do not believe Messiah has come the first time.

Daniel 9 is a major passage in the bible where Yahweh has given us a view of dispensationalism

Daniel 9
24  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.


There is much debate in the interpretation of some of this passage.  For this post, it is sufficient to state that this passage gives how many years Yahweh said He has given to the Jewish people to finish the transgression.  It tells of the second temple being built, and of Messiah and His being cut off (Death and resurrection).  There is seven weeks left.  The antichrist confirms a covenant for the last seven weeks given to the Jewish people to end the transgression.

The problem is, there is about 2,000 years between the time Messiah was cut of (which was when the second temple was standing) and the last 7 years Yahweh will be dealing with the Jewish people. The apostle Paul tells of this time - the time of the gentiles - and states after that time, Yahweh will be grafting in the pruned branches once again when their eyes are opened and they accept  Yeshua as their Messiah.

Romans 11
16  For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17  And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18  Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19  Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20  Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21  For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22  Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23  And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24  For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:


There obviously is a time of the gentiles where Israel is blinded and this time of blindness comes to an end after the fullness of the gentiles comes in.  We know from the passage in Daniel that the amount of time left for Israel is seven years.  Also note that the gentile believers and Israel are two distinct groups - those who claim they are Israel when they are gentiles are in error.  Gentiles are grafted into Messiah Yeshua, not to Israel.  The native olive branches and wild olive branches are grafted in Yeshua although they remain distinct varieties of olives.

The church is called Yeshua's bride - a bride is given a seven day wedding week.  This time of the gentile (and Jewish believer) bride wedding is seven years in which time Yahweh will be dealing with the unrepentant Jews on earth to bring them to repentance and acceptance of Yeshua as their Messiah.

The tribulation is a time of Yahweh's wrath on earth (the Jewish people being protected likely in Petra, Jordan) and while there has been terrorism, wars, holocausts, and inquisitions, that has been man's doing to man.  The tribulation is when Yahweh deals with man.  Seems many cannot comprehend that distinct difference.

Now is the time to repent and accept Yeshua as Messiah and obey Him out of your love for Him.  Time is extremely short and there is not much time left for you to seek forgiveness before the rapture happens and the tribulation begins.

Zephaniah 2
2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Isaiah 26
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

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