1. We teach that in order to be properly understood, and produce fruit, God’s Word must be
studied from a dispensational viewpoint (II Tim. 2:15). We must realize that although God
never changes (Heb. 13:8, Mal. 3:6) man does change. We further teach that it is not
enough to simply preach the Word, we must preach the Word rightly divided if we are to
be pleasing to God.
2. We teach that the key to rightly dividing the Word of Truth is to understand the erection,
breaking down, and re-erection of “the middle wall of partition” (Eph. 2:11-14). In “time
past” God erected a middle wall of partition around Abraham and his physical offspring
through Isaac and Jacob and dealt exclusively through that group of people (Eph. 2:11,12,
Gen. 12:1-3, Ex. 11:7, John 4:22). “But Now” in this present age the middle wall of
partition has been broken down and God is no longer dealing with man on the basis of
national distinction (I Cor. 12:13, Gal. 3:26-28, Eph. 2:11-18). The middle wall of
partition will be erected again in “the ages to come” and God will fulfill His promises to
Israel (Rom. 11:26-29). We further teach that the middle wall of partition was erected with
the call of Abram (Gen. 12), was broken down with the raising up of the Apostle Paul
(mid-Acts) and will be re-erected at the rapture of the Body of Christ (Rom. 11:25).
3. We teach that the church, the Body of Christ, and the dispensation of grace began in mid-
Acts with the salvation and commissioning of the Apostle Paul. We teach that the Apostle
Paul is the one and only man to whom the ascended Lord Jesus Christ gave the revelation
of the mystery concerning the Body of Christ and the dispensation of grace (Rom. 11:13,
Eph. 3:1-9, Gal. 1:11,12; 2:1-10). We further teach that until this message was revealed to
and through the Apostle Paul it was never revealed to man (Rom. 16:25,26, Eph. 3:1-9,
Col. 1:25-27).
4. We teach that God’s blessings for and dealings with the nation Israel differ from His
blessings for and dealings with the Body of Christ. God’s blessings for Israel involve both
physical and spiritual blessings (Gen. 15:18-10, Ezk. 36:26-28). As a result, God dealt
with Israel in both a physical and spiritual way. God’s blessings for the Body of Christ
involve spiritual blessings (II Cor. 4:16-18, Eph. 1:3) and thus God deals with the Body of
Christ in a spiritual way. Physical blessings for the Body of Christ are always the result of
the activity of these spiritual blessings (Eph. 2:10, Phil, 4:19).
5. We teach that the future destiny of Israel differs from the future destiny of the Body of
Christ. The hope of Israel involves resurrection into a literal, visible, physical, earthly,
Davidic kingdom which Jesus Christ will return to earth to rule over (Dan. 2:44,45, Zech.
14:4,9, Rev. 20:4-6). The hope of the Body of Christ involves being resurrected and
raptured away to meet the Lord in the air (I Cor. 15:51-53, I Thess. 4:13-18). We further
teach that the Tribulation and Millennium deal exclusively with Israel and that the rapture
of the Body of Christ occurs before either of these events takes place (I Thess. 1:10; 5:9, II
Thess. 2:1-3).
Hope is built upon faith. Faith is that by which we know God exists, that we are Elect, and that we are loved by Him. Faith is also that by which we walk, live righteously, and are sanctified. By faith we are justified before ourselves. But faith also is the substance (hupostasis) of things hoped for (Heb. 11:1). Hope is much more than the modern definition and usage of the word (a wish or desire). Scriptures call Hope the anchor of the soul (Heb 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we [that is, the author and Hebrew audience of the epistle] might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;). Paul says we are saved by Hope (Ro. 8:24). He also prays that we may given the spirit of the truly revealed wisdom in the detailed knowledge (epiginosko) of him, that the eyes of our understan
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