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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).

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