Understanding Covenant Theology

For those of us that have been “raised” on the system of doctrines concerning the end times known as “dispensationalism” (think Late Great Plant Earth, Left Behind, Schofield Bible, Clarence Larkin, and so on), that other system, called “Covenant Theology”, can be hard to understand.  But, in fact, dispensationalism is much more complicated than Covenant Theology – it’s just that changing one’s entire systematic understanding of scripture can be difficult.

Covenant Theology is the view of scripture held by the Church for nearly one thousand eight hundred and fifty years.  And it is gaining ground against its dispensational opponents in recent times, and hopefully will soon regain its rightful place as the Bible-believing Church’s understanding of God’s plan for the ages.

The article by Robert Reymond that I have linked below, if studied carefully, will help the dispensationalist to understand the faulty basis of dispensational theology.  While it is not a thorough treatise, nor a pedagogical work, it does nevertheless provide some important primary understanding on the subject – laying out in some detail the uniformity of God’s covenants in redeeming a people for His Name.

I would challenge every dispensationalist to read this treatise and see if he can hold on to his notions about the genetic descendants of Abraham in relation to the promises of God. 

Here is the link:  http://againstdispensationalism.blogspot.com/2008/10/who-really-owns-holy-land.html

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