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John in context of a future event from the time he was writting spoke about the first resurrection. The first fruits resurrection is already assumed, John is speaking about the future. The first resurrection in the future occurs on the last day.

I cannot agree with that.. According to Hebrews 11, o.t. saints where saved in the same way we are, by faith. Yes, I understand that the Jews were given the law. However, the purpose of the law was not to save, it was to lead us to Christ. God deals with me differently then he does you, does...

Millard Erikson noted what I believe to be a genius perspective on the 6 days of creation that will stop any scientific atheist "The ideal-time theory says that God created the world in a six-day period a relatively short time ago, but that he made it as if it were billions of years old. This...

John 6:39,John 6:40,John 6:44,John 6:54,John 11:24 In each of the passages we see one thing in common, the last day is when the resurrection will occur. These scriptures should shape our theology concerning when the rapture will take place (why) because the rapture, and the resurrection of the...

Rockytopva, I appreciate your response, however, your response deals more with a timeline for eschatology, rather than dealing with the proper subject of my post which is a discussion about dispensationalism.

Dispensationalism seems to be a very popular perspective on the bible as a whole. One of its major distinctive is the separation between Israel and the church. One thing I do not understand is, why continue to make a distinction when Paul clearly taught us that the promises were not made to...