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Rom 1:17 (AKJV/PCE)
(1:17) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
They never wonder what this means.... or even notice it at all.
They surely do not. The blind running around claiming they can see. The seeing-eye dogs have glaucoma.
You'll have to explain to me how "at hand" isn't soon and this verse as well.
Lk. 9:27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God."
"At hand" meant it was ready, at that moment.
It amazes me that you think God is incapable of changing His mind if His conditions aren't met. You do know the story of Jonah and Nineveh, don't you?
Just because you say it's conditional doesn't make it conditional. Where is your proof and what are the conditions?
The conditions are that Israel recognize the Messiah. he proof they didn't is that they were cut off and the Gentiles were brought in without the law to provoke Israel to jealousy.
Your passage proves your premises false. Two groups. One way. Jesus, faith, grace.
One group of faith and the other of the Law. Looks like two different paths to me. Both following Jesus.
Do you know the Greek word for dispensation? The word Paul actually used?
οἰκονομία
Strong's Definition
From
G3623; administration (of a household or estate); specifically a (religious) “economy”: - dispensation, stewardship.
It comes from the word
οἰκονόμος meaning:
Strong's Definition
From
G3624 and the base of
G3551; a house distributor (that is, manager), or overseer, that is, an employee in that capacity; by extension a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively a preacher (of the Gospel): - chamberlain, governor, steward.
In turn coming from the words
οἶκος meaning:
Strong's Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively): - home, house (-hold), temple.
...and
νόμος meaning:
Strong's Definition
From a primary word νέμω nemō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle): - law.
So, dispensation essentially means "house law," or "house rules." The dispensation of grace is new house rules.
Scripture is how I know it's been established and Jesus isn't a liar.
And that Scripture would be?
Or is your argument simply that He said it would be, so it must have been even though the Bible never explicitly says that it was?
Conditionality is true but you have to go with the last one given. That would be that they would recognize Messiah once they sang Ps 118 about him. Some did and joined the mission to the nations. Which was where the whole movement was going. it was not nor is ever going to a Davidic theocracy.
You don't think God will implement a theocracy during the millenial reign of Christ?
That's what I was thinking about you. I can see Paul and James in agreement. I see the apostles and Paul teaching the same thing. You have to discredit most of it for it to be in agreement in your mind.
Then exegete the passages for us and show us the agreement. Show us how they are in agreement.
Is this the ONE baptism Paul is talking about or is there more than one?
16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas
Maybe so, but I don't have to make excuses why Paul practiced water baptism even thought YOU SAY this isn't the ONE baptism.
Is the one baptism with water, as John baptized, or with the Spirit and fire, as John said Jesus would baptize?
If it is water then it cannot be with the Spirit and fire...