Dispensationalism: Was the church an accident for Christ’s failure to establish the kingdom? The theology that teaches that Christ postponed the kingdom and yet await its establishment at the millennium is what’s known as Dispensationalism. It is a rather recent teaching (past 200 years) in the area of eschatology (study of last things) which includes the second coming and its related events. We believe that Dispensationalism errs by charging God with failure to keep his promise regarding the imminent (from a first century perspective) establishment of the kingdom. In that view, the church became a substitute, an interim entity to “pacify” the world until God fulfills his promises to “ethnic” ...

One cannot properly study the subject of eschatology without considering the role and mission of the Holy Spirit. We refer to this as the eschatological mission of the Spirit. Our question, “Eschatology, Did the Holy Spirit Complete His Mission?, sums up the sphere and relationship of the Spirit’s mission. Further, it provides another piece of the end times puzzle which demonstrates the first century fulfillment of Christ’s Parousia. Beginning with the Old Covenant Scriptures we find a brief survey of the Spirit’s role in eschatology. The New Testament expands that role, placing all end times and fulfillment of Bible prophecy within the scope of the Holy Spirit. Ezekiel 36:26–27 In the ...