Progressive Revelation Gregory Michael Peterson, a noted dispensational premillennialist whom we referenced in our first few posts, says this about dispensationalists’ use of progressive revelation: “It is the idea that ‘later revelation builds on earlier revelation’ [cites Erickson, Christian Theology].… Continue reading

Dispensationalists like to contrast their literalist method of prophecy interpretation with preterists, whom they say allegorize them. Thus, dispensationalists vehemently disagree with preterists. They claim preterists allegorize because preterists see much of the highly charged symbolism of prophecy as fulfilled… Continue reading

Last time we began our analysis of the apostle Paul’s “allegorizing” of the factual story of Hagar, Sarah’s maid, from whom Abraham begat Ishmael (Genesis 16). Although God told both Abraham and Hagar, He would make a great nation of… Continue reading

The apostle Paul, writing in the late 40s to late 50s A.D., said, “Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by… Continue reading

To conclude our discussion about Irenaeus and why dispensationalists want to call upon him, let us say that they are going through great pains to build up his stature in that regard. For instance, Jeffrey L. Edwards wrote a ninety-two-page… Continue reading

“We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him who… Continue reading

In my last article, I stated that dispensationalists do not present an honest argument supporting their interpretation system. In doing so, I cited Gregory Peterson, defending dispensationalism, who cited Mark Hitchcock, the writer of a doctoral dissertation favoring the late… Continue reading

This article will examine the contradiction between what dispensationalists purport they believe and how they actually interpret. Gregory Peterson, in his master’s thesis, writing for dispensationalists, says, in support of the Grammatico-Historical method of interpretation, ” [The exegete] will inquire… Continue reading

Dispensationalists believe that Grammatico-Historical is the best interpretative method for Scripture. In addition, they believe in a literal hermeneutic, saying they employ literalism unless it makes no sense. However, we will show their eschatological interpretations do not make sense because… Continue reading

There are several degrees of time tenses in the Greek language, but they are all nuances of the three we are all familiar with: past, present, and future. If something is in the past, it is history; in the present,… Continue reading