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Dispensational or Covenant Theology?

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  1. Evening it's good to be with you got a very

  2. good question to tackle today what does the word say

  3. about dispensational theology or covenant theology which one is it

  4. this is probably the most important question anyone that can

  5. ask themselves if they've been born again and they are

  6. stuck in the church system. So, God bless everybody. Matthew

  7. Miller here from Maranatha Ministries. Thank you for joining me

  8. for my live stream. A very important question here. What

  9. does the Word say? Now remember, at Maranatha Ministries, we're

  10. not going to give you opinions. I'm going to tell

  11. you what the Word says. This is the only reason

  12. why your fellow congregants that have not been born again,

  13. are going to make martyrs out of you come the

  14. great apostasy. And that's really what Maranatha Ministries is all about.

  15. We are preparing those who have been baptized in the

  16. Holy Spirit for the great apostasy because it is coming.

  17. So take note. Are there dispensations in the Bible? Is

  18. that how God deals with his people? No. That's a

  19. theological myth. Dispensationalism was invented in the 1830s. This is

  20. a historical fact. That's why it's not in the Bible.

  21. It's not in the Word. It's not there. So, if

  22. you're locked into the church system, your clergy, if you're

  23. not a part of a dispensational congregation, you will inevitably

  24. be on the other side of the aisle. Because basically

  25. there's only two types of false eschatology that is driven today.

  26. It is either dispensationalism, and the other side of the

  27. aisle is preterism. Both are theological myths. They're myths. They

  28. have no basis in the Word. So that's really what

  29. we're talking about today. What does the Word say? So, yes,

  30. covenant theology is what the Word says But in the

  31. singular sense, just the singular sense, Jesus Christ told you

  32. there's only one covenant. There was the covenant made at

  33. Sinai through the giving of the Ten Commandments. And there

  34. is the covenant of His blood. That's it. We'll cover

  35. those verses here in just a moment. So, I am

  36. not at all saying, Those who are not dispensationalists, that

  37. is to say Orthodox, Catholics, any of those, oh, I'm

  38. not saying they're correct at all because, well, they lie.

  39. What they say is that there are three different dispensations.

  40. That's what they say. They say there was a dispensation

  41. of works. There was a dispensation of grace. and a

  42. dispensation of redemption. No, that's not what God says. In

  43. the Word, God says there's only one covenant at a time.

  44. The Mosaic covenant was terminated at Calvary. It was terminated

  45. at the cross. So, herein, we can just get this

  46. from Hebrews... chapter 8, verse 7. For if that first

  47. covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been

  48. sought for a second. That's it. One-two covenant. The Mosaic

  49. covenant and Christ's covenant. That's it. So, Why these elaborate systems?

  50. They're designed to confuse you. They are designed to keep

  51. chasing your tail if you're going to partake of the Word.

  52. Because you will continually, when you're reading the Word, when

  53. you're listening to the Word on audio, you will continually

  54. listen for this, well, where's this covenant of works? And

  55. I mean, I understand the covenant of grace, but where's

  56. the covenant of redemption? It'll keep you chasing your towel.

  57. So both are wrong. It's not covenants. It's covenant one.

  58. That's what the word says. So when you know that,

  59. I mean, I could just literally give you verses after

  60. verses after verses after verses after verses. Well, let's just

  61. do this. Let's just read those three verses. Hebrews 8,

    Hebrews 8:7

  62. verses 7, 8, 9. Let's just read them consecutively. You

  63. can't be confused when you do this. The Word is clear.

  64. It doesn't confuse you. God didn't write the Word to

  65. confuse you. He gave you the Bible to tell you

  66. how it is. That's why your clergy, whether they're dispensationalists,

  67. Or the other side of the aisle, they preach covenants, plural, no, covenant.

  68. This will categorically explain it to you. So Hebrews chapter 8,

    Hebrews 8:7–9

  69. verses 7 through 9. For if that first covenant had

  70. been faultless, then there would be no place have been

  71. sought for the second. Because finding fault with them, God says, behold,

  72. the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will

  73. make a new covenant with the house of Israel, And

  74. with the house of Judah. This is coming from Jeremiah.

  75. We'll talk about that in a minute. Let me finish

  76. the diatribe. Verse 9. Not according to the covenant. Singular.

  77. Here we go again. It's only singular. There exists only

  78. one covenant at a time. Okay. That I made with

  79. their fathers in the day that I took them by

  80. the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt.

  81. Because they did not continue in my covenant. And I

  82. disregarded them, says the Lord. One covenant. Just one. Only

  83. one covenant exists at a time. Now, it is paramount

  84. that we see this, what this is actually talking about.

  85. This is coming from, of course, Jeremiah chapter 31. This

    Jeremiah 31 chapter mention

  86. details for you the new covenant that is going to

  87. come through the Lord Jesus Christ, which is pretty easy

  88. to remember. It's Jeremiah 31, 31. I quote, Behold, the

  89. days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make

  90. a new covenant with the house of Israel and with

  91. the house of Judah, not according to the covenant that

  92. I made with their fathers in the day that I

  93. took them by the hand to lead them out of

  94. the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though

  95. I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But

  96. this is the covenant I will make with them, with

  97. the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord.

  98. I will put my law into their minds, and write

  99. it on their hearts, and I will be their God,

  100. and they will be, and they shall be my people.

  101. When is this happening? It happens once you've been born again.

  102. Once you've been baptized in the Holy Spirit. Let's keep reading.

  103. Verse 34. No more shall every man teach his neighbor.

  104. And every man his brother. Saying know the Lord. For

  105. they all shall know me. From the least of them

  106. to the greatest of them. Says the Lord. For I

  107. will forgive their iniquity. And their sin I will remember.

  108. No more. So. Let's talk about how you get into

  109. the New Covenant. This is straight from the Word Himself. Remember,

  110. God the Son's alternate name is the Word of God. So,

  111. everybody knows this and it amazes me how they take

  112. the word communion and Even changed the name for communion.

  113. It just blows my mind. But anyway, here in Matthew

    Matthew 26:26–29

  114. chapter 26, verses 26 through 29. Now, before we read this,

  115. know and understand this. This is why the dispensationalists come

  116. up with this cunningly devised faith. Because they want the

  117. Judaist to be automatically saved. They want the Judaist that

  118. funds them to be able to do an in-round around

  119. the crucifixion of Jesus Christ the Lord. This is straight

  120. from Jesus Christ's mouth. And as they were eating, Jesus

  121. took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to

  122. his disciples and said, take, eat, this is my body.

  123. Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it

  124. to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you, for

  125. this is the blood of the new covenant. In Greek,

  126. this is exacting. It's singular. It's not plural. There's no

  127. such thing as covenants. There was an old covenant, and

  128. he just trumped it and instituted a new covenant through

  129. his blood. So, for this is my blood of the

  130. new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission

  131. of sins. There is no end run around the blood

  132. of Christ. Verse 29, But I say to you, I

  133. will not drink of the fruit of the vine from

  134. now on until the day when I drink it anew

  135. with you in my Father's kingdom. Forever and always, amen.

  136. The dispensationalists want the Judaists to actually live and reject

  137. the blood of the covenant until Christ returns, and then

  138. they say they will all automatically be saved. That's heresy.

  139. There is no end run around the blood of Jesus Christ.

  140. The book of Zechariah proves this, because the word plainly

  141. says that all the nations will mourn when they see him.

  142. That's what Zechariah says. Even if you're of the lineage

  143. of David, if you've not accepted the blood of Jesus

  144. Christ's covenant, you're going to mourn with the rest of

  145. the world. That's exactly what it says. Look it up.

  146. It says even the seed of David himself will mourn

  147. when they see the Lord Jesus Christ coming. Because at

  148. that point, it's too late. Once he exits heaven in

  149. his divine procession to set up his kingdom on earth,

  150. It's too late. Once you see him, it's too late.

  151. You had that chance. Zechariah plainly states that all of

  152. the physical seed of Abraham will mourn when they see

  153. him come. Now, what is so important about this new covenant?

  154. We all know there's two ways to be baptized. The

  155. first is with water. That doesn't cut it. You must

  156. be born again. So take note. When you enter the

  157. body of Christ. Symbolically here. This is like taking the bread.

  158. That's not enough. In the bread. Is not the life

  159. of the covenant. He plainly said. Now. Take from the cup.

  160. Drink from it all of you. For this is the blood.

  161. This is my blood. Of the new covenant. So. Once

  162. you've entered into the body of Christ. Through. Through the covenant.

  163. There comes a time. That you have to. Stop sinning voluntarily.

  164. You have to do that. But you need to know.

  165. The book of Hebrews. Chapter 10 verses 26 through 29.

    Hebrews 10:26–29

  166. Illicitly says. that there's a grace period right there. If

  167. you get water baptized, and you keep on willfully sinning,

  168. and you don't correct your course, no matter how long

  169. that struggle may take, now take note. This is common knowledge.

  170. Any sin, any addiction can be overcome. Ask any ex-heroin addict.

  171. There's millions of them. Ask any ex-alcoholic. There's millions of them.

  172. And on and on and on and on and on

  173. and on it goes. Any physical and psychological addiction can

  174. be broken through the power of the Holy Spirit. If

  175. you willfully continue sinning after a period of time, you

  176. no longer can be baptized in the Holy Spirit because

  177. you have insulted the Holy Spirit. Let's read from the Word.

  178. Doesn't matter what your clergy says, this is true. Hebrews

    Hebrews 10:26–29

  179. chapter 10, verses 26 through 29. For if we sin

  180. willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth,

  181. there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin. But a

  182. certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation which will

  183. devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies

  184. without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  185. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will be

  186. thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot,

  187. counted the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified,

  188. a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of Grace? Take

  189. note here, he made references to both covenants. He made

  190. reference to both covenants. The first covenant, the covenant of

  191. the Mosaic law, you died on the testimony of two

  192. or three witnesses. That was the first covenant. That first

  193. covenant was replaced by the second covenant. And he says,

  194. after you've entered the body of Christ through that water baptism,

  195. this is how you get the knowledge of Knowledge comes

  196. from the water baptism. You've entered into a church body.

  197. If you continue to sin willfully after a period of time,

  198. you would have insulted the spirit of grace. And at

  199. that point, those of you that's been born again, it's

  200. these jokers that's going to instigate the great apostasy. And

  201. they'll make martyrs of you. And you all need to

  202. know that. Those of you who do fall into this category.

  203. You did receive the knowledge of truth. You rejected it.

  204. And insulted the spirit of grace. After however long it took.

  205. You're going to make martyrs of us. That's what's going

  206. to happen. Thus saith the word. Thus saith the word.

  207. Thus saith the word. So. There aren't covenants. There's only

  208. one at any one given time. That is plainly laid

  209. out in the Word. Everything else coming out of your

  210. pulpit is just theological myths intended to keep you confused

  211. whenever you partake of the Word, whether when you read

  212. it or when you listen to it. It's meant to

  213. confuse you. That's what your clergy has done. So, it

  214. doesn't matter if you're dispensationalist or preterist. You're caught in

  215. this ever unending circle of what you're being taught not

  216. lining up with the Word. And remember, Revelation chapter 6,

    Revelation 6:9

  217. verse 9. When the great apostasy comes, they'll make a

  218. martyr out of you for just one reason. The Catholics

  219. won't be killing the Baptists. No, no, no. The Catholics...

  220. will be killing the Catholics that are born again. The

  221. Baptists will be killing the other Baptists that have been

  222. born again. Because we will call them out. Revelation chapter 22,

    Revelation 22:18

  223. verses 18 and 19 are very clear. We will call

  224. them out for straying from the Word. So, dispensational theology? No.

  225. Covenant theology? Absolutely not. There's not three covenants. There's one covenant,

  226. and it was replaced by the new covenant of his blood.

  227. That's what the word says. I categorically read to you

  228. those verses. You see, what's confusing you is your clergy.

  229. What's confusing you is your denomination. It's not the word.

  230. I strongly implore you to get yourself a New King

  231. James Version. There's a reason why I'm saying that. I'm

  232. qualified to say that. Get yourself a New King James Version.

  233. Read that and study the word. The word is in

  234. Hebrew and Greek. You can do this with plethora of

  235. online resources like logos like blue letter Bible like a bohu.cz

  236. tons tons of researches the Bible hub that's another one

  237. I've used in past times you need to be able

  238. to get to the Word. The Word is in Hebrew

  239. and Greek. And when you do that, when you hearken

  240. to the Word, all these theological myths, the Word trumps. So,

  241. I'm here to tell you If you're confused, it's because

  242. you're listening to something other than the Word of God. So,

  243. with that being said, if you have been born again,

  244. if you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and

  245. have not insulted the Spirit of Grace, if you have

  246. any encouraging words or prayers, please put them in the comments.

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  248. to the channel because we are right on the cusp

  249. of the great apostasy. Until next time, God bless. Godspeed.