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The Chart Below Is From The Link Below It, But Each Point Of The Chart Is A Link That
Takes One To A Message Written By Me And That Expounds On It.
If A Point Has No Link Attached To It (Run Cursor Over), Then It Has Already Been Expounded
On In The Previous Link Or I'm Still Working On It. Be Patient, God Is Not Finished With It Or Me Yet.
By Preserving These Distinctions We Avoid The Error Of Replacement Theology Which Mixes
The Two Columns.
It Is To Rob Israel And The Body, To Mix Israel With The Body Of Christ.
BASIC DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN
PROPHECY/Israel AND THE MYSTERY/Body Of
Christ
| PROPHECY |
THE MYSTERY9 |
| Concerns a kingdom; a political organization (Dan.2:44, Matt. 6:10). |
Concerns a body; a living organism
(I Cor. 12:12,27, Eph. 4:12-16). |
The kingdom to be established on earth
(Jer. 23:5, Matt. 6:10). |
The body given a position in heaven
(Eph. 1:3, 2:5-6, Col. 3:1-3). |
Christ to be its King
(Jer.23:5, Isa. 9:6,7). |
Christ its living Head
(Eph. 1:19-23, Col. 1:18). |
The kingdom
prophesied "since the world began"
(Luke 1:68-70, Acts 3:21). |
The body chosen in Christ before the world began, but "kept secret since the world began"
(Rom. 16:25, Eph. 1:4-11, 3:5-9). |
Israel to be given supremacy over the nations
(Isa. 60:10-12, 61:6). |
Jew and Gentile placed on the same level before God (Rom. 10:12, 11:32, Eph. 2: 16,17). |
The Gentiles to be blessed through
Israel's instrumentality
(Gen. 22:17,18, Zech. 8:13). |
The Gentiles blessed through
Israel's obstinacy
(Acts
13:44-46, Rom. 11:28-32). |
The Gentiles to be blessed through Israel's rise
(Isa.
60:1-3, Zech. 8:22,23). |
The Gentiles blessed through Israel's fall
(Acts 28:27,28,
Rom. 11:11,12,15) . |
Prophecy mainly concerns nations as such
(Isa. 2:4, Ezek. 37:21,22). |
The mystery concerns individuals
(Rom. 10:12,13, II Cor. 5:14-17). |
Prophecy concerns blessings,
both material and spiritual, on earth
(Isa. 2:3,4, 11:1-9, etc.). |
The mystery concerns
"all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies"
(Eph. 1:3, Col. 3:1-3). |
Prophecy concerns Christ's
coming to the earth
(Isa. 59:20, Zech. 14:4). |
The mystery explains
Christ's present absence from the earth
(Eph. 1:20-23, Col. 3:1-3). |
| In prophecy salvation by grace through faith alone is not contemplated. |
Salvation by grace through faith alone lies at the very heart of the mystery
(Rom. 3:21-26, 4:5, Eph. 2:8,9). |
The proclamation of the prophetic program committed particularly to the twelve
(Matt. 10:5-7, Acts 1:6-8, 3:19-26). |
The proclamation of the mystery
committed particularly to Paul
(Eph. 3:1-3,8,9, Col. 1:24-27). |
The prophetic program revealed through
many of God's servants
(Luke 1:70, II Pet. 1:21). |
The mystery revealed through one man:
Paul
(Gal. 1:1,11,12,
2:2,7,9, Eph. 3:2,3).10 |
Old testament writers frequently
did not understand the prophecies
made known through them
(Dan. 12:8-10, I Pet. 1:10-12). |
Paul both understood and longed
that others might understand the mystery
revealed through him.
(Eph. 1:15-23, 3:14-21, Col 1:9-10, 2:1-3). |
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