This present Dispensation of Grace, the Dispensation of the Mystery, began with the twelve apostles on the day of Pentecost. True or False? Please take a moment to respond at

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And now the answer to the LLM Question of 2-13-2012

Question: All of the prophesied New Covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-37, mentioned in Hebrews 8:9-12, is being literally fulfilled in the present Age and Dispensation of Grace, while the Nation of Israel is set aside, and in the disfavor of God. True or False?

Answer: FALSE! As God, at the time He gave Israel the Old Covenant, called Israel out of Egypt, so God, under the guarantee of the New Covenant, will surely fulfill Jeremiah 32:37-40, and call Israel out of ALL the countries where they now dwell. Not leaving a great majority of them in New York, Florida, and various other areas of the world! And according to the Scriptures, ALL Israel shall know the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:34). (Hebrews 8:9-12). Then, at that time, TRULY Israel will be The New Testament ‘CALLED OUT’, or Church. Out of the 717 responses we received to this question, only 61.5% of you got it right! Therefore, NOW, for further study, let us take a look at,

Facts to Understand the Book of Acts, part 6 of 9

Take a moment and read Romans 11:26-29, along with Jeremiah 31:31-37. As God, at the time He gave Israel the Old Covenant, called Israel out of Egypt, so God, under the guarantee of the New Covenant, will surely fulfill Jeremiah 32:37-40, and call Israel out of ALL the countries where they now dwell. Not leaving a great majority of them in New York and Florida! And according to the Scriptures, all Israel shall know the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:34). (Hebrews 8:9-12). Then, at that time, TRULY Israel will be The New Testament ‘CALLED OUT.’ But they will not be the ONE BODY, the JOINT-BODY of Christ of Romans 12:4-5 and 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Ephesians 4:4-5.

Surely every intelligent, spiritual, steward of the Mysteries of God must see that the joint-Body of Christ is ‘THE CHURCH OF GOD'. HOWEVER, in the Bible, ‘THE CHURCH OF GOD’ is not necessarily ‘THE BODY OF CHRIST’.

When we carefully study the Apostle Paul’s Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians we learn that we have Scriptural right to speak of the ‘ONE BODY,’ the JOINT BODY (Ephesians 3:6), as ‘THE CHURCH OF THE MYSTERY.’ (1 Timothy 3:15-16; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 3:9). Therefore, inasmuch as the NEW TESTAMENT was prophesied, and its fulfillment will NOT be the MYSTERY, we should NOT speak of the BODY OF CHRIST, as ‘the New Testament Church,’ without explaining 2 Cor. 3:6-7 and 1 Corinthians 11:25 and Hebrews 12:22-24.

Members of the Body of Christ are brought nigh to God by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13), and Christ declared that the blood He shed on the cross was the blood of the New Covenant (Matthew 26:28). Bible teachers who claim that ALL of the prophesied New Covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-37, mentioned in Hebrews 8:9-12, is being literally fulfilled in the Age and Dispensation of Grace, while the Nation of Israel is set aside and in God’s disfavor, do error greatly, not knowing the Scriptures according to 2 Timothy 2:15.

Then, on the other hand, some extremests explain the three Scriptures I mentioned along with Romans 15:27, Acts 26:22, and Acts 28:20, to support their theories that the Church of God of Acts 20:28, or for that matter any Church mentioned in the Book of Acts or in Paul’s Epistles written before he reached Rome at the close of Acts, was not ‘The Church Of The Mystery’; ‘THE ONE BODY’ of Ephesians and Colossians.

They teach that the Church up to the close of the Book of Acts was ‘The Prophesied New Testament Church,’ with a different hope and calling, and because the LORD’s Supper is mentioned in connection with the New Covenant, or Testament, that memorial has no place in the joint-Body of Christ, having passed away with water baptism, tongues and other signs after the Apostle Paul reached Rome and began a new ministry as recorded in his ‘prison’ Epistles. Especially Ephesians, Colossians and 2 Timothy.

According to this extremism, the Kingdom messages and programs proclaimed by the twelve Apostles, and by the Apostle Paul, up to the time of God’s pronouncement in Acts 28:25-28 concerning Israel’s blindness and the salvation of Gentiles, were in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and have no place in the ‘MYSTERY’ joint-BODY, in the Dispensation of the Grace of God for Gentiles, or in ‘the Dispensation of the Mystery,’ mentioned in Ephesians 3:1-9. (In Parts 7-9, of this series of messages on the Book of Acts, I will address ‘THE HOPE OF ISRAEL’, so no worries, sit tight).

But the answer to this extremism is Romans 16:25; Romans 11:30-31; and Romans 11:15, COMPARED with 2 Cor. 5:16-21, and the ‘THE CHRIST’ of 1 Corinthians 12:12. Surely it should require no profound Bible study to see that the Body of Romans 12:4-5 is the ‘JOINT BODY’ of Ephesians 3:6. The Epistle to the Romans was written before the pronouncement of Acts 28:25-28. The ‘SAME BODY’ of Ephesians 3:6 should read ‘THE JOINT BODY.’

“Believe on the LORD Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31, while there is still time!

So There You Have it!

Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. The time is short

The Study of the Bible, that is not Dispensational, is not in obedience to 2 Timothy 2:15. We use the word ‘dispensational,’ not only for lack of a better word, but because the Apostle Paul, who wrote 2 Timothy 2:15, wrote that a dispensation was committed unto him. (1 Corinthians 9:15-17; Colossians 1:24-26; Colossians 3:1-3). In 2 Timothy 1:12 he called it ‘a deposit.’ The Apostle Paul wrote that God wants all to see ‘the Dispensation of the Mystery.’ (Ephesians 3:9). The Greek word translated ‘fellowship’ in this verse is the word translated ‘Dispensation’ in the other verses.

The Apostle Paul called himself the architect, or wise masterbuilder, who laid the foundation. (1 Corinthians 3:10). None of the twelve apostles mentioned the Mystery or the Body, so far as we have any Bible record. They were not in jail for the Mystery, as was Paul. (Ephesians 6:19-20; Colossians 4:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:7-9). They were not the prisoner of Jesus Christ for Gentiles, with the Dispensation of the Grace of God, as was Paul. (Ephesians 3:1-3). It was after the Apostle Paul’s missionary journey that the Jewish saints learned that God had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. (Acts 14:27).

The Apostle Paul was the Apostle of the Gentiles, to which much scripture speaks. (Romans 11:13; Acts 22:17-21; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Timothy 2:11; 1 Timothy 2:4-7; Romans 16:15; Galatians 1:15-16, and Galatians 2:7-9). It was the Apostle Paul who said, “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles.” (Acts 13:46, and Acts 18:6). Not one of the twelve apostles preached Romans 11:30-31 or Romans 11:15, so far as we have any Biblical record.

Premillenialial Preachers, Pastors, and Teachers, for the most part, teach that the kingdom of heaven that was at hand in Matthew 10:5-8, teach that that kingdom is now in abeyance and will not be at hand until after God has accomplished His eternal purpose in this UN-prophesied parenthetical Age of Grace and Dispensation, during which God will complete the Body, or Church, of the Mystery, and to this I applaud them! HOWEVER, most of these Premillenialists THEN also teach that this present Dispensation of Grace, the Dispensation of the Mystery, began with the 12 Apostles on the Day of Pentecost. In THIS, they make a BIG mistake, and greatly err, and on top of that they add to the utter confusion of members of the Body of Christ.

If what these Pastors and teachers teach is true, then ask them: Why Paul? If what they teach concerning the Day of Pentecost is true, the the Apostle Paul was presumptuous, deluded, or egotistical, if not all three, in the claims he made.

Now, let me make this PERFECTLY clear. No Bible teacher is obeying, or can obey Ephesians 3:9, or can prove that the Body of Christ will not be in the Great Tribulation, who teaches that this present, Age and Dispensation of Grace, began with Pentecost, Peter, and his Kingdom keys, AND that the Apostle Paul went right on continuing with the Kingdom message and program which the LORD Jesus Christ gave to the twelve Apostles. PAY ATTENTION, if Mark 16:17-18 are the credentials of a Christian, there are NO Christians.

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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: "that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. The time is short.