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Originally Posted by Nell
"Ages" ..."vast successive periods of time"... obviously exist. That's not the point. The "successive stages of creation" are seen in history, not the teachings of men. "Ages" are defined by the passage of time---not by the teachings of men.
In that vein, is God bound by the non-scriptural dispensational teachings of men?
Nell
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Nell,
I’m afraid you are interpreting the word “ages” in the Bible according to your own standard, not by any Bible verses. I haven’t found your definition of “ages” being “the passage of time” in the Bible.
So, is it fair statement that you are extra-Biblical? No, I don’t think so.
We know there are such words as “ages”, “generations”, “administration” etc in the Bible(col 1:26, Epe 3:9), but we cannot find their dictionary-style definitions in the Bible, meaning, anyhow we have to define those words. That kind of action is called “expositions”, “commentary”, or “exegesis” etc. And you are doing that action, a very legitimate thing, just as Jamieson-Fausset_Brown Commentary is doing.
There are a lot of different positions even in the dispensationalism camps, and there have been debate on whether or not those teachings are heretical, but mostly I want to include them in the boundary of “orthodox” unless any sect of them are too extreme to the point that they do not accept other dissenting Christians. If I disagree with them, the reason is not that they believe dispensationalism, but that they are too exclusive.
According to their website declamation, The Moody Church is holding to dispensational thought, but they are welcome other dissenting Christians.
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At The Moody Church, we wholeheartedly hold to dispensational thought. These rich, historical doctrines are woven into the very fiber of our church’s teaching. However, in no way do we desire to alienate anyone from worshipping together with us who holds a different view of the prophetic Scriptures. Indeed, it is possible to be member of The Moody Church and hold to some other variation of eschatological teaching.
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Gubei