What About Mid-Acts Dispensational Teaching?

Wow, I had never heard of Mid-Acts Dispensations until a friend mentioned it to me. I found this helpful information at GotQuestions.org. Note of warning: Got Questions.org preach the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation, so I do not support their website. Albeit, they do have many helpful articles, such as is the case on Mid-Acts Dispensationalism.

I have never liked dispensational teaching. One of my favorite preachers, Dr. Harry Ironside (1876-1951), taught that dispensationalism is a "overlay" over the Scriptures to help the student understand the Bible. Although Dr. Ironside insists that Dispensational teaching is not doctrine, I totally disagree. Anything that is “taught” is doctrine. Dispensational teaching completely affects a student's mindset toward the Bible, emphasizing the future Kingdom of Israel, instead of preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

One of my favorite Christian authors is Philip Mauro (1859-1952) who wrote a helpful book in 1928 titled, 'THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.' See also this website.

Also, I made this webpage to simplify Philip Mauro's message in his book, that God has already made TWO great divisions of the Holy Bible, of OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS (or, respectively, LAW and CHRIST, or GRACE). Classic Dispensationalism makes SEVEN divisions to God's Word, which I think misleads students to recognize modern manmade Israel as being the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. In reality, present-day Israel (since May of 1948) is manmade, and not the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Hosea 3:4-5 teaches that God will not regather Israel until the Jews repent toward God, which they haven't done yet. The Jews may have returned to Israel, but they have not repented to return to God yet. ...

One of my favorite preachers, J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) refutes the heresy of Zionism.

As far as Peter, James, John and Paul preaching different gospels, we know from Acts 10:43 that ALL the prophets preached one Gospel of faith in Christ for the remission of sins. 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟯, "𝗧𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀." Hebrews 4:1-2 says that Moses preached "the gospel" to the Jews in the Wilderness for 40 years, but most had no faith, so they went to Hell.

The essence of the Gospel is simply the message of the 'Good News' that although we are dirty guilty sinners, salvation can be found through faith in the Messiah, the Christ. Jesus explained these truths to the two disciples while walking along the road to Emmaus. 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟰:𝟮𝟱-𝟮𝟳, "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗢 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻: 𝗢𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳." So, biblically, there has always only been ONE GOSPEL.

I loathe Dr. Peter Ruckman's (1921-2016) false teaching that people were saved by works in the Old Testament, grace today, but by works again after the Rapture. That is so wrong! Ruckman teaches that people after the Rapture will need to keep the Ten Commandments to get saved. What a liar! I like Dr. Ruckman's work in defense of the King James Bible. Ruckman had three earned degrees from Bob Jones University, but turned against his own college, for which I thank and applaud him. BJU today is a cesspool of wickedness, Lordship Salvation, Devil's bibles and misunderstood repentance. Ruckman exposes BJU for being an Alexandrian cult (i.e., promoting the Alexandrian, Egypt text of heretics' Westcott and Hort, from which all perverted bibles today originate). Shame on BJU!

So, I reject dispensational teaching, as I think it misleads the student of the Bible. I find no justification in the Word of God to support the claims of Dispensationalists. As Philip Mauro rightly says, God Himself made TWO great divisions to His Word of LAW and CHRIST.

Dr. Philip Mauro makes this tremendous statement, with which I fully agree:

"Dispensationalism may be fascinating as a work of art, but as a revelation it rests upon a foundation of sand. The entire system of dispensational teaching is modernistic in the strictest sense: it is modernism, moreover of a very pernicious sort, such that it must have a Bible of its own (i.e., the Scofield Reference Bible) for the propaganda of its peculiar doctrines since they are not in the Word of God."

The emphasis of the Bible is upon preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, and not upon the future Kingdom of Israel (as Dispensationalism makes it).

And the idea that Peter, James and John preached a different gospel than Paul and Jesus is absurd. In Genesis 15:6, Abram (later renamed to Abraham) simply BELIEVED the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness, without works. The Apostle Paul reiterates all this in Romans 4:1-7. Paul and Abraham were saved alike, by faith in Christ without works.

Some people foolishly say that Moses preached a different gospel which required works. But we read in 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗸𝘂𝗸 𝟮:𝟰, "𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺: 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵." Habakkuk was under the Mosaic law, but he knew that the just man shall live by faith alone in Christ. David exclaimed that he was saved by "Thy righteousness" (i.e., the imputed righteousness of God, which is by faith). David utters the words: "Thy righteousness," 49 times in the Psalms. Philippians 3:9 says that we are saved by God's imputed righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ.

The apostle makes it plain in Galatians 1:6-7 that there is only ONE GOSPEL. Romans 4:4 settles the matter, by telling us that if salvation had ever been by WORKS, then salvation would have been by DEBT, and not by GRACE. God doesn't owe anybody eternal life as a DEBT. We are all sinners, so that God's free gift of salvation has always been by GRACE alone.

Kindly, I reject Mid-Acts Dispensational teaching. We know that the ceremonial laws ended with Christ's dying on the cross (Colossians 2:14-16). This is why we see in Acts 10 God telling Peter to rise, kill and eat some animal flesh, which for 1,500 years had been prohibited by God. Likewise, the Sabbath Day was a ceremonial law, which had previously symbolized Jesus, in whom we REST to be saved (Hebrews 4:10-11). There is no Sabbath Day in these modern times. Jesus is our Sabbath today, in whom we completely rest for salvation, ceasing from all self-righteous works to get to Heaven.

The Old Testament officially ended with Jesus' death on the cross. The importance of OLD and NEW Testaments is to see LAW (we are all guilty sinners), which points us to CHRIST (we can be saved through faith in the Savior). Galatians 3:24-26 confirms this truth. The LAW was our schoolmaster to bring us to CHRIST to be saved by faith. It ceases to amaze me what kind of heresies people come up with. The Mid-Acts Dispensational heresy is ridiculous and totally unbiblical. Thank you for reading my blogs. God bless.