A Scriptural refutation of Dispensational presuppositions
1. “The New Covenant is primarily for the Jews in a future Millennial Epoch.”
Refutation:
The New Covenant is presented as the final, full, and universal covenant—fully inaugurated in Christ, with no future postponement.
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah—not like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.” For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”—Jeremiah 31:31–34
But God did not merely promise this—He secured it once for all in Christ:
"For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.—Hebrews 8:7–13Here we see that the New Covenant promise in Jeremiah is applied by the author of Hebrews to the church—“obsolete” describes the old, Mosaic covenant, not the unfolding of a future Jewish empire.
Christ’s death and resurrection brought in the New Covenant (verse 13) for all God’s people.
2. “The future Millennial kingdom will be essentially Jewish, as the Old Testament priesthood, sacrificial system, feasts, temple, etc., will be restored during that thousand years.”
Refutation:
The once-for-all sacrifice of Christ ends the need for any further temple worship, priesthood, or sacrifices.
…we have such a high priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man.—Hebrews 8:1–2
Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves—but by means of His own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?—Hebrews 10:11–14
Christ’s one sacrifice “takes away sins” forever (verse 12). The earthly priesthood and sacrificial system were shadows (Hebrews 8:5) pointing to Christ. They are “ready to vanish away” (Hebrews 8:13), not to be re-instituted in a future millennium.
3. “The unfulfilled Old Testament promises to Israel will be fulfilled in a future 1,000 year Millennium to the nation of Israel.”
Refutation:
True heirs of Abraham are those in Christ—promises are fulfilled spiritually now.
“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. … Now it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.”—Romans 10:1–4; 8:10–11
Now to Abraham and his offspring were the promises made. He does not say, “And to offspring,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.—Galatians 3:16, 29The Abrahamic promises look forward to Christ (verse 16) and are received by faith now. There is no separate, national fulfillment after a future millennium—the blessing has come in Christ, and all who believe share in it.
4. “Modern Israel is the true people of God.”
Refutation:
The true people of God are those born again by the Spirit, Jew or Gentile alike.
for he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men but from God.—Romans 2:28–29
and he came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.—Ephesians 2:17–19
True Israel is defined spiritually (Romans 2), not by ethnicity or by modern geopolitics. All who are “in Christ” have equal standing as God’s people.
5. “God has two separate peoples: Gentiles and Jews--which have always been His chosen people.”
Refutation:The New Testament teaches one people of God, united in Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.—Galatians 3:28–29
…now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.—Ephesians 2:13–14
In Christ the dividing “wall” is broken down and all are one new man (Eph. 2:15). There are not two eternally separate peoples, but one redeemed people—Jews and Gentiles united by faith.
Summary
All Old Testament promises and covenants find their fulfillment in Christ today. The New Covenant is inaugurated, sacrifices and temple worship are obsolete, the heirs of Abraham are defined by faith, and in Christ the dividing walls between Jew and Gentile are removed. There is one people of God, drawn from every nation, tribe, and tongue—indwelt by the same Spirit, enjoying the same inheritance (Ephesians 2; Galatians 3).
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