Christian Views and Teachings on Eschatology - Dispensationalism

Question 1

When was Dispensationalism developed?

Answer 1

the 1700s and 1800s

Question 2

Who were the theologians who primarily devised and developed Dispensationalism?

Answer 2

Pierre Poiret (1646 - 1719)
John Edwards (1637 - 1716)
Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)
John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882)

Question 3

What are the stages of human time called?

Answer 3

dispensations

Question 4

How many stages of human time does C.I. Scofield say there are?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

What are Scofield’s stages of human time called and what does each stage entail?

Answer 5

1) innocence - from beginning to the fall
2) conscience - from the fall to Noah
3) human government - Noah to Abraham
4) promise - Abraham to Moses
5) law - Moses to Christ
6) Church - the present, God tests us by seeing if we reject or accept Christ
7) Kingdom - beginning of the second coming of the kingdom of Christ

Question 6

What does Dispensationalism aim to show in dividing human history into stages?

Answer 6

Aims to show that God’s plans and purposes change in large steps.

Question 7

When do we move from one stage of human time to another?

Answer 7

When God gives humanity a different revelation of his will to follow.

Question 8

What is Progressive Dispensationalism?

Answer 8

The ideas that the dispensations gradually progress from one to another rather than there being one distinct end to each stage and a jump to the next.

Question 9

How do those who follow Progressive Dispensationalism interpret the Bible?

Answer 9

They interpret the Bible in a less literal way than other Dispensationalists.

Question 10

Jon Edwards quote?

Answer 10

‘All truth is received by revelation…and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth than God discloses’

Question 11

C.I. Scofield quote?

Answer 11

‘Each of the Dispensations may be regarded as a test of the natural man, and each ends in judgement’