Rapture Fever

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in pointing to dispensationalism’s retreatism. But Ice and
House systematically ignored this crucial dispensational documenfi
it admits far too much. Schnittger’s booklet has been
flushed down the Dallas Seminary memory hole. “Schnittger?
Who’s Schnittger?” This is highly suspicious. It is also quite
traditional. This has long been Dallas Seminary’s approach to
apologetics: refutation by black-out.
With these warnings in mind, let us survey some of the
highlights of Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? Few Christian
books of supposedly high academic caliber have ever been so
garbled.
Garble #1: Sutton’s Five-Point Covenant Model
The biblical covenant’s points are: (1) God’s transcendence
yet immanence (presence); (2) hierarchy/authority/representstion;
(3) ethics/law/dominion; (4) oath/sanctions (blessing and
cursing); (5) successiotilnheritance/continuity Its acronym is
THEOS.
What our two authors fail to tell their readers is that they are
both staunch defenders of point one, the absolute predestination of God.
Their Arminian fundamentalist readers really ought to be informed
about this. Silence is not golden at this point.
Then comes point two: hierarchy. They refuse to discuss how
this works in the so-called Church Age. But they forthrightly
tell us how it will work during the dispensational millennial
age: “Premillennialist plead guilty to the desire to have a ‘topdown’
kingdom. We eagerly look forward to Jesus Christ’s
earthly reign” (p. 237). This is in response to my criticism:
“The premillennialist has so little faith in the power of the
Bible’s perfect revelation, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to
shape the thoughts of Christians, that Jesus must return and
personally issue millions of orders per day telling everyone
what to do, case by case, crisis by crisis.” I had thought mine
was a highly critical observation; they openly confirm the accuracy
of my original accusation, and they rejoice in it.