Dispensationalism has always taught that the Church is a “parenthesis“ in God’s plan. But Romans and Galatians make it clear that if anything can be regarded as a parenthesis, it’s OT Israel. The Law, as in Israel’s Law, and the nation of Israel, were a temporary arrangement designed to prepare the way for Jesus. This is evident in Paul going back before Israel to Abraham to illustrate justification by faith (Rom. 4). The Law was a guardian to keep mankind until the work of Christ was accomplished and justification by faith was brought to bear upon Jew and Gentile alike (Gal. 3:23-29). God does not have, and has never had, two parallel systems working, but rather one overarching plan. Israel was always meant to be temporary, while the salvation of all mankind apart from Israel was God’s end goal. Dispensationalism somehow manages to get Scripture exactly backwards in this.
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