@s1nkr8@advoluntas The Good Thief is one of the clearest pictures of salvation by grace.
But notice: his “faith” included repentance, confession of sin, and a plea for mercy. Catholics don’t deny faith saves—we believe real faith is never empty.
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Dispensationalism doesn’t trace to Paul, it traces to John Nelson Darby in the 1830s and the Scofield Bible in 1909. Paul preached one body in Christ (Eph 2:14-16), not two peoples and two plans. History and Scripture both disagree with you.
So you’re just wrong. Later bot.
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine I have nothing against the Jewish people or Israel as a nation. It’s just a layered theological topic and none of these passages are about 1948 Israel
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Exactly. Abraham’s promise was to many nations (Gen 17:5), fulfilled in Christ gathering Jew + Gentile into one body (Eph 2:14–16). That is Israel’s purpose completed. dispensaltionalism came about in the 1800’s. This is new age thinking.
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Not replacement…fulfillment. The Church doesn’t erase Israel; it’s Israel brought to completion in Christ. Paul said it plainly: ‘If you are in Christ, you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise’ (Gal 3:29).
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Right … fulfillment isn’t abolishment. It’s transformation. The shadows give way to the substance (Col 2:17). The covenant’s heirs are those in Christ (Gal 3:29), not defined by land but by faith.
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Lexicons show possible meanings, not automatic theology. Olam also describes the ‘everlasting’ Levitical priesthood (Ex 40:15) and Passover (Ex 12:14)—both fulfilled in Christ. Same word, different covenant stage. Fulfillment ≠ contradiction.
@TiddyPuzzy@WarClandestine Also, “Gen 9:16’s ‘everlasting covenant’ with Noah was for all living creatures, not ethnic Israel. Like other covenants, it endures through fulfillment in Christ.”