Jos (24 Apr 2007)
"Dispensationalism"


Dear John and fellow Doves,
 
I've just read the Wikipedia description of Dispensationalism below:
 
Dispensationalism and world politics

Dispensationalism teaches that Christians should not expect spiritual good from earthly governments, and should expect social conditions to decline as the end times draw nearer. Dispensationalist readings of prophecies often teach that the Antichrist will appear to the world as a peacemaker. This makes some dispensationalists suspicious of all forms of power, religious and secular, and especially of human attempts to form international organizations for peace, such as the United Nations. Almost all dispensationalists reject the idea that a lasting peace can be attained by human effort in the Middle East, and believe instead that "wars and rumors of wars" (cf. Matt 24:6) will increase as the end times approach. Dispensationalist beliefs often underlie the religious and political movement of Christian Zionism.

Some dispensationalists teach that churches that do not insist on Biblical literalism as they deem appropriate are in fact part of the Great Apostasy. This casts suspicion on attempts to create church organizations that cross denominational boundaries such as the World Council of Churches. (See also ecumenism.)


and it occurred to me that anyone who was 'labelled' a dispensationalist could be seen in the eyes of the rulers of this world as anti-government, anti-peace, anti-religious tolerance, pluralism etc.,  a religious fundamentalist...........that sounds a bit like a terrorist to me!

How easily, i wonder, could this be quietly inserted along with the other questions in a form being filled out when (for example) applying for a particular kind of job?!!!

In Jesus' name,

Jos