Dear Gino & Fellow Watchers,
It can get confusing when two programs are running at the same time especially if one of them is being phased out for a later implementation. Having worked in systems for most of my adult life I am use to concurrent systems. The two systems can have similarities and commonalities as well as differences. So, when I finally found Mid-Acts Dispensationalism it made perfect sense to me. However, I do see a lot of confusion between the two programs on both the internet and in church life in general.
Cornelius was saved under the Kingdom program. He was a righteous gentile. Peter was commissioned for the Gospel Kingdom along with Christ, John the Baptist and the other 11 Apostles. Only the Apostle Paul was initially commissioned for the Mystery Program. Righteous gentiles received blessings from God even before the birth of Messiah. Once the Church age is finally ended the Kingdom Gospel will once again be implemented, with no other concurrent system to contend with, except the Beast System!
For more info on Cornelius (and Peter) see:
I noticed that Geoffrey Grider is using Romans 16:7 as his proof text to disprove Mid-Acts Dispensationalism although he uses the pejorative Hyper-Dispensationalism. But a quick look at the outline for Romans 16:7 reveals that Geoffrey is not quite getting it. For him “being in Christ is the same as the body of Christ”.
Rightly Divided: "All will be in Christ, but they get there differently: 1) by prophecy, 2) by mystery".
All the Best,Mike P