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What is the futurist/dispensationalist reading of Daniel as a complete interpretive system?

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COVENANT

  • Sacred: Jos 9:18-21; Gal 3:15
  • Blood of: Exo 24:8
  • OF GOD WITH MEN: Confirmed with oath (Gen 22:16; Heb 6:13,17,18), Binding (Lev 26; Gal 3:15), Everlasting (Gen 8:20-22; Isa 54:10), God faithful to (Lev 26:44,45; Deu 4:31; Psa 105:8-11)
  • Key: "To be confirmed" Dan 9:27 — the gabar berith
  • THE SECOND COVENANT: Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:4-13; 12:18-24; 13:20
  • Relevance: FUT reads Dan 9:27 "confirm the covenant" as Antichrist's political treaty; HIST reads it as Messiah confirming existing covenant (gabar not karath)

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

  • Parables: Sower (Mat 13:24-43), Mustard seed (Mat 13:31-32), Leaven (Mat 13:33), Treasure/Pearl/Net (Mat 13:44-50)
  • Present reality: "Kingdom of God is come unto you" (Mat 12:28), "Not of this world" (Jhn 18:36), "Does not consist of meat and drink" (Rom 14:17)
  • Already-present: Mat 12:28 (ephthasen aorist), Col 1:13 (metestesen aorist), Heb 12:28 (paralambanontes present ptcp)
  • Relevance: FUT classical places kingdom entirely future; progressive FUT accommodates already/not-yet; kingdom-present texts constrain purely-future reading

CHURCH

  • Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia
  • Called: Body of Christ (Eph 1:22-23), Israel of God (Gal 6:16), Temple of God (1 Cor 3:16-17), Temple of Living God (2 Cor 6:16), Spiritual House (1 Pet 2:5), Holy Temple (Eph 2:21)
  • Unity: Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 10:17; Gal 3:28; Eph 4:4
  • Covenant titles transferred to church: "chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar people" (1 Pet 2:9) — these are OT Israel's covenant titles from Exo 19:6
  • Relevance: Whether the church IS Israel or PARTICIPATES in Israel's privileges is the central Israel/Church debate

ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING

  • Captivity: 1 Ki 14:15-16; Isa 7:8; Hos 1-12
  • Restoration: Isa 11:11-12; Jer 3:14-18; Hos 2:14-23; Amo 9:9-15
  • Relevance: FUT claims restoration prophecies require a distinct future for national Israel; HIST and PRET claim Christ and the church fulfill them
  • JUDAISM: "To make room for the Gospel" (Mat 3:8-9; 5:17-19); Judaizers as corrupt form (Acts 15:1; Gal 3-6)
  • TESTAMENT: "The new" (Mat 26:28; Mrk 14:24; Luk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25)
  • SYNAGOGUE / CONGREGATION: institutional structure of OT "church" (Acts 7:38 — ekklesia in wilderness)