Like Aloha, I grew up in dispensational churches. That's how I was taught. And "simply hating Israel" was something I was never exposed to. Like most people of my generation, I had nothing but sympathy for Israel. Your either/or is a non-starter. I came to a fuller understanding of God's covenant through an intensive self-study of His en…
Like Aloha, I grew up in dispensational churches. That's how I was taught. And "simply hating Israel" was something I was never exposed to. Like most people of my generation, I had nothing but sympathy for Israel. Your either/or is a non-starter. I came to a fuller understanding of God's covenant through an intensive self-study of His entire Word by self-consciously approaching the Word without any preconceived ideas relying only on the promise that if asked the Holy Spirit will open the Word to you. When I was finished, I then examined everything I had been taught and believed in light of what I had learned with only the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I had to swallow a number of "red pills". It was only later that I learned of the "short" history of dispensational theology.
If you want to understand His love, understand His covenant. Jesus and Paul spent a great deal of effort explaining this.
Like Aloha, I grew up in dispensational churches. That's how I was taught. And "simply hating Israel" was something I was never exposed to. Like most people of my generation, I had nothing but sympathy for Israel. Your either/or is a non-starter. I came to a fuller understanding of God's covenant through an intensive self-study of His entire Word by self-consciously approaching the Word without any preconceived ideas relying only on the promise that if asked the Holy Spirit will open the Word to you. When I was finished, I then examined everything I had been taught and believed in light of what I had learned with only the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I had to swallow a number of "red pills". It was only later that I learned of the "short" history of dispensational theology.
If you want to understand His love, understand His covenant. Jesus and Paul spent a great deal of effort explaining this.