Was MacArthur a dispensationalist?

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Right now Spiritual israel is the Church, but that dies not preclude God dealing with national Israel in last days

Brother, I respectfully ask, where do you get that info? All the elect, whether Jew or gentile, are part of the church. The church did not, nor does it ever take over for the Jews. The church is the Israel of God.

I know some Dispensationalists claim that because there has been a partial hardening that happened to Israel, we Amillennialists claim the church as a replacement, but Amils did not come up with that; that's a strawman from the Dispensationalists. But this hardening is speaking of the non-elect Jews rejecting Jesus; it never speaks of the elect Jews.

25 For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written:

Paul does not say, then after this (partial hardening), all Israel shall be saved. When Paul says, "all Israel will be saved," there is nothing to prove Paul is looking to the end of the age, but instead looking at the whole gospel age, which is from Christ's first and Second coming. Scripture also shows Paul sees and elect Israel (A Remnant) throughout the gospel age.

 

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@JesusFan
Romans 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved;

O Robertson, in his book, "The Israel of God," asks this question.
What does Paul mean by "all Israel?"

1) All Israel refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham.
2) "all Israel" refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham living at a future time at which God shall initiate a special working among the Jews.
3) "all Israel" refers to the "mass" or "majority" of Jews living at the time of a special saving activity of God in the future.
4) "all Israel" refers to all the elect Israelites within the community of Israel.
5) "all Israel" refers both to Jews and gentiles which together constitute the church of Christ, the Israel of God.


What does everyone choose, 1-5?

 

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@JesusFan
Romans 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved;

O Robertson, in his book, "The Israel of God," asks this question.
What does Paul mean by "all Israel?"

1) All Israel refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham.
2) "all Israel" refers to all ethnic descendants of Abraham living at a future time at which God shall initiate a special working among the Jews.
3) "all Israel" refers to the "mass" or "majority" of Jews living at the time of a special saving activity of God in the future.
4) "all Israel" refers to all the elect Israelites within the community of Israel.
5) "all Israel" refers both to Jews and gentiles which together constitute the church of Christ, the Israel of God.


What does everyone choose, 1-5?

It could be 4 and 5, depending on how one is looking at it. Or simply all of the elect Jew and Gentile alike. Only the elect are ever saved (Romans 9:6).

 

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Right now Spiritual israel is the Church, but that dies not preclude God dealing with national Israel in last days

What are the last days?

 

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I would see the eschatology of the NT as being Historical premil, so like a Spurgeon, do still see at end of this age going into the Messianic Age that God still has Israel proper plans moving forward
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) believed in a literal, future restoration of national Israel to their land and their subsequent conversion to faith in Christ, holding that they would have a prominent place in the millennial kingdom. He taught that Israel would be reorganized as a nation, possibly with a monarchy, and that their national conversion would lead to worldwide blessing.

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Key aspects of Spurgeon's view included:

• Literal Restoration: He believed prophecies in the Old Testament pointed to a physical return of the Jewish people to the Promised Land.
• National Conversion: Spurgeon taught that Israel would eventually recognize Jesus as their Messiah, saying, "the nation of Israel never can [apostatize]... she shall be effectually and permanently converted".
• Role in the Millennium: He expected a "political restoration" where Israel would be a nation again, followed by a time when "the King Messiah shall sit, and reign among his people gloriously".
• Distinction from Dispensationalism: While holding to these views, this Reddit post indicates that Spurgeon was generally opposed to modern dispensationalist theology, instead holding a view more aligned with Historic Premillennialism.
  
  
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Spurgeon often emphasized that although Israel had been scattered and blinded, God had not abandoned them. He viewed their restoration as a key event in the fulfillment of God's promises.

Wondering does that mean all Israel previous, too? If not, then this doesn't sound like Israel (national) at all, but just the "Church". The elect. Or is there some reason for those of national Israel still alive at that time that makes them more special than those that came before them?