Dispensationalist

Quick meaning: Dispensationalist is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to dispensationalism.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to dispensationalism.

More Meanings

1. A proponent of dispensationalism.

Example Sentences

There is a close, well-documented alliance between the “dispensationalist” brand of fundamentalism, which sees the modern state of Israel as part of the necessary prelude to the Second Coming, and the present White House and its supporters.

In 1924, Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871–1952), perhaps the most influential twentieth-century dispensationalist, founded and led Dallas Theological Seminary. […] The term is used more broadly by other theologians, including dispensationalists, to illustrate the fact that Adam’s decision to disobey God in the Garden brought sin and death upon the entire human race.

In 1878, Blackstone published “Jesus Is Coming,” which built on previous iterations of dispensationalist ideology. He laid out a sweeping forecast of future events. First on the agenda was the return of the Jews to the land that was then Palestine. Once that was accomplished, the “rapture” would take place, meaning Christian believers physically would be taken to heaven while unbelievers and Jews would be left behind.

Word Forms

• dispensationalists

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include premillennial, dispensational, providentialist, denominational, pentecostalist, providentialistic.

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