Q75 : Two New Covenants?
I just read the article by Andy Woods entitled
What is the relationship of the Church to the New Covenanta. You state the following:
The two-covenant view also suffers from other flaws. According to
Toussaint: "Paul was clear in his delineation between the church and Israel in
God's program (Romans 9-11). Why then would he not have been
specific in pointing out the difference between two new covenants?"
Moreover, the two-covenant view suffers from a complete lack of
contemporary scholarly support. Although the early writings of Ryrie
and Walvoord sought to defend the two-covenant position,
their later writings demonstrate an
abandonment of this position and instead teach that the church
participates in some aspects of the one New Covenant.
Blaising observes that he "knows no
dispensational scholar who holds it today."
Dr. Rodney J Decker also used a quote from Walvoord in the Bib Sac
article of 1980. Miles J Stanford took the position that Walvoord's
position had not changed: http://withchrist.org/MJS/decker2.htm.
Any thoughts?
Links Mentioned Above
a - See http://www.spiritandtruth.org/teaching/documents/articles/12/12.htm.
| A75 : by Andy Woods
Although I did not mention it in my paper, some of my views regarding
Walvoord's view of the New Covenant come from conversations that I have had
with Dr. Pentecost on the subject. He indicated to me that both Walvoord and
Ryrie had switched from the two the covenant view to a single covenant with
the church participating in its soteriological benefits. He also indicated
to me that Chafer would also have switched had he lived long enough.
Interestingly, Pentecost held this single covenant view before these men
switched as evidenced by his treatment on the subject in
Things to Comea
which was his doctoral dissertation. Pentecost held this position even as a
student while studying under Dr. Chafer. I think some of Walvoord's later
language that Stanford quotes should be understood as Walvoord being clear
that the church is not the ultimate fulfillment of the New Covenant. I do
not think that Walvoord is here saying that the church has no relationship
to the New Covenant. Anyway, these are some of my thoughts on this
interesting topic.
Links Mentioned Above
a - See http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/0-310-30890-9.
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