3 Non-Dispensational Contradictions

Contradiction #1:

The Old Testament tells us to keep the Sabbath:

Exodus 20:8 - "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."

Exodus 31:15-16 - "Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."

When Paul lists the commandments for new testament Christians, he doesn’t list keeping the Sabbath:

Romans 13:9 - "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

The Sabbath was a shadow of things to come:

Colossians 2:16-17 - "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."

Scripture is clear that the Sabbath is not a requirement for new testament Christians, this was not the case in the old testament, if the entire Bible was written to new testament Christians, as non-dispensationalist heretics claim, that would mean we should still be keeping the sabbath.

Contradiction #2:

Jesus was preaching the gospel of the kingdom to the Jews (the gospel of the kingdom was Jesus presenting the kingdom of heaven to the Jews):

Matthew 4:23 - "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Matthew 9:35 - "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."

Paul never preached the gospel of the kingdom, Paul preached the gospel of Christ (also called the gospel of God).

2 Corinthians 10:14 - "For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:"

Romans 15:19 - "Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ."

The gospel of Christ and the gospel of the kingdom are NOT the same gospel. Non-dispensationalists will counter this by saying that Paul and Jesus both preached the kingdom of God, and they will claim that the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven are the same. The kingdom of God is spiritual fellowship with God (Romans 14:17), the kingdom of heaven is the physical earthly kingdom that Jesus sets up. Jesus was preaching the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven because they were both available, but once the Jews rejected Jesus Christ, the kingdom of heaven was temporarily set aside but the kingdom of God is still available. The gospel of Christ is how a person gets saved, the gospel of the kingdom was the kingdom of heaven being presented to the Jews. If the entire Bible was written to Christians, that would mean we would be preaching the gospel of the kingdom today.

Contradiction #3:

Under the old testament, the Israelites had to perform animal sacrifice to cover sins that were committed:

Exodus 29:36-37 - "And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy."

Leviticus 4:2-3 - "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: 3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering."

In the new testament, our sins are paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ:

Acts 13:38-39 - "Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses."

Colossians 2:13-14 - "And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"

Titus 2:13-14 - "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

If the entire Bible was written to Christians today, that would mean that Jesus died for nothing and we still have to keep animal sacrifices.

Conclusion:

There are just 3 of the many examples of the contradictions in the Bible if non-dispensationalism was correct. Whenever Atheists claim to find contradictions in the Bible, they are always crossing dispensational lines, they will take verses from the old testament and the new testament and say they found contradictions in the Bible when in reality, they took verses from two different dispensations. Non-dispensationalism is a satanic heresy.