Dispensationalism claims that:
1. The church is not spoken of in the Old Testament.
2. It is the purpose of God that the temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt.
First, the Old Testament is full of prophetic references to the church, which is the whole reason why Christ came. Isaiah 40 to 66 is a complete picture of the church, the redeemed community of the Messiah from the nations of the world.
Secondly, the position of God on the temple once and always is this: He desires a people who are His so that He is our God and dwells within us. This is what Jesus explained in John chapters 14-17 that He came to do.
And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it (of the city of New Jerusalem, the church - Heb 12:22). (Rev 21:22).
This is the church, now.
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