Somewhere along the way, a lot of us were taught that God has two plans.
One plan for Israel.
Another for the Church.
Like God started with one thing, then changed His mind halfway through.
But the Bible doesn’t tell that story.
The Bible tells one story.
About one people.
Saved by one Savior.
For one glory.
“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.”
— Ephesians 4:4–6
That’s not two separate programs.
That’s unity.
Dispensationalism teaches something different.
It says the Church was a “mystery” because it was unexpected.
That Jesus came to bring an earthly kingdom to the Jews, but when they rejected Him, He hit pause.
And now the Church age is a “parenthesis” just filling time until God goes back to Plan A with Israel.
But that’s not what Scripture says.
“This grace was given me… to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ… and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God… His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…”
— Ephesians 3:8–10
The Church wasn’t a backup plan.
It was the mystery God had always intended to reveal.
Jesus didn’t come to take the throne of Israel and fail.
He came to take the cross.
That was the mission from the beginning.
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
— Mark 10:45
He wasn’t rejected and then decided to die.
He came to be rejected, so He could redeem.
Dispensationalism separates Jews and Gentiles into two distinct peoples.
But Scripture says something different.
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”
— Galatians 3:28–29
If you are in Christ you are part of the one people of God.
Not a replacement.
Not a substitute.
A grafted-in family.
The same promise.
The same root.
“You Gentiles… have been grafted in among the others… do not consider yourself to be superior… you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”
— Romans 11:17–18
This matters.
Because bad theology doesn’t just stay in our heads, it shapes how we live.
When we split up God’s story,
we miss the glory of how everything in Scripture was always pointing to Jesus.
When we treat the Church as a side note,
we forget that she is the bride bought with blood.
When we obsess over timelines, temples, and political Israel,
we lose sight of the real Kingdom,
the one that’s already come in part and will be consummated when Christ returns.
God has not failed.
His promises have not been paused.
His plan has not been derailed.
“For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him.”
— 2 Corinthians 1:20
Jesus is the point.
Always has been.
Always will be.
One story.
One people.
One Savior.
No backup plan needed.
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