I2, because Shalom is not rightly dividing the word of truth as stated in 2 Timothy 2:15) He refers me to "parable of the two sticks" which is misleading in light of what Paul says throughout his epistles.
In view of the fact that God has a two-fold plan and purpose, not everything in the Bible is describing what God is doing with us today. The vast majority of the scriptures pertain to the outworking of God's plan and purpose with the nation of Israel. However, God has temporarily suspended His programs and dealings with Israel, and brought in a new and different dispensation when He raised up Paul as a new apostle. We, today, live in the dispensation of the grace of God. We are members of God's " new creation" the "one new man", the Church the body of Christ, and Paul is our apostle. Accordingly, it is in Paul's epistles-Romans through Philemon-that God sets forth what He is doing with us in this dispensation.
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