A Refutation of Dispensationalism (3): “The Kingdom Is at Hand”: A Fact, Not a Conditional Offer

When Christ started His public preaching, He began by proclaiming boldly that the kingdom of heaven was "at hand." Dispensationalists say that Christ, by this statement, was giving to the Jews a well-meant offer of the Davidic kingdom. But, they go on to say, since the majority of the Jews rejected Christ, He responded by withdrawing the offer for the time being, with the intention of offering it to the Jews again at His second coming. In an effort to prove that Christ made such an offer, they...