Part VI-C: The Kingdom Confusion. Earthly and Heavenly, Present and Eternal

From Sovereign Grace and the Scope of Election: A Comparative Examination of Attainment Theology and Grace Theology, with Particular Attention to the Question of Whether God's Elect Are Found Among All Nations and Religions

Beneath nearly every attainment system proof-text stands a single unexamined assumption: that every occurrence of "kingdom," "Zion," "enter," "inherit," and "saved" in Scripture refers to one thing, the believer's eternal address, awarded by performance. Untangle the Bible's own kingdom distinctions and the majority of the attainment system's arsenal discharges harmlessly. Scripture speaks of the kingdom in at least four registers, and confusing them is the engine of the entire tiered system.

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