dish wash nation?

oh, dispensation! i was sorely... mistaken there... wasnt i, a-hmm hmm.

quick idea... dispensationalism: "As a current in Protestant Christian theology, dispensationalism is a form of premillennialism which teaches biblical history as a number of successive economies or administrations, called dispensations, each of which emphasizes the discontinuity of the Old Testament covenants God made with His various people." (Dispensationalism. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism. bolds mine). BUT, we all know that Christ didn't come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it (Mt5.17).

so what does that mean? well, if the Old Testament Temple and Laws were a shadow of the spiritual, and Christ completed them, doesnt it make sense that He would still share these gifts, after they have attained their true power and Life, especially since we are now, like Him, both physical and spiritual?

what am i talking about? well, Old Testament covenants being united with Christ and given to us as the Sacraments. we all agree that He wouldnt give us something physical void of spiritual life and virtue (for example, the Bible isn't just a book, but His Written Word), but, again, since we are still Man, it just makes sense that He would impart spiritual gifts through physical means. We are human and He (having been made Man), knows what it is to walk in both worlds, as we do now.

i'm not saying one way or the other that we have to receive and practice all the Sacraments for life, i'm just saying that God, being the same yesterday, today and forever, continues to impart Himself (now completely!) through Sacred Tradition, the fulfilled/completed OT covenants, the Sacraments.

now, back to dish wash nation... i think tha.......