Criticism of LDS Dispensationalism
Both Western and Eastern Christianity, in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions teach that "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." This is based on Christ's pronouncement to his disciple Peter in the gospel of Matthew 16:18. Both Western and Eastern Christianity also teach Christ's commissioning assurance in Matthew 28:20 of "Behold I am with you always, even to the ends of the age." LDS dispensational theology assumes periods of apostasy in between periods of restored priesthoods based fundamentally on Joseph Smith's new revelation that all churches were apostate. Critics contend that this assumption makes Christ's declaration and assurance false, as the gates of hell would have had to prevail for around 1500 years between the "Nicene Apostasy" and Joseph Smith's new revelation.
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