Is "Repentance" dispensationally incorrect?
Is there a "kingdom" aspect to the present dispensation? (Bear in mind "kingdom" refers characteristically to the dominion of God over His creation, not just to the earthly kingdom calling of the covenant nation Israel). Note the approximate number of occurrences of each term in the various portions of scripture. (Source: The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament - Samuel Bagster and Sons, LTD, Ninth edition, 1908)
|
Greek word
|
Translation
|
Gospels
|
Acts
|
Hebrews, James, Peter, John, Rev. |
Paul's Pre-prison (early) epistles |
Paul's prison (later) epistles |
| basileus | King | 62 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| basileia | Kingdom | 126 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| basileuo | to reign | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| metanoeo | repent | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| metanoia | repentance | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| karis | grace, favor | 12 | 16 | 26 |
69 (approx) |
36 |
| karisma | gift, free gift | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| karitoo | highly favored | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| stauros | cross, pole, tree | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| stauroo | to crucify | 33 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| haima | blood | 27 | 12 | 46 | 8 | 5 |
| hieratia | priest's office | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| hieratuma | priesthood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| hieratuo | priest's office | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hierus | priest | 11 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |