New Testament v. New Covenant | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
August 12, 2026 • David Reid
Covenant and testament are not interchangeable—both come from the Greek word diatheke, but they function as two distinct legal instruments with different parties, different activation requirements, and different beneficiaries. This study traces both timelines side by side: the covenant as a contract requiring mutual agreement, and the testament as a last will requiring the death of the testator, revealing why Paul identifies himself as a minister of the new testament—not the new covenant—and what that distinction means for the Body of Christ.
Was Water Baptism Required for Salvation Under the Kingdom Program? | RD with DR
August 9, 2026 • David Reid
Peter told the crowd at Pentecost to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins, yet a dying thief entered paradise having never been baptized at all. This teaching works through Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, Acts 22:16, and 1 Peter 3:18-21 to explain exactly what role water baptism played in the kingdom program preached to Israel, and why it was required without being the actual means of washing away sin.
Rightly dividing these passages shows that under the kingdom program, water baptism was the outward expression of a faith that God counted for righteousness, not a ritual that cleansed the inner filth of sin. Peter's own words in 1 Peter 3:21 make the distinction explicit: baptism saves "not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God." What actually washes away sin, according to Revelation 1:5, is the blood of Christ.
When Did Satan Learn the Mystery? Tracing His Discovery Through Paul's Epistles | RD with DR
August 5, 2026 • David Reid
When and how did Satan discover the mystery of the Body of Christ? This Bible Q&A traces Paul's epistles in chronological order to identify the earliest and latest points Satan could have learned it.
Key points:
Ephesians 3:9-10 indicates the principalities and powers learn of the mystery by observing the church. Colossians 2:13-15 frames this as a public humiliation Satan hid from his subordinates. Acts 19:13-15 and 26:12-18 show Satan took special notice of Paul after Damascus, though Acts 9:7 and 22:9 confirm that revelation was for Paul alone. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 and 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 show Satan actively opposing Paul once he grasped the stakes. Working backward from 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 through 2 Thessalonians 2:7, Romans 16:25, and Galatians 3:27-28, the evidence points to Paul already preaching the mystery in Acts 16, likely receiving it at Sinai in Acts 9 (Galatians 1:15-17, Colossians 1:25-27). Acts 13-14, Paul's first missionary journey, shows the mystery of Romans 11:25 already unfolding.
Conclusion: Satan learned the mystery by observing Paul's ministry, at the latest by the first missionary journey, but hid it from the other fallen angels since it was his own humiliation.
The Book of Enoch: Scripture or Not? | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
August 2, 2026 • David Reid
Slides: https://storage1.snappages.site/75qp7c/assets/files/book-of-enoch-scripture-or-not.pdfhttp://snappages.site/75qp7c/assets/files/book-of-enoch-scripture-or-not.pdf
Video links:
https://www.ccel.org/c/charles/otpseudepig/enoch/enoch_1.htm
https://www.academia.edu/80069451/analysis_of_the_archaic_mark_codex_a_collaborative_study_in_authenticationhttp://www.academia.edu/80069451/analysis_of_the_archaic_mark_codex_a_collaborative_study_in_authentication
The End of the Dispensation of Grace | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
July 26, 2026 • David Reid
The Nehushtan of the Dispensation of Grace | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
July 19, 2026 • David Reid
Cosmic Power Shift, Part 2 | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
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Cosmic Power Shift, Part 1 | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
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What the Bible Actually Says About Purgatory | Rightly Dividing with David Reid
