Dispensationalist seems to always tangle themselves up with various covenant doctrines.
Look, the church is the ecclesia, the "called out." God has always had a church since Abraham and even before. The church is still marching on. God does not see the OT saints any differently than NT saints. Saints have been on the march since God called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldeans. All saints are children of Abraham, still seeking the same city that our Father began his trek to find.
Here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Our father began the quest long ago. Hopefully, we will be the perfecting or crowning generation of the faithful that will arrive. For they without us cannot be made perfect.
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