The Top 5 Failures of the Dispensational Prophecy Scheme

By: Gordan Runyan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

There are many questions in the air about the Bible's teachings on the End Times. Dispensationalism is a form of biblical interpretation, a system that advertises itself as the only serious option for the study of prophecy. But, since its appearance in the mid-19th Century, it has correctly predicted nothing while fostering a sub-culture of wild speculation within evangelical Christianity. The litany of wrong predictions and laughable proposals that have plagued Dispensationalism from its outset would be comical if it didn't represent the deception of millions along the way.

When will the Rapture be? Who is the Antichrist? Will a new temple be built in Jerusalem? What is the "fig tree generation"? Who are Gog and Magog? Where is the Revived Roman Empire? You could add some others that you have heard or asked yourself.

In the attempt to answer these questions, leading Dispensational teachers have let fly with some truly embarrassing efforts.

Pastor Gordan Runyan has made his picks for the top five most embarrassing face-plants of Dispensational prophetic speculation. At some point, it must be recognized that these SMH types of proposals are not the result of isolated individuals proving that they have no understanding. Rather, this unending stream of snort-worthy guesses is a feature of the system. It's not that the Dispensational view leaves room for this foolishness. It invites and breeds it.

Runyan ends this article by providing a short but helpful bibliography, for those who are ready to begin exploring other options in biblical interpretation.

Dispensationalism is new, but…

I had heard all of those strange ideas. Fact is, the Bible is between 2,000 to 3,400 years old. Even the Reformation didn’t create new theology, it clarified older theology from Augustine and earlier, and cast out the newer ideas invented in Rome. But suddenly when Darby develops ideas that Americans love, it becomes new doctrine!

I will not be sucked in by new doctrine again.

Great short summary

Dispensationalism is unbiblical nonsense. Thanks for pointing that out with these examples. Wild that people still believe it.