I’ve written a great deal over the years in the space criticizing Roman Catholicism, but I’ve not had much to say about Dispensationalism. But both of them seem to have this in common: they are deeply superstitious.
Now Romanism and Dispensationalism are not superstitious in the same way. Romanism with its worship of Mary and the saints,[1] its doctrine of transubstantiation, and its cult of relics is thoroughly imbued with superstition. Dispensationalism, on the other hand, is a superstition that has taken over large parts of the professing Evangelical church in the United States, its chief superstition being the worship, or something close to it, of the modern nation-state of Israel.
Pastor Greg Locke, a Baptist preacher, is one of many examples of Israel worshipping American Evangelicals on the scene today. In a post on X dated 5/11/2024, Locke spent 588 words expressing his thoughts on Israel, even threatening to dismiss congregants whose views did not conform to his. Locke wrote, “In the last days there will be ONE dividing factor in the Body of Christ.” Locke enumerated several things that were not dividing factors: who kept their church open or closed (apparently a reference to Covid), cessationists vs. those who operate “in the gifts,” traditional vs. contemporary worship, or Bible versions. Interestingly, Locke did not mention those who believe in sovereign grace or free will or those who hold to justification by belief alone vs. those who hold that one is saved by faith plus something else. No, these are all minor issues. The big dividing line for Pastor Locke is what one believes about the nation-state of Israel.
Lux Lucet 