In our previous study we noted that faithful believers differ on millennial interpretation. This article narrows the focus to one particular system: pre-tribulation dispensationalism. While many sincere Christians hold this view, it deserves careful biblical and pastoral scrutiny.
Pre-tribulation teaching proposes a secret rapture, a sharp division between Israel and the Church, and distinct divine programmes unfolding in separate dispensations. At first glance these distinctions may appear harmless — even helpful. Yet when pressed to their logical conclusions, they risk fragmenting the unity of Scripture and obscuring the Bible’s grand covenantal storyline.
Is Christ’s return secret or public? Does God have two peoples or one? Is there one gospel across all ages, or differing administrations of salvation? These are not speculative questions. They strike at the heart of redemptive history and carry serious pastoral consequences.
This study argues that Scripture presents one unfolding covenant of grace, one people of God, and one gospel grounded in Christ alone. Far from diminishing hope, this covenantal vision strengthens it — pointing not to postponed promises, but to the progressive triumph of the gospel among the nations.