This one was stumbled upon by accident and I confess I’ve not done much more than skim it. Jack Kelley at the Bible Prophecy Today website writes about animal sacrifice in the millennial kingdom. In the article he makes the rather astounding claim that when the millennial kingdom begins Jesus will re-institute the sacrificial system. The Jews will continue to be guided by the requirements of the law and will have none of the same assurances of salvation we enjoy as believers. With the church age ended at the rapture, the reign of the Old Testament law (returns? continues?).

Some of the things in the article caused rather bemused reactions from me, others caused a bit of agitation. I was a bit amused with the following image:

In the coming age, men on Earth will look up into the sky and see the New Jerusalem, home of the Church, in orbit nearby. It will be their source of light and though they’ll never be able to visit it, descriptions of its beauty and majesty will stagger their imaginations. All of creation will stand in awe of this display of the incomparable riches of God’s grace.

and angered by this one:

In an earlier study, The Nature Of Post Church Salvation, I made the case that post Church believers, whether Jew or Gentile, will not enjoy the seal of the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of their inheritance. Eternal Security is a blessing for the Church alone and ends with the end of the Age of Grace at the Rapture.

Can anyone really argue that the promise of assurance and security will someday come to an end? His “proof” comes from two passages (Rev. 14:12; Rev. 16:15) which seem to require both faith and obedience – something he seems to argue could only be required of those not part of the church: “…the Lord had John say that both obedience and faith will be required of Tribulation believers, whereas the Church is saved by grace through faith alone.” I trust any regular readers here will immediately recognize the enormous problem in this teaching. I won’t elaborate. Ask in the comments if it is not clear to you.

There is lots more. As I said, I just skimmed and I don’t want to tackle all the problems. I suspect this represents the more extreme end of dispensationalism rather than normative dispensationalism. We shall see.