Dispensationalism

founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and prophet (1805–1844)

American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator

The Rapture is an eschatological (end-times) concept held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air."

Dispensationalism is a Christian theological framework for interpreting the Christian Bible which maintains that history is divided into multiple ages called dispensations in which God interacts with his chosen people in different ways. It is often distinguished from covenant theology, the traditional Reformed view of reading the Bible. These are two competing frameworks of biblical theology that attempt to explain overall continuity in the Bible. The coining of the term "dispensationalism" has been attributed to Philip Mauro, a critic of the system's teachings, in his 1928 book The Gospel of

political and religious ideology

British Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. (1800-1882)

American Baptist pastor and theologian (1939–2025)

evangelical Christian minister and author from the United States

series of 16 novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, published 1995-2007

controversial televangelist

American theologian, minister and writer (1843-1921)

American Christian cartoonist (1924–2016)

Canadian politician (1878-1943)

British Anglican clergyman, biblical scholar and theologian (1837-1913)

American evangelist and Christian writer

interpretation of Genesis that the 6 days of creation are literal, but with a time gap between Gen. 1:1 (“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”) and Gen. 1:2–3 (“And the earth was without form […] God said, Let there be light […]”)

American evangelical Zionist organization

American television evangelist

Dispensationalist theologian (1925–2016)

American writer

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Christian apologist

Irish writer and preacher

American Christian Zionist

American writer (1850–1924)

American theologian (1915-2014)

American theologian (1871-1952)

English evangelist and author, influential in the Plymouth Brethren (1807-1899)

American academic administrator and pastor

English theologian and writer (1837–1910)

American minister (1861-1945)

American writer