Archaeologist thinks structure beneath Jerusalem is 2nd Jewish Temple

Dispensationalist theology, which includes Millennialism, which is a bit over 150 years old (extremely new relative to the life of the Church), is only a major influence in American evangelicalism—especially Baptist(or baptistic/independent)and Pentecostal circles.

In the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican, and Methodist (THE major Protestant denominations) EVEN (or especially?) among evangelical scholars there, Dispensational Milennialist theology—which demands the old Temple be rebuilt (even though Christ’ Church is His Temple...), and has Jesus coming (again) at least 3 different times.... has few if any followers.

Among Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox scholars, Dispenstational eschatology (end-times study) also has no following.

Due to the influence of the popular book in the ‘70s “The Great Late Planet Earth,” Dispensationalism does have a popular following in the USA, but only there...as I said, amidst Baptist, Pentecostal and sorted independent evangelicals, nowhere else. Historically, and, worldwide, among ALL Christian Churches, Dispensational Eschatology is, actually, a small minority view.

Dispensational Eschatology started, by the way, with a small cult-like group called the Millerites, who, like Harold Camping’s fans, believed the world was coming to an end on a certain date (in the 1830s). When it didn’t happen, they thought up alternative explanations, and a group of them went on to found the 7th Day Adventists....a group seen as eccentric at best, amidst most evangelical scholars.

To me it is ironic that the roots of a group many if not most evangelical Baptist/Independent scholars would call cultic, developed the system of eschatology they dogmatically follow.

The historically mainstream Christian view is that Jesus certainly is literally coming again in Judgement—at ANY time now—and NOTHING on the eschatological calender needs to happen before that event...

In the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican, and Methodist (THE major Protestant denominations) EVEN (or especially?) among evangelical scholars there, Dispensational Milennialist theology—which demands the old Temple be rebuilt (even though Christ’ Church is His Temple...), and has Jesus coming (again) at least 3 different times.... has few if any followers.

Thank you. You have described it correctly, as far as this conservative, confessional Lutheran pastor is concerned. I am not a dispensational millennialist.

Thanks Quix.