One massively destructive force proceeding from the two-kingdom theory is the doctrine of the dispensation of grace.

The concept that the new covenant is an unprecedented work of God unrelated to the old, that the Old Testament is for the Jews and their kingdom, that we are in a new dispensation in which God does not view our conduct except through Christ, is utterly, totally false, misleading, and destructive.

The Bible is one whole from Genesis to Revelation. It describes one Kingdom of God, of Heaven, that soon is to come to the earth.

God has always had one goal in mind for man—that man would practice righteousness, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. The Divine goal never, never, never changes.

The various covenants have been ineffective in accomplishing God's goal because of the sinful nature of man. The new covenant, by assigning the sinful nature to the cross with Christ and planting and nurturing a new Christ-filled nature in man, does indeed produce behavior that practices righteousness, loves mercy, and walks humbly with God.

What have we done? We have changed the new covenant from one that writes the moral Nature of God into the mind and heart of man into a covenant that provides an alternative to living righteously, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.

"Just believe and you will be saved by grace. You ought to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, but it doesn't really matter whether or not you do because you are saved (made eligible for eternal residence in Heaven—an unscriptural goal) by a sovereign grace. God sees you only through Christ."

The preceding paragraph is so manifestly unscriptural it is a wonder any devout Christian believer has ever accepted it as truth. But—believe it or not—the fable of the "dispensation of grace" is almost universally accepted by God's people.

Any bright young person could have predicted the consequences of a doctrine that tells us we do not actually have to behave. We should live morally upright lives, it is true; but there are no serious eternal consequences if we do not cleanse ourselves of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. "After all, we are saved by grace and not by works of righteousness we have done."

Anyone could tell you what would take place, especially in a period when, as in America of the present, immoral adventures are so readily available and we are surrounded with hordes of demons. The inevitable result of such unscriptural teaching would be churches filled with spiritual babies who present no threat to Satan's kingdom because of their unrighteous, unholy, disobedient behavior, and a national government working in a cesspool of lies, intrigues, moral filth, treachery, traitorous betrayals, greed, and personal ambition. This is precisely what has taken place.

We have been destroyed as a nation by the teaching of the "dispensation of grace." The dispensation of grace philosophy is based on the concept of a Gentile church whose behavior is screened from God's eyes because of "grace," and a separate Jewish Kingdom whose members keep the Law of Moses. The Gentile church is to be caught up to Heaven any day now, but the Jews, without the Holy Spirit, will have to do the best they can in the face of Antichrist.

To be continued.