<DIV>Dispensationalism is a framework for<br> understanding the Bible, teaching that<br> God has dealt with man historically in different<br> administrations or \u201cdispensations.\u201d<br> It maintains a radical distinction between<br> Israel and the Church—that there are two<br> peoples of God with two different destinies—<br> and it distinguishes between the<br> Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ<br> (that one precedes the other by seven<br> years of tribulation). Taught at Dallas<br> Theological Seminary and Moody Bible<br> Institute among others, dispensationalism<br> still provokes debate within the Christian<br> world. In this bestseller, Ryrie makes a<br> complex subject understandable.<br></div>