Dispensationalism

=== Biblical literalism ===
{{Main|Historical-grammatical method}}

A key element of dispensationalism is the use of the historical-grammatical hermeneutic to apply a consistent, literal interpretation of the text.<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |last=Buschart |first=W. David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzyMCsh4CaUC |title=Exploring Protestant Traditions: An Invitation to Theological Hospitality |date=2009-09-20 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=978-0-8308-7514-6 |pages=216, 218 |language=en}}</ref> Scripture is to be interpreted according to the normal rules of human language in its entirety.<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|page=80}} This leads dispensationalists to take eschatological passages of the bible literally. Charles Ryrie suggests that a non-literal hermeneutic is the reason that amillennialists apply the Old Testament promises to Israel "spiritually" to the church and covenant premillennialists see some prophecies as fulfilled and others are not.<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|page=90}}