John 14:3).13 Dispensationalists deal with this problem by positing two returns, the first heavenly and second earthly. It is a resourceful move for which there is no biblical warrant. The simple truth is that no New Testament writer, including the author of Revelation, speaks of two returns of Christ (see below). Viewed from one angle, dispensationalism is an elaborate harmonization strategy necessitated by its authors’ insistence upon taking the Bible “literally.” The assumption that all biblical