McGee on [[Replacement Theology]] I want to say carefully and kindly that there is a system of theology abroad today that passes as conservative, but it takes the position that God is through with the nation Israel, that all of God’s covenants with Israel are negated, that God does not intend to make good any of His promises to Israel—yet there are literally hundreds of them in the Old Testament. This theological system simply spiritualizes these promises, and the proponents do so with no scriptural grounds whatsoever. Origen, one of the early church fathers who came from North Africa, started this method of spiritualizing instead of liberalizing the Scriptures. We need to remember that the Bible is a literal book. It is the purpose of Satan to destroy God’s covenants with Israel, and that is the reason Satan moves in and brings the whole world against this little nation. This will happen during the Great Tribulation. As the study of prophecy develops, it is my conviction that this spiritualization of prophecy, although presently accepted by a great many expositors, will become a heresy in the church. I may not be around to see it, but just remember that McGee said it would happen.  J. Vernon McGee, [_Thru the Bible Commentary_](https://ref.ly/logosres/thru-bib?ref=Bible.Re16.14&off=1546&ctx=or+believers+today.%0a~I+want+to+say+carefu), electronic ed., vol. 5 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), 1026.