The Grace Movement is a group of mainstream Christians who believe that we have confusion in the Christian Church today, via the various denominations, because of a process of the loss and recovery of four basic truths. The loss process is believed to have started near the end of the Apostle Paul's ministry and continued for fifteen hundred years until the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century. The recovery process has lasted for over three hundred years as the four truths were gradually recovered in reverse order. In II Timothy 1:15 the Apostle Paul writes: “This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.” It was at that time that the distinctive message and ministry of the apostle Paul began to be lost. This plunged the Christian church into a downward spiral that resulted in the further loss of: the truth of the pre-tribulational rapture of the church the body of Christ; the difference between Israel and the church the body of Christ; and the truth of justification by faith alone, in Christ alone. Over twenty years earlier Luke wrote in Acts 13:39 a quotation from a sermon by the apostle Paul concerning justification: “And by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.” Some historians have concluded that the loss of these truths contributed, in a major way, to bringing in the historical period called the dark ages.

The Grace Movement believes that Pauline truths were lost in the following order. First: The Distinctive Message and Ministry of Paul - II Timothy 1:15. Second: The Pre-Tribulational Rapture of the Church, the Body of Christ. Third: The Difference between Israel and the Church, the Body of Christ. Fourth: Justification by Faith Alone, in Christ Alone - Acts 13:39

The Grace Movement also believes that these truths were recovered in reverse order as follows. First: Justification by Faith Alone, in Christ Alone and recovered via Protestant Reformation in the 16th Century via Luther, et al. Second: The Difference between Israel and the Church, the Body of Christ and recovered in the 1800's via John Nelson Darby, Ethelbert William Bullinger, Sir Robert Anderson, et al. Third: The Pre-Tribulational Rapture of the Church, the Body of Christ and recovered in the 19th Century via John Nelson Darby and included by C.I. Scofleld in his Reference Bible, published 1909. Fourth: The Distinctive Message and Ministry of Paul and recovered from the middle 1900’s via John C. O'Hair, Charles F. Baker, Cornelius R. Stam, et al.

During this entire process of loss and recovery of these truths, we saw the formation of most all of the many denominations that can be observed today. The total revelation, given to the apostle Paul by the Lord Jesus Christ, during Paul’s ministry of approximately thirty years, is referred to as the mystery. A key point in understanding the mystery is that God began a new program at that time to deal with His creation. The former program, called the prophetic program or the kingdom, concerned the Jews first, was prophesied by the prophets, had an earthly hope and calling, and involved twelve apostles. The Grace Movement believes this prophetic or kingdom program will be resumed after the current program has run its course. The current program, called the mystery, concerns the Jews and Gentiles alike, was not forecast in the prophetic Scriptures -- it was hid in God, has a heavenly hope and calling, and involves one apostle, Paul. Understanding the mystery makes it possible to understand that there are no denominations in the Bible and each current denomination is unique based upon which parts of the previous program are combined with the current program. The Grace Movement believes all of the differences of Bible interpretation can be linked to this improper combining of two separate programs of God. A basic tool then would be to divide the Bible into the two parts. In II Timothy 2:15 we read: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” It is this principle of right division that makes it possible to understand the Bible, amid all the denominational confusion. Remember what we read in 1 Corinthians 14:33: “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.” The Grace Movement believes that if Satan want’s to confuse the church the body of Christ, what better way than to try to keep the members arguing over all the denominational differences that have accumulated over the years. It's been said that Romans 16:25: “...the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,” is Satan’s worst nightmare. There is a passage in I Corinthians that points out that the “princes of this world” (or rulers, which would include physical as well as spiritual), would have done differently if they would have known the significance of the Cross: 1 Corinthians 2:7,8: “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” Essentially the Grace Movement is a Mid-Acts Dispensational system of Bible interpretation. They believe in a literal earthly kingdom being set up by Jesus Christ at His second coming. Preceding that would be the occurance of the "rapture" of the current church followed by the seven year tribulation at a time known as "the day of the Lord."