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"If you mean the pre-tribulation rapture, then most Christians don't even believe in that--and before the late 1700s, none of them did."

I disagree. I know lots of people who are pre-trib believers. Plus, some of the popular prophecy teachers are pre-trib.

"I disagree. I know lots of people who are pre-trib believers. Plus, some of the popular prophecy teachers are pre-trib."

Yeah, it's feel-good stuff. ...one of many ways to dupe a lot of people into following the government of the Beast, too. IMO, after a few years of study, it appears to me that a lot of Christian sect Jews will suffer for 3 1/2 years, then be avenged.

I disagree. I know lots of people who are pre-trib believers. Plus, some of the popular prophecy teachers are pre-trib.

I know lots of people who do also, but most don't and most haven't. Historically, it's a relatively recent development and it's funny how many think that it's taught in scripture. Its principal point of entry into U.S. dispensationalism after Darby and Irving got it from Lacunza (we have the 1827 edition of Lacunza's book Venida del Mesías en gloria y majestad, as translated by Edward Irving here in our library at the University of Chicago) was the Scofield Bible. These guys are going to have a lot to answer for come judgment day.