So, what you are saying is that the actual timing of the rapture is unimportant since these are things true Christians have practiced throughout the ages.
So why all the rapture hype theses days? Why not more emphasis on kingdom building ala Matthew 28:19,20?
There is tremendous motivation for godly living in the premillenial scheme as the return of Christ in the rapture is an imminent event, it can happen at any time and there is nothing that has to happen prior.
Imminence ala date-setting/date-suggesting is not what is found in the Bible. Imminence as as we find it in the Bible and what Christians have believed for 2000 years is not the sole domain of the premils.
Agreed ... so?
Imminence as as we find it in the Bible and what Christians have believed for 2000 years is not the sole domain of the premils.
Never said that ... but you can throw out most flavors of theology hiding in reformed circles.
Throw out preterists ... Christ already came back.
Throw out post-mils ... because the millenium isnt over yet.
Throw out the reconstructionists ... the world hasnt been evangelized.
Its easier for you to assume all dispensationalists are date setting because we recognize the beginning of birth pangs.