[Dr. Eckleburg]

Who does it benefit to believe Christ does not reign today over heaven and earth?

Who does it benefit to believe the Gospel will not prevail in this life?

Who does it benefit if we "Christian soldiers" stop "marching as to war?"

I just don't understand the inherent pessimism of dispensationalism. The earth and everything therein were created for Christ's sheep. We may be thwarted, but we will never be defeated.

"Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine" -- Exodus 19:5

And what has God's voice told all men to obey for the past 2,000 years?

"Believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light." -- John 12:36

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"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him" -- John 5:23

[RJR_fan]

So, who benefits

(Cui bono?)[1] by preaching as a certainty the global triumph of evil?

Res ipsa loquitur.

The matter speaks for itself. To ask the question is to answer it.

I still wonder why the prophecy pimps, doomsayers, and fortune tellers never see anything good ahead in our generation? What darkness lurks in their hearts, to so blight the bright sunlight of God's providence at work around us today?

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[1] Cui bono ("To whose benefit?", literally "as a benefit to whom?", a double dative construction) is a Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Who does it benefit to believe Christ does not reign today over heaven and earth?” <<

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To observe the current deep decay of humanity today, with pederasty taking center stage, and government schools literally teaching homosexuality as normal, and all forms of sexual immorality as just an acceptable alternative, it takes some powerful drugs to imagine that as Christ’s millenial reign.

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>> “Who does it benefit to believe the Gospel will not prevail in this life?” <<

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A straw question really. The gospel has and will continue to prevail among those that are a part of his kingdom, but ultimately his kingdom is not of this Earth. He will return to make his enemies his footstool, but before he does that he will claim his own in the Harpazo that is promised.

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>> “I just don’t understand the inherent pessimism of dispensationalism.” <<

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There is no pessimism there to understand; there is acceptance of what is prophecied, and the joy of being where and what he intends us to be.

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>> “The earth and everything therein were created for Christ’s sheep.” <<

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Then why has he promised to destroy the universe with fervent heat? - No, he is creating a place for us, and it is not Earth, which will be incinerated.

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>> “We may be thwarted, but we will never be defeated.” <<

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I think you mean that Christ will never be defeated? We must be defeated that Christ may shine through us.

Don’t get so anxious that you dismiss his plan for your own.

[OrthodoxKirkPresbyterian]

I agree with you “The earth and everything therein were created for Christ’s sheep. We may be thwarted, but we will never be defeated”. The Gospel shall prevail. God’s Word, the Holy Bible tells us so