I'm trying to back out and leave the hijacking to you, but I can't let you get away with this. I am Historic Premill, in contradistinction to Dispensationalist Premill (pretrib). We believe, as you, in the rapture, differing with you and pretribs only on WHEN the rapture is to take place... and how MANY 2nd comings there is.
We believe there is only one 2nd coming, as Jesus established in Matt. 24, rapture and resurrection, the gathering together to Christ in the air, upon his descent to the earth to reign over it in the millennial.
We believe in the rapture, your "no rapture agenda" is false, but it is a POST-trib rapture, and not a PREtrib one. Part and parcel of the SINGULAR 2nd coming of Christ, no such thing as TWO 2nd comings.
Continue with your hijacking...
All of our discussion so far is related to the passages and theme of the thread essay. Have a great afternoon, and try not to get too warm out In the heat gripping the East presently.