[silent majority rising]

“They are inclined to wait for the Rapture” is an interesting choice of words. Christians have been “waiting” for 1500 years. Is that what God wanted do you think? For us to wait? Why don’t we “work” towards the rapture instead of using it as a form of fire insurance? For instance, by expressing the truth on every occasion that we can and supporting those who are having difficulty. Or even by loving each other and not tearing our brothers apart. Etc.

[Wallace T.]

From an amillennial standpoint, the standard position among Catholics and the conservatives in Reformed, Lutheran, and Campbellite Protestant denominations, active participation in improving the world is secondary only to spreading the Gospel. That is especially true with postmillenialists, mostly found among very conservative Presbyterians who follow the teachings of Rousas Rushdoony.

Dispensationalists tend to be inconsistent at times. The Christian Right of 30 years ago had dispensationalists such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell as the most prominent leaders. However, dispensationalists tend to read Biblical events in news headlines. With the attack by Hamas on Israel and the emergence of an anti-Western alliance of China, Russia, and Iran, many prominent Baptist preachers like Dr. Jeffers in Dallas are seeing the Rapture as imminent. Why bother rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic when the iceberg is approaching, they would say.

[lepton]

Are you of the understanding that the timing of the Rapture is as a response to our actions, rather than an unknown deadline of God’s choosing?