Furthur proof the “secret rapture out of a time of trouble” is nonsense.
How come God isn’t rapturing these Christians in China home before their time of trouble. The evangelicals of today have bought the nonsense of a secret rapture because they want the crown without the cross.
The Martyrs were burned at the stake, Christians eaten by beasts in rome, Apostles beheaded, .......but today, thanks to dispensationalism, which also does away with the Sabbath because it’s “law”.........today in America, the evangelicals think they are so special, they will be raptured home before the fireworks start.
It’s such weak theology these days.......it’s hard to believe.
Christians in China need prayer as do Christians all around the world. They aren’t being raptured home.....they are being killed.
I respectfully disagree. I don't think that's because of different eschatological beliefs. I think that's because in the west we don't face real persecution (though the left does seem to be tightening the screws on us a little tighter, then a little tighter, etc.). Having it too easy can lead to a sense of complacency, whether it's spiritual complacency or otherwise.
For example, the early church was heavily persecuted by Rome. Yet many of them believed that Jesus would return before it got really bad. And they, for the most part, didn't just sit on their laurels and wait for Jesus to rescue them. They met underground, while still telling people about Him. Thus, their belief in “secret rapture out of a time of trouble” (as you put it), didn't slow them down in living it like they mean it in hard times.
By they way, I, like you, am not all in on the pre-tribulation nor dispensation rapture belief. I'm open to them being a possibility, but it's not what I'd bet on if I had to pick the most plausible end time scenario.