“You keep confusing the liberal “social gospel” (change society and you will change the man)”
No, there is no confusion. We were talking about how the systems change with the changes in circumstance, like dates, progress, “eccentrics” etc. What I was pointing out is that over time as circumstances changed even the post-mil optimism changed from a confident “Rise Up Oh Men of God” to a quiet movement like yeast. The liberal social gospel arose out of the preaching of post-mil scholars because of their confidence that this was the millennium and the church was ushering in the kingdom and man was getting better so the church should eradicate cultural deficiencies with its programs. Those darn wars came at such an inconvenient time.
Yes, there are wars. The world will always have disputes until Christ returns and history ends.
That does not change the rock-solid fact that a man who has been reborn by God will have a positive effect on his family, his community and his society.
It's only logical. Goodness begets goodness. And it's certainly Scriptural.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." -- Matthew 28:18-20"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
"And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints." -- 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
What I really don't understand about the dispensational mindset is why do you think national Israel as a whole will receive increased blessings and prosperity, but those who are led by Jesus Christ won't?