You said that Pre Millennialism was not “Historic” and then you go and quote Pre Millennialists from ancient history.
Go figure.
Anyways why waste your time on this. We are called to preach salvation.
Mark 16
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Boiler Plate (you) in post #90: You said that Pre Millennialism was not “Historic”
BP -- I said clearly that the pre-tribulation rapture is non-biblical and non-historical. I did not comment on pre-millenialism per se in this thread
As to why spend time refuting the falsehoods of the pre-tribulation rapture, it is three fold
1. It gives people the false idea that they will be magically taken away and not have to suffer for Christ. This weakens them when tribulations DO occur. Christ told us that we would suffer for him.
2. It minimizes the suffering faced and facing Christians outside the USA and at different periods of history. Some p-t rapture folks dismiss them as not good enough to have been magically taken away
3. It is a stick for the non-Christians to wag at us - ever since Miller