Disclaimer/Warning !

Please note “WHAT IF” in the title.
I do not declare the following definitively, but the widespread emphasis on (and acceptance of) complex, detailed delineation of end-time time-lines makes me think of the possible parallel between the invention of evolution and the ‘obvious’ conclusion of pre-trib rapture.

My point is not a proof against pre-trib, but an observation that raises the question,
“What if pre-trib positions, and the details that follow, come through logic that makes everything fit, complete with charts that tell all ?”

What if pre-trib is an invention to fit into the end-times what we want—to avoid big trouble ?

The average person (that is, everybody except the teacher/theologian) never experiences, never grasps the Bible verses leading to the conclusions about end-times—as opposed to the common pattern of just “Let me tell you what it means.”

If the end-time sequences are so clear to the theologians, as shown by their ‘charts’, then it should be easy to lead the listeners through the verses from the start, step by step at their speed, to see how you get there.
That doesn’t happen.

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“WHAT IF” there is a parallel ?

Pre-trib rapture:
So sure it’s going to happen exactly this way, right away, with all these details.
Never heard so much fine-tuned detail until recently.
All figured-out—with Bible prophecy to prove it.
Lots of conclusions—now just exactly how did you get there ?

Evolution:
So sure it happened exactly this way, long, long, long time ago.
Why such majority acceptance (or partial acceptance) of evolution by Christians ?
Why Christians did not rise up and stop the universal introduction of evolution in schools ?
Why Christians, even today, are wish-washy about young earth/old earth ‘debate’ ?

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The biggest pitfall, the biggest fallacy, the biggest red flag—with growing emphasis in end-time teaching— is the shift by many in the original Gospel message,
from:
+++ “Repent of your sins and believe in Jesus to not go to hell but have eternal life in heaven.”
to:
XXX “Accept Jesus to avoid The Great Tribulation.”