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I was also wondering if anyone would like to share their Eschatological views and how and why a better understanding of this might be important to someones overall faith?



This is one area I would like to explore more some day too. With all of the stuff I'd like to read I'm not sure if I'll ever get there. I would say I'm dispensationalist because this is what I've been taught. That's an interesting question of why understanding all of this would be important to one's faith. From where I stand right now I've seen it be almost "divisive". I'm thinking of one particular person I know. She loves John MacArthur. He's dispensationalist. She's looking for a new church. She won't even consider a church that would have an amillenial view. Now me on the other hand I would be open to attending such a church I think. Maybe I would think different after fully exploring this topic. I don't know. What strikes me at this point is the way different interpretations between amillenialism and dispensationalism. (I just have a general understanding between these two views and that's it for me). Am I correct in that dispensationalism began somewhere around the 1800s or so??? I'm curious about the history of this view. Can someone give a little insight here?