He warned his readers, perhaps as a public reminder to himself, that “‘Napoleonism’ has exerted a wider influence than ‘Millerism’” in prophecy circles in recent years and warped the conversation. The solution was simple: “We should, therefore, learn to interpose no event before the coming of the Lord to receive his waiting Church”—in other words, teach the any-moment-rapture to guard against date setting.29
part of the reality of christian history is a lot of mistaken discernment
