Have been reading LOTS of books on eschatology...because I realized, as I delved into this 'obedient nations' idea...that whatever eschatology you have does in fact dictate to what you'll actually dream about and then DO in relation to "the obedience of the nations." Didn't realize it at first, but now it's "in my face" almost every day.
Jesus told us--"disciple ALL the NATIONs!" that's NOT a small task... BUT, at the end of the Book, in Revelation 21:24-26, the "kings of the earth" (those are heads of nations, will bring the glory an
in some ways, "obedient nations" is simply a vast expanding of our core, missional objectives...so that we're no longer shooting for JUST the saving of lost souls--BUT, in my books, we would never jet
I certainly USED to be a pretty standard 'dispensationalist.' But, that view has eroded in my thinking, in large part because of a long list of questions that THAT position did not adequately answer--