Editing Pentecostalism (section)

===Eschatology===
{{Further|Christian eschatology|Dispensationalism|Futurism (Christianity)}}

The last element of the gospel is that Jesus is the "Soon Coming King". For Pentecostals, "every moment is eschatological" since at any time Christ may return.<ref name=foundations523>Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, p. 523.</ref> This "personal and imminent" [[Second Coming]] is for Pentecostals the motivation for practical Christian living including: personal holiness, meeting together for worship, faithful Christian service, and evangelism (both personal and worldwide).<ref name=foundations530>Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, p. 530.</ref> Globally, Pentecostal attitudes to the End Times range from enthusiastic participation in the prophecy subculture to a complete lack of interest through to the more recent, optimistic belief in the coming restoration of God's kingdom.<ref name="Thompson2005">Thompson 2005 [https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195178564.001.0001/acprof-9780195178562-chapter-3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224085405/https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0195178564.001.0001/acprof-9780195178562-chapter-3|date=2019-12-24}}.</ref>

Historically, however, they have been [[Premillennial dispensationalism|premillennial dispensationalists]] believing in a [[pretribulation rapture]].<ref name=duffieldvancleave>Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, pp. 541–542.</ref> Pre-tribulation rapture theology was popularized extensively in the 1830s by [[John Nelson Darby]],<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Blaising | first1 = Craig A. |author-link1= Craig A. Blaising |last2= Bock |first2= Darrell L. |author-link2= Darrell Bock | title = Progressive Dispensationalism | location = Wheaton, IL |date= November 1993 | publisher = [[Baker Publishing Group|Bridgepoint Books]] | isbn = 978-1-4412-0512-4}}</ref> and further popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the wide circulation of the [[Scofield Reference Bible]].<ref>''The Scofield Bible: Its History and Impact on the Evangelical Church'', Magnum & Sweetnam. Pages 188–195, 218.</ref>