Why is it that none of you have seen fit to deal with the following...
Whether we apply the rapture or the second coming to that term 'imminent', the Lord has told us through the Spirit that 'I come quickly' (Rev 22:7,12,20). The word 'quickly' means 'swift, speedily and without delay'. This does not only refer to how he comes but also as to the expectation that the Spirit and the bride has of his coming (Rev 22:17). If the believers in the early church did not have an expectation of his coming then they would have no occasion to look for the mercy of the Lord as stated in (Jude 21). Look at the context of the entire chapter and determine for yourself as to what believers are encouraged to do and as to what that end might be in their own life time.
Whether we apply the rapture or the second coming to that term 'imminent', the Lord has told us through the Spirit that 'I come quickly' (Rev 22:7,12,20). The word 'quickly' means 'swift, speedily and without delay'. This does not only refer to how he comes but also as to the expectation that the Spirit and the bride has of his coming (Rev 22:17). If the believers in the early church did not have an expectation of his coming then they would have no occasion to look for the mercy of the Lord as stated in (Jude 21). Look at the context of the entire chapter and determine for yourself as to what believers are encouraged to do and as to what that end might be in their own life time.
As for the early Church looking forward to an imminent return, obviously it wasn't so imminent. So does that make God's Word wrong or the early church wrong? To us 2,000 years is a long time with nothing imminent about it. However a day is 1,000 years to God - time is a dimension that doesn't effect God or limit Him in any way. A year is earth revolving once around the sun, that's all it is.
It seems clear to me that we should all live looking forward to Christ's return whether or not it happens in our life times. But looking forward to it doesn't equate with a Pre-Trib Rapture return when no such timing is found anywhere.