It is pervasive, to be sure.
Discussion
A small but relevant part of the story:
A "pretty OK" recently-written book on it:
Robert McKenzie, [Identifying the Seed: An Examination and Evaluation of the Differences between Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology](https://a.co/d/76C9Lxc)
Best thing to read "contra" it would be, in my opinion, -- Paul's Epistles. Especially Galatians.
Thanks for sharing all this! I understand a lot better now, especially the Biblical and modern historical context.
That movie or series that promoted it probably helped popularize it as well.
Yeah, the Rapture craze really hit in the 70s low-budget films too. Televangelists laveraged this be able to comment on how every headline was aCkShUaLlY a fulfillment of some obscure prophesy. The grift has been enormous. We in the U.S. have been a modern-day Corinth.
Pretty much, if not worse.