I find that there are periods of time in history, some of them quite lengthy, where men (yes, even men of God), are quite resistant to change. They simply accept one another's doctrine as just that--"the accepted doctrine," and never question it. That holds true for not only eschatology, but also for ecclesiology, and pneumatology, as well as a few other doctrines which we have seen changes to over the past few decades. The Bible doesn't change, but our doctrines change (historically). Who is right? Those living in the Dark Ages? I hope not. Was B.F. Westcott right? Many of the men of the 17th to 19th centuries did not have a good grasp of eschatology and a few other doctrines as well. They simply followed the theology of those who went before. It was the "accepted," the "traditional" doctrine.I have taken it to mean the period between the two comings of Jesus Christ. That was traditional Baptist doctrine until Scofield published the Bible with notes that taught "Dispensational falsehoods" not " Biblical truth"!
Yes, you quote was the "traditional" Baptist doctrine of many years gone by. That doesn't make it the "right doctrine." It simply means it was popular.
In this country Roman Catholicism is popular; atheism and Wicca also are growing in popularity. That doesn't make any of them right. "Might does not make right."
What is right is what is according to the Bible.
What is according to the Bible is not always popular.