Dispensationalism
Rev. Keith Gaebel BA, Chaplain
Peer Mentor at Breathing Life into Ministry: Professional Development and Stress Management for Clergy
John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) as an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, was one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren and the founder of the Exclusive Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism, Rapture, and Futurism.
Pre-tribulation Rapture theology was popularized extensively in the 1830s by John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren,[1] and further popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the wide circulation of the Scofield Reference Bible with its margin explanations of the actual text.
Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. Mackintosh popularized Darby[16] more than any other Brethren author.
In the early twentieth century, the Brethren's teachings, through Margaret E. Barber, greatly influenced the Little Flock or Church Assembly Hall of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.
The above four men and one woman effectively changed and watered down the reference to the Scriptural use of the word dispensation from dispensing the Glory of God in relational discipleship to identifying biblical historical time periods and trying to establish predictions of the future -(Jesus taught His disciples; take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself).
Peer Mentor at Breathing Life into Ministry: Professional Development and Stress Management for Clergy
7 年The transition from a Spirit concept to a material concept is easy way to try to confuse but most can see the ruse.
Pastor at Susquehanna Bible Church and Administrator at Susquehanna Bible Academy
7 年You make a very poor application of "take therefore no thought for the morrow ..." (Matthew 6:24). You might want to consider a better translation or understand how to interpret the King James Version better. It is better understood as in the New King James, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow ...." If you understand Matthew 6:24 as you do, then I assume (to be consistent) neither you or your wife do any weekly meal planning. You go grocery shopping only for today and never for tomorrow (see context of verse). You don't make any plans for any trips, etc. Are you suggesting that we should not warn the unbeliever about the wrath that is to come? Are we not to warn people about the perils of hell? Jesus did. Jesus did urge people to get ready for a soon appearing Kingdom (Mt 4:17). People were to repent for the future Kingdom, not because the Kingdom had already arrived. Jesus assumed that the people had an understanding of the Kingdom Age (and they did); otherwise, He would not urge them to repent based upon the coming Kingdom. Although they may have had some faulty ideas about the Kingdom, He did not in any way rebuke them for learning about the Kingdom as revealed in the Scriptures. Jesus believed in planning for the future(cf. Lk 14:28-32), as did James (Jas 4:13-15). I urge you to please handle Scripture more carefully, and try to understand what it is really trying to teach us. Don't remove a verse just to support your own ideas.
Peer Mentor at Breathing Life into Ministry: Professional Development and Stress Management for Clergy
7 年Darby considered Mcdonald's teach evil and her of the devil so her message was poison to Darby.