I Want to be Left Behind when Jesus Comes
Chances are you've never heard of John Nelson Darby, but if you're a mainstream American Christian he defined the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine you grew up with, shiny and new in the 1800s. On Biblical interpretation, older is generally better.
John Nelson Darby.
Chances are, you’ve never heard of him. However, if you’re a ”mainstream” Christian, particularly in America, he defined the bulk of your belief system which was shiny and new in the 1800’s. Don’t get me wrong: new things can be nice, but not so much when it comes to Biblical interpretation — older is generally better.
This “pre-tribulation” rapture doctrine originated and was developed in the early to mid-1800s by John Nelson Darby, an early leader of a Fundamentalist movement that became known as Dispensationalism.
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/you-want-to-be-left-behind
I've been sitting on this half-baked (quarter-baked?) blog post for months, not entirely sure where I wanted to go with it, other than being able to use this paraphrase of Karlo Broussard's particularly catchy headline. Click bait, I guess? Not that my blog gets clicks.
Well, I'll get this queued up for publication, and maybe I'll find myself inspired before it goes live.
