Darby also originated a brand of eschatology call Dispensationalism, which holds that true Christians shall be raptured before the events leading up to the Second Coming and Last Judgment. He preached his Gospel throughout Britain, the United States, Canada, and even Australia and New Zealand.
While Darby’s views on ecclesiology gained few followers in America, his Dispensationalism has been a big hit among Evangelicals ever since, among other things injecting the whole idea of “the Rapture” into American pop culture and spawning the Left Behind series of novels and films. Alas, before he died the movement broke into two sections – one of which he chose and remained in until he died.
Picture of John Nelson Darby, 19th C Brethren leader. Feel that Peter Capaldi would be ideal casting for a biopic: pic.twitter.com/SDFI0I76aa
— Andrew Crome (@Andrew_Crome) October 22, 2014