I had NO IDEA that John Nelson Darby was formerly named Paul who was formerly named Saul. And that Darby was saved on the road to Damascus and given his commission by revelations of the risen Christ. I had NO IDEA that Darby was given the mystery to reveal..."Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to MY GOSPEL, AND THE preaching of Jesus Christ, ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, which was KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN, But NOW is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the COMMANDMENT of the everlasting God, MADE KNOWN TO ALL NATIONS for the obedience of faith." ROMANS 16:25,26.
I had NO IDEA that Darby wrote, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Romans through Philemon, where he shows us the formation of the Church the Body of Christ. I did not even know that Darby was the Apostle to the Gentiles. ROMANS 11:13.
But thank you, D-fendr for your insight into God's Word and the understanding it must have taken on your part to insert John Nelson Darby into Paul's calling, commission, and writings to the Church the Body of Christ. Which is where we are today. "But Now". Of course you realize that "But Now" began at the cross. Not in the mid 19th Century.
I just had no idea that Darby was using the pseudonym Paul in 33 AD. I may have to completely rethink my beliefs in light of this epiphany...
I had NO IDEA that John Nelson Darby
I doubt that, unless you thought you came up with dispensationalism all on your own.
It's quite a new thing: the notion that Jesus’s ministry and teaching in scripture on eternal life and the Kingdom of Heaven doesn't apply to us.
Not anywhere near what "a follower of Christ" means in Christianity; so it's understandable why it took until a hundred or so years ago for it to even occur to some preacher/teacher.
Who knows if this particular teaching or some offshoot will even last the next hundred, or fifty, or ten?