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What Did Darby See?

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John Nelson Darby

As you may know, people who revile the doctrine of the pre-tribulation Rapture frequently resort to pinning what they view as a heretical doctrine on John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), an Anglo-Irish minister that they claim swiped the idea from the celebrated vision of a 15-year-old Scottish girl named Margaret MacDonald in 1830.

As I have discussed on various occasions over the years, however, this is simply not the case. Not true, never happened. End of story. And this can be readily established by historical writings of the period.

Not to mention the inconvenient fact that several statements Margaret MacDonald made in her vision blatantly contradict a pre-trib scenario.

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JUN '18: The Blood of Bulls and Goats
Ezekiel 40–48 describes worship at a future temple in the Millennial Kingdom that includes...uh, animal sacrifices?!

The Blood of Bulls and Goats

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If you're anything like me, you are anxiously looking forward to the Rapture and the events that follow it, especially the Millennial Kingdom. That's when we will literally rule and reign with Christ right here on good old terra firma, which will have been restored to a veritable paradise.

It seems, however, that many people within the Church, even among the small and dwindling percentage that rightly understand that there will even be such a thing as a Millennial Kingdom, don't fully grasp certain things about the coming kingdom that are given to us in Scripture, and that's the reason for this article.

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10/13/2026: 16All scripture [i.e. every single word in the original text] is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works. [So never stop reading and studying it!]

(2 Timothy 3:16–17 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

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10/13/2026: From the "Double Dog Dare" Department...

For a long time, many pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel groups around the world have been chanting things like "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" and demanding the creation of a Palestinian state. But most people have long assumed the goal they sought to achieve was the vaunted two-state solution, with the only real argument being where exactly the dividing lines of these two states would be drawn. Most such groups, however, have been hesitant to make their true intentions known publicly.

Now, many such anti-Israel groups are saying...no, make that screaming the quiet part out loud:

We want it all—and we want it with no Israel. Got it?

This past weekend, millions of pro-Palestinian protesters (read Jew-hating activists) marched in cities all over the world, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, London, Paris, Madrid, and Kuala Lumpar, the capital of Malaysia. But this time, in addition to all the standard "From the river to the sea" chants and placards, leaders of such gatherings brazenly communiated their real desire to the news media. And that desire, in their words, is essentially this:

One state called "Palestine" encompassing modern-day Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, with a Palestinian "right of return" to the new country and equal political, voting and citizenship rights for Palestinians alongside Jews currently living in Israel.

In other words:

Any Jews who survive this
will be citizens of Palestine.

Hatem Abudayyeh, the Palestinian-American founder of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, compared the Palestinian movement's objective to the international campaign against apartheid South Africa (a questionable and highly contested comparison to say the least). According to Abudayyeh:

"We're getting close to having international consensus today on the question of Israel and Zionism, where Israel doesn't have the right to exist as a racist, Zionist, apartheid, white supremacist state."

Can I get an amen from all you anti-Semites out there.

There is also discussion about what this hypothetical Palestinian state would be called. As a testament to the innate hatred of the Jewish people and the loathing of the very word "Israel," Maryland congressional candidate Sam Husseini, a Palestinian-American, said:

"If the new state is called Palestine, I think a lot of Jews, when they think about it, will say, so long as they have equal rights and all are protected, will adopt the term Palestine."

Mmm...Something tells me Husseini hasn't broached this subject with a lot of Jewish Israeli citizens any time in the recent past. Go ahead, Sam—walk up to a Jewish native of Israel and say to them "So...you're from Palestine, eh?"

I double dog dare you.

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Feature Article
2. Photograph of John Nelson Darby in Geneva, 1840 (author unknown), marked as public domain [PD], more details on Wikimedia Commons
Articles Over the Past Year (3.–14.)
3. "Ultra Orthodox Jew looking down in surprise at unopened gift" prompt, image generated by DepositPhoto's Nano Banana, AUG 26, 2026
4. "Trophy for the best lie" prompt, image generated by DepositPhoto's Nano Banana, JUL 27, 2026
5. "Small graduating class in the clouds" prompt, image generated by DepositPhoto's Nano Banana, JUN 23, 2026
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