I think there needs to be a separate forum for eschatology.
Why can't dispensationaists acknowledge that John Nelson Darby was the founder of their end-times schema?
To admit it does not mean that you have ever read any of his works.
But to admit it would mean that "the system" came late in Church History.
There are many flavors in the dispensational camp --just about anyone would acknowledge that. But all dispensational teachers have built upon the foundation that J.N.D. developed. Men like Lewis S.Chafer, Charles L. Feinberg, A.C. Gaebelein, Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie and John F. Walvoord have Darby to thank. Needless to say ole' Cyrus built upon his system.
I will give some quotes from Understanding Dispensationalists by Vern S. Poythres.
"John N. Darby, the first proponent of the most salient distinctives of dispensationalism...Thus Darby is important, not merely as a founder of dispensationalism, but as a representative of some of the elements that continue to be strong concerns of dispensationalism to this day." (p.14)
"Cyrus I. Scofield (1843-1921) was indebted to James Brooks and Brethren writings for many of the views that he held in common with John Darby." (p.20)
"For both John Nelson Darby and C.I. Scofield, the interpretation of law and prophecy --virtually the whole Old Testament --had a key role in the dispensational system." (p.30)
Why can't dispensationaists acknowledge that John Nelson Darby was the founder of their end-times schema?
To admit it does not mean that you have ever read any of his works.
But to admit it would mean that "the system" came late in Church History.
There are many flavors in the dispensational camp --just about anyone would acknowledge that. But all dispensational teachers have built upon the foundation that J.N.D. developed. Men like Lewis S.Chafer, Charles L. Feinberg, A.C. Gaebelein, Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie and John F. Walvoord have Darby to thank. Needless to say ole' Cyrus built upon his system.
I will give some quotes from Understanding Dispensationalists by Vern S. Poythres.
"John N. Darby, the first proponent of the most salient distinctives of dispensationalism...Thus Darby is important, not merely as a founder of dispensationalism, but as a representative of some of the elements that continue to be strong concerns of dispensationalism to this day." (p.14)
"Cyrus I. Scofield (1843-1921) was indebted to James Brooks and Brethren writings for many of the views that he held in common with John Darby." (p.20)
"For both John Nelson Darby and C.I. Scofield, the interpretation of law and prophecy --virtually the whole Old Testament --had a key role in the dispensational system." (p.30)