by John Nelson Darby
I state synoptically what has been followed out as the subject arose. The kingdom of heaven we have as a state of things during the period when the Son is sitting on the Father's throne. During this period the children are in the Son's, but heirs of the Father's kingdom- a period during which the world is not ordered according to the righteous judicial power of the Son of Man's kingdom- the interval between the rejection of the Son of man upon earth abd His reigning upon earth, in which the saints are sustained by the Spirit, in the midst of the world, by the Spirit sent of the the Son by the Father, the witness of His exaltation there. Of this state of things, this chapter (Matthew 13) is full of prophetic announcement. The external character which it assumes in the world being depicted in the first three; the real blessing and value and the judgment of its results, its internal character in God's sight, in the last three of the six parables. It closes in the setting up of the Son of man's kingdom upon the earth, and the assumption of te righteous, during its continuance, to the Father's kingdom in the heavenlies. The first parable is the world of the kingdom. The expositions and internal view of the church or kingdom are given to the disciples; the judicial blindness of the Jews is declared, and the special privilege of the saints; and the parables are spoken distinctively as the 'utterance of things hidden from the world,' which the Spirit reveals to those 'who have ears to hear.'
Taken from The Dispensation of the Kingdom of Heaven in Collected Writings of J.N. Darby, vol.2, p.63
(This is an extract from one of Darby's early writings. These are quite exciting to read, because we see the Dispensational system being outlined for the first time.)
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Matthew, have you written anything on Darby's hermeneutics?
Very little.
Darby's hermeneutics were somewhat centred on a cosmic dualism between God's heavenly and earthly government.
God Bless
Matthew
Yeah, I'm thinking more in line with what influenced his hermeneutic. For example, what were the personal, cultural, historical influences on him that led him to read Scripture as such?
I found your blog off of burndives blog. It seems exceedingly rare to find someone who uses the KJV and is knowledgeable about the exclusive brethren and JND. Do you meet with a group referred to as plymouth brethren or are you just familiar with them?
I found your blog off of burndives blog. It seems exceedingly rare to find someone who uses the KJV and is knowledgeable about the exclusive brethren and JND. Do you meet with a group referred to as plymouth brethren or are you just familiar with them?
Anonymous, thankyou for visiting?
I am not in fellowship with any Brethren assembly. I attend an independent Evangelical church. I do tend to agree with Brethren ecclesiology, however.
I am also writing a doctoral thesis on J.N. Darby's ecclesiology.
Are you a Brother?
Jonathan, that is a difficult question.
Darby writes as though his ideas fell from heaven. There are only about two or three occasions when he mentions people who have influenced him.
Possibler influences include:
Thomas Scott's commentary
John Calvin
Edward Irving
High Anglicanism (Darby was a very High Anglican before he became Evangelical).
A clergyman called John Tweedy (who advocated the Pre-Trib rapture)
Several French Futurist Jansenist writers, most notably, Lambert.
The turmoil of the French Revolution.
The first members of the Brethren (A.N. Groves, John Parnell, Edward Cronin).
God Bless
Matthew
Sorry, I didn't recognize you could post your name without being a "blogger." I am not particularily computer savvy. I do enjoy meeting simply with a group of believers here in the US. I will try to read up more on your blog later. Do you have an email address?
Thanks Matthew, that's helpful.
fundamentalist1981@yahoo.co.uk
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