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What Did Darby See?
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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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10/6/2026 — From the "First It Was COVID..." Department...
"Plague" isn't a word you see or hear in the news very often, so this got my attention. In Russia, there has apparently been an outbreak of and now there are fears of the spread of what is known as pneumonic plague.
At the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, a 28-year-old woman who worked at the institute has died from what is tentatively being identified as pneumonic plague. It is believed she got infected after an accident in which a vial was broken.
Russia is pulling out all the stops to lock things down and prevent any spread of the infection, and officials are staying tight-lipped about the cause of the woman's death. President Trump has offered whatever help he can provide to Russian President Vladimir Putin toward the goal of ensuring that all precautions are taken.
At the same time, however, there are experts who are saying the fears of a global plague are somewhat overblown, as they claim that this particular pathogen is not one that is well-suited for rapid global spread. So, some of the scary headlines may be just that: scary headlines.
But nobody seems to be in the mood to take any chances, especially after globe-gripping drama of COVID-19.
It seems that things like this are becoming worryingly common in the world today—things I like to call SPIGRs: Scary Problems that Initiate a Global Response. And as you can probably guess, the biggest, scariest SPIGR to date has been COVID-19.
But as the response to COVID has been dulled due to the emergence of information establishing the fact that COVID was an overblown fraud perpetrated by Big Pharma in cahoots with corrupt government officials to rake in billions, one can't help but wait for the next SPIGR to grip the world by the throat and scream for a global response...which will press the need for a global government—a global government that will, of course, be led by a powerful global leader. After all, that's why they call them "global" governments.
And biblically literate people know that's where this is ultimately headed.
So first it was COVID...so what's the next SPIGR? Some kind of deadly worldwide plague? AI gone rogue? Or something else?
God only knows.
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1. Adapted from Sunset Over Grass Field © AOosthuizen (source defunct)
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
6. 4H Emblem by O.H. Benson, marked as public domain [PD], more details on Wikimedia Commons
7. Adapted from 7a–7c:
7a. Replica of Noah's Ark in Holland © erikdegraaf via DepositPhotos
7b. Unidentified Flying Object © ktsdesign via DepositPhotos
7c. Thought Cloud © ocal at clker.com
8. Adapted from 8a–8b:
8a. Hands Open Worshiping at Sunset © paulshuang via DepositPhotos
8b. Vintage UFO © sdecoret via DepositPhotos
9. Kings © cookelma via DepositPhotos
10. Man and Child Holding Hands © NewAfrica via DepositPhotos
11. Samson Standing Between the Pillars © tujuh17belas via DepositPhotos
12. Mountain Landscape Along Road in Italy © clodio via DepositPhotos
13. Adapted from Dc One 1 © Ntrno (resized, background and text added), [CC BY-SA 3.0]
14. Earthquake Fissure Line © jarous via DepositPhotos
A Blast From the Past
15. Goat © rostyle at Adobe Stock
Sidebar (16.–21.)
16. Adapted from 16a–16b:
16a. Click Icon Vector © avastudio via DepositPhotos
16b. "Magnifying glass looking at printed letters ALS" prompt, image generated by DepositPhoto's Nano Banana, JUL 3, 2026
17.–18. Adapted from "Arm holding blank sign on a stick" prompt, image generated by DepositPhoto's Nano Banana, AUG 2, 2026
19. Adapted from Flag of Israel © badboo01 (source defunct)
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