John Nelson Darby popularized the pre-tribulation rapture, a theological concept that states Christians will be "caught up" to meet Jesus in the air before a seven-year period of tribulation on Earth. He developed this idea in the 1830s as part of his larger theological system known as dispensationalism, which also draws a distinct separation between the Church and Israel. While he is credited with originating this specific, coherent framework, there were some ideas similar to this in earlier th