[1] Beginning in 1826 and through 1829, a few preachers in Scotland emphasized that the world's problems could only be addressed through an outbreak of supernatural gifts from the Holy Spirit.
Others, including John Nelson Darby and Benjamin Wills Newton, whom the Plymouth Brethren sent on their behalf to investigate, came to the conclusion that these displays were demonic.
[citation needed] Samuel Prideaux Tregelles alleged that The concept was taken from one of the charismatic utterances in Edward Irving's church.
[citation needed] Dave MacPherson built upon Tregelles's accusation, and argued that the source for Darby's rapture was from Margaret MacDonald's 1830 vision.
[8]: 24–25 When MacDonald's utterance is read closely, her statements appear to present a posttribulationist scenario ("being the fiery trial which is to try us" and "for the purging and purifying of the real members of the body of Jesus").