Darby saw history as a progressive revelation. No, the only revelation is
found right here. And it's not progressive, it's all right here. 66 books.
And his system is sought to explain the stages in God's redemptive plan for the
universe. There was nothing especially radical about dividing history into
periods. What separated Darby's dispensationalism was his novel method
of biblical interpretation. Very novel. You know, dispensations only mentioned
four times in the Bible? He put seven. Very novel way of interpreting the
Bible, right? Let's see here.