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This pre-Darbyite Dispensational theology looked for the completion of four tasks, which had to occur before the return of Yeshua,
The pursuit of the unity of the Church according to John 17:21, The Revival of true Christianity, The completion of the command to preach the Gospel( Good News) through world missions( Matt. 24:14, 15), And finally in making Israel jealous according to Romans 11:11-12, thus leading to the Second Coming of Jesus.
How did this happen? What was the theology behind this event? Why would Lutherans and Anglicans come together for this? Scandinavians were also involved.
The theology behind this event was the product of a long history. There was a growing consensus at the time of Michael Solomon Alexander’ s appointment. This was a“ pre-Darbyite Dispensational” theology. The theological history goes back to some of the Puritans, then was fostered by Lutheran Pietists in Germany and Scandinavia and then the Moravian
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Kaiser( Emperor) Frederick William IV of Prussia was a devout Lutheran and was influenced by Lutheran Pietism. Prior to the appointment of the Jerusalem Anglican bishopric, Frederick asked his spiritual advisor if there was anything they could do to hasten the day of the return of Jesus. He was told of the above four tasks of unity, revival, world missions, and the call to make Israel jealous. Frederick thus embraced a program to accomplish this. He sent emissaries to England with a plan for unity and for the Jewish people to come to faith in Jesus in growing numbers, thus leading to the fulfillment of Romans 11:15, the life from that dead that Israel’ s full acceptance would bring. This calling to the aforementioned four tasks was also based on Matthew 23:39 where we read that the Jewish leadership in Israel and Jerusalem would call upon Yeshua with the words,