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Arno Does Dallas
The Man Behind Scofield
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Their shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
heresies. 2 Pe 2:1
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By the time Scofield died in 1921, the reference bible was selling briskly.
At this point Gaebelein and his backers decided to open a seminary on the
buckle of the bible belt. But in 1921, a Yiddish speaking orthodox Jewish rabbi from New York couldn't just ride his horse into Dallas and open a
seminary. Again, Arno needed a front through whom he could operate.
In place of Scofield, he chose close friend Lewis Sperry Chafer [28] to
be the first President of Dallas Theological Seminary. Unlike Scofield,
Chafer had legitimate academic credentials and no criminal record. Frank
remembers Chafer visited their home as did the other founders of
DTS. [29] Once again, Arno's home in Harlem was where it was happening.
Just as soon as Chafer had founded the new school, Gaebelein took an
active role. He became one of Dallas's first extramural lecturers. [30]
He would come down one month of the year. DTS became a bastion of
dispensational premillenialism throughout the world. [P.73 Rausch]
Shortly before Arno died in 1945, Harry Ironside came to visit and as
they talked a question was posed; "Dr. Gaebelein, have you ever been immersed?" Arno replied, "No, I have never been immersed. I have never
felt that immersion was the only mode of baptism". [31]
Who was this man that spent a lifetime hiding in the shadows of an illusion
he created. He wasn't a Baptist, a Methodist or a Jew. He worked with
Bolsheviks, Jesuits, Spiritualists as well as Christians. He was a national
leader of the Zionist movement when most Zionists were atheists. All men
seemed to speak well of him but Jesus warned "All men speak well of false
prophets".
Scofield is known by many as one of the greatest prophets of the 20th
century, but the man who created him is known by few and remains an
enigma.
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Footnotes
1. David A. Rausch, Arno C. Gaebelein 1861-1945 Irenic Fundamentalist
and Scholar, Including Conversations with Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein. (The
Edwin Mellon Press, New York, 1983), p. 204.
2. Ibid., p. 23.
3. Ibid., p. 26.
4. Ibid., p. 27.
5. Ibid., pp. 72,3.
6. Ibid., pp.203,4.
7. Ibid., p. 205.
8. Frank E. Gaebelein, The Story of the Scofield Reference Bible 1909-1959.
(Oxford University Press, New York, 1959), p. 11. 9. Arno C. Gaebelein, The History of the Scofield Reference Bible. (Living
Words Foundation, Spokane, WA.), p 59.
10. The History of the Scofield Reference Bible, p. 7.
11. Arno C. Gaebelein (Rausch), p. 245.
12. Ibid., p.73.
13. Ibid., p. 213.
14. Ibid., p. 216.
15. Ibid., p. p21.
16. Ibid., p5.
17. Ibid., p. 41.
18. Ibid., p. 53.
19. Ibid., p. 73.
20. Joseph M. Canfield, The Incredible Scofield, (Ross House Books,
Vallecito, CA.), 1988), p. 220.
21. Ibid., p. 247.
22. G.A. Riplinger, New Age Bible Versions, (AV Publications, Monroe
Falls, Ohio, 1993), p. 416.
23. Arno C. Gaebelein (Rausch), p. 263.
24. The Incredible Scofield, p. 292.
25. Arno C. Gaebelein, Half a Century, (Our Hope Publications, New York,
1930), p. 95.
26. Arno C. Gaebelein (Rausch), p. 241.
27. Ibid., p. 243.
28. Ibid., p. 238.
29. Ibid., p. 239.
30. Ibid., p. 73.
31. Ibid., p. 211.
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Bibliography
Canfield, Joseph M., The Incredible Scofield and His Book
(Ross House Books, Vallecito, CA., 1988)
Gaebelein, Arno C., Half a Century, The Autobiography of a Servant
(Our Hope Publications, 456 Fourth Ave, N.Y., 1930)
Gaebelein, Arno C., The History of the Scofield Reference Bible
(Our Hope Publications, 456 Fourth Ave, N.Y., 1943)
Gaebelein, Frank E., The Story of the Scofield Reference Bible 1909-1956
(Oxford University Press, N.Y, 1959)
Ice, Thomas, A Short History of Dispensationalism, from the Thomas Ice
Collection on www.raptureready.com.
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Scholar (The Edwin Mellon Press, Lewiston, N.Y., 1983)
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