Arno C. Gaebelein Explained

Arno Clemens Gaebelein (August 27, 1861 – December, 1945) was a Methodist minister in the United States. He was a prominent teacher and conference speaker. He was also the father of educator and philosopher of Christian education Frank E. Gaebelein.

Career

Being a dispensationalist, he was a developer of the movement in its early days. Two of his books, Revelation, an Analysis and Exposition and Current Events in the Light of the Bible explain the dispensationalist view of eschatology.

Gaebelein did not support the Christian Zionists in their alliance with the World Zionist Organization. In a 1905 speech, he stated:

In 1899, Gaebelein left the Methodist Episcopal Church because of its theological liberalism.^[1] George Marsden notes that he was one of the early fundamentalist leaders to advocate ecclesiastical separation.^[2]

Gaebelein was an advocate of gap creationism.^[3] He also was the editor of Our Hope, a Christian periodical, for a number of years, and was a close assistant to Dr. C. I. Scofield on his monumental work, the Scofield Reference Bible. George Marsden refers to some of Gaebelein's writing as being anti-Jewish.^[4]

The Principles of the Hope of Israel Moment

In the Nov-Dec 1896 issue of "Our Hope" one of the best statements of Hebrew Christians (Messianic Jews) was written under the heading, The Principles of the Hope of Israel Moment.

Works

• Revelation, and Analysis and Exposition
• Current Events in the Light of the Bible
• The Annotated Bible, a commentary on the Old and New Testaments which Gaebelein described as a 'Bible study course'.^[5]
• The Harmony of the Prophetic Word, a key to old testament prophecy concerning things to come. (1903)
• The Prophet Daniel (1911)
• The Jewish Question (1912)
• The Book of Genesis: A Complete Analysis of Genesis with Annotations (1912)
• Christ and Glory (1918)
• Studies in Prophecy (1918)
• The Angels Of God (1924)
• The Healing Question (1925)
• The Christ We Know (1927)
• The Conflict of the Ages: The Mystery of Lawlessness: Its Origin, Historic Development and Coming Defeat (1933)http://www.pre-trib.org/article-view.php?id=24
• The History of the Scofield Reference Bible (1943)
• The Prophet Ezekiel: an analytical Exposition (1918)
• Meat In Due Season (nd)

External links

• • • The Annotated Bible by Arno C. Gaebelein
• Arno C. Gaebelein's biography at the Pre-Trib Research Center

Notes and References

1. Book: Pierard, Richard V.. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions . Gaebelein, A(rno) C(lemens) . 1999 . . 233. 9780802846808. https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA233 . 13 December 2015.
2. Book: Marsden. George M. . George Marsden. Fundamentalism and American Culture . 2006 . Oxford University Press. 127. 978-0-19-974112-0 . 13 December 2015.
3. McIver, Thomas Allen. (1989). Creationism: Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity. University of California, Los Angeles.
4. Mouly, Ruth, and Roland Robertson. “Zionism in American Premillenarian Fundamentalism.” American Journal of Theology & Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 3, 1983, p. 102. JSTOR website Retrieved 27 May 2023.
5. http://biblehub.com/commentaries/gaebelein/genesis/1.htm Gaebelein's Annotated Bible on Genesis 1