Arno Clemens Gaebelein (August 27, 1861 – December, 1945) was a

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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 Frank Ely Gaebelein (March 31, 1899 – January 19, 1983) was an American evangelical educator, author, and editor who was the founding headmaster of The Stony Brook School in Long Island, New York. He is the author of more than twenty books, a ...

Career

Being a

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, 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 Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that negati ...

. Gaebelein did not support the

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in their alliance with the

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. In a 1905 speech, he stated: In 1899, Gaebelein left the

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because of its theological liberalism.

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notes that he was one of the early

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leaders to advocate

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. Gaebelein was an advocate of

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. He also was the editor of ''Our Hope'', a Christian periodical, for a number of years, and was a close assistant to Dr.

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on his monumental work, the

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refers to some of Gaebelein's writing as being anti-Jewish.

The Principles of the Hope of Israel Moment

In the Nov-Dec 1896 issue of "Our Hope" one of the best statements of

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(

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) 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'.Gaebelein's Annotated Bible on Genesis 1
accessed 19 December 2015 *''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) *''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'' (193

*''The History of the Scofield Reference Bible'' (1943) *''The Prophet Ezekiel: an analytical Exposition'' (1972) *''Meat In Due Season'' (nd)

References

External links

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The Annotated Bible by Arno C. Gaebelein

Arno C. Gaebelein's biography at the Pre-Trib Research Center
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