Hard question September 16, 2024 · 37:07 · 3 min
The Scofield Reference Bible and the rapture's paper trail
Ben traces how rapture theology permeated the culture through the 1908 Scofield Reference Bible, Moody Bible College, and Billy Graham: readers new to study Bibles did not distinguish the commentary in small print from Scripture itself, and Scofield's note on the wheat and weeds in Matthew 13 reverses the parable's order to support a pre-tribulation harvest. He warns against bringing a personal fascination back to other believers as though it were what Yahweh cares about.