The Scofield Reference Bible

Genesis 1:1-3 (King James Version; emphasis added)

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

²And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee (Abram), and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

³And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Abram was originally a Gentile. Jews were not yet a race until Jacob.

The footnote for Genesis 12:3 from Scofield-

“I will bless them that bless thee.” In fulfillment closely related to the next clause, “And curse him that curseth thee.” Wonderfully fulfilled in the history of dispersion It has invariably fared ill with the people who have persecuted the Jew- well with those who have persecuted him The future will still move remarkably prove this principle.

Key Interpretations in Scofield’s Notes

The “Unconditional” Covenant:”

Scofield argued that the Abrahamic Covenant (which includes Genesis 12:3) is “wholly gracious and unconditional.” This means that God’s favor toward Abraham’s physical descendants does not depend on their obedience or faith.

The Nationalism of the Blessing:

While the biblical text address Abraham in the singular (“thee”) Scofield’s notes apply the blessing and cursing to the “Jew as a collective people throughout history.

A Warning to Nations:

He established the idea that a nations prosperity is tied to its treatment of the Jewish people. Modern proponents like John Hagee use this to argue that any nation “lifting a hand against Israel invites the wrath of God.”

Preparation for the End Times:

These notes are part of Scofield’s broader dispensationalist framework, which claims that the Jewish people must return to their land as a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Christ.

Notes to add and edit.

Preachers endorsing violence; Zionism.
Dispensationalism – 200 years old; John Nelson Darby
The world is broken into dispensations or periods.
Scofield Reference Bible- Cyrus Engleson Scofield, Oxford University Press A political weapon funded by Zionist money.
The Lotus Club, NY – Samuel Untermyer. The need for a theological vehicle inside American Christianity.
The rapture doctrine did not come from scripture. Does not appear in the Bible once. Twisted the meaning of 1 Thess. 4:17
His footnote on Genesis 12:3 claimed that God would bless those who bless Israel and curse those who cursed Israel. Early preachers, Moody, Sunday, Hagee,
It planted dispensationalism with a completely separate eternal plan for the Jewish people.
Belief (false) that Israel – 12 tribes from Abraham are different from the body of Christ.
That Israel is set apart from the Body of Christ.
Reclaiming the physical promised land. Discounted by Romans, Hebrews, the Epistles, Galatians.
The Bible is the greatest history book of humanity. You must see it as one compete story. Birth-death-resurrection of Jesus Christ. Creation to fulfillment in redemption.
The Jews don’t need Jesus? That’s what they believe.
How are you saved? Jesus.
One Church- the body of Christ.
1054 – denominational split- Catholicism, Orthodoxy and 40,000 protestant denominations.
Why? A new message to sell.
Preachers of false gospel are dividing the body.
Most Christians, especially dispensationalists are Talmudic Jews wrapped in Christianity.
Jews from Judah, one of the 12 tribes.
Moses leads his people to the promised land. They wander in the desert for 40 years. Moses slaps a rock to get water and takes the credit for it.
Jehovah tells Moses he is not going to the promised land with his people.
Torah – 1st five books of the Bible; the six book is Joshua.
Joshua leads his people into the promised land. Joshua 21 – all has come to pass. Jesus said “It is finished” on the cross. He meant it.
The Old Testament is a physical reality and it is a shadow that leads to a….. ????
God fulfilled His covenant with Abraham.
They didn’t listen and fell out and bred with other nations. You don’t get the covenant over and over and over again.
Christ takes a physical nation- Physical Israel becomes a spiritual nation, the body of Christ.
Christ believing Jews and Gentiles – Christians, the church, the body of Christ.
Israel the political nation state is something else entirely.
Don’t use the Bible to justify a land grab.
The Bible doesn’t say you have to support Bibi.
It is all about power, money and control.
Anybody who dips back into the old covenant theology, it is not finished on that cross.
The dominant position on the church. A very nefarious meaning is behind all of this.
The evangelical church is being used as a tool for a far greater agenda that most cannot fathom.
A group that wants to reclaim that promised land from the Nile to the Euphrates and build the third temple.
It ushers in the “last’ Antichrist.
The blind leading the blind into a ditch in the name of Jesus.
Perhaps a form of the Antichrist of ultimate power, authority and control in its institutional power.
For the sake of controlling the world.
The president see this war as a way to achieve power and control in the world.
The Bible is being weaponized.

Genesis 1:1-3 (King James Version; emphasis added)

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

²And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee (Abram), and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

³And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Abram was originally a Gentile. Jews were not yet a race until Jacob.

The footnote for Genesis 12:3 from Scofield-

Key Interpretations in Scofield’s Notes

The “Unconditional” Covenant:”

The Nationalism of the Blessing:

While the biblical text address Abraham in the singular (“thee”) Scofield’s notes apply the blessing and cursing to the “Jew as a collective people throughout history.

A Warning to Nations:

Preparation for the End Times:

These notes are part of Scofield’s broader dispensationalist framework, which claims that the Jewish people must return to their land as a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Christ.

Notes to add and edit.

Preachers endorsing violence; Zionism.
Dispensationalism – 200 years old; John Nelson Darby
The world is broken into dispensations or periods.
Scofield Reference Bible- Cyrus Engleson Scofield, Oxford University Press A political weapon funded by Zionist money.
The Lotus Club, NY – Samuel Untermyer. The need for a theological vehicle inside American Christianity.
The rapture doctrine did not come from scripture. Does not appear in the Bible once. Twisted the meaning of 1 Thess. 4:17
His footnote on Genesis 12:3 claimed that God would bless those who bless Israel and curse those who cursed Israel. Early preachers, Moody, Sunday, Hagee,
It planted dispensationalism with a completely separate eternal plan for the Jewish people.
Belief (false) that Israel – 12 tribes from Abraham are different from the body of Christ.
That Israel is set apart from the Body of Christ.
Reclaiming the physical promised land. Discounted by Romans, Hebrews, the Epistles, Galatians.
The Bible is the greatest history book of humanity. You must see it as one compete story. Birth-death-resurrection of Jesus Christ. Creation to fulfillment in redemption.
The Jews don’t need Jesus? That’s what they believe.
How are you saved? Jesus.
One Church- the body of Christ.
1054 – denominational split- Catholicism, Orthodoxy and 40,000 protestant denominations.
Why? A new message to sell.
Preachers of false gospel are dividing the body.
Most Christians, especially dispensationalists are Talmudic Jews wrapped in Christianity.
Jews from Judah, one of the 12 tribes.
Moses leads his people to the promised land. They wander in the desert for 40 years. Moses slaps a rock to get water and takes the credit for it.
Jehovah tells Moses he is not going to the promised land with his people.
Torah – 1st five books of the Bible; the six book is Joshua.
Joshua leads his people into the promised land. Joshua 21 – all has come to pass. Jesus said “It is finished” on the cross. He meant it.
The Old Testament is a physical reality and it is a shadow that leads to a….. ????
God fulfilled His covenant with Abraham.
They didn’t listen and fell out and bred with other nations. You don’t get the covenant over and over and over again.
Christ takes a physical nation- Physical Israel becomes a spiritual nation, the body of Christ.
Christ believing Jews and Gentiles – Christians, the church, the body of Christ.
Israel the political nation state is something else entirely.
Don’t use the Bible to justify a land grab.
The Bible doesn’t say you have to support Bibi.
It is all about power, money and control.
Anybody who dips back into the old covenant theology, it is not finished on that cross.
The dominant position on the church. A very nefarious meaning is behind all of this.
The evangelical church is being used as a tool for a far greater agenda that most cannot fathom.
A group that wants to reclaim that promised land from the Nile to the Euphrates and build the third temple.
It ushers in the “last’ Antichrist.
The blind leading the blind into a ditch in the name of Jesus.
Perhaps a form of the Antichrist of ultimate power, authority and control in its institutional power.
For the sake of controlling the world.
The president see this war as a way to achieve power and control in the world.
The Bible is being weaponized.

What is Christian Zionism?

Christian Zionism is the belief that:

The Jewish people have a biblical right to the land of Israel, and
The modern return of Jews to that land is part of God’s prophetic plan

How Cyrus Ingerson Scofield contributed

1. He popularized key ideas already in circulation

Scofield drew heavily from John Nelson Darby, who taught:

A sharp distinction between Israel and the Church
That God still has unfulfilled promises to ethnic Israel
A future restoration of Israel tied to end-times prophecy

👉 Scofield didn’t invent these ideas—he packaged them into a widely used study Bible.

2. The Scofield Reference Bible reached millions

It became one of the most influential study Bibles in the 20th century
Its footnotes were often read as authoritative interpretation, not just commentary
It taught readers to interpret prophecy in a way that:
- Expected a literal regathering of Israel
- Saw Jewish return to the land as prophetically significant

👉 This helped normalize what later became Christian Zionist thinking.

3. It shaped American evangelical worldview

Through Bible institutes, pastors, and laypeople:

Scofield’s notes became a default lens for reading prophecy
This influenced generations of:
- Preachers
- Missionaries
- Politically engaged Christians

👉 By the mid-1900s, many evangelicals already believed:

Israel’s restoration was biblically inevitable
Supporting it aligned with God’s purposes

Did it lead to modern Christian Zionism?

Yes — in influence

Scofield’s work:

Accelerated and spread dispensational ideas
Helped make support for Israel a mainstream evangelical position
Laid groundwork for later movements, especially after:
- The founding of the modern state of Israel in Establishment of the State of Israel

But not alone

Christian Zionism also developed through:

Earlier Protestant restorationist ideas (pre-1800s)
Geopolitical events (especially 1948 and 1967)
Later teachers, writers, and media (books, TV, prophecy conferences)

Bottom line

Scofield didn’t originate Christian Zionism—but he was one of its most effective amplifiers.

He took a relatively niche theological system and:
➡️ Put it into the margins of the Bible
➡️ Put that Bible into millions of hands
➡️ And in doing so, helped shape how many Christians think about Israel to this day