A. C. Gaebelein, contributor to The Fundamentals and one of
the most potent influences on the life and doctrine of C. I. Scofield, says of
Darby and other Brethren writers, "I found in his writings, in the works of
William Kelly, Mcintosh [Mackintosh], F. W. Grant, Bellett, and others the soul
food I needed. I esteem these men next to the Apostles in their sound and
spiritual teachings."
In the same breath Gaebelein speaks of four
saints named John who will be present at that great celestial meeting when
Christ returns--John Calvin, John Knox, John Wesley, and John Darby
Vashti, the Gentile wife, may be looked upon as Christendom, to
be set aside for her disobedience; and Esther, the Jewess, takes her place.
This reminds us of the two olive trees in Romans 11 and the final execution of
the Divine threat that the grafted-in branches, Gentile Christendom, are to be
cut off and the broken branches of Israel put back upon their own olive tree.
Haman, the wicked enemy of the Jews, a descendent of Agag, the first enemy
Israel met in the wilderness, is an illustration of the future enemy Israel
will face. He is called Haman the wicked. (7:6) The numerical value
of the Hebrew letters composing the word Haman the wicked is
exactly 666. Mordecai is a type of the Lord Jesus Christ in His coming glorious
exaltation. The complete triumph of the Jews over their enemies and the joy and
peace recorded at the close of the book are typical of the time when Christ
reigns on the earth. --A.C. Gaebelein
A.C. Gaebelein has written,
''The typical-prophetic meaning of the story of Jonah is authorized by the
words of the Son of God. His experience typifies the death, the burial, and the
resurrection of our Lord, as well as the gospel message that goes forth to the
Gentiles. Furthermore, Jonah's experience is prophetic also of the entire
nation.'' Dr. A. C. Gaebelein, a Trinitarian and a noted Bible expositor, who
writes, "I rather think inasmuch as baptism is into the death of Christ that
the formula 'in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ' is the correct one''.