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Dr. Cyrus I. Scofield was a Dispensationalist, believing in a quite literal meaning to the text of the Bible. Consideration of the literal meaning is in contract to those that try to interpret the bible into metaphoric meanings rather than the literal word of God. Dispensationalism also recognizes different periods of time or ages ordained by God. Between Genesis and the Apocalypse there are seven different periods of God and man. The Scofield Bible outlines a timetable for these periods and Bible prophecy.Dr. Cyrus I. Scofield was a Dispensationalist, believing in a quite literal meaning to the text of the Bible. Consideration of the literal meaning is in contract to those that try to interpret the bible into metaphoric meanings rather than the literal word of God. Dispensationalism also recognizes different periods of time or ages ordained by God. Between Genesis and the Apocalypse there are seven different periods of God and man. The Scofield Bible outlines a timetable for these periods and Bible prophecy. [[Dispensationalism]] is in contract to [[Covenant Theology]]. A major theme to dispensationalism is that the Church and Israel refer to different groups of people. The Church has its own purpose and destiny that is not the same as that of the Jews. In the book of Acts, for example, both Israel and the church exist simultaneously but the terms "Israel" and "Church" always refer to two distinct groups of people. There is not a single instance in the entire Bible where Israel refers to anything other than the Jewish people.