The Seven Dispensations.
In this blog, I will give an overview of the seven dispensations I'd learnt years ago in Sunday school with Scripture verses.
Dispensationalism is a method of interpreting history that divides God’s work and purposes toward mankind into different periods of time.
The Nation of Israel important and is God's time clock.
The phrase, "Dispensation" is derived from a passage in Ephesians 1:10 (KJV), which reads: "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him."
There are seven dispensations listed below,
I1). Innocence - Adam
2). Conscience - Noah
3). Human Government - Babél
4). Promise -Abraham
5). Law - Moses
6). Grace - Christ as Lamb of God
7). Millennium -Christ, King of kings.
Dispensation of Innocence.
This dispensation covered the period of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 1:28-30 and 2:15-17). In this dispensation God’s commands were to (1) replenish the earth with children, (2) subdue the earth, (3) have dominion over the animals, (4) care for the garden, and (5) abstain from eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Dispensation of Conscience.
From the fall of man until the flood (Genesis 3:8–8:22). This dispensation demonstrates what mankind will do if left to his own will and conscience.
Dispensation of Human Government.
which began in Genesis 8, until the tower of Babél This resulted in the rise of different nations and cultures. From that point on, human governments increase upon the earth.
Dispensation of Promise.
the call of Abraham, continued through the lives of the patriarchs, and ended with the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt, a period of about 430 years. During this dispensation God developed a great nation that He had chosen as His people (Genesis 12:1–Exodus 19:25).
Dispensation of Law.
Lasted from the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus the Laws of the ten commandments in Exodus 20. Temple worship was directed by the priesthood, with further direct words spoken through God’s mouthpieces, the prophets. The dispensation ended during Christ crucifixion and the veil in the temple was torn in two (Matthew 27:51)
Dispensation of Grace.
This sixth dispensation, the one in which we now live under, is the Dispensation of Grace. It began with the New Covenant in Christ’s blood (Luke 22:20). This “Age of Grace” or “Church Age” occurs between the 69th and 70th week of Daniel 9:24. It starts with the coming of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and ends with the Rapture of the church (1 Thessalonians 4). This dispensation is worldwide and includes both Jews and the Gentiles
Dispensation of Christ Millennium Reign.
This dispensation will last for 1,000 years as Christ Himself will rules on earth. This Kingdom will fulfill the prophecy to the Jewish nation that Christ will return and be their King. The only people allowed to enter the Kingdom are the born-again believers from the Age of Grace, righteous survivors of the seven years of tribulation, and the resurrected Old Testament saints. No unsaved person is allowed access into this kingdom. Satan is bound during the 1,000 years. This period ends with the final judgment, see, (Revelation 20:11-14). The old world is destroyed by fire, and the New Heaven and New Earth of Revelation chapters 21 and 22 begin.
Marcel and Jacqueline Bruff
@walkgoodinchrist
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