Let’s take a look at them.
| Name | Scripture | Truths | For Us |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.) Age of Innocence | Genesis 1:28, 2:15 | Multiply & have dominion over creation. Till the land. | Ro 16:19 1 Thess 5:22 Job 33:9 Ps 19:13b |
| 2.) Age of Conscience | Genesis 4:6-7 Genesis 6:1, 5 Genesis 8:15 | Obey your conscience. Do what is right. People multiplied, but did evil. Come out of the ark and multiply. | Ro 2:15 1 Peter 2:19 |
| 3.) Age of Government | Genesis 9:5-6 Genesis 9:8-9, 11-13 | Men to protect life and punish lawbreakers – those who kill others. First mention of a covenant. | Ro 13:1-4 1 Peter 2:17 |
| 4.) Age of Patriarchs | Genesis 12:1, 17:1, Ro 4:1 | God deals with fathers – Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph through a covenant. | Eph 6:1-4 |
| 5.) Age of Law | Exodus 4:16,19-20:1-22 Leviticus Deuteronomy4:1-2 Malachi 4:1 Matt 5:17-18, John 17:8 | Moses is God’s spokesman to Israel. God gives the Ten Commandments. Laws to the priests. Laws to Israel repeated. Laws to Israel repeated. Jesus fulfills all of the law. | Ro 13:8-10 2 John 1:5 |
| 6.) Age of Grace (or Readiness) | Luke 16:16, Mathew 24:44, Luke 1:17 Luke 24:44-48 Acts 22:15, 21, 1 Thes 2:13 Acts 28:28 Paul’s 13 church epistles: Romans – Philemon Eph 3:2, Col 1:25 | John the baptist – end of the Law; beginning of Grace. Law & prophets preached until then. “Be ye also ready”. Everything fulfilled in Christ; He then open their eyes. Paul is God’s spokesman to the Gentiles/body of Christ. For the body of Christ during the Church Age. Israel is set aside and God turns to the Gentiles. | Eph 2:8, 3:2 |
| 7.) Age of the Kingdom/Eternity | Rev 11:15, 12:10, 20:4 Eternity: Rev 21-22, 22:5 Luke 22:16, 18 Rev 19:9, Eph 1:10 | All kingdoms are put down; the Father’s Kingdom begins. “…Forever and ever”. Jesus’ prophecies fulfilled now. Marriage feast of the Lamb. | John 17:3 1 John 5:13 Col 1:13 |
Notes:
- Some use other names for the different dispensations.
- Some condense the 7 into 3 or 4 or 5.
- Some consider #7 to be 2 separate ones; thus having a total of 8.
- Is the word dispensation even in the Bible? Yes! Eph 1:10, 3:2, Col 1:25.
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