DISPENSATION DEFINED:
A dispensation is a specific period of time in which God holds His stewards accountable for obeying His revealed will. Each involves new information, and in each, mankind fails to obey. Each dispensation then ends with God's righteous judgment.
SEVEN DIVISIONS OR DISPENSATIONS!
1. THE GARDEN - Begins with Adam's innocence; it ends with Adam's sinning or THE FALL. Adam expelled from the Garden of Eden.
2. THE GOVERNMENT - Begins with mankind being told to govern themselves; it ends with the total wickedness of man and THE FLOOD.
3. THE DISPERSAL - Begins with Noah being told to multiply and populate the earth; it ends with mankind being divided into language groups at THE TOWER OF BABEL.
4. THE LAND - It begins with Abraham being told to possess the promised land; it ends with Abraham's grandson's family leading to THE BONDAGE in Egypt.
5. THE LAW - It begins with Moses receiving the Law from God. It ends with Israel rejecting Jesus as their Messiah, and having Rome crucify Him, which results in God's wrath upon them known as DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK, or THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE.
6. THE CHURCH - It begins with Christ's command to spread the Gospel; it ends with the faithful remnant being Raptured (caught up to heaven), and those who are part of the apostacy experiencing THE TRIBULATION.
7. THE KINGDOM - It begins with Christ's Second Coming; and it ends with THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
WE ARE NOW LIVING IN THE CHURCH AGE.
WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE; ACCEPT JESUS AS
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, OR WAIT IN FEAR
FOR THE COMING DAY OF HIS JUDGMENT!
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