The Kingdom Age

(The 1000 Year Reign of Christ — Immediately after the tribulation and immediately preceding the setting up of Christ’s Kingdom on earth, God shall manifest His mighty ruling power through signs in the heavens and signs on the earth. Both “The heavens, and...

What About Ordinances?

Most of our present day churchmen contend for what they call the two church ordinances, water baptism and the Lord’s supper. The scriptural meaning of the word “ordinance” is not hard to find. The word itself means a civil, ceremonial or...

The Dispensation of Grace

The Church Age (From the Crucifixion of Christ to His Return in Glory — John 1:17) While the Age of Grace stands out in direct contrast to the Dispensation of Law, which immediately precedes it, it is linked up with the Dispensation of Promise through the promised...

The Dispensation of Law

The Mosaic Age (From Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary — Exodus 19:8 – Matthew 27:35) The law, which was “given by Moses” (John 1:17), falls into three divisions, each essential to the others, and together forming the Mosaic Covenant. The divisions are...

The Dispensation of Promise

The Abrahamic Age (From the Call of Abram to the Giving of the Law — Genesis 12:1 – Exodus 19:7) Two covenants between God and Abram are distinguished in the book of Genesis. One is a conditional covenant and the other is everlasting. Each of these covenants...

The Dispensation of Human Government

The Noahic Age (From the Flood to the Tower of Babel — Genesis 8:20-11:32) This the third dispensation is called “The dispensation of human government” because it is the age in which man was first privileged to govern himself. From the days of Noah on down...