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 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...
A dispensational outline study of Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians. As we open our Bibles to the text of this rich letter, we are indeed on holy ground. Nowhere in all of the world’s literature can we find such profound truth stated so simply, yet so...
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 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 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...
