·           This chart was designed to be easily understood and concise so that both common and educated people can increase their understanding of dispensations

·           This chart will help understand the Bible and how it is put together.

·           This chart shows how dispensations, if not correctly understood, has caused all the different Bible-believing persuasions.

·           This chart will be an eye opener!    It will help you come from darkness to understand both the symmetrical truth of God’s word and how God has historically worked.

·           This chart will help you view God’s role in world history and His working with mankind.   Some people are confused by false teachers and others by misinformed, though sincere, teachers!

·           This chart will not only help prevent you from being confused by erroneous teachings of men, but will also help you understand how these teachers are making their mistakes!

·           This chart will help you to fellowship with other believers but not fall for false, confusing hopes and promises which are not applicable in God’s program for today.

·           This chart will also benefit the person seeking God’s truth for their life.

·           This chart will help the skeptic and nonbeliever understand God’s word to speak with some degree of knowledge.

1.        Match the numbers which correspond to the names of each Dispensation of God throughout the history of the world on the chart:.

1 - Dispensation of Innocence                                                 Genesis Chapters 1 through 3

2 - Dispensation of Conscience                               Genesis Chapters 4 Through 8

3 - Dispensation of Human Government                Genesis Chapters 9 through 11:26

5 - Dispensation of  Law                                         Exodus 1 Through Acts 7, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1^st,2^nd & 3^rd John

4 - Dispensation of Promise                                    Genesis 11:26 through Chapter 50

6 - Dispensation of Grace or Equality                    Romans through Hebrews

7 - Dispensation of the Kingdom                            Matthew through Mark, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1^st, 2nd & 3^rd John. Revelations

8 - Dispensation of Eternity                                    the entire Bible which specifies Eternity Eph.1:10

2.  The red line to the Cross represents Christ’s death for redemption of man.  The broken line is before the historical fact when animal sacrifices covered sin until the historical fact was completed.   The solid line is after the historical fact which then became applicable to all dispensations of God.   Note that even the broken line is red to represent that Christ’s death was the plan of God before the world began.

3.         On the bottom of the chart are the different covenants throughout the Bible and where they were given.

    I.   A covenant agreement, in pl., Iliad:—settled government, order, Aeschylus.

   II. An arrangement between two parties, covenant Aristophanes, N.T.

·           The Covenant of Eden (Covenant God with God) given to man. Genesis chapter 1 & 2.

·           The Old Covenant blood sacrifice of animals until Christ’s blood shed Genesis 3:21.

·           The Covenant with Adam after sin Genesis 3:14-20.

·           The Covenant with Noah after the Flood  Genesis 9:1-17

·           The Babel Covenant with mankind until the end of the world (Covenant God with God) given because of mankind. Genesis 11:6-9

·           The Covenant with Abraham until end of world Genesis 17:1-21, Chapter 15, Exodus 32:13

·           The Palestinian Covenant – The Mosaics Law to the 12 tribes until end of world, Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

·           The Covenant with David says a king would sit on his throne referring to Christ during the Millennial Reign 2 Samuel, 7^th Chapter.

·           The New covenant with Israel setting up the Kingdom Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:8-12; 10:16,17; Luke 22:19,20; Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25

·           The New Covenant with the Gentiles 1 Corinthians 11:20, 24-26; 10:16, 21; Ephesians 3rd chapter and Romans the 11^th chapter..

·           The Eternal Covenant which never ends (Covenant God with God), with those who were obedient and accepted God requirement over their life time on earth. Ephesians 1:10, 3:11; Revelation 9:11-21, and chapter 11.

Covenant: A pact, treaty, alliance, or agreement between two parties of equal or of unequal authority. The covenant or testament is a central, unifying theme in Scripture, God’s covenants with individuals and the nation Israel finding final fulfillment in the new covenant in Christ Jesus. God’s covenants can be understood by humans because they are modeled in human covenants or treaties.

4.        Above the covenants are the groups of people whom God is dealing with as His agent for dispensing His program (dispensation) for mankind.    Note how they relate to the other aspects of the chart.   Each Dispensation ends with man’s failure and God’s providing a new dispensation to provide salvation and hope for those who respond to His commands.

4.        Every Dispensation has a beginning, failure on the part of man, rules about how the dispensation will work, a transition into the next dispensation, and a climax when it is in full operation.   The Nation of Israel which is experiencing a delay in the fulfillment of its prophesized kingdom which will come after the rapture.  This delay is occasioned by God’s dealing with today’s program which He inserted until after the rapture.   Then He will finish dealing with Israel in the prophesized 70^th week of Daniel.

5.        If you would take the 6^th dispensation out of the chart you would see how all of prophecy of scripture would have been fulfilled if we did not have a Church age called His Body: however, God inserted the dispensation of today which was a mystery hide in God until Paul and the Apostle received it from the Lord..