INDUCTIVE BIBLE TOPIC STUDY

GOD'S DISPENSATION & COVENANT PLANS

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This paper discusses God's dispensation & covenant plans. A dispensation is a period of time in God's economy during which He provides a special revelation commanding His creation unto obedience. A covenant, within several of these dispensations, is a formal agreement between two parties such as God and His creation. The dispensations & covenants plans are progressively unfolding God's revelation which is cumulative. Most covenants are unconditional or declarative by God such that He promises to grant a blessing to man independent of man's response. The exception is the Mosaic covenant which is mutual or conditional upon man's response. After, the eternal covenant or the covenant of redemption made within the Godhead to the elect. This occurred before the foundation of the world. The next three covenants (Edenic, Adamic, & Noahic) were given to mankind. The Abrahamic, Mosaic, Land, Davidic & New covenants were given to Israel and not the Gentiles. The Gentiles are blessed within a number of the covenants. For each covenant, man fails & is judged by God in mercy. Under all the dispensations & covenants is God ultimate redemption plan for salvation by Jesus imputed righteousness by His death & resurrection by God's grace to the elect. The alternate to dispensational theology is replacement theology which teaches that God is through with Israel (as a nation, but not with the elect individuals of Israel who are the true spiritual seed of Abraham) and Jesus will not be king on an earthly throne for 1,000 years. These teachings are not supported by scriptures as this paper shows. All scriptures are from the King James' version Bible.

INDUCTIVE COMMENTS:

THEME: God provides a special revelation to his creation requiring obedience with judgment for failure also ultimate mercy of salvation to the elect.

Romans 11:1, 5, 25, 27-29 "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. {5} Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. {25} For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. {27} For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. {28} As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. {29} For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." Gift to Israel are still promised.

PURPOSE: Teach God's Dispensation & Covenant plans for the ages (each period of time) in God's economy.

Religious organizations that do not teach God's dispensation plan state that God is finished with the Jewish people as the chosen people. That God has replaced them with the Church. They assign the Bible curses to the Jewish people & blessings to the Church. They do not have a sovereign God in complete control of His creation. They do not believe Jesus will be on an earthly throne for 1,000 years. These statements contradict the scriptures shown in this paper in the various dispensations.

Hebrews 7:22 "By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament." Surety or guarantee of testament or covenant

Revelation 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

KEY VERSE:

Acts 3:25 "Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed."

Romans 9:4 "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;"

Ephesians 1:10 "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:"

Ephesians 3:2-3 "If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: {3} How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,"

WHO: God written mostly by Bible authors Moses, David, Isaiah, Luke, John, and Paul

TO WHOM: Elected Angels, Elected Jews, and Elected Christians

WHAT: God's plan for everyone, everything, and for all times includes Jesus death

God's sovereign plan for people is that His purpose for them will occur by Him predestinating everything for the good of the Elect that God has called, justified, glorified & conformed to Jesus.

Romans 8:28-30 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. {29} For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. {30} Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." The Elect will be preserved.

WHY: God’s plan includes the elected Jewish people for all dispensation periods.

Romans 11:1, 5, 25, 27-29 "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. {5} Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. {25} For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. {27} For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. {28} As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. {29} For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." Gift to Israel are still promised.

WAY: For every dispensation & covenant includes the following sequences:

Jesus comes to earth again to fight God's & Israel's enemies to establish His kingdom on earth with His throne in Jerusalem. The kingdom starts with all elected Christians and elected Jews, as all Israel's enemies are defected & removed. The saints of God rule with Christ for 1,000 years.

This dispensation occurs at the end of the 7 years Great Tribulation period & has Israel being attacked by antichrist with his world armies. Israel cry out to the Lord & Jesus returns for His second coming with His saints. Jesus destroys Israel's enemies, opens their spiritual eyes to see Jesus as their Messiah, & start His kingdom on earth in Jerusalem with all elected Jews and elected Christians.

START: At the end of 7 years tribulation period. Israel is in Armageddon war against antichrist & world.

COMPLETION: 1,000 year reign as king in Jerusalem.

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Believe Jesus is God & savior, Do not take 666 number of support the antichrist against Israel.

JUDGMENT & MERCY: Unbelievers judged & removed from earth. Believers stay 1,000 years with Jesus on His earthly throne.

ULTIMATE SALVATION: God separates evil from good people to start His earth kingdom

Matthew 13:30, 39-43, 49 "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. {39} The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. {40} As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. {41} The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; {42} And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. {43} Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. {49} So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,"

2 Timothy 4:1 "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;"

Jude 1:14-15 "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, {15} To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

WHEREAS:

Imputed righteousness of God, by Jesus, as only means to salvation to those who believe. Salvation is dependent only on God not on the sinner, nor can the sinner do anything for it. Jesus righteousness imputed/reckoned/counted to believer - believers sins imputed to Jesus.

Romans 1:16-17 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. {17} For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. {17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

WHERE: Heavens, earth, & hell - God's full creation

WHEN: Eternity - past, present, & future - forever

2 Peter 3:13 "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

Revelation 21:1-4 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. {2} And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. {3} And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God <is> with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, <and be> their God. {4} And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

Revelation 22:5 "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."

WHILE: Showing that God is in control of his creation

PAPER OUTLINE:

I) GENERAL - EACH DISPENSATION PERIOD INCLUDES:

II) WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO GOD'S DISPENSATION PLAN?

III) FOR ALL DISPENSATIONS GOD'S ULTIMATE PLAN FOR SALVATION:

IV) ETERNITY PAST DISPENSATION:

A) GOD:

1) GOD IS ETERNAL:

2) TRIUNITY - FATHER, SON, & HOLY SPIRIT IN THE ONE GODHEAD:

3) HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD:

4) GOD'S ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS ARE SHOWN IN HIS TITLES AND NAMES:

B) GOD'S ETERNAL REDEMPTION COVENANT PLAN:

C) ANGELS, DEMONS, & SATAN:

1) GOOD:

2) EVIL:

D) MANKIND:

E) EDENIC COVENANT:

V) INNOCENCE DISPENSATION:

1) GOD CREATED EVERYTHING & PRESERVES THEM FOR HIS OWN GLORY & PURPOSE:

A) ADAMIC COVENANT:

VI) ANTEDILUVIAN DISPENSATION:

1) POLYGAMY OF MULTIPLE WIVES:

VII) GOVERNMENT DISPENSATION:

A) NOAHIC COVENANT:

VIII) FAITH DISPENSATION:

A) ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:

1) FAITH COUNTED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH PROMISE OF THE LAND & BLESSING TO NATIONS:

IX) LAW DISPENSATION:

A) MOSAIC COVENANT:

1) LAW GIVEN TO ISRAEL & NOT TO GENTILES:

X) ISRAEL DISPENSATION:

A) JUDGES:

B) KING:

XI) DAVIDIC DISPENSATION:

A) DAVIDIC COVENANT:

XII) PROPHET DISPENSATION:

1) TIMES OF THE GENTILES:

2) DANIEL'S 70 WEEKS:

XIII) BETWEEN OLD & NEW TESTAMENTS DISPENSATION:

XIV) JESUS FIRST COMING DISPENSATION:

1) CHURCH AGE:

2) HOLY SPIRIT BREATHED ON DISCIPLES:

3) PENTECOST:

XV) CHURCH - GRACE DISPENSATION:

XVI) ISRAEL RESTORED DISPENSATION:

1) ISRAEL REESTABLISHED:

A) PALESTINIAN / LAND COVENANT:

XVII) DAY OF THE LORD DISPENSATION:

1) RAPTURE:

2) TRIBULATION/DAY OF THE LORD:

XVIII) JESUS SECOND COMING DISPENSATION:

XIX) MILLENNIAL KINGDOM DISPENSATION:

1) MILLENNIUM:

A) KINGDOM / NEW COVENANT:

2) JUDGMENT:

a) AT DEATH:

b) JUDGE YOURSELF/GOD CHASTENS:

c) BELIEVER'S WORDS/WORKS:

d) FINAL JUDGMENT OF WICKED - GREAT WHITE THRONE:

3) HELL:

a) ABODE OF THE DEAD:

b) FOR ANGELS:

c) LAKE OF FIRE:

4) HEAVEN:

a) ABRAHAM'S BOSOM:

b) PARADISE:

c) THIRD HEAVEN:

XX) ETERNITY FUTURE DISPENSATION:

1) PERFECTION AGE: OMEGA OR ENDING

2) OLD HEAVENS & OLD EARTH DESTROYED BY FIRE:

3) NEW HEAVENS & NEW EARTH:

See my paper: "Deeper Bible Topical Papers" WITHOUT COMMENTS & REFERENCE SCRIPTURES for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Salvation Biblical Word Glossary" SALVATION WORD DEFINITIONS ARE SHOWN INCLUDING THEIR HEBREW & GREEK MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "My Doctrine Beliefs" ALL KEY THEOLOGICAL AREAS WITH MY PAPERS ON EACH SUBJECT for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Bible Books & Topics - Subject Cross Index" SHOWS REFERENCES IN BOTH MY BIBLE & TOPIC PAPERS WHERE A TOPIC SUBJECT INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND. for more information on this subject.

I) GENERAL - EACH DISPENSATION PERIOD INCLUDES:

1) TIME PERIOD: START -> COMPLETION: OVERLAPS POSSIBLE

2) TEST THE INDIVIDUALS WHO GET THE REVELATION

3) RESPONSIBILITY COMES WITH GOD'S REVELATION

4) JUDGMENT (CONSEQUENCES) FOR FAILURE

5) GOD'S MERCY DURING HIS JUDGMENT

6) GOD'S ULTIMATE PLAN FOR SALVATION PREVAILS

II) WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO GOD'S DISPENSATION PLAN?

Religious organizations that do not teach God's dispensation plan state that God is finished with the Israel nation of Jewish people as the chosen people, but not with the elect individuals of Israel who are the true spiritual seed of Abraham. That God has replaced the Jewish people with the Church. They assign the Bible curses to the Jewish people & blessings to the Church. They do not have a sovereign God in complete control of His creation. They do not believe Jesus will be on an earthly throne for 1,000 years. These statements contradict the scriptures shown in this paper in the various dispensations.

See my paper: "Man's Greatest Need - Relationship With God" ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD CHARACTERISTICS & MAN'S PURPOSES. for more information on this subject.

Romans 11:1, 5, 25, 27-29 "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. {5} Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. {25} For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. {27} For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. {28} As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. {29} For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." Gift to Israel are still promised.

Revelation 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

III) FOR ALL DISPENSATIONS GOD'S ULTIMATE PLAN FOR SALVATION:

Imputed righteousness of God, by Jesus, as only means to salvation to those who believe. Salvation is dependent only on God not on the sinner, nor can the sinner do anything for it. Jesus righteousness imputed/reckoned/counted to believer - believers sins imputed to Jesus.

See my paper: "True Gospel for Salvation by the Imputed Righteousness of Jesus" GOSPEL SHOWN IN SCRIPTURES MUST INCLUDE THE REVELATION OF THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Imputed/Reckoned/Counted Righteousness of Jesus" TRANSFER OR THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS TO THE CHRISTIAN & CHRISTIAN'S SINS TO JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "What is a Born-Again & How to Become One" BORN-AGAIN PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE JESUS ARE SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Faith" FAITH PROMISES PRESENTED FOR EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHRISTIANS LIFE: SALVATION & HEALING. THE CONDITIONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" MANY OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOWN THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS PRE-INCARNATE JESUS CHRIST. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Messianic Prophecies That Jesus Fulfilled" OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES PROPHECIES & THEIR NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT BY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Romans 1:16-17 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. {17} For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. {17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

IV) ETERNITY PAST DISPENSATION:

God has a plan for everyone of His created beings for the ages. God desires is to show His love to His created beings including His greatest love of Jesus dying for the elected beliver's sinful mankind.

In this dispensation God is creating the heavens, earth, & hell for His purpose. It begins with the Triunity Godhead and goes on forever. However, within God's eternal plan exists a number of separate dispensations periods. The next dispensation is the seven days creation with mankind being the climax of that dispensation.

Colossians 1:26 "<Even> the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:" God's dispensations have been made know to His saints.

A) GOD:

START: Eternity past when only the Triunity God exists.

COMPLETION: Eternity future to include those God created.

Scriptures starts with the assumed existence of God. God alone is eternal (1 Timothy 1:17) and is complete within Himself. He is self-satisfies in all His needs, as for example: self-conscious (I AM), self-life (Jeremiah 10:10), self-determining (Ephesians 1:9-11). God has revealed Himself to His creation and commands all His creatures to glorify Him and be thankful.

Romans 1:19-21 "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. {20} For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: {21} Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." There is no excuse for any to not understand who God is and to glorify Him.

1) GOD IS ETERNAL:

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." He created the heaven and earth for His glory and to share His love with His created beings.

John 1:1-3, 14 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. {2} The same was in the beginning with God. {3} All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. {14} And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." The Word = Jesus (who is the Eternal God)

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

2) TRIUNITY - FATHER, SON, & HOLY SPIRIT IN THE ONE GODHEAD:

Isaiah 48:16 "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there <am> I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me." Jesus is speaking, and the Triunity Godhead is shown in this verse.

Isaiah 63:8-10 "For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. {9} In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. {10} But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them." The Father is speaking, and the Triunity Godhead is shown in this verse.

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "The One God - The Shama" THE KEY BIBLE SCRIPTURE FOR ONE GOD IS DEUTERONOMY 6:4. THE WORD FOR GOD IS A PLURALITY, & THE WORD FOR ONE IS A COMPOUND UNITY. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE FOR GOD WHO IS A TRIUNITY PLURALITY ONE UNITY. for more information on this subject.

3) HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD:

John 4:24 "God <is> a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship <him> in spirit and in truth." God is a Spirit and not flesh. God is everywhere at the same time.

Acts 5:3-4 "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? {4} Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." The Holy Spirit is God.

See my paper: "God the Holy Spirit / Ghost Scriptures & Notes" SCRIPTURES & NOTES THAT SHOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD & A MANIFESTATION OF THE TRIUNITY GODHEAD for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Holy Spirit Baptism" HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM BENEFITS ARE SHOWN. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Is the Baptism of Holy Spirit with the Evidence of Tongues of God or the Devil?" THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN SCRIPTURE INCLUDES TONGUES WHICH ARE FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD IN PRAYER for more information on this subject.

4) GOD'S ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS ARE SHOWN IN HIS TITLES AND NAMES:

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Names of God" OLD TESTAMENT & NEW TESTAMENT TITLES FOR GOD WITH MEANINGS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Titles & Characteristics" TITLES FOR JESUS WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

B) GOD'S ETERNAL/EVERLASTING REDEMPTION COVENANT PLAN:

God's sovereign plan for people is that His purpose for them will occur by His predestinating everything for the good of the Elect that God has called, justified, glorified & conformed to Jesus.

Romans 8:28-30 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. {29} For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. {30} Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." The Elect will be preserved.

Romans 9:11 "(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)"

Hebrews 13:20 "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,"

See my paper: "Is Free Will Biblical?" MANY SCRIPTURES ARE SHOWN FOR PREDESTINATED. OPPOSING FREEWILL VIEWS ARE DISCUSSED for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Some Saved and Some Lost - God's Sovereignty" GOD'S PLAN FOR BOTH PEOPLE THAT ARE LOST & SAVE IS SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God Plans for His Purpose. Who Harden Pharaoh's Heart?" GOD'S USE OF SINNERS TO ACHIEVE HIS PURPOSE IS SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Plan of God" DISCUSSED ARE PREDESTINATION AND RELATED TOPICS WITH THEIR GREEK AND HEBREW DEFINITIONS, SCRIPTURES, AND COMMENTS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God Will Receive All the Glory" DISCUSSED IS PREDESTINATION PLAN OF GOD FOR SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, PERFECTION, AND GLORIFICATION. for more information on this subject.

God, the Father's, eternal (everlasting) covenant of redemption guarantee to Jesus, God's son, in eternity past (before the foundation of the university creation) to the elected believers.

a) Promising to bring to the Son all whom the Father had given Him:

John 6:39-40 "And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. {40} And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 17:24 "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

b) Prepare a body for the Son:

Collossians 2:4-6, 9 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. {5} For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; {6} Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. {9} For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."

Hebrews 10:4-5 "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. {5} Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:"

c) The Son of God, Himself, would become man:

Colossians 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."

1 Timothy 2:4-6 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. {5} For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; {6} Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."

d) Become for a while lower than the angels:

Hebrews 2:9 "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

e) Give the Son all authority in heaven and earth:

Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."

f) The Son be found under the Law:

Galatians 4:4-5 "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, {5} To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons."

g) The Son would die for the sins of the world:

1 John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

1 Peter 2:24 "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

h) The Father would raise the Son from the Dead:

Romans 8:11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

i) The Holy Spirit would empower Jesus to do the will of the Father and Christ's ministry on earth:

Matthew 3:16 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:"

Luke 4:1 "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,"

Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"

John 3:34 "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him."

j) Apply the redemptive work of Christ to Christians:

John 14:16-17, 26 "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; {17} Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. {26} But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

Acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:"

C) ANGELS, DEMONS, & SATAN:

See my paper: "Antichrist" SHOWN ARE THE TITLES, CHARACTERISTICS, & FUTURE EVENTS OF THIS PERSON for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jewish Bible Teachings on Heaven, Hell & Spirit Beings" OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOW SUBJECTS. for more information on this subject.

1) GOOD:

Luke 1:19 "And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings." God's higher angels.

Hebrews 1:14 "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" These angels are included in the 2/3 of angels who did not fall with Satan.

MERCY TO ANGELS: Only 1/3 fell, 2/3 preserved, minister to the saved believers & God.

2) EVIL:

ANGEL TESTS RESPONSIBILITY: 1/3 fell with Satan as head & not God as their head.

ANGELS JUDGMENT: To lake of fire in latter days for rejecting God as head.

See my paper: "Born With Sin/Father Is Devil (Prior to Re-Birth)" PEOPLE ARE BORN IN SIN WITH SATAN AS THEIR SPIRITUAL FATHER for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Antichrist" SHOWN ARE THE TITLES, CHARACTERISTICS, & FUTURE EVENTS OF THIS PERSON for more information on this subject.

Isaiah 14:12-15 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! <how> art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! {13} For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: {14} I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15} Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." Satan's fall to evil & takes 1/3 angels, now called demons, to be cast into lake of fire.

Luke 10:18 "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven."Satan to earth

Jude 1:6 "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." Evil angels

D) MANKIND:

EDENIC COVENANT: [1] Replenish the earth [2] Subdue earth [3] dominion over earth [4] Every herb for food [5] Not eat fruit of tree of knowledge of good & evil or you die

Genesis 1:28-30 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, [1] Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and [2] subdue it: and [3] have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {29} And God said, Behold, [4] I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. {30} And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."

Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: {17} [5] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God commanded only 1 law

MAN'S TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Man would have a personal relationship with God until his fall. God knew man would disobey His law & sin. God planned for his salvation.

JUDGMENT & MERCY: Man was to be punished by eternal death, but God had predestined, elected, & chose a remnant to be saved before the foundation of the world.

ULTIMATE SALVATION: God Foreknow, Predestinates Calls, Justifies, & Glorifies His.

Romans 8:29-31 "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. {30} Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. {31} What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" This remnant of His people are conformed to be like Jesus God's son.

Ephesians 1:4 "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:"God predestine & elects those He saves.

V) INNOCENCE DISPENSATION:

Man perfect without sin + perfect environment (Eden) with many fruit trees to eat from (including the tree of life to live forever) + only one law as a test to keep (not eat from tree of knowledge of good & evil) resulting in man's sin & fall.

This dispensation has God's perfect creation of the earth and man fall due to Adam's sin. Even in a near perfect environment with only a single law not to eat of tree of knowledge of good & evil as a test to man who fails. Satan as the tempter of Eve is present. After they sin, they indirectly blame God for their failure. Eve blames the snake (Satan) indirectly God for making the snake. Adam blames Eve who God gave Adam (again God is at fault). This results in a punishment of death to mankind as the sin nature will be in mankind's offspring. Man is expelled from Eden and required to labor for their food. Woman will suffer in child birth and be submitted to her husband. Still God's grace is shown in each birth of a son as Adam & Eve (mankind) is looking for the Messiah birth to save them from their sins.

1) GOD CREATED EVERYTHING & PRESERVES THEM FOR HIS OWN GLORY & PURPOSE:

Colossians 1:16-17 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: {17} And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."

God is still in control of His creation. Nothing comes as a surprise to God.

See my paper: "Preservation and Perseverance of the Elect" ELECT HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY BEING KEPT BY GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. for more information on this subject.

START: Man (Adam & Eve) created perfect & pure (no knowledge of sin) in God's image.

Genesis 1:26-27 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. {27} So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

COMPLETION: Adam's sin changed mankind to evil, & they were driven from Eden.

Genesis 3:6 "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." Eve deceived & offer Adam fruit to eat.

1 Timothy 2:13-14 "For Adam was first formed, then Eve. {14} And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."Eve was deceived. Adam's sin was out of pride.

See my paper: "Original Sin & Its Results" REPRESENTED IS MAN'S PASSING SIN FROM PARENT TO CHILD & GOD'S PLAN OF REDEMPTION for more information on this subject.

A) ADAMIC COVENANT: [1] Serpent cursed [2] Messiah promise for man's sin [3] Woman birth pain & man's head ship [4] Man's labor & cursed ground [5] Spiritual/physical death [6] God took the life of animals sacrificed to cloth Adam & Eve typifying Jesus death

Genesis 3:14-23 "And the [1] LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: {15} And [2] I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. {16} [3] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. {17} And [4] unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; {18} Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; {19} In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, [5] till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. {20} And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. {21} [6] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. {22} And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: {23} Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Do not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good & evil.

Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: {17} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God commanded only one law.

SATAN'S DECEPTION:

2 Corinthians 4:2-4 "But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {3} But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: {4} In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." In the perfect environment, God still tests man by allowing Satan lies.

JUDGMENT: Man would die, woman child birth pain, work, & expulsion from Eden.

Genesis 3:22-24 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: {23} Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. {24} So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." Judgment of expulsion from Eden so that man can't eat of tree of life.

Romans 5:12 "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" By Adam's sin death's penalty is on all man.

See my paper: "Body, Soul & Spirit" MAN IS 2 PARTS, SOUL = SPIRIT & BODY ANIMALS HAVE SPIRITS & SOULS ALSO for more information on this subject.

MERCY DURING JUDGMENT: Fellowship, sexual relationship in marriage, woman's children after birth, rain, sun, & nature for plants growing for food.

ULTIMATE SALVATION: Jesus will destroy Satan, & Satan will put Jesus on cross

Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Woman's seed (Jesus) will destroy Satan (thy head) & Satan will have Jesus killed, but Jesus will be resurrected from death.

VI) ANTEDILUVIAN DISPENSATION:

Adam's sins gives man the knowledge of good & evil + only a few laws of God as a test (i.e. God worship, sacrifice, & respect others lives); results in man's total corruption & violence.

This dispensation has people knowing good from evil from Adam's offspring by the fall. Man labors for food & sacrifices some of it to God. Cain offering to God is poor, & he kills Abel out of envy. Polygamy of multiple wives. Angels with human woman. Man shows no respect to either God or man. The earth was filled with corruption & violence. Man's sins became so great that God regretted the creation of mankind & judges them with the flood.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" MANY OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOWN THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS PRE-INCARNATE JESUS CHRIST. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Messianic Prophecies That Jesus Fulfilled" OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES PROPHECIES & THEIR NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT BY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Life, Events & Identity" JESUS KEY EVENTS SHOW HIS LIFE & IDENTIFY WHO HE IS. for more information on this subject.

START: After Man is driven from Eden, man is to live with respect for God & others.

Genesis 1:27-28 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. {28} And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

Genesis 4:1-2 "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. {2} And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Eve has 2 sons with different work choices

1) POLYGAMY OF MULTIPLE WIVES:

Genesis 2:24 "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Not wives. God command is a one-man-one-woman marriage.

See my paper: "Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage" PRESENTED IS MOST SCRIPTURES FOR WHEN TWO ARE MARRIED & GOD'S PERMITTING DIVORCES for more information on this subject.

Genesis 4:19 "And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah." First case of polygamy

COMPLETION: Man kills, is corrupt, is violence, & God's sends a flood to destroy them.

Genesis 4:6-8 "And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? {7} If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. {8} And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." Cain shows no respect to Abel or God's creation by killing Abel.

Genesis 9:6 "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." Death punishment to anyone taking a life which is in the image of God.

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Worship, sacrifice to God; & respect the lives of others.

Genesis 6:2, 4 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. {4} There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Sons of God are angels who interrelated with human woman resulting in the woman producing strange flesh - giants.

JUDGMENT & MERCY: God destroys all people except Noah's (because he is righteous).

ULTIMATE SALVATION: God's remnant are chosen & saved. This is example for future.

Genesis 6:5-6, 11-12 "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. {6} And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. {11} The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence {12} And God looked upon the earth, &, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth." God regrets

Genesis 7:23 "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark."

See my paper: "Gospel in the Genealogy of Adam" PRESENTED IS GOSPEL IN GENESIS 5 BY THE MEANINGS OF THE PEOPLES NAMES for more information on this subject.

2 Peter 3:5-6 "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {6} Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:"Due to man's sin, God destroyed the earth by water.

See my paper: "Why Do the Righteous Suffer - Book of Job" BOOK OF JOB SHOWS REASONS FOR EVIL PRESENT & CHRISTIANS SUFFERING for more information on this subject.

VII) GOVERNMENT DISPENSATION:

Noah's son's offspring's went to build a city so they would not be scattered, to build a tower to touch heaven, & to make a name for themselves. God however confound their language that they would not understand others resulting in dispersing them over the earth

START: After Noah's family left the ark.

Genesis 8:15-17, 20-21 "And God spake unto Noah, saying, {16} Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. {17} Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and (1) be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. {20 } And (2) Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. {21} And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; (3) neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." God's command (1) multiple on earth (2) worship & sacrifice to God (3) not destroy again by water

See my paper: "The Christian Position on Civil Authority & Nonresistance" CHRISTIANITY TEACH LOVE, NONRESISTANCE & OBEY AUTHORITY for more information on this subject.

A) NOAHIC COVENANT: [1] Animal fear of man & used for food [2] Sanctity of life [3] Not destroy by water again [4] Token of covenant is a rainbow for perpetual generations

Genesis 9:2-9, 11-15 "And [1] the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. {3} Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. {4} But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. {5} [2] And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. {6} Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. {7} And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. {8} And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, {9} And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, & with your seed after you; {11} [3] And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. {12} And God said, [4] This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: {13} I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. {14} And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: {15} And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh." Covenant (not destroy by water again) to Noah's, his son's & their offspring for every generation.

COMPLETION: After God confused their languages & scattered the people over the earth

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Respect to God & each other; multiply & replenish the earth; as one they built a tower to heaven to make them a name when they should scatter

Genesis 11:3-4 "And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. {4} And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

JUDGMENT & MERCY: God confused their languages; scattered them over the earth where they went with others of a common language to a new place to live.

Genesis 11:5-9 "And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. {6} And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. {7} Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one anothers speech. {8} So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. {9} Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth."

ULTIMATE SALVATION: God will use languages for His remnant to pray to Him.

Acts 2:4-6, 11 "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. {5} And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. {6} Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. {11} Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God." Foreign languages used by God to communicate the works of God.

1 Corinthians 14:18 "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:" Paul's praying

VIII) FAITH DISPENSATION:

God worked with one man - Abraham to be patriarch of a people (Jews), a land (Israel), & blessing to faithful believers in the one God + only trust & obey God as a test

This dispensation has God selecting His man - Abraham to be the father of believers in God & also the father of the Jewish people by his son Isaac. Through the line of the Jewish people the Messiah of Israel & the world will come - Jesus. Those who believe as Abraham believed in God will live & those that do not believe like Abraham will die. Abraham leaves his family to start a new family (Jewish people). He leaves the land where his family lived to go to a new land (Israel) which will exist forever as the Jewish state. God states that those who bless Abraham & his family, the Jewish people, will be blessed and those that curse them will be cursed.

Abraham is the father of the faithful. Abraham believed God & it was counted to him for righteousness. God chose a person to be patriarch of His people of faith & the one true God.

See my paper: "Melchisedec/Melchizedek" JESUS IS THE OLD TESTAMENT MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & KING for more information on this subject.

START: God told Abram to leave his family & country to go to new land.

A) ABRAHAMIC COVENANT: [1] Great nation [2] Bless him [3] Name great [4] Bless them that bless him [5] Curse them that curse him [6] All earth blessed [7] Land of Israel [8] Seed as dust & stars [9] Isaac as heir -> Christ [10] Sign/Token: Circumcision

Genesis 12:1-3 "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: {2} And [1] I will make of thee a great nation, and [2] I will bless thee, and [3] make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: {3} And [4] I will bless them that bless thee, and [5] curse him that curseth thee: and [6] in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Move to new land; great nation; blessing; great name; bless/curse

Genesis 13:15-16 "For [7] all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. {16} And [8] I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." Seed of faithful man.

Genesis 15:4-5 "And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but [9] he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. {5} And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, [8] if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. "Isaac heir shown Genesis 26:1-5

Genesis 17:11 "And [10] ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."

1) FAITH COUNTED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH PROMISE OF THE LAND & BLESSING TO NATIONS:

Genesis 15:6 "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness."

Romans 4:11 "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"

See my paper: "Justification" DEFINITION OF JUSTIFICATION; GOD JUSTIFIES VERSUS MAN'S JUSTIFICATION; JUSTIFIED BY GRACE NOT BY LAW THROUGH JESUS FAITH for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Justification of Faith - Old Testament Doctrine" OLD TESTAMENT JEWS SAVED BY THE SAME WAY AS CHRISTIANS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Faith" FAITH PROMISES PRESENTED FOR EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHRISTIANS LIFE: SALVATION & HEALING. THE CONDITIONS. for more information on this subject.

COMPLETION:

SHORT TERM: Ends in Jewish people leaving Egypt when God reestablishes His people.

LONG TERM: Ends in final judgment when people are judged from book of life.

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: Believe, have faith in, trust in God's promises; & Stay in the land given to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob (Israel) with his family

JUDGMENT: If they depends unto their works, righteousness, & efforts they would fall. Joseph went to Egypt, also Jacob, & his family; staying 430 years many as Egyptian slaves

MERCY: God supplies the faith to the person who believes; they cried to God who raised up an Moses as their deliver

ULTIMATE SALVATION: God blesses a remnant by faith in Jesus imputed righteousness

Psalms 32:1-2 "A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. {2} Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile."

IX) LAW DISPENSATION:

Moses (leads Jewish slaves to Israel) is given God's commandments to govern relationships between "man to God & man" + man is to keep God's laws as a test, but trust in God

This dispensation has Moses receiving God's commandments (moral, civil, ceremonial) to govern man's behaviors. This occurred 430 years after Abrahamic covenant which is still in effect when Mosaic covenant is instituted. The Mosaic covenant upon which this dispensation was administered was conditional/mutual depending on man responding. The laws was administrated by judge type rulers for ~450 years after leaving Egypt until God added prophets & kings to administrate His people & His kingdom on earth. The law was always a guide to shows man that they can't keep it & must depend on God's grace and mercy of the Abraham covenant, not their own works or efforts. The results is their unbelief keeping them 40 years in the desert before entering the promise land.

Galatians 3:17 "And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect." This is a time from Abraham to Moses.  Genesis 15:13, Exodus 12:40-41, Acts 7:6

START: Moses receives the Ten Commandments from God. The law was given to Israel & not to the Gentiles (who are not under the law, but under its principles).

1) LAW GIVEN TO ISRAEL & NOT TO GENTILES:

Exodus 19:3 "And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;"

Deuteronomy 5:1-2 "And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. {2} The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb."

See my paper: "Christians Are Not Under Law, But Jews Can Culturally Keep God's Commandments" COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN TO JEWS NOT GENTILES; CHRISTIANS ARE NOT UNDER LAW; BUT JEWISH BELIEVERS MAY CONTINUE KEEPING LAW NOT FOR SALVATION for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "The Jewish Messiah Must Fulfill Scriptures" THE JEWISH MESSIAH MUST FULFILL A NUMBER OF END TIME EVENTS. SOME OF THE EVENTS JESUS FULFILLED ON HIS 1ST COMING & THE REMAINING EVENTS JESUS IS PROPHESIED TO FULFILL ON HIS 2ND COMING for more information on this subject.

TYPES OF LAWS:

MORAL: Exodus 20:1-26, CIVIL: Exodus 21:1-27, CEREMONIAL: Exodus 25:1-40

A) MOSAIC COVENANT: [1] 10 Commandments [2] all commandments [3] land [4] Signs / Tokens: Continue with Circumcision & Sabbath

Deuteronomy 4:13-14 "And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [1] <even> ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. {14} And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it." Ten commandments govern Jews today. However, some Jewish group put 613 laws around them. Other Jewish groups have reduce them.

Deuteronomy 11:8-9 "Therefore shall [2] ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and [3] go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; {9} And that ye may prolong <your> days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey."

Exodus 31:12-14 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, {13} Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, [4] Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. {14} Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people."

See my paper: "What Does God Really Want?" WHAT LAWS OF GOD ARE CHRISTIANS TO FOLLOW. SHOWN ARE STEPS TO RECEIVE GOD FORGIVENESS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Questions & Answers on Law, Faith & Liberty" THE PURPOSE OF LAW, FAITH BEFORE THE LAW, FAITH IS GOD'S PLAN & LIBERTY FROM THE LAW. for more information on this subject.

COMPLETION:

SHORT TERM: Enter the Promise land obeying the laws of God.

LATTER: When Israel is restored to their promise land, see Palestinian / Land covenant.

LONG TERM: At the death of Jesus on the cross & His resurrection.

Exodus 19:7-8 "And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. {8} And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD."

See my paper: "Feasts of the Lord" GOD'S ORDAINED HOLIDAYS FOR ISRAEL TO KEEP FOREVER. THEIR SPIRITUAL MEANINGS ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

TESTS & RESPONSIBILITY: They depended upon their works, righteousness, & efforts.

Romans 2:12-15 "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; {13} (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. {14} For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: {15} Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)"

JUDGMENT & MERCY: Failure to keep laws = punish by enemies. They are kept from the promise land for 40 years for their unbelief. Yet, God preserves a remnant.

Galatians 3:21-25 "Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. {22} But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. {23} But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. {24} Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. {25} But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."

See my paper: "Judgments of Believer & Unbeliever" PRESENTED ARE SEVERAL JUDGMENTS FOR THE SAVED AND UN-SAVED for more information on this subject.

ULTIMATE SALVATION: Messiah will have a ministry of prophet & miracles like Moses.

Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 "The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; {18} I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. {19} And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him." Messiah will be a prophet like Moses.

John 6:14 "Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world."

X) ISRAEL DISPENSATION:

Israel is initially administrated by Judges & later by Kings (its first king was Saul.) Israel & Judah are both guided by God's commandments to Moses & Abraham's faith covenant

With a moveable tabernacle including the ark of the covenant for the place to worship God.

This dispensation has the Jewish people as God's peculiar treasure, chosen people on earth to present the single God with His laws. Their failure begins a cycle of the Jewish people sinning against God. God then judges them by subjecting them to a foreign nation as punishment. Then the people cry out to God & they repent. God raises a deliver (who becomes the next generation's judge) & the sequence continues again. At a later time the Jewish people request a king, thereby rejecting God as their king. God has Samuel anoint Saul as their king even though God had prepared David to be Israel's king. Later Saul disobeys God, & he is rejected by God as their king. God raises up David as the next king.

See my paper: "Israel & Jewish People in God's Plan" JESUS JEWISHNESS, ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, & JEWS IN GOD'S PLAN; JEWS & GENTILE SALVATION for more information on this subject.