The Dispensation of Innocence The First Dispensation The first dispensation begins when God creates Adam and places him in a garden in Eden, Genesis 2:8. Adam is in a state of being innocent, not knowing good (that which is beneficial) or evil (that which causes calamity). Adam is given instruction by God concerning the standard by which he and those of the household are to live. And Yahweh Elohim commanded unto Adam saying, "From every tree of the garden eating you will eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil do not eat from it because in the day you eat from it dying you will die.", Genesis 2:17 This dispensation lasted about 100 years before Adam’s disobedience brought judgment on the household. This dispensation lasted about 100 years before Adam’s disobedience brought judgment on the household. This is based upon Adam’s age at the birth of Seth in Genesis 5:3,4. Failure of the Dispensation Adam knowingly chose to disobey God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of delight to make wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate and she gave also to the man with her and he ate, Genesis 3:6 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was thoroughly deceived having come to be in a transgression, 1 Timothy 2:14 The Result of Failure The woman will have to work hard and now will have pain in child birth and her desire will be unto her husband. The man will have to [...]

Dispensation of Conscience - The Second Dispensation In the Second Dispensation, now that man has the knowledge of good and evil, he is to use this knowledge to do good. God gives Cain instructions concerning how he, and those of the household, is to govern his life. Cain attempts to offer as a peace offering to God the works of his hands. When God rejects the offer, Cain is very upset. God speaks to him at this time, which is recorded in Genesis 4:7. Whether if you do good, you will be lifted up, but if you do not do good at the opening the sin is laying and unto you its desire and you are to rule over it. Cain is the Steward of the Dispensation of Conscience. Going back to the rules set down by the normal us of dispensation and steward, since God gave instruction to Cain concerning the standard by which they are to live, Cain is considered to be the steward. Adam has lost this position and his first-born son is given the stewardship of the household that came about as a result of Adam’s failure. Why new rules? They cannot eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and unlike before, they now possess this information, so humans are expected to live appropriately to what they know.   Failure of the Steward: Rather than doing what is good and offering a peace offering according to how God stated it was to be offered, Cain slays his brother as a sacrifice, since he is seen as righteous. When God confronts Cain on what he has done and punishes him, his response is [...]

The Dispensation of Human Government - The Third Dispensation The third dispensation begins after the flood God brought upon the earth to destroy the corruption of all flesh by man and fallen spirit beings. Noah is the Steward of the Dispensation of Human Government And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them " Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. And your fear and your terror will be upon all living of the earth and upon all fowl of the air and upon which move of the earth and all the fish of the sea. In your hand they are given. Every moving thing which itself lives to you will be for food like the herb I have given to you all. However the flesh with its soul, you will not eat its blood. And surely with your blood for your soul I will seek from the hand of all living, I will seek it. And from the hand of the man, from his hand who is his brother I will seek the soul of the man who pours out blood of man by man his blood will be poured out because in an image of Elohim I made the mankind. And you be fruitful and multiply, swarming in the earth and multiply in it. Genesis 9:1-7 Requirements If a man kills another man, he is to be put to death by man. Dietary changes. Mankind is now permitted to eat anything that moves upon the earth, only he is not to eat the blood of any living creature. Mankind is to multiply and replenish the earth. Failure of the Household Not implementing the [...]