The First Dispensation
Luther Walker2020-12-04T15:53:43-08:00The 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 [...]