The Fifth Dispensation

The Dispensation of Law – The Fifth Dispensation

Moses is the Steward of the Dispensation of Law

The nation Israel was a miraculously delivered segment of mankind living under law, with fresh memories of God’s gracious dealings with the nation under promise.

Responsibilities:

The nation of Israel was to live under the bondage of law in a righteous manner so that the surrounding nations would know that Israel has a peculiar relationship to a unique God – Jehovah.

Test:

Being selected by God would Israel, as a representative for all nations order their lives so as to, be a holy nation before God.

The Fifth DispensationLuther Walker2023-11-29T14:41:46-08:00

The Dispensation of Promise – The Fourth Dispenstion

The Fourth Dispensation begins when God gives Abraham a promise concerning the future of his offspring.

Abraham is the Steward

And the LORD said unto Abram, “You go from your land and from your kindred and from the house of your father unto the land which I will show you and I will make you a great nation and I will bless you and will make your name great and to be blessed”, Genesis 12:1, 2

Personal Promise to Abraham for Protection

I will bless the ones blessing you and curse the ones cursing you. and all the families of the earth will be blessed by you, Genesis 12:3

Land Covenant for Abraham’s Seed

In that day the LORD cut a covenant with Abram, saying, ” To your seed I will give this land from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaim and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites”, Genesis 15:18 – 21

Land Promise in the New Heavens and Earth for Abraham and His Seed

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old the, the LORD appeared unto Abram and said unto him, “I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be complete and I will establish My covenant between Me and between you I will make you great by greatly multiplying.” Any Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him saying, I, behold, My covenant is with you and you will become for a […]

The Fourth DispensationLuther Walker2023-12-14T09:10:15-08:00

The Second Dispensation

The Dispensation of Conscience

In the Second Dispensation, now that man has the knowledge of good and evil, through his conscience he is to seek out and do good.

Cain is the Steward of the Dispensation of Conscience.

God gives Cain instructions concerning how he, and those of the household, are to govern their lives. After Cain attempted to offer the works of his hands as a peace offering to God. When God rejects the offer, Cain is very upset. God speaks to him at this time, giving him specific instruction concerning the standard he is to live by.

Whether if you do good, you will be lifted up, but if you do not do good, the sin at the opening is laying and unto you its desire and you are to rule over it, Genesis 4:7

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 that his sin nature is very difficult to manage.

Genesis 4:13 – And Cain said to Jehovah, “My perversity is greater than I can bear.”

The reason Cain offered the works of his hand rather than a lamb out from faith was more than just someone wanting recognition for what they had done. Satan had persuaded Cain to follow him rather than God. Cain’s actions were out from what Satan wanted. In his frustration for not getting what he wanted, Cain slew his […]

The Second DispensationLuther Walker2023-12-27T11:18:18-08:00

Stewardship and Dispensations: The Significance of Οικονομός and Οικονομία

Stewardship and Dispensations:

The Significance of Οικονομός and Οικονομία

The sixty-six books of the Bible span thousands of years of human history and beyond. They begin before God created man and end with the creation of new heavens and a new earth where righteousness settles down and feels at ease^[1]. Within the pages of the Bible, we see changes in God’s relationship and standard for mankind and the failure of mankind to live up to God’s expectation, which ultimately brings judgment. In the Garden of Eden, Adam was not allowed to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil^[2]. Upon eating the fruit from this tree, his spirit was separated from God^[3], he became subject to physical death, and he was expelled from the garden^[4]. Having been expelled from the garden, God’s expectation for humans was for them to properly govern the manner of their lives by the knowledge of good and evil, now that they possessed it. However, again, men failed, and God judged the earth by bringing a flood^[5]. After the flood, God instructed Noah that men are to govern themselves and that capital punishment is to be implemented^[6]. Again, men fail to follow God’s instruction, reject God, and seek their own way. Therefore, God brought judgment and forced man to separate and spread across the earth^[7]. This judgment brought about multiple languages and the division of the continents, which caused man to spread out across the earth^[8]. Having scattered man across the face of the earth, God then approaches Abram and ultimately offers him four covenants^[9]. These covenants included a promise of land that Abraham and his descendants […]

Stewardship and Dispensations: The Significance of Οικονομός and ΟικονομίαLuther Walker2024-09-08T17:47:28-07:00

The Law of the Christ – Theological Forum 2018

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The Law of The Christ

Caring for Members of the Body

Pastor Luther Walker

In the book of Galatians[1] Paul states that the bearing of another person’s weight[2] is filling up again the law of the Christ; yet, in Romans he writes that a Christian is not under any quality of law[3]. How do we reconcile passages of Scripture that seem to contradict each other? What does Scripture mean when it states a Christian is not under any quality of law, yet then indicates there is a law of the Christ and a law of the Spirit? Is a Christian under law or not? Ultimately this leads to the underlying question, “As a Christian, what are the guidelines for my life?” To better understand the rules of our household[4], that is to say God’s expectation for how the saved are to live their life today, we can examine how the word “law” is used in Scripture along with its normal meaning and use in everyday life so we know the difference between being under the Mosaic Law or any quality of law and filing up again the Law of the Christ by loving another saint while fulfilling the law the Spirit of life by our walk.

Since we are in the Dispensation of Grace, not the Dispensation of Law, the standard for our household is different. Scripture is very clear on the fact that a Christian is not under the Mosaic Law or any quality of law[5]; however, there is still a standard by which those who are a […]

The Law of the Christ – Theological Forum 2018Luther Walker2018-11-11T22:50:12-08:00

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