SEVENTH DISPENSATION | STUDY

1. Bible History 

a) In this panoramic Bible Story, we present the important events, and gradual development of Bible History, keeping in view, throughout, the spiritual purpose of divine revelation.

b) It exhibits a part at a time, by being unrolled before the viewer. An unobstructed or complete view in every direction; hence a comprehensive presentation to aid viewer with a better understanding of Bible History.

c) It follows the stream of the Bible narrative, so as to aid viewer in visualizing and grasping the great truths of Bible History.

2. The Seventh Dispensation of the Kingdom

- From the Judgment of the Nations to the New Jerusalem

(2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 5:10-20:6)

a) "Thy Kingdom Come." At last the prayer of the saints of all ages is answered. The seed of the woman has bruised the serpent's head. The usurper has been overthrown, and the government now rests upon the shoulders of "earth rightful ruler." The thorn-scarred brow now wears the Crown. The nail-pierced feet now mount the Throne. The nail-pierced hand now sways the Sceptre. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of kings and Lord of lords.

b) The swords of the Nations shall be beaten into ploughshares, and there shall be war no more. The earth which now groans under the thralldom of the curse, shall be restored to its Edenic beauty, and shall yield its fullness. The ferocity of the brute creation, is the outcome of the fall of man with its subsequent penalties, for Adam was to have dominion over the animal creation, but when "the King of all the earth" returns the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the carnivorous beast of the forest shall eat  straw like an ox. As to the nations and peoples of the Kingdom - the Jewish question has long been the perplexing problem of the centuries. Israel once a proverb, a byword, a curse among the nations (Zechariah 8:13), now restored and converted at Christ's coming, shall be a channel of blessing and evangelization among the nations, in the Millennial Kingdom of their long rejected Messiah.

c) At the end of the thousand years of peace on earth, Satan is loosed by the permissive will of God and immediately his evil influence is felt in the earth. He quickly fans the age-old flame of revolt against God and his Christ, and finds willing rebels to join him in the four quarters of the earth. Gathered together by the Devil's last deception, they besiege the beloved city. This last-inspired revolt against God is quickly brought to an end by the Almighty's own display of atomic power "fire from heaven", which consumes the revolting armies, while the Devil receives his long deserved doom in the Lake of Fire.

d) In reviewing God's patient dealings with man throughout the ages, and man's miserable response to God, we are brought to the realization of the truth, that in spite of mercy, long-suffering, and undying love, have has failed God in every dispensation of time. The Age of Innocence ended with willful disobedience and its penalty of physical and spiritual death. The Age of Conscience ended with universal corruption and the near obliteration of the race. The Dispensation of Human Government ended by ruling God out and building for self and self aggrandizement, with eventual "confusion" and dispersion. The Age of Promise ended with God's people out of the promised land in slavery and oppression. The Dispensation of Law ended with the creature crucifying the creator. The Age of Grace ended with war against God and His Christ. In the Kingdom Age which followed, under the personal reign of the Lord of Glory, the devil's power paralyzed for a season, the nations no longer deceived by his evil influence, yet when "that old serpent" is loosed  he finds a multitude willing again to believe the lie, and to serve and obey him. Truly we have learned the lesson of the ages, that men's hearts are only "evil continually."That un-regenerated human nature has not changed from Eden to Magog. But thanks be to God, throughout the ages, "to as many as received him to them gave he the power to become the sons of God." The Blood of Jesus Christ, is the only hope and remedy to set men free from the old "Adam nature", with its inborn sin and guilt, and rebellion against God.

e) The last scene is the Resurrection of the Wicked Dead, the "resurrection of condemnation".  The great company referred to in Revelation 20:5, as "the rest of the dead", or those who had no part in the first resurrection, stand before God. The Redeemed are there, angels are there, both the good, and those "reserved unto judgment", (2 Peter 2:4). The Book of Life is opened, and whosoever's name is not found written therein, is doomed to everlasting punishment, which is the "Second Death."

f) Thus The Dispensation of the Kingdom ends with the Final Judgment, The Great White Throne.