Dispensations in Scripture
- Innocence
- Conscience
- Human Government
- Old Covenant
- Church Age
- Tribulation
- Millennial Kingdom
- New Heaven and New Earth
Divine Worldwide Judgments in Scripture
- The Curse
- The Flood
- The Confusion of Tongues/ Babel
- The Cross
- The Rapture
- The Second Coming
- The Great White Throne
Dispensational Notes
Gen 1:1: In the beginning… God…. The Eternal, Transcendent, Holy, Gracious Creator
Dispensation 1 = Innocence (White)
From the Creation until the Fall of Adam and Eve, (Gen. 1:28 through Gen. 3:6)
1 = Wholeness
Central Character: Adam (1)
Ended with a worldwide judgment: The Curse
Dispensation 2 = Conscience (Black)
From the Fall of Adam and Eve until the flood of Noah, (Gen 4:1 through Gen. 8:14)
2 = Division, Separation, (Sin Separates)
Central Characters: Cain Abel Seth (2)
Ended with a worldwide judgment: The Flood
Dispensation 3 = Human Government (Green)
From the Flood until the Tower of Babel, (Gen. 8:15 through Gen. 11:9)
3 = Unity, Equality – Growth – Life
Resurrection – Physical Resurrection,
(Land rose up out of the waters on the third day of the creation week)
Jesus rose from the dead on the “third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:4)
Central Characters: Noah/overlaps – Ham Shem Japheth (3)
Ended with a worldwide judgment: Confusion of Tongues
Dispensation 4 = Old Covenant: Promise (Brown)
From the tower of Babel and call of Abraham (Gen. 11:10 through Matt. 27:66, Mark 15:47, Luke 23:56, John 19:42)
Central Characters: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Children of Israel / Moses / Judges / Prophets / Priests / Kings
(Law introduced because of transgression See Gal. 3:19)
4 = Limitation – Weakness – Time (Sun, Moon, Stars, Dates, Seasons)
– Geographic limitations (North, South East West)
Direction – “I would not have known sin unless…” (Rom. 7:7)
Weakness – “The law was weak…” (Rom. 8:3)
Ended with a worldwide judgment: The Cross (Limited/Temporal Death – Jesus Resurrected)
Dispensation 5 = Church Age (Blue)
From the Resurrection until the Rapture (Matt. 28:1, Mark 16:1 Luke 24:1, John 20:1 through Rev. 4:1)
(The Day of Pentecost was the “birthday of the Church)
5 = Liberty – Abundance, Fruitfulness, Blessing, Eternal life.
Central Characters/Writers: Peter, Paul, James, John, Jude (5)
Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers. (5)
The Rapture of the Church (Precedes the Tribulation: 70th week of Daniel 9)
Ends with a worldwide judgment: The Rapture
Note: (Hosea 6:1-2) “Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.”
Dispensation 6 = Tribulation (Red) (666) Man, Man of Sin
From the Rapture to the Second Coming (Rev. 4:1 – Rev. 19:11-21)
70th Week of Daniel, Discipline of Israel, (Daniel 9) Discipline of the Christ rejecting world.
DNA Chromosome Number 6 is the distinguishing segment in the DNA Strand that sets man apart from other life forms.
6 = Man
Central Characters: Church (in heaven), Israel, The Nations, Satan, Anti-Christ, False Prophet, (6)
The Second Coming of Jesus (Precedes the Restoration of Israel and Millennial Reign of Jesus)
The Establishing of the Kingdom and Restoration of Israel
Ends with a worldwide judgment: The Second Coming of Jesus (Son of Man)
Jesus Comes in Judgment / Battle of Armageddon / Gog Magog Eze. 38-39
Dispensation 7 = Millennium (Purple)
From the Second Coming until The Great White Throne Judgment (Rev. 20:1-15)
1000 Year reign, Israel’s long awaited kingdom restoration, (Enforced rest upon the earth / Sabbath)
7= Complete – Rest
(Numerological note: 5,6,7, Liberty gives Man Complete Rest)
Central Character: Jesus: Our Sabbath, (7)
Ends with a worldwide judgment: Great White Throne
Dispensation 8 = New Heavens and New Earth (Yellow/Gold)
From the Great White Throne Judgment through an eternal future with the Lord. (Rev. 21:1 – Rev. 22:21)
8 = New Beginnings, Resurrection of Jesus first day of week,
Jesus name in Greek numerical equivalent – 888
Central Characters: God (3 in 1) The Bride (Israel and the Church) (1) Angels (1) Friends of the Bride (Old Testament Saints) (1) Tribulation Saints (1) and those redeemed from the Millennium (1)
Never ending relationship with our Eternal, Transcendent, Holy, Gracious Creator – God.
Colors in Scripture
White – Purity – (Light/All Color)
Black – Impurity/Sin – (Darkness, Absence of Light/Color)
Green – Life/Growth – (Blue and Yellow = Green)
Brown – Death/Loss – (Blue, Yellow = Green add Red = Brown)
*Blue – Heaven/Life/Promise/Liberty/Abundance
*Red – Man/Life/Blood
Purple – Royalty – (Blue and Red = Purple)
*Yellow – Eternity/Divinity
Orange – Divine Bloodshed /Fire/Bronze (Yellow and Red = Orange)
* Primary Color
Numbers in Scripture
1 = Wholeness
2 = Division
3 = Unity, Equality, Human or Divine – Growth, Life
4 = Time, Seasons, Days, Years, Limitation, Direction, Death
5 = Liberty, Abundance, –Abundant Life, Heaven, Water
6 = Man
7 = Complete, Rest
8 = New Beginnings
9 = Fruitfulness (Still in development)
10 = Law, Judicial, Persecution Ten Days, Plagues, Ten Commandments,
12 = Human Government, Twelve apostles, Twelve tribes.
40/400 = 4X10 Limited/Directional Discipline
50 = 5 X 10 Legislated Freedom/Liberty Jubilee
Materials in Scripture
Gold = Divine/Eternal
Silver = Purity
Brass/Bronze/Copper = Redemptive Judgment – with Mercy
Iron = Non-Redemptive Judgment – without Mercy
Tin = (Still Under Development)
Gems in Scripture
Diamond = Clear – Purity/Light (Spectrum of Colors)
Onyx = Black – Darkness, Absence of Light
Emerald = Green (Blue and Yellow)
Amber -Brown
Sapphire- Blue
Ruby – Red
Amethyst – Purple
Pearl/s
Elements in Scripture
Wind = Spirit
Earth = Frailty, Mankind
Fire = Judgment
Wood = Humanity – Earthly Life/Death
Clay = Man
Water = Cleansing
Sea = Peoples
Blood = Life
Mountain/s = Authority/Power/Governments (Still Under Development)
Horn/s = Strength/Power/Kings/Kingdoms (Still Under Development)
Rainbow = Promise