The document discusses God's plan for mankind across different dispensations or time periods. It outlines 7 key dispensations: 1) Innocence 2) Conscience 3) Human Government 4) Promise 5) Law 6) Church 7) Millennium. Each dispensation ended due to man's failure to obey God until the coming of Jesus Christ and establishment of the Church through Pentecost. The Church age is currently ongoing and will end at the rapture prior to the Millennial dispensation and final judgment.

1. PRESENTED BY JOY JOSEPH MUNDUKOTTACKAL KONKANI CHRISTIAN (BRETHREN) ASSEMBLY GOD’S PLAN FOR MAN IN THE AGES

2. HOW TO UNDERSTAND ? WHAT IS DISPENSATION ? Is there any Biblical support ? That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Eph.1: 10-11) Now learn divided as dispensations

3. DISPENSATION WHAT DISPENSATIONS ARE ? DISPENSATIONS are distinguished periods; we see in God’s plan for man in the ages TIME is the period between the Past eternity and the future eternity TIME could be divided as dispensations DISPENSATIONAL STUDY SCRIPTURAL ? Read -Eph.1: 10-11 (Is there dispensations ?) Seems the right and accurate way of studying eschatology. (2.Tim.2: 15)

4. PAST ETERNITY IN THE BEGINNING (Eternity past) John 1: 1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. (GOD IS ETERNAL- Deut.33: 27) THE TRIUNE GOD (TRINITY) (God revealed in the Bible is triune) God the Father (Deut.32: 40; Gen.1: 1) God the Son (Rev.1: 8; Jn.17: 5) GOD the Holy Spirit (Heb.9: 14) (Unity in trinity)

5. GOD IS ETERNAL GOD IS ETERNAL (Ex.3: 14) Romans 1: 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: HIS COUNSEL ARE ETERNAL (Is.46: 10) Ps. 33: 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

6. TIME & ETERNITY WHAT IS TIME AND ETERNITY ? P A S T E T E R N I T Y A F U T U R E E T E R N I T Y  TIME (Between the past and the future eternity) I am the alpha and Omega Beginning and the ending; saith the LORD (JESUS) (Rev.1:8)

7. GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN GOD’S ETERNAL PLANS (BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN IN CHRIST JESUS) CROSS (Acts.2: 22-23) GRACE (2. Tim.1: 9) CHURCH (Eph.3: 5-9) ETERNAL LIFE (Tit.1: 2) ELECTION (Eph.1: 4) REDEMPTION (Eph.1: 7-10) ADOPTION (Eph.1: 5)

8. GOD RULES FROM HIS THRONE Jer 10: 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble. Ps 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Psalms 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. THRONE OF GOD

9. THE FALLEN CHERUB SATAN THE FALLEN CHERUB (Ez.28: 14) Eze.28: 1- 19 Isa. 14: 4-17 Who was Satan? (The pride made his fall) O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isa.14: 12-16)

10. SATAN -USURPER S A T A N SATAN (Job 1: 6; LK.10: 18) DEVIL (Mat.4: 1-11; Rev.20: 2) OLD SERPENT (Rev.12: 2) THE DRAGON (Rev.12: 9) Accuser (Zec.3:1; Rev.12: 10) Tempter (Mat.4: 3) The evil (Jn.17: 15) Prince of the power of air (Eph.2: 2) The god of this world (2. Cor.4: 4) Beelzebub (Mk.3: 22) The king His kingdom (Eph.2: 2) Principalities and power (Eph.6: 12)

11. GOD REVEALED HIMSELF Nature reveals God’s power and Godhead The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. (Rom.1: 20) God spake in diverse manners in the past (Heb.1: 1) Hath in these last days spoken by his Son Son revealed God’s love for us (Jn.3: 16) God sent his Son in the fullness of time Son revealed to us the Father (Jn.1: 18) (H.Spirit shed abroad the love in our heart - Rom.5: 5 )

12. BIBLE- THE WORD OF GOD THE BIBLE THE BOOK OF THE LORD With out THE BIBLE How little we have known of the love of God and His plans for us?

13. ORIGINAL EARTH EARTH WAS WITH OUT FORM AND VOID WAS PERISHED BY FLOOD (Not of Noah’s time) 2 Pet.3: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being over- flowed with water, perished : I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. (Jer.4: 23-24) ORIGINAL EARTH Gen.1: 1 (Isa.45: 18) CHAOTIC EARTH (Gen.1: 2)

14. DISPENSATIONS DISPENSATIONS INNOCENSE (Man was expelled from Eden) CONSCIENCE (Ended with the flood of Noah) HUMAN GOVERNMENT (Till the call of Abram) PATRIARCHAL (Ended in bondage in Egypt) LAW (Exodus till Christ crucified) CHURCH (Pentecost till rapture) MILLENIUM (Till the white throne judgment) (Each dispensations of the past proved man’s failure)

15. GOD RESTORED Genesis 1:2-3 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Restored from the void state- 2.Pet.3: 6) God restored all (Gen.1: 3- 2: 3) By the power of his word (Ps.33: 9;104: 6) But God created man and kept in Eden (Gen.2: 7) God finished the work within six days (Gen.2: 2)

16. 1. INNOCENCE RESTORED EARTH GOD RESTORED (Gen.1: 3-2: 3) MAN’S STATE (Gen.1: 26- 30) MAN’S RESPONSIBILTY (Gen.2: 16-17) MAN’S FAILURE (Gen.3: 6) CONSEQUENCES (Gen.3:14-19; Rom.5:12) INNOCENCE Gen.1: 28- 3: 24 ADAM & EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

17. EXPELLED FROM EDEN Gen. 3:22-24 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

18. 2. CONSCIENCE Gen.3: 22-7: 33 (FROM FALL TO FLOOD) Gen 3: 22-7: 33 CAIN KILLED ABEL Gen. 4: 8 ADAM BEGOT SETH Gen. 5: 4 EARTH WAS CORRUPT Gen.6: 11-12 ENOCH TAKEN TO HEAVEN Gen. 5: 24 NOAH ENTERED ARK Gen.7: 9 CONSCIENCE FROM A NEW LINE LINE OF SETH Enoch LINE OF CAIN ABEL KILLED

19. THE FLOOD Gen 7:11-12 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Genesis 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

20. 3. HUMAN GOVERNMENT TILL TOWER OF BABEL Gen. 9: 20- 11: 9 Genesis 9:18-19 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. HUMAN GOVERNMENT (429 YEARS) From Noah A new generation (Shem, Ham Japheth)

21. TOWER OF BABEL In Shinar they dwelt Gen. 11: 2 Lest be scattered Gen. 11: 4 Started a tower Gen. 11: 4 Confounded language Gen. 5: 7 Scattered as nations Gen. 11: 8 Babel (Confusion) Gen.11: 9

22. 4. PROMISE PATRIARCHAL Gen. 12; 1- Ex. 19: 8 Genesis 12:1-2 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Exodus 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. PROMISE (PATRIARCHAL) (430 +YEARS) Call of Abraham From a chosen Person Ended in Egypt

23. ISRAEL WAS IN BONDAGE Exodus 1:5-6 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. Exodus 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

24. 5. THE LAW COMMANDMENTS Ex. 20- Mal. 4 Ezekiel 20:10-11 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. THE LAW Ex.20; Deut. 5 1524 YEARS FOR A CHOSEN NATION BUT NONE JUSTIFIED BY WORK Elijah

25. TEN COMMANDMENTS Given at Mt. Sinai Ex. 19: 8 Moses as the mediator Jn. 1: 17 Law was good Ez.20: 11; 21 Israel agreed to do Ex. 19: 7-8 But none could do Gal. 2: 16 Law brought only the knowledge of sin Rom.3: 20

26. DURING PERIOD OF LAW Kingdom was divided into two; as Israel and Judah (933 BC) Israel (Northern) taken captive by Assyrians –BC.722 Judah (southern) taken by Babylonians-BC. 606 (BC-606 Beginning of the times of Gentiles- Lk.21: 24) Jerusalem was under the rules of 1. BABYLON BC.606 2. MEDE-PERSIANS BC.536 3. GREEKS BC330 4. ROMANS BC.146 (During the time of Roman empire, Christ was crucified- AD.29)

27. FOUR KINGDOMS REVEALED Dan.2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed. Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

28. 6. CHURCH CHURCH (GRACE) Matthew 16: 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Ephesians 3: 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel : (Church was a mystery until the Lord revealed it- Mat. 16: 18) CHURCH (A BRACKET PERIOD) NEAR 2000 YEARS BRIDE OF CHRIST ISRAEL NOW SCATTERED BUT ALL BE REGATHERED (Rom.11: 25-26)

29. CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW Gal.4: 4-5 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Romans 8: 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (CHRIST DIED FOR SINNERS) 1.Pet.2: 24 Christ the end of the law (Rom. 10: 4)

30. TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION Salvation by faith Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 2 Corinthians 6: 2 Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Acts 2: 47 T he Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

31. CHURCH IS COMPARED TO (Pentecost till rapture) TEN SIMILITUDES Temple of God (1.Cor. 3: 16) Habitation of God (Ep.2:22) God’s building (1.Cor.3: 9) A new man (Ep.2: 15) The flock of God (Jn. 10: 16) God’s husbandry (1.Cor.3: 9) House of God (1.Tim.3: 15) The pillar and ground of truth (1. Tim.3: 15) Body of Christ (Ep.1: 22-23) The Bride of Christ (Ep.5:25) PENTECOST TILL RAPTURE

32. THINGS HEREAFTER (Rev.1: 19) SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Rapture (1.Thes.4: 16; 1.Cor.15: 52) In Heavenly places Judgment seat of Christ (2.Cor.5: 10) Marriage of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7) Marriage supper (Rev.19: 9) On Earth (Seventieth week-Dan.9: 25) Rise of Antichrist ( 2.The.2: 3; Rev.4: 2) The great tribulation period (Mat.24: 21) Revelation (Mat. 24: 30) Judgment of the nations (Mat. 25: 31-32)

33. RAPTURE – CAN BE ANY DAY NOW ! 1 The. 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Cor.15: 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:..we shall be changed.

34. JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST Judgment seat of Christ (followed by rapture) In the heavenly places The works will be judged and rewarded (For Believers only ) 2 Cor.5: 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. We must all appear (2.Cor.5: 10) We shall stand (Rom.14: 10) Manifest the counsel (1.Cor.4:5) ( Result : Gain or loss of rewards )

36. COMING OF THE LORD RAPTURE Coming for the saints Coming to the clouds Only his saints will see Take to his own home With the trump of God,voice of archangel Descend himself from heaven His own will be rewarded Glorified in the saints REVELATION Coming with the saints Coming to the earth All eyes shall see him To Judge the nations Coming of the Lord with glory and power Coming with his mighty angels Vengeance for not obeyed Punishment to them.

37. JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS AT THE REVELATION From throne of glory (Mat.25: 31) Place : Earth – Joel 3: 2; 12 Gentile Nations are judged Mat. 25: 32 (25: 31-46) Basis : How dealt with Israel Mat. 25: 45 Divide as sheep and goat Mat. 25: 32-33 Goat nations condemned (25: 41) Sheep nations saved (25: 34)

38. OFFICES OF CHRIST AT HIS FIRST COMING Christ finished the prophetical ministry As God spoke thru Moses of him (Deu.18: 15) NOW IN HEAVEN Christ doing the priestly ministry (Heb.8: 2) H. Priest after the order of Melchi-zedek He lives forever to make intercession (Heb.7: 25) AT HIS COMING AGAIN Christ will come as the king (Rev.19: 6) (Never taken together; takes one after the other)

39. RESURRECTIONS FIRST RESURRECTION Christ the first fruit (1.Cor.15: 23) Those resurrected with him (Mat. 27: 53) All at rapture (OT saints also) 1.The.4: 16 Two witness (Rev. 11: 11) Tribulation saints (Rev. 20: 4) Rev.20: 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection : (First resurrection a series of resurrection) LAST RESURRECTION (For condemnation) Of All the dead (Rev.20: 5; 12-13)

40. 7. MILLENNIAL KINGDOM MILLENNIAL RULE (Rev.20: 1-7) Christ will rule over the earth He will rule with an iron rod Temple will be there Changes for the nature Peace established on earth Life will be prolonged But sinners will be there Death will be there still (Ref: Is.Ch. 11; 32; 35; 65) 1000 YEAR RULE MILLENNIUM Rev.20: 1-7 Christ with his saints rules

41. MILLENNIUM Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Isaiah 65:20 For the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

42. JUDGMENT TO SATAN SATAN Satan is moving to and fro now (Job. 1: 7) Have some access to heaven (Rev.12: 7-8) He is active knowing his time is short (Rev.12: 12) He is deceiving the whole world (Rev.12: 9) He be thrown to earth at mid - tribulation (Rev.12: 7-9) He will give power to the beast (Rev.13: 2) Antichrist and false prophet thrown to lake of fire by the end of tribulation (Rev.19: 20) But Satan only bound and kept in abyss (Rev. 20: 3) He will be released by end of 1000 years (Rev.20: 3) Finally thrown to lake of fire (Rev.20:10; Mat.25: 41)

43. GREAT WHITE THRONE THE LAST JUDGEMENT (Only for condemnation) Rev. 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; Rev. 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: And another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged. BOOKS WERE OPENED

44. WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT THE LAST JUDGMENT (White Throne) JUDGE : The son of man as in other (Jn. 5: 26-27) TIME : During the renovation of earth (Rev.20:11) SUBJECTS : The wicked dead (Rev.20: 10-15) BASIS : Their work (Rom. 2: 16; Rev. 20: 13) RESULT : Cast in to the lake of fire (Rev.20: 15) (None will be saved there; but only condemned) Nature of God’s judgment It is according to truth (Rom.2: 2) It is un-escapable (Rom.2: 3) It is the righteous judgment (Rom.2: 5)

45. EARTH SHALL BE BURNT UP 2 Peter 3: 10-12 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (Same earth- Refined of fire) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

46. NEW EARTH AND NEW HEAVENS 2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Isaiah 35: 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: DISPENSATION OF THE FULLNESS OF TIMES

47. DIFFERENCES MILLENNIAL & NEW EARTH MILLENNIAL EARTH Only for 1000 years Will destroy all wicked Shall break with iron rod Death will be there Sea is there Light will increased Nature changes Lion with sheep Fruit trees Still TIME only NEW EARTH For ever remains None hurt or destroy Righteousness prevails No more death No more sea No more need of sun Whole made new No ravenous beast Tree of life Beginning of ETERNITY

48. NEW EARTH AND NEW HEAVEN Isaiah 65: 17-25 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: for as the days of a tree are the days ofmy people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. before they call, I will answer; They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

49. NEW EARTH AND HEAVEN Isaiah 65: 15-18 The Lord GOD shall call his servants by another name: That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

50. NEW JERUSALEM Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Rev.21: 9-10 saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

51. WHO WILL DWELL THERE ? NEW JERUSALEM- Who will dwell there ? The lamb and bride the Lamb’s wife (Rev.21:9) NEW EARTH ? Who will dwell there ? The redeemed (Is.35: 9) Nations (Rev.21: 23) Rev.21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. THEY ARE THE SAVED ONES Like Adam cannot fall to sin (Is. 35: 8) Mortality removed (Is.65: 17-19; Rev.21: 5) Their seeds blessed of the Lord (Is. 65: 23)

52. HOW LONG THE NEW EARTH ? HOW LONG NEW EARTH REMAIN ? Is.66: 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU What when the earth is filled ? Why God created other planets ? Will It be one language again ? What we will do in eternity ? (Read- Deut. 29: 29; Pro.25: 2)

53. HOPE NOT LIMITED TO EARTH Jesus said; Jn.14: 1-3 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also . (If hope is only the earth; for whom will be the mansions?)

54. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1.Cor.2: 9) Eph.1: 4- 9 We are chosen (v.4) predestinated unto adoption of children (v.5) Accepted (v.6) redeemed (v.7) Forgiven, Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

55. GOD BE OVER ALL THE GREAT ABDICATON 1 Cor.15: 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Rev.22: 3-4 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

56. FUTURE ETERNITY Eph 1: 10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: ENTER FUTURE ETERNITY

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