Eleven Dispensations

[Because789]

1) The Age of Conscience (creation of Adam to the great flood): 4240 BC–2583 BC
2) The Age of Separation (great flood to the call of Abram): 2583 BC–2156 BC
3) The Age of Promise (call of Abram to the exodus): 2156 BC–1540 BC
4) The Age of Law (the exodus to Saul): 1540 BC–1050 BC
5) The Age of Kings (Saul to the burning of Solomon's temple): 1050 BC–586 BC
6) The Babylonian Captivity (burning of Solomon's temple to the building of the second temple): 586 BC–516 BC
7) The Medo-Persian Empire (building of the second temple to the battle of the Persian Gate): 516 BC–330 BC
8) The Seleucid Empire (battle of the Persian Gate to the siege of Jerusalem): 330 BC–63 BC
9) The Roman Empire (siege of Jerusalem to the building of the Dome of the Rock): 63 BC–AD 688
10) Times of the Gentiles (building of the Dome of the Rock to the Israeli declaration of independence): AD 688–AD 1948
11) The Information Age (Israeli declaration of independence to present): AD 1948–present

 

[jgr]

Two dispensations:

1. Old Testament/Covenant - From the beginning to the death of our Lord.
2. New Testament/Covenant - From the death of our Lord to the end.

 

[SeventyOne]

The number is really irrelevant. Even Covenant theologians, such as Hodge or Birkhof, have identified 4 to 5 dispensations. It's what the dispensations represent that causes the divisions, as well as their demonstration that the church and national Israel are separate, each with their own set of promises to be fulfilled.