To understand the Bible properly , God’s purpose for mankind from Genesis to Revelation is divided into 7 Dispensations or periods:
1. Innocence – God created Adam and Eve and put them in the Garden of Eden.
2. Conscience – Lasted 1656 years, from driven out of the Garden of Eden to Noah’s flood.
3. Human Government – 325 years, After the flood to the Tower of Babel
4. Promise – Calling of Abraham to Exodus.
5. Law – 1500 years, Exodus to death of Christ.
6. Grace – Death of Christ to Rapture, believers are taken up in the clouds to meet Him.
7. Millennial Kingdom – 1000 years of Jesus reign on earth as King of kings and Lord of lords.