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until the thousand years were finished. This
is the first resurrection
| Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection: on such the second
death hath no power, but they shall be priests
OF God and of Christ, and shall reign with
4. Divide Bible dispensationally. Bible
covers period of 1000 years. The seven
pensations.
CD The Edenic-From the Creation of
man to the Expulsion from Eden
! ~ Comscaence-to the Deluge
50 Human GOvernment-to the Call of
Abraham
Cd Abrahamic, or that of Promise-to
the Exodus and Giving of Law on Sinai.
50 Mosaical, or that of Lav-to the
Cruci6xion
co. Grace (Ephesians 3:2), or the
| Chnrch-to the Rapture Thessalonians
4:13-18.
| % The Fmllness of Times (Ephesians
| l:lW, This Dispensation is also called the
Restoration of All Things (Acts 2O), The
Bnilding again of Davidvs Tabernacle (Acts
1910. It reaches to the end of the Thou
sand Years (Revelation Twenty. It is
| also called The Kinqdona in Luke 1oI1-
Is.
What applies to one Dispensation does
not apply to another; hence, the need of the
right Bible division.
;. These are the natural and Heaven-given
divisions.
Then we have also:
CD The Old and New Testament Diyi-
sions
(2) The Old Testament is divided into
Law, Prophets, Psalms Luke "a Az.
% The New Testament is divided into
The Biographical (Life of Jesus from
four viewpoints);
Fhe Historical (The Acts of the Apos-
tles);
The Epistolary or Didactic (The Apos-
tolic letters) and
The Prophetic (The Book of the Con-
sunmation-The Revelation of Tesus the
CHRISTI.
The Seven Branched Candlestick in the
Temple was type of this Seven Branched
Word of God.
| The Candlestick had four branches on
one side and three on the other. all running
out from the one upright central stem. Tn
the Bible, that UPRIGHT CENTRAL STEM IS
the Lord Jesus Christ He is its Center.
Without Him there could be no Word of
| God -
| God, Who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets,
| Hath in these last days spoken unto us by
| His Son, Whom He hath appointed Heir of
all things, by Whom also He made the
| worlds;
| Who being the brightness of His glory. and
the express image of His person, and uphold
ing all things by the word of His power when
he had by Himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high
Hebrews 1913.
In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God
John III.
! Hebrews 4:12-13-
For the Word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword pierre
ing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is
dlscerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart.
| Neither is there any creature that is not
manlfest In His sight, but all things are naked
ana opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom
we have to do-Hebrews 4:1213
Note the words Ellis" and "Him', as
predicted Of "The Word of Cod. in these
verses.
The HIM here is the Lord Jesus Christ.
| Peter rs
But THE Word OF JEHOVAH (the Lord
Jesus Christi endureth forever. And this
(He) is THE Word Who by the Gospel is
(noW) preached unto you
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH HIM ?