THE SEVEN TIMES OR DISPENSATIONS

Appendix 195, The Companion Bible, by Dr. E.W. Bullinger

In the Bible seven distinct administrations are set before us⁽¹⁾.  Each has its own beginning and ending; each is characterized by certain distinctive principles of God's dealings; each ends in a crisis or judgment peculiar to itself, save No. 7, which is without end.  These may be tabulated thus :

1. The Edenic state of innocence.
   End -- the expulsion from Eden.
   
   
2. The period "without law" (the times of ignorance, Acts 17:30).
   End -- The Flood, and the judgment on Babel.
   
   
3. The era under law.
   End - The rejection of Israel.
   
   
4. The period of grace.
   End - The "day of the Lord".
   
   
5. The epoch of judgment.
   End - The destruction of Antichrist.
   
   
6. The millennial age.
   End - The destruction of Satan, and the judgment of the great white throne.
   
   
7. The eternal state of glory.
   No End

(1). If the 7 dispensations are so distinct why is there so much confusion over their names and number? See article How Many Dispensations? for comparision with other dispensational schemes.