dispensationalism emphasizes discontinuity between the ways God related to people during periods of history, or “dispensations.” The seven dispensations are (1) innocence (Gen. 1:28–30), (2) conscience (Gen. 3:8–8:22), (3) human government (Gen. 8–11), (4) promise (Gen. 12–Ex. 19:22), (5) law (Ex. 20–Christ’s death), (6) grace (Christ’s death–second coming), (7) millennial kingdom (Rev. 20:1–10).7
