In the last post, we saw that the human government created by mystics is man’s comparative attempt to recreate the perfect paradise of Eden without God. However human government is doomed to failure for two primary reasons. First, perfection requires righteousness (the opposite of comparative thinking). Secondly, all human beings have Adam’s desire to rule,…
The Dispensations are God’s contrastive way of proving that His plan for humanity is right. Each dispensation allows man the opportunity to choose righteousness (God) on his own; outside of God’s plan. In the First Dispensation, innocence did not lead to man choosing God. In the Second Dispensation, an abundance of knowledge and experience gained…
The Second Dispensation failed because the people of that time justified themselves over God by choosing to rely on their own knowledge instead of God. They did not have faith, so they did not believe in God. God ended the dispensation by sending the Great Flood which destroyed all the people and land animals of…
The dispensations are God’s process of contrastively showing that His plan for humanity is right. The first dispensation asked the question, – if man was completely innocent; with no knowledge of the long-term consequences of his actions (good and evil), would he choose to continue to rely on God for moment by moment direction, or…
This week, we conclude our examination of the first dispensation. I will be the first to admit that this series went on a LOT longer than I had originally planned – not only because I had to take a break from posting for a couple of months, but also in the number of posts in…