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                               God's plan of the ages



                           2000 yrs

        2000yrs         ( )       ( )                         2000yrs                                   ( up )

Adam----------------Noah-------------------Jesus crucified-----(church age 2000 yrs approx.)----(then-saints taken to heaven in the rapture)-----(7yrs trib-- begins-----at the end of 7 yrs trib)------(saints return to earth with Jesus. Rev 20 chp and then -Jesus ---sets up his millennial kingdom-1000 yrs-)----- great white throne judgment and the new heaven and earth throughout eternity. see Rev 21 & 22

                                               Part 5

                       The Dispensation of the Law of Moses

This dispensation is marked on the time line above thusly ( ) and is the later part of the second 2000 yr. period. It covers the time period when God gave the 10 commandments of stone at Mt. Sinai to Mosses and the Children of Israel. It lasts until the Crucifixion of Jesus and the beginning of the Church age. The dispensation of the law lasted approx. 1450 yrs.          ^{4For Christ
is the end
of the law
for
righteousness
to every one
that
believeth.} ^{Romans 10:12}

In the last lesson # 4, we saw how the 12 tribes of Israel wound up in Egypt. Joseph's brothers sold him into bondage and he was taken to Egypt as a slave, but then God raised him to be over all Egypt and was next in power just under Pharaoh.

Joseph lived to be 110 and died in Egypt, but commanded that his brethren carry his bones back to Israel and bury him there with the other Patriarchs.

Joseph forgave his brothers for their sin against him. Jacob and Joseph and the whole family lived in Egypt and enjoyed favor as long as Joseph lived. They dwelt in a choice farming land in Egypt called Goshen.

A few years after Joseph died another Pharaoh came to power that didn't know Joseph. Then the children of Israel became in disfavor. God had blessed them through Joseph while he was alive, but after he died the Egyptians became resentful and enslaved them for years until God raised up Moses and brought them out of Egypt.

                                                                1450 BC

God brought 10 Plagues upon Egypt but the 10th and last plague was the death of all the 1st born in Egypt, even the son of Pharaoh. This plague was symbolic of the deliverance of Jesus the Messiah who would appear to Israel 1450 hundred years later. God instructed the Israelites to kill a sacrificial lamb for each family and smear the blood on the two door posts of their door and on the lintel of their door. He said that when the destroying angel of the angel of death passed through Egypt that night, he would spare all who were covered by the blood of the lamb.

Exodus 12                                1450 BC
^{1And the
LORD spake
unto Moses
and Aaron in
the land of
Egypt,
saying,
2This month
shall be
unto you the
beginning of
months: it
shall be the
first month
of the year
to you.
3Speak ye
unto all the
congregation
of Israel,
saying, In
the tenth
day of this
month they
shall take
to them
every man a
lamb,
according to
the house of
their
fathers, a
lamb for an
house: 4And
if the
household be
too little
for the
lamb, let
him and his
neighbour
next unto
his house
take it
according to
the number
of the
souls; every
man
according to
his eating
shall make
your count
for the
lamb. 5Your
lamb shall
be without
blemish, a
male of the
first year:
ye shall
take it out
from the
sheep, or
from the
goats:

6And
ye shall
keep it up
until the
fourteenth
day of the
same month:
and the
whole
assembly of
the
congregation
of Israel
shall kill
it in the
evening.
7And they
shall take
of the
blood, and
strike it on
the two side
posts and on
the upper
door post of
the houses,
wherein they
shall eat
it. 8And
they shall
eat the
flesh in
that night,
roast with
fire, and
unleavened
bread; and
with bitter
herbs they
shall eat
it. 9Eat not
of it raw,
nor sodden
at all with
water, but
roast with
fire; his
head with
his legs,
and with the purtenance
thereof.
10And ye
shall let
nothing of
it remain
until the
morning; and
that which
remaineth of
it until the
morning ye
shall burn
with fire.
11And thus
shall ye eat
it; with
your loins
girded, your
shoes on
your feet,
and your
staff in
your hand;
and ye shall
eat it in
haste: it is
the LORD’S
passover.
12For I will
pass through
the land of
Egypt this
night, and
will smite
all the
firstborn in
the land of
Egypt, both
man and
beast; and
against all
the gods of
Egypt I will
execute
judgment: I
am the LORD.

13And the
blood shall
be to you
for a token
upon the
houses where
ye are: and
when I see
the blood, I
will pass
over you,
and the
plague shall
not be upon
you to
destroy you,
when I smite
the land of
Egypt. 14And
this day
shall be
unto you for
a memorial;
and ye shall
keep it a
feast to the
LORD
throughout
your
generations;
ye shall
keep it a
feast by an
ordinance
for ever.
15Seven days
shall ye eat
unleavened
bread; even
the first
day ye shall
put away
leaven out
of your
houses: for
whosoever eateth
leavened
bread from
the first
day until
the seventh
day, that
soul shall
be cut off
from Israel.
16And in the
first day
there shall
be an holy
convocation,
and in the
seventh day
there shall
be an holy
convocation
to you; no
manner of
work shall
be done in
them, save
that which
every man
must eat,
that only
may be done
of you.
17And ye
shall
observe the
feast of
unleavened
bread; for
in this
selfsame day
have I
brought your
armies out
of the land
of Egypt:
therefore
shall ye
observe this
day in your
generations
by an
ordinance
for ever.
18In the
first month,
on the
fourteenth
day of the
month at
even, ye
shall eat
unleavened
bread, until
the one and
twentieth
day of the
month at
even.
19Seven days
shall there
be no leaven
found in
your houses:
for
whosoever
eateth that
which is
leavened,
even that
soul shall
be cut off
from the
congregation
of Israel,
whether he
be a
stranger, or
born in the
land. 20Ye
shall eat
nothing
leavened; in
all your
habitations
shall ye eat
unleavened
bread.

21Then Moses
called for
all the
elders of
Israel, and
said unto
them, Draw
out and take
you a lamb
according to
your
families,
and kill the
passover.
22And ye
shall take a
bunch of
hyssop, and
dip it in
the blood
that is in
the basin,
and strike
the lintel
and the two
side posts
with the
blood that
is in the
basin; and
none of you
shall go out
at the door
of his house
until the
morning.
23For the
LORD will
pass through
to smite the
Egyptians;
and when he
seeth the
blood upon
the lintel,
and on the
two side
posts, the
LORD will
pass over
the door,
and will not
suffer the
destroyer to
come in unto
your houses
to smite
you. 24And
ye shall
observe this
thing for an
ordinance to
thee and to
thy sons for
ever. 25And
it shall
come to
pass, when
ye be come
to the land
which the
LORD will
give you,
according as
he hath
promised,
that ye
shall keep
this
service.
26And it
shall come
to pass,
when your
children
shall say
unto you,
What mean ye
by this
service?
27That ye
shall say,
It is the
sacrifice of
the LORD’S
passover,
who passed
over the
houses of
the children
of Israel in
Egypt, when
he smote the
Egyptians,
and
delivered
our houses.
And the
people bowed
the head and
worshipped.
28And the
children of
Israel went
away, and
did as the
LORD had
commanded
Moses and
Aaron, so
did they.

29And it
came to
pass, that
at midnight
the LORD
smote all
the
firstborn in
the land of
Egypt, from
the
firstborn of
Pharaoh that
sat on his
throne unto
the
firstborn of
the captive
that was in
the dungeon;
and all the
firstborn of
cattle.
30And
Pharaoh rose
up in the
night, he,
and all his
servants,
and all the
Egyptians;
and there
was a great
cry in
Egypt; for
there was
not a house
where there
was not one
dead. 31And
he called
for Moses
and Aaron by
night, and
said, Rise
up, and get
you forth
from among
my people,
both ye and
the children
of Israel;
and go,
serve the
LORD, as ye
have said.
32Also take
your flocks
and your
herds, as ye
have said,
and be gone;
and bless me
also. 33And
the
Egyptians
were urgent
upon the
people, that
they might
send them
out of the
land in
haste; for
they said,
We be all
dead men.
34And the
people took
their dough
before it
was
leavened,
their
kneadingtroughs
being bound
up in their
cloathes
upon their
shoulders.
35And the
children of
Israel did
according to
the word of
Moses; and
they
borrowed of
the
Egyptians
jewels of
silver, and
jewels of
gold, and
raiment:
36And the
LORD gave
the people
favour in
the sight of
the
Egyptians,
so that they
lent unto
them such
things as
they
required.
And they
spoiled the
Egyptians.

37And the
children of
Israel
journeyed
from Rameses
to Succoth,
about six
hundred
thousand on
foot that
were men,
beside
children.
38And a
mixed
multitude
went up also
with them;
and flocks,
and herds,
even very
much cattle.
39And they
baken
unleavened
cakes of the
dough which
they brought
forth out of
Egypt, for
it was not
leavened;
because they
were thrust
out of
Egypt, and
could not
tarry,
neither had
they
prepared for
themselves
any victual.
40Now the
sojourning
of the
children of
Israel, who
dwelt in
Egypt, was
four hundred
and thirty
years.
41And it
came to pass
at the end
of the four
hundred and
thirty
years, even
the selfsame
day it came
to

pass, that
all the
hosts of the
LORD went
out from the
land of
Egypt. 42It
is a night
to be much
observed
unto the
LORD for
bringing
them out
from the
land of
Egypt: this
is that
night of the
LORD to be
observed of
all the
children of
Israel in
their
generations.

The Jews to
this day
still
celebrate
Passover

43And the
LORD said
unto Moses
and Aaron,
This is the
ordinance of
the
passover:
There shall
no stranger
eat thereof:
44But every
man’s
servant that
is bought
for money,
when thou
hast
circumcised
him, then
shall he eat
thereof. 45A
foreigner
and an hired
servant
shall not
eat thereof.
46In one
house shall
it be eaten;
thou shalt
not carry
forth ought
of the flesh
abroad out
of the
house;
neither
shall ye
break a bone
thereof.
47All the
congregation
of Israel
shall keep
it. 48And
when a
stranger
shall
sojourn with
thee, and
will keep
the passover
to the LORD,
let all his
males be
circumcised,
and then let
him come
near and
keep it; and
he shall be
as one that
is born in
the land:
for no
uncircumcised
person shall
eat thereof.
49One law
shall be to
him that is
homeborn,
and unto the
stranger
that
sojourneth
among you.
50Thus did
all the
children of
Israel; as
the LORD
commanded
Moses and
Aaron, so
did they.
51And it
came to pass
the selfsame
day, that
the LORD did
bring the
children of
Israel out
of the land
of Egypt by
their
armies.}
This is a perfect example of Jesus the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. God set up this sacrifice of the lamb's blood in the very beginning. Remember in the previous lessons he required it as the only acceptable sacrifice. We saw this with Cain and Abel and with Abraham and Isaac.

After God destroyed the 1st born of the families of Egypt and even Pharaohs son, Pharaoh let the Israelites go, but later recanted and tried to chase them across the sea. He and his armies were drowned in the sea.


^{21And Moses
stretched
out his hand
over the
sea; and the
LORD caused
the sea to
go back by a
strong east
wind all
that night,
and made the
sea dry
land, and
the waters
were
divided.
22And the
children of
Israel went
into the
midst of the
sea upon the
dry ground:
and the
waters were
a wall unto
them on
their right
hand, and on
their left.
23And the
Egyptians
pursued, and
went in
after them
to the midst
of the sea,
even all
Pharaoh’s
horses, his
chariots,
and his
horsemen.
24And it
came to
pass, that
in the
morning
watch the
LORD looked
unto the
host of the
Egyptians
through the
pillar of
fire and of
the cloud,
and troubled
the host of
the
Egyptians,

25And took
off their
chariot
wheels, that
they drave
them
heavily: so
that the
Egyptians
said, Let us
flee from
the face of
Israel; for
the LORD
fighteth for
them against
the
Egyptians.
26And the
LORD said
unto Moses,
Stretch out
thine hand
over the
sea, that
the waters
may come
again upon
the
Egyptians,
upon their
chariots,
and upon
their
horsemen.
27And Moses
stretched
forth his
hand over
the sea, and
the sea
returned to
his strength
when the
morning
appeared;
and the
Egyptians
fled against
it; and the
LORD
overthrew
the
Egyptians in
the midst of
the sea.
28And the
waters
returned,
and covered
the
chariots,
and the
horsemen,
and all the
host of
Pharaoh that
came into
the sea
after them;
there
remained not
so much as
one of them.
29But the
children of
Israel
walked upon
dry land in
the midst of
the sea; and
the waters
were a wall
unto them on
their right
hand, and on
their left.
30Thus the
LORD saved
Israel that
day out of
the hand of
the
Egyptians;
and Israel
saw the
Egyptians
dead upon
the sea
shore. 31And
Israel saw
that great
work which
the LORD did
upon the
Egyptians:
and the
people
feared the
LORD, and
believed the
LORD, and
his servant
Moses.}
God provided water, manna, and quail for the Israelites while they were traveling in the desert wilderness for 40 years. He provided a cloud to shade them from the desert heat and a fiery cloud for warmth and light at night. Their clothing and shoes didn't wear out. Yet they complained and doubted even after all these miracles.

Most everyone has seen the movie 'Ten Commandments' by Cecil B. DeMilles and staring Charlton Heston. It mixed a little romance into the story but the basic story followed the scriptures pretty well.

God sent 10 plagues upon Egypt and they finally released the Children of Israel.   Pharaoh changed his mind and chased them but the army of Egypt perished by drowning in the red sea.

God opened up the red sea for the children of Israel to cross on dry land.



Solomon's pillar marking crossing                             Crossing point



Colum @ Crossing   Chariot Wheel      Map of Crossing pt.

The archeologist Ron Wyatt found the true spot of the Red Sea crossing and has much information on this and even pictures of gold chariot wheels in the water at this location. King Solomon set up a column marker that remained for centuries. The Hebrew script engraved on it stated that King Solomon had this column erected to mark the place where Children of Israel crossed. Ron Wyatt has pictures of it in the movie he made. The movie is called ( Over View of Ron Wyatt Discoveries) The Muslims, after Ron Wyatt revealed the location of the marker, tore it down and removed it. To view this information click on the Ron Wyatt link on our website or Anchor Stone link also on our website at http://anewheavenandearth.net

The dispensation of the Patriarchs ended like the others with judgment of Egypt and the wicked but deliverance for those who lived by faith in him.

Now I would like to point out that all the above events occurred while the Children of Israel were still under the patriarch age. The age of the law didn't begin until God gave Moses the Law and the tables of the 10 commandments.

After they crossed the sea he led them into the desert to Mt Jabel el Laws which is the true Mt Sinai in what is now Saudi Arabia.



This photograph is by Ron Wyatt. You will find much fascinating information there about this discovery and many others that substantiate the facts and truths of the Bible. Please finish this lesson before going to his website. I try to gather all information I can from different sources and put it together for your enlightenment and faith building.

The Lord had the Children of Israel camp before this mt. There he gave them the ten commandments to live by. Later he gave them many ordinances re; holydays, and the instructions on how to build the tabernacle in the wilderness. He gave them specific instructions and details. The portable tabernacle was designed so it could be folded up and moved as they journeyed on their way to the promised land that he promised Abraham. It was to be the Land of Israel. You can see this and other illustrations of the Ark of The Covenant at Anchor Stone website. You can find a link to the Anchor Stone site on our website

He told them to build the Ark of The Covenant. It was placed in the inner most part of the tabernacle behind a beautiful veil. It was overlaid with gold. Inside was the tables of stone with the ten commandments engraved by the finger of God himself. Also there was Aaron's rod that budded and a jar of manna. Gods shikina glory was a golden glow in this Holy of Holies. Only the high priest was allowed to go in before Gods presence once per year. If he had sinned he must confess and receive forgiveness before he went in or he would drop dead in there. Around his ankle was a rope, so if he did, he could be pulled out without anyone having to go in after him.

Gods shikina glory abided in the holy of holies in the tabernacle until the children of Israel entered into the promise land and King Solomon built the 1st beautiful temple. The temple was designed like the tabernacle and the Ark Of The Covenant was placed in the inner Holy of Holies in the Temple. You can find this illustration and others by going to our web site http://anewheavenandearth.net and clicking on the Anchor Stone link there,



The Shikina glory, which is the Spirit of God, remained there in the temple until the time of a man named Ichabod. His name means the Spirit of God has departed.   This occurred because Israel became wicked and backslidden. The Shikina Glory never returned to the temple; but the Bible teaches that the Shikina glory, or Holy Sprit, abides in the born again Christian now. The New testament teaches that our bodies are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit lives in us. That is why we are to keep our bodies free of sin and evil. We are to avoid sexual sin and other evil vices.

Thank you for visiting our website and reading our Bible Lessons on Gods Plan for the ages. A study in dispensations.

We will have 2 or 3 more lessons on the dispensation of the Law of Moses. It covers a lot of wonderful history. Stick with us, there is more to come. We will cover the conquering of the Promised land, the Major Kings of Israel and much more. When we finish the years of the Law, we will get into the Christian dispensation. After that comes the rapture of the church, and the great tribulation. Following that comes the return of Jesus with the born again believers from heaven, and his 1000 year reign right here on the beautiful restored earth. Then comes the New Heavens and Earth in which we will live forever.   God bless you. God led you here to build up your faith to better live for him.

Jesus loves you!! He really does.            Bill Hicks