Title: Faith-Rest Drill: Philosophy of Determinism: Self-determinism, Overview of the order of the Dispensations
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© 1999  Joe Griffin

Faith-Rest Drill: Philosophy of Determinism: Self-determinism, Overview of Dispensations 1-3

5.	It is God’s desire that no one should perish in the Lake of Fire, yet people do die the second death because they choose to act independently of God’s grace by rejecting Christ as Savior.
Revelation 20:6 -	Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
Thieme, R. B., Jr.  Order of the Resurrections.  Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 1996.  Diagram.
	[See: http://berachah.org/OrderOfTheResurrections.htm ]
	Definition of Dispensations:  
Thieme, R. B., Jr.  The Divine Outline of History: Dispensations and the Church.  Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 1989; pp. 3,5:
History is a sequence of divine administrations that reflect the unfolding of God’s plan.  A dispensation is one of these administrations.  Each is a vehicle by which believers can orient to God’s will, plan, and purpose for their lives.
Each dispensation has different mechanics and procedures as well as continuities that run from one to the next.
In every dispensation, God has a particular plan for the believer’s post-salvation way of life.  He graciously provides the means for executing that plan and the Bible reveals these various provisions.