Eph 3: 2 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, ...
dispensation - oikonomia - a plan which involves a set of arrangements. stewardship.
throughout history, God has had different stewards or plans of his word given in different ways to different people.
The church (grace) - the steward of Gods words is the church
Israel (law) - The steward of Gods word and ways is Israel
these are two examples of two divisions of time where Gods plan was two different things. The issue is not salvation, the issue is who is the steward and how is God relating.
dispensation - oikonomia - a plan which involves a set of arrangements. stewardship.
throughout history, God has had different stewards or plans of his word given in different ways to different people.
The church (grace) - the steward of Gods words is the church
Israel (law) - The steward of Gods word and ways is Israel
these are two examples of two divisions of time where Gods plan was two different things. The issue is not salvation, the issue is who is the steward and how is God relating.