Dispensation of the Fulness of Times, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

This, the seventh and last of the ordered ages which condition human life on the earth, is identical with the kingdom covenanted to David. 2 Samuel 7:8-17; Zechariah 12:8

Summary; Luke 1:31-33; 1 Corinthians 15:24, and gathers into itself under Christ all past “times’:

(1) The time of oppression and misrule ends by Christ taking His kingdom. Isaiah 11:3,4.

(2) The time of testimony and divine forbearance ends in judgment. Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 17:30,31; Revelation 20:7-15.

(3) The time of toil ends in rest and reward. 2 Thessalonians 1:6,7.

(4) The time of suffering ends in glory. Romans 8:17,18.

(5) The time of Israel’s blindness and chastisement ends in restoration and conversion. Romans 11:25-27; Ezekiel 39:25-29.

(6) The times of the Gentiles end in the smiting of the image and the setting up of the kingdom of the heavens. Daniel 2:34,35; Revelation 19:15-21.

(7) The time of creation’s thraldom ends in deliverance at the manifestation of the sons of God. Genesis 3:17; Isaiah 11:6-8; Romans 8:19-21.

Ephesians 1:10

That in the dispensation of the he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

2 Samuel 7:8-17

8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my , Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

9 And whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

10 Moreover I will for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his .

13 He shall build an for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the , and with the stripes of the children of men:

15 But my shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

16 And thine house and thy shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

17 According to all these words, and according to all this , so did Nathan speak unto David.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day shall the LORD defend the ; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

Isaiah 11:3-4

3 And shall make him of quick in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Acts 17:30-31

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to :

31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Revelation 20:7-15

7 And when the thousand years are , Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, , to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven ; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, , stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were every man according to their works.

14 And were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the was cast into the lake of fire.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

6 Seeing it is a with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be with his mighty angels,

Romans 8:17-18

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Romans 11:25-27

25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this , lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the , and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

Ezekiel 39:25-29

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be for my holy name;

26 After that they have borne their , and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am in them in the sight of many nations;

28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Daniel 2:34-35

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of , and brake them to pieces.

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a , and filled the whole earth.

Revelation 19:15-21

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND .

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the of the great God;

18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both , both small and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the , and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the , and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

21 And the were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Isaiah 11:6-8

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

7 And the cow and the shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.

Romans 8:19-21

19 For the earnest of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in ,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the of the children of God.

Dispensation of the Fulness of Times, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

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