Journal: Conservative Theological Journal
Volume: CTJ 03:8 (Apr 1999)
Article: A Dispensational Model: The Essentials - Part II
Author: John M. Baze, Jr.

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CTJ 3:8 (April 1999) p. 107

A Dispensational Model:
The Essentials - Part II

John M. Baze, Jr.

Professor of Biblical Languages
Tyndale Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX

In the Introduction to Part I concerning the Dispensation of Innocence, the essential elements of Traditional or Classical Dispensationalism were systematically presented and will not be restated in this article. Some of the individual sections addressed such important topics as:

• The importance of a consistent method of literal interpretation
• A concise, traditional definition of Dispensationalism
• The essential components of Classical Dispensationalism
• A model outline for a dispensational arrangement (condensed):

God	Man
1. Authority of Progressive Rev.	1. Subjection/Authority Progressive Rev.
2. Distinguishable Principles of Administration	2. Distinguishable Principles of Stewardship
3. Personal Relationship with Mankind	3. Personal Relationship with God

• The indispensable nature of the original language in this process1
  (to represent the personal interactions between God and man)

CTJ 3:8 (April 1999) p. 108

Obviously, these points are absolutely crucial to properly grasp not only the concepts previously established and which carryover to complement others that will be encountered here, but will also be important in the remaining parts of this series on the individual dispensations.2

Three categories of progressive activity were evident within the previous dispensation: a Preparatory Period, an Active Period, and a Transitional Period.3 The Preparatory Period would involve any fundamental elements in the progressive revelation up to that point which are prerequisite to setting up a new dispensational arrangement. The Active Period would illustrate the main period of personal interaction between a sovereign God and His progressive revelation in relation to man and his responsible stewardship to that divine revelation. The Transitional Period usually reveals the failure of man and the process of divine judgment which signifies an end to the previous dispensati...

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