Ruckman on dispensations

Описание: Dr. Peter Ruckman draws a timeline to briefly explain dispensations or ages in which different scripture verses apply.
Some references and quotes I thought might be helpful for those studying this topic:

Dr. Peter Ruckman, Bible Believers' Bulletin Vol.32 No.12 December 2008:
"...a better way to teach 'dispensations' is by 'COVENANTS,' not time periods... the word 'dispensation' as Paul used it in Colossians 1:25 and Ephesians 3:2, was NEVER a reference to any time period."

Dr. Peter Ruckman, Bible Believer's Commentary on Exodus, page 789:
"'And there fell of the people that day about three thousand men' (vs. 28). By providential design we are given the same number in Acts, chapter 2, where the Holy Spirit inaugurates this present dispensation. The contrast is striking. Three thousand are slain at the giving of the Law (Roman. 7:10-11), whereas three thousand are quickened to new life (Eph. 2:1-5) at the giving of the Comforter."

Also see:
Commentary on Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther, page 364,
Commentary on Ecclesiastes, page 14
(and check any other of his commentaries on verses where the word "gospel" is used)

Bible Believer's Bulletin, Vol.30 No.10, Oct. 2006, article titled "100% False Exegesis"
www.kjv1611.org/BBB/2006/oct-06.pdf

Bible Believer's Bulletin, Vol.31 No.5, May 2007, article titled "Rightly Dividing the Ten Gospels"
www.kjv1611.org/BBB/2007/may-07.pdf

Anti-dispensationalists assume that the word "gospel" always refers to the same one gospel, but...
One of Webster's 1828 dictonary definitions of "gospel" is "God's word". The etymological source of "gospel" is "God-spell", and when the word "gospel" is used in the Bible you'll often find "word of God" in the context (See 'The Language of the KJB' by Gail Riplinger, page 47-50). You've heard the definition of gospel is "good news" or "glad tidings", but more specifically, "gospel" literally means "something that GOD SPELLED-OUT" (which often happens to be "glad tidings"). With this in mind, it should be obvious that the many instances in the Bible where "gospel" is used in different phrases are not all necessarily refering to the same gospel.