The dispensation of Human Government

(Eph 3:2-3) "If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;" As we look backward in time, the mysteries that have been hid from generations, are now made known unto us during this present dispensation of the church age. A "dispensation" is a specific time period whereby God revealed or dispensed a new truth to the world in addition to their already revealed knowledge. For example, the 1st dispensation was that of "innocence." Adam and Eve had not the knowledge of evil until after they sinned, so they lived during a time period or dispensation of "innocence." After sin, God gave to them the dispensation of "Conscience," whereby conscience ruled men until God revealed more truth later. Later, followed the dispensation of "Human Government," where God gave man authority to rule. Followed by "Promise" to Abraham, "Law" to Moses, and today "Grace" to the church age which came to us by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Under grace, we have no excuse to not to know "all" of God's revealed truth.