Three Religious

Ages

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1st Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Name Patriarch means “father” – God dealt with the head of the family, the father

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• Mosaical Age

• Named for Moses, the law giver

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• Christian Age

• Named for Christ

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2nd Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Covered in Genesis 1:1 to Exodus 20

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• Mosaical Age

• Covered in Exodus 20 to Acts 2

• [Some say Exodus 20 to cross of Christ –Actually the first Gospel sermon to be preached in the name of the risen Christ was in Acts 2]

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• Christian Age

• Covered in Acts 2 through Revelation

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3rd Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Lasted about 2500 years

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• Mosaical Age

• Lasted about 1500 years

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• Christian Age

• Will last from Pentecost of Acts 2 until the return of Christ

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4th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• God spoke to the head of the family – the patriarchs

• Heb. 1:1

• Heb. 11:4

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• Mosaical Age

• God spoke through Moses and the prophets

• Heb. 1:1-2

• Jn. 1:17

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• Christian Age

• God has spoken through His Son

• Heb. 1:1-2

• Mt. 17:5

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5th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Time of family religion

• Gen. 8:20

• Gen. 12:7

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• Mosaical Age

• Time of national religion – religion for the nation of Israel

• Deut. 5:3

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• Christian Age

• World-wide in scope –congregational religion (religion of the spiritual family of God)

• 2 Tim. 2:10

• Acts 2:47

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6th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• No written law during this age – God revealed His will to the heads of the families who taught their children

• Gen. 18:19

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• Mosaical Age

• Now a written law – Law of Moses

• (613 commandments)

• Jn. 1:17

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• Christian Age

• A change in the law, now the Law of Christ --- the gospel

• Heb. 9:15-17

• Rom. 8:2; 1:16-17

• Jn. 12:48

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7th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Animal sacrifices were offered upon altars

• Gen. 31:54; Gen. 46:1

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• Mosaical Age

• Animal sacrifices

• Heb. 10:1-4

• Heb. 9:13-14, 22

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• Christian Age

• Christ’s blood offered for sins

• Mt. 26:28

• Acts 20:28

• Eph. 1:7

• Rev. 1:5

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8th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Father was priest

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• Mosaical Age

• Priests came from the tribe of Levi

• Heb. 7:11

• Nu. 1:50-53

• Deut. 18:1

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• Christian Age

• All Christians are priests

• I Pet. 2:5, 9

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9th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• No set day of worship

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• Mosaical Age

• A set day of worship -

• Sabbath, the 7th day, Saturday

• Ex. 31:13

• Neh. 9:12-14

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• Christian Age

• New day of worship – The 1st day of the week, Sunday

• Acts 20:7

• 1 Cor. 16:1-2

• Rev. 1:10

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10th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• No set place of worship –anywhere they built altars they could worship God

• Gen. 8:20; 12:7

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• Mosaical Age

• A set place of worship – first in the tabernacle, than at Jerusalem when the temple was built

• Jn. 4:20-24

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• Christian Age

• We now worship in the church ---wherever assembled

• (the church is not the building – the church is the saved people-those called out of sin by the Gospel (2 Thess. 2:14)

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11th Row

• Patriarchal Age

• Became members by birth into family

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• Mosaical Age

• Became members by physical birth (some were proselyted into the Jewish religion)

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• Christian Age

• Become members by spiritual birth

• Jn. 3:1-5

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Questions on the 3 religious ages

• Lasted 1500 years

• Mosaical

• No set day of worship

• Patriarchal

• Time of family religion

• Patriarchal

• Became member by physical birth

• Patriarchal and Mosaical

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• God has spoken through His Son

• Christian

• Worship on Saturday

• Mosaical

• Father was priest

• Patriarchal

• All are priests

• Christian

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• A national religion

• Mosaical

• World-wide in scope

• Christian

• Enter by the new birth

• Christian

• No written law

• Patriarchal

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• Time of family religion

• Patriarchal

• Covered in Exodus 20 to Acts 2

• Mosaical

• What is the meaning of the word “Patriarch”?

• Father

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• Which age was a father-rule system of worship?

• Patriarchal

• Used the tabernacle as place of worship

• Mosaical

• Lasted some 1500 years

• Mosaical

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• Will last until the return of Christ

• Christian

• Covered in Genesis 1:1 to Exodus 20

• Patriarchal

• Christ blood offered for sins

• Christian

• Worship on the 1st day of the week

• Christian

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In which dispensation/age did

they live?

• Timothy

• Christian

• King Saul

• Mosaical

• Jeremiah the prophet

• Mosaical

• Noah

• Patriarchal

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• Sarah

• Patriarchal

• Goliath

• Mosaical

• Priscilla

• Christian

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• Samson

• Mosaical

• Christ

• Mosaical

• John Baptist

• Mosaical

• Adam and Eve

• Patriarchal

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• Jonah

• Mosaical

• Simon the Sorcerer

• Christian

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In what dispensation/age did it

happen?

• Tower of Babel

• Patriarchal

• Flood

• Patriarchal

• Stoning of Stephen

• Christian

• 10 Plagues

• Patriarchal

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• Death of Ananias and Sapphira

• Christian

• Birth of Jesus

• Mosaical

• Destruction of Jerusalem

• Christian

• Fall of Jericho

• Mosaical

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• Death of the first born

• Patriarchal

• First gospel sermon

• Christian

• Spread of the church

• Christian

• Death of Christ

• Mosaical

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• Paul’s journey to Rome

• Christian

• Thief of the cross promised paradise

• Mosaical

• Reign of David

• Mosaical

• Crossing the Red Sea

• Patriarchal

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