Ephesians 1:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments

dispensation of the fullness of times

The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. 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); (Daniel 2:35); (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

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