Everything in Context I believe it to be a self-evident truth that the key to having a basic working knowledge of the Bible is the understanding of Scripture as a series of progressive revelations from God about the things of the Spirit. This understanding of progressive revelation is confirmed by the Scriptures. The various dispensations are not difficult to identify. Adam walked with God in the cool of the evening, Genesis tells us. He spoke to Noah with an audible voice and prepared Noah and his family to be saved from the Flood. God appeared to Abraham in the form of a man when warning Abraham of the coming judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah. God dealt with Abraham as an individual, whereas He chose Moses to reveal God's Law to the children of Israel. For a time after that, God communicated with the children of Israel through a series of judges, until Israel demanded a king. After that, He communicated through the Hebrew prophets. At d...