The Mirage of Biblical Dispensations

There is no doubt that what Noah considered to be the proper worship of
God, was not the same as that of Aaron.  And Hosea, Jeremiah and Micah
had a different view of the subject from both Noah and Aaron.  And
also,  Bultmann and the author of the book of Hebrews also had their
differences in points of view.

When I think about man's theology (or his understanding of the
supernatural), and how it varies so much and seems to change through
history; I look at it as one would look at how an individual's
understanding of the supernatural changes over his life time.  It seems
to grow as biological species grow and evolve as the various biological
species evolve.

Now, Shakespeare described the seven acts of man (the actor), from
infant to schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, old man to second
childhood.   (Though not all men follow the same script, nor play in
all 7 acts.)   But, what Shakespeare did not try to do was to say,
"On this day, with this act the infant became a schoolboy, and then
when this happened the lover became a soldier.  Rather than a sudden
change it was a more or less slow evolution of the man between
Shakespeare's act one and act two and acts 3 and 4.

I look at what some call "dispensations" as the evolution of the
theology of some men, as described in Biblical literature.  And as man
better understood God, he better understood how God wanted him to act.
I think God's idea of what man should be and how man should worship,
did not change.  But, what some call dispensations have to do with how
man understood God.

So when I read the Bible, I see the evolution of our theology rather
than dispensations.

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