Dispensation of Grace and Truth

The Dispensation of Grace and Truth commenced after the preaching of John by the advent of Christ. During this economy the gospel is preached to every creature under heaven. The calling out of the Church takes place, extending as a parenthesis from the day of Pentecost to the rapture of the saints. (Acts 2:1-4; 1 Thess. 4:13-18.) Paul had a special "dispensation" committed to him by God, both as to the gospel and to fulfill the Word of God by the doctrine of the Church as the body of Christ. (1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 3:2, 3; Col. 1:25, 26.)