Dispensation Of Innocence

Ante-diluvian Age - Genesis 1:3-8:14

From the Re-Creation to the Fall - Genesis 2:15-3:21

1. Name - Innocence - Gen. 2:8-15, 2:25, 3:7.

2. Length Of Time - 6 days? - Gen. 2:21-25, 3:22-24, 4:1.

3. Favorable Beginning - Restored earth - Gen. 1:26-31, 2:8-25, Psa. 8:1-9.

4. Test - Not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good  and evil - Gen. 2:15-17.

5. Purpose Of God - To test man’s obedience in a  state of innocence - Gen. 2:15-17, 22:12; Deu. 8:2-16, Jer. 19:5, 32:35.

6. Means Of God - Restriction and Satan - Gen. 2:15-17, 3:1-6.

7. Failure - The fall - Gen. 3:1-24; Rom. 3:23, 5:12-21.

8. Judgement - The curse - Gen. 3:14-19, 23-24; Isa. 30:26, 35, 65:25; Rom. 16:20, 5:12-21.

9. Provision For Redemption - Promised Redeemer - Gen. 3:15-21, 4:1-7; Mat. 1:21, 26:28, Eph. 1:7.