that all things which are written may be fulfilled' (Luke 21:22).

relations between these two passages may be set out thus:

The Acceptable

The Day of

year of

4

21

the Lord

(over 1900 years)

of our God.

at first advent

at 2nd. Advent

The books of the Bible were all originally addressed to some particular

hearer or company, and before we take all that is written in the Scriptures

as truth for ourselves, we should observe several things which in reality

will be but the application of `Right Division'.  If we hold the faith that

is common to evangelical protestants we shall strenuously maintain the great

doctrine of Justification by faith apart from works of the law, and by so

doing we of necessity `divide' the Word of truth, for the law of Moses is

equally as inspired Scripture as is the epistle to the Romans. And so the

principle of right division enables us to say:

`While the Word of God is written for all persons, and for all time,

yet it is true that not every part of it is addressed to all persons or

about all persons in all time' (How to Enjoy the Bible, Dr. E. W.

Hence, we can say that the Scriptures refer to three companies or

classes, `Jew, Gentile and Church of God', or we can say that the Scriptures

relate to three spheres of blessing, `The Earth, The Heavenly Jerusalem and

Far above all'. Yet again, the Scriptures are concerned with The Kingdom of

Israel, The Bride of the Lamb and the Church which is His Body.  Some of the

epistles are specifically addressed to the Dispersion.

`To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting' (Jas. 1:1).

`To the strangers scattered throughout Pontus ... Bithynia' (1 Pet.

To which should be added the epistle to the Hebrews, for Peter, writing to

the Dispersion said, `our beloved brother Paul ... hath written unto you' (2

Pet. 3:15).  The question of the authorship of the epistle to the Hebrews,

together with its distinctive teaching, is discussed in the article entitled

Hebrews2.  This principle of interpretation `right division' observes the

`sundry times' and `divers manners' in which God has spoken, and these

different `times'

are called for convenience `dispensations'.  We will not enlarge upon this

here, as the subject is treated with some degree of fulness in the article

entitled Dispensation1.  The Ages too have their differences, and the article

deals with this aspect of truth.  Dr. Bullinger devotes seventy-five pages of

the book How to Enjoy the Bible to the unfolding of what he has called `the

one great requirement', the reading of which is illuminative.  We give the

subdivision of the theme as set out in the Contents, but can give no

quotations owing to limitation of space.