We believe that the Scriptures, interpreted in their natural, literal sense, reveal divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to His purpose. Three of these dispensations—law, the church, and the kingdom—are the subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture (Gen. 1:28; 1 Cor. 9:17; 2 Cor. 3:9-18; Gal. 3:13-25; Eph. 1:10; 3:2-10; Col. 1:24-25, 27; Rev. 20:2-6).