There are three periods / dispensations / ages in the Bible

PATRIARCHAL (Genesis 1 - Exodus 20) from Creation to Moses There was no specific day of worship, no specific priesthood, no specific place of worship; there were animal sacrifices and no written law. Law, or rules for living, was spoken to fathers by God (Exodus 6:2-3) who passed it down to their descendants. There was a covenant/promises made (Genesis 12:1-3) of a nation –– Israel, a land ...