There are four civilizations (different from dispensations):
- Antediluvian Civilization: began with Adam and ended with judgment by the flood.
- Post-diluvian Civilization: began with Noah and family after the flood and ends with Second Advent of Christ and Baptism of Fire.
- Millennial Civilization: begins with tribulation saints and terminates with unbelievers being cast into lake of fire.
- Eternal Civilization: begins with all believers in resurrection bodies; new heaven and new earth; divine blessing forever.