Sometimes God changes the way that He relates to and deals with mankind. A biblical administration is a godly designed period of time in the past, present, or future in which God changes the way He deals with mankind. Without a knowledge and understanding of administrations you cannot rightly divide the Word of God. Next we looked at some examples concerning administrations. We looked at old testament rules and regulations concerning dietary rules and the sabbath and compared them with new testament commands that are the opposite. Nobody is to judge us today in these matters. Churches that are sabbath day observers don't understand this distinction. Then we looked at eight distinctive administrations and explored them. Understanding administrations removes the guesswork and many apparent contradictions within scriptures.