The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
Genesis Chapter 8
seventh month
That is, October.
Ararat
Literally, holy ground, answering to the "heavenly" of (Eph 2:4-6) for the Church, and to the "new heavens and new earth" for Israel. (Isa 65:17-19); (Isa 66:22); (Rev 21:1).
tenth month
That is, January.
raven
The raven and the dove have been thought to stand for the believer's two natures: the "old man" satisfied with a world under judgment; the "new man" finding satisfaction only in the things of the new creation.
dove
The raven and the dove have been thought to stand for the believer's two natures: the "old man" satisfied with a world under judgment; the "new man" finding satisfaction only in the things of the new creation.
first month
That is, April.
second month
That is, May.
the Lord said in heart
The Third Dispensation: Human Government. Under Conscience, as in Innocency, man utterly failed, and the judgment of the Flood marks the end of the second dispensation and the beginning of the third. The declaration of the Noahic Covenant subjects humanity to a new test. Its distinctive feature is the institution, for the first time, of human government -- the government of man by man. The highest function of government is the judicial taking of life. All other governmental powers are implied in that. It follows that the third dispensation is distinctively that of human government. Man is responsible to govern the world for God. That responsibility rested upon the whole race, Jew and Gentile, until the failure of Israel under the Palestinian Covenant (Deuteronomy 28 - (Deu 30:1-10)) brought the judgment of the Captivities, when "the times of the Gentiles" (See); (Luk 21:24); (Rev 16:14) began, and the government of the world passed exclusively into Gentile hands; (Dan 2:36-45); (Luk 21:24); (Act 15:14-17). That both Israel and the Gentiles have governed for self, not God, is sadly apparent. The judgment of the confusion of tongues ended the racial testing; that of the captivities the Jewish; while the Gentile testing will end in the smiting of the Image (Da 2.) and the judgment of the nations (Mat 25:31-46).
See, for the other six dispensations:
INNOCENCE
(See Scofield) - (Gen 1:28)
CONSCIENCE
(See Scofield) - (Gen 3:23)
PROMISE
(See Scofield) - (Gen 12:1)
LAW
(See Scofield) - (Exo 19:8)
GRACE
(See Scofield) - (Joh 1:17)
KINGDOM
(See Scofield) - (Eph 1:10).