
By Dan Maines
Just to make things clear, there are
only three time periods in the Bible, Patriarch Age, Mosaic Age and
Christian Age. Patriarch is in the Bible four times. Patriarchs were
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc. This time period was from
creation until the time of Moses. The Mosaic Age was named for the
prophet Moses and was from the time of Moses until the time of
Jesus. The Christian Age was named in honor of Jesus the Christ. The
word Christ is a word that is used as a title referring to Jesus and
is not a name. The word Christ means "anointed". The
Christian age began in the time of Jesus and will never end. Those
that teach, it will be in effect until the end of the world are
false teachers. And I will show why. First I want to point out that
Patriarch Age, Mosaic Age and Christian Age is not even in the
Bible, there names given by man.
Now that we know what the Christian
age means let's describe Church Age. There both the same thing.
Every person who repents of his or her sin, and turns to Jesus in
faith, becomes part of the church. The church is a group of people
who love and serve God, who have been forgiven of their sins and
granted eternal life. This group seeks to serve, love, glorify, and
honor God out of gratitude for all He has done for them. We
Christians make up the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:27;
Ephesians 4:12; Colossians 1:18, 24) and He is the he Head of the
Church (Ephesians 4:15, 23; Colossians 1:18; 2:19) We are the church
that exists in the ‘church age’ forevermore.
The New Testament writers wrote before
the Mosaic Covenant ended in 70 AD, It's described as the two ages
“this age” (Mosaic) and “the age to come” (Messianic,
Christian, Kingdom of God). After the destruction of the Temple in
AD 70, believers gained the fullness of the Kingdom of God.
The Christian Age has no end (Isaiah
9:7, Daniel 2:44, Luke 1:33, Ephesians 3:20-21, Hebrews 7:17,
Revelation 11:15)
The Church will never be destroyed Daniel
7:13
The Gospel will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35 Revelation
5:13; 14:6)
The world will never End (Genesis 8:21-22, Psalms
72:17 78:69, 89:36-37, 93:1, 96:10, 104:5, 119:90, 148:4-6,
Ecclesiastes 1:4, Isaiah 45:17, Ephesians 3:21)
The New
Covenant is eternal (Hebrews 13:20)
Time will never End.
Let's be clear about the “time of
the end” or “end of the age” or “last days” all, pertains
to the Old Covenant not the Messianic Age (New Covenant or Christian
Age).
The Bible speaks of the “time of the
end” NOT “the end of time.” The NASB incorrectly translates
Daniel 12:4 “end of time” instead of “time of the end”
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