INTRODUCTION: TWO AGES IN SCRIPTURE
• Matthew 12:32 - "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come."
• Matthew 13:39-40 - "The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age."
• Matthew 24:3 - "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

THIS AGE - THE OLD COVENANT AGE
• Luke 20:34 - "The sons of this age marry and the women are given in marriage."
• 1 Corinthians 2:6 - "We do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away."
• Galatians 1:4 - "Who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father."

THE AGE TO COME - THE NEW COVENANT AGE
• Luke 20:35-36 - "Those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."
• Ephesians 1:21 - "Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come."
• Hebrews 6:5 - "And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come."

THE TRANSITION OF THE AGES
• Hebrews 9:26 - "Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
• 1 Corinthians 10:11 - "Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come."
• Hebrews 8:13 - "When He said, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is about to disappear."

THE END OF THIS AGE - AD 70
• Matthew 13:49 - "So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous."
• Matthew 24:34 - "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place."
• Hebrews 10:37 - "For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay."

THE AGE TO COME FULLY ARRIVES
• Revelation 21:4 - "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
• Revelation 21:6 - "Then He said to me, 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.'"
• Ephesians 3:21 - "To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."

CONCLUSION: WE ARE IN THE AGE TO COME
• The Old Covenant "this age" ended in the destruction of Jerusalem.
• The New Covenant "age to come" is here, without end, in which righteousness dwells.
• 2 Peter 1:11 - "For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you."