Let's Describe Ages and World, This Age, That Age, The Jewish Age, The Old Convent age, New covenant Age, The End of the Age, The End of the World. The Last days or End Times.
There are three Age's describe in the bible. The Patriarchal Age, The Mosaic Age and The Christian Age. All of the Age's represent time. For more about Time Periods of Bible History
The Patriarchal Age
FROM CREATION TO MOSES - 4004 B.C. TO 1500 B.C.)
The Mosaic Age
MOSES TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM 1500 B.C. TO 70
A.D.
The Christian Age
70 A.D. TO HAS NO END
Many Believe Jesus and His apostles lived in the
last days or some call it end times. The last days are not about the end of the
world, the earth. It's about the end of the age, the Old Covenant Age. Let's
look at a few passages:
Acts 2:14-20; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Hebrews 1:2; 9:26 1 Peter 1:20; 1 Peter 4:7;
1 John 2:18
Matthew 10:23 Matthew 16:27-28 Matthew 26:64 Luke 21:22 and 32 Luke 21:36
Revelation 1:1-3 and 22:6, 12, 20
We cannot be living in the end of times, or the last days. It may be a shock to some but scripture proves that the last days were the fulfillment of the old covenant. Most people believe the last days or the end of times is the end of the world.
Luke 21:22,32,36 Now I want to remind you these are Jesus' words Saying all prophecy would be fulfilled in their life time. And all the things He just said were about to happen. They are not future events! Jesus tells the disciples how to avoid it by fleeing to the mountain.
As you can see, the end came in the first century. When The Jewish Age, the old covenant Age came to an end, so did the age of Jesus' generation. That's when the world came to an end. (World means Age) The Greek word for world is aion and aion is described as age.
If Jesus wanted us to know the world was coming to an end he would have used the Greek word kosmo. The KJV is the only version that has not corrected this mistake. Other translation have made the correction.
In Luke 21:20-22, 32, 36 Jesus tells us desolation is near. Jesus tells us this is the time of punishment (judgment) Jesus was telling them they were in the days of Vengeance and we are told all things written will be fulfilled Jesus is talking about the Destruction of Jerusalem, where everything in the bible has been fulfilled See also Matt. 24:15-21; Mark 13:14-19
The text "end of the age" is not the end of the earth. They are about the end of the Old Covenant Age. Luke 21:20-24 The Old Covenant Age ended in AD 70 when the temple was destroyed.
Let's look at 1 Peter 1:19-20; 4:7; 4:17
1 Peter 1:19-20 - in these last times
1 Peter 4:7 the end of all things
1 Peter 4:17 will be the end
The only age predicted to come to an end in the entire bible was the old covenant age of Israel. It would be when Israel's covenant power, torah was destroyed. Daniel 12 predicted the end of the age.
The Christian Age has no end Ephesians 3:20-21
The Church will never be destroyed Daniel 7:13
The Gospel will never pass away. Matthew 24:35
Daniel 12:3-4 (time of the end) - Matthew 13:39-40 (end of this age)
Daniel 12 (Time of the end) 1 Corinthians 15 (Then comes the end)
The disciples understood what age they were in. why can't we?! They understood that many would die in the last day by the sword. A literal sword. This is not Jesus. Luke 21:24 If this was not true and was to take place in the 21st century, are you telling me we're going to have a sword fight?! We don't fight with swords we fight with war planes rockets and bombs! How naive can we be?! They knew this was something they were going to experience, not some future generation. The New Testament writers tell us the end time events would happen in their lifetime.
Some call it the end of the world. The First Century called "This Age" (The old Covenant) And after Pentecost, it became the "That Age or "New Age" (The New Covenant). Today we know it as the Christian Age. The readers in the First Century were quite aware they were living in the end times or the end of the age.
John knew the old world was passing away (Old Covenant) and the new world would be better and replace it. (New Covenant) 1 John 2:17, 18
Hebrews 8:13 is about the change from Old Covenant to the New Covenant. See also Hebrews 1:1-2, 9:26
So what makes people think were at the end of the world? Let's look at Matthew 13:39, 40, 49; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 28:20
Daniel 12:7 is evidence that He is not talking
about the end of the world, he is talking about the end of the Old Covenant.
Jesus referenced Daniel 12 and quoted "the abomination of desolation," which
clearly ties this with the destruction of Jerusalem.
This was the New Covenant Age, the Old Covenant Age was finally swept away in AD
70. There was a period of about 40 years in which the two systems existed
side-by-side.
In Daniel 12:4,9 uses the same phrase "time of the end"
There are several passages of the "last days," or "last times" or "last hour" or "the end" in the New Testament by Jesus and the apostles. everyone of the verses cannot be placed outside of the first century.
The Apostle Paul taught that all of the people in his generation were living at
the "end of the age" 1 Corinthians 10:11 Paul told Timothy to avoid certain
people in the last days. If the last days were generations to come, Timothy
would have to be alive today.
1 Timothy 4:1, 6:14; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Acts 2:14-17; Acts 3:24; 1 Peter 4:7, 17;
Luke 21:28; Romans 13:11; 1 Peter 1:3-5, 20; Hebrews 1:1-2, 9:26; Hebrews 8:13
Another two that sound the same are Daniel 12:3 and Matthew 13:40-43 again speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem. Daniel 12:4, 8 tell us this time is "the time of the end."
John 6:39-40, John 6:44, John 6:4, John 6:54
Jesus tells us the resurrection will take place at "the last day"
Let's review this, When is the last day? The last day is the resurrection. As
mentioned in other studies, To the Jews, time was divided into two great
periods, the Mosaic Age (old covenant) and the Messianic Age. (New covenant) The
Messiah was viewed as one who would bring in a new world. The period of the
Messiah was, therefore, correctly characterized by the Synagogue as "the world
to come." All through the New Testament, we see two ages in contrast: "This age"
and (Taht Age" or the "age to come." (old covenant and new covenant)
1 Peter 1:20 He indeed was foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you
Jesus came during the last days of the age that was the Old Covenant age, the
Jewish age. That age came to an end with the destruction of the temple in AD 70.
Jesus was speaking in the last days. What last days? The last days of the Bible's "this age", the Old Covenant age.
When was it that Jesus appeared? He was born, not at the beginning, but at the end of the ages. To suppose that he meant that Jesus' incarnation came near the end of the world, would be to make his statement false. The world has already lasted longer since the incarnation than the whole duration of the Mosaic economy, from the exodus to the destruction of the temple. Jesus was manifest at the end of the Jewish age.
In Jesus' answer to the Sadducees about the woman
who had seven husbands, indicates that the resurrection was to occur at the
changing of the ages:
Luke 20:34-35 And Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age (the
Old Covenant age) marry and are given in marriage. "But those who are counted
worthy (die) to attain that age, (the New Covenant age) and the resurrection
from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
The resurrection was not something that was available to them in "this age" (the
Old Covenant age) but would be available to them in "that age" (the New Covenant
age), implying that the resurrection would occur at the beginning of the New
Covenant age.
So, the resurrection was to happen at the end of the Jewish age, the Old
Covenant age. We know that this happened in AD 70.
The end was never about the end of time but about
the end of the old covenant religious system, temple and community.
Again, the end is the old covenant age not the end of time, time can not end as
long as the universe exist.
Jesus explained what he meant by "by know one knows the day or the hour". The
Thessalonians even thought they missed His return. Paul had to assure them that
they had not missed the end.
Hear Paul reveals that the appearing of Christ is not an actual return...
Instead a leaving of the vessel or death bringing the appearance of Christ..
2 Timothy 4:6 - For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure
is at hand.
2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Christ' return was
spiritual that puts us in His spiritual Kingdom.