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by Paidion » Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:12 pm
In what way would B and C not be adjacent? I just don't understand, Roberto.
My own view is that John the Baptizer introduced a new age.
“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached..." (Luke 16:16)
So prior to John, was age A, which included the law and the prophets (unless it would be better to make that TWO ages, pre-law and law). When the Kingdom of God appeared (Jesus the King and His disciples, the subjects), the new age of the Kingdom began—Age B. John the Baptizer's message was "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ" (Mark 1:1). That special day of Pentecost did not mark a new age, but a new phase in which the Holy Spirit was given, but still in age B. For even the apostle Paul preached the Kingdom (last verse of Acts). Age C begins with Christ's return and the resurrection of the righteous and ends when the 1000 years is up (yes, I'm a millenialist), and "The kingdoms of this world will have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He shall reign for ages and ages!" (Rev. 11:15). Then begins age D. During this age God and perhaps His saints will work with the lost until all are reconciled to God. Then Jesus the Messiah will turn the Kingdom over to God that God might be all in all! (1 Cor. 15:28).
Whether D is the final age or whether the ages continue to roll forever, I don't know, but I'm inclined toward ages continuing forever.
Paidion
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