Are we living in the last days?

Are we living in the last days?

Yes, depending on the definition. The Bible spoke about "last days" (plural) with multiple meanings:

KJV, Gen 49:

1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

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בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

Strong's Hebrew: 319. אַחֲרִית (acharith) — 61 Occurrences

ESV:

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

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H319 days could mean "later days."

Joel prophesied the Day of the LORD in 2:

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

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In those future later days with respect to Joel.

30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

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The first part of Joel's prophecy was fulfilled in the Pentecost. Peter called it "last days" in Act 2:

17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

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2Pe 3:

3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts.

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The second part of Joel's prophecy is yet to come in the future last days.

Are we living in the last days?

Yes, relative to Joel's days, Peter was living in the H319-last days. Relative to our present days, there will be more H319-last days coming. It is all relative.

Are we living on the last day?

No, not yet.

awstar said:

Yes we are. We're living on the last day relative to the future according to Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

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See I will raise him up on the LAST DAY and follow up there