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Historians and others use the term age to describe a time period that is relevant to their perspective of history and such. Nothing wrong with that. The Bible does the same thing. It uses the word age or time period to describe and divide the time periods relevant to the things it prophesies are going to happen on the earth.
Most Bible readers comprehend that there was an Old Covenant Age and that the Bible Prophesied a New Covenant Age when the Messiah came. What most Bible readers may not know is that Moses under the guidance of God, in writing the history of the world in the book of Genesis; prophesied the rejection of the Old Covenant and his authorship and acceptance of the New Covenant over and over again in that book. This is of course verified in his other books and in the prophets plus the New Testament. You can see these prophecies, written in the lives of the people of the book of Genesis here if interested. Bible Symbolism in Genesis
Nothing that allot of people don't know something about but what is surprising and what most don't know about is the is the depth Genesis goes into this.
So there we have two ages that are accepted by most Bible reading Christians. The Old Covenant Age and the New Covenant Age. That is about where the vast majority of Christians stop or even know the other ages the Bible prophesies about in great detail; much less accept. Instead they create their own ages to describe their own views all the while missing the view of the scripture itself on the division of time periods called ages. This problem becomes greatly exasperated when prophecies are not only misunderstood but placed where they do not belong in the historical, present or future world.
In the middle of the Old Covenant Age another age begins and is extensively prophesied about. It is called the Age of the Gentiles. The Old Covenant age ends and the New Covenant Age begins in the middle of the Age of the Gentiles. At the end of the Age of the Gentiles the age of the prophesied, (invisible) Government of God begins. I like to call this age the "Great Gospel Age." You'll see why later.
The Age of the Gentiles begins with Nebuchadnezzar conquering Jerusalem then shortly after razing it to the ground. From this point on, in that age, all of Gods saints, both Old and New Testament, will be ruled over by four gentile empires. During most of this time period the truth will violently be suppressed. The First prophecy about this is in Daniel Chapter 2. In this prophecy it is very clear that there will be four empires and during the fourth through the messiah they will be destroyed and the age of the prophesied Government of God will begin. This prophecy provides a big picture into the future. All the other prophecy from this point on will give greater details of this original prophecy along with other details about when the messiah is to come and when the First Covenant Age will end.
Most Bible readers comprehend that there was an Old Covenant Age and that the Bible Prophesied a New Covenant Age when the Messiah came. What most Bible readers may not know is that Moses under the guidance of God, in writing the history of the world in the book of Genesis; prophesied the rejection of the Old Covenant and his authorship and acceptance of the New Covenant over and over again in that book. This is of course verified in his other books and in the prophets plus the New Testament. You can see these prophecies, written in the lives of the people of the book of Genesis here if interested. Bible Symbolism in Genesis
Nothing that allot of people don't know something about but what is surprising and what most don't know about is the is the depth Genesis goes into this.
So there we have two ages that are accepted by most Bible reading Christians. The Old Covenant Age and the New Covenant Age. That is about where the vast majority of Christians stop or even know the other ages the Bible prophesies about in great detail; much less accept. Instead they create their own ages to describe their own views all the while missing the view of the scripture itself on the division of time periods called ages. This problem becomes greatly exasperated when prophecies are not only misunderstood but placed where they do not belong in the historical, present or future world.
In the middle of the Old Covenant Age another age begins and is extensively prophesied about. It is called the Age of the Gentiles. The Old Covenant age ends and the New Covenant Age begins in the middle of the Age of the Gentiles. At the end of the Age of the Gentiles the age of the prophesied, (invisible) Government of God begins. I like to call this age the "Great Gospel Age." You'll see why later.
The Age of the Gentiles begins with Nebuchadnezzar conquering Jerusalem then shortly after razing it to the ground. From this point on, in that age, all of Gods saints, both Old and New Testament, will be ruled over by four gentile empires. During most of this time period the truth will violently be suppressed. The First prophecy about this is in Daniel Chapter 2. In this prophecy it is very clear that there will be four empires and during the fourth through the messiah they will be destroyed and the age of the prophesied Government of God will begin. This prophecy provides a big picture into the future. All the other prophecy from this point on will give greater details of this original prophecy along with other details about when the messiah is to come and when the First Covenant Age will end.