Bible Question:
What is the biblical foundation for the idea of the 7 churches being also "ages"? John Reformed |
Bible Answer: Dear John, first we must note that God's time is vastly different from ours. In Genesis when it gives account of the six days God created all things and rested on the seventh - what it doesn't make clear is that a day to God is different than our current calendar. According to God's clock a day is a much longer period of time. Note: 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. In eschatology we learn that there are seven periods of time which have been and are to be. The list is as follows: 1. Innocence - Adam to the fall. 2. Conscience - Leaving Eden to Noah's Ark. 3. Human Goverment - Noah to Tower of Babel 4. Promise - Abraham to Mt. Sinai 5. Law - Mt. Sinai to Ressurection of Christ 6. Grace - Day of Pentecost to Rapture of Church 7. Christ - Thousand year reign of Christ on Earth. I'm not sure if there's a correlation to the Churches mentioned in Revelation though. If I find out more info I'll let you know. God Bless! |