Subject: Seven Church "ages"? Is it scriptural? |
Bible Note: John While I agree with you to a great extent I thinkk there remains some merit when viewed as effecting the whole church. In 30-100AD the WHOLE church was exposed to this. Today there are areas that such conditions don't face the church although I will say they are very few and very far between. Also the time period of 100AD to 314AD effected the whole church not just in certain areas like today. We certainly can't say we face persecution although some Christians who would like to think it is religious persecution not their obnoxious personalies that get them into trouble. Once again as far as today's church it almost universally enjoys a life with little care. Again there is no denying there are situations where the church struggles but life in general is a struggle in most of those places also. So what is taking place to the church not an exception casued by their belief but rather the rule caused by political and economic existing situations. As for the Phildelphia era your right the USA was very much involved, but so was a good part of Europe, South America, Australia, and even some areas of Asia. While your right this teaching has no real Biblical basis the idea has the same basis as the Preterist, Futurist, or Spiritualist views of Revelation. These four ideas are compared in an excellent work tittled "Revelation Four Views" Edited by Steve Gregg and published by Nelson EdB |