Church age ends with the Rapture

Luke Thu May 21, 2009 5:20 pm

Hey guys, check out this chart of the different church ages.

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1. Innocence, or Untested Holiness (Genesis 1-3):
a. God offers man (Adam and Eve) eternal life for obedience (Gen. 1:26-28, 2:15-17).
b. Man rebels, and is expelled from the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:1-6; 3:7-19).

2. Conscience (Genesis 4-6):
a. God offers to govern man through his conscience (Gen. 3:5, 7, 22, 4:4).
b. Man sears his conscience, and God brings the universal flood (Gen. 6:5, 6, 11, 12; 6:7, 13, 7:11-24).

3. Government (Genesis 7-11):
a. God offers to govern man through civil government (Gen. 8:15-9:7).
b. Man corrupts civil government, and God brings the confusion of tongues and scatters man (Gen. 11:1-4; Gen. 11:5-9).

4. Promise (Genesis 12 -- Millennial Kingdom):
a. God promises to bless Abraham and his descendants, and all nations through them (Gen. 12:1-7).
b. Jacob's sons apostatize and God brings them into slavery in Egypt (Gen. 12:10, 46:6; Exodus 1:8-14).

5. Law (Exodus 20 -- Millennial Kingdom):
a. God promises to grant Israel the promises he made to Abraham conditional to their obedience to his Law Exodus 19:3-.
b. Israel apostatizes (broke law, rejected Christ), undergoes exile and dispersion, and is finally purified through the Great Tribulation (2 Kings 17:7-20, Matt. 27:1-25; Deut. 28:63-66, Luke 21:20-24).

6. Grace or The Church Age (Paul's Ministry -- Rapture):
a. God temporarily suspends working through Israel as his chosen nation and offers to work through all believers in Jesus, both Jews and Gentiles together in one "body" as "joint heirs." This "mystery" dispensation was not revealed by God until after Israel rejected her Messiah; He then raised up the apostle Paul to reveal this plan heretofore "hidden" (Rom. 16:25, 26; Eph. 1:9+10; 3:3-9; 5:32; Col. 1:25-27).
b. The visible church apostatizes and is judged in the Great Tribulation; the wheat (true believers) and the tares (professing Christians) are separated (John 5:39, 40, 2 Tim. 3:1-7; Matt. 24:21, Rev. 6:15-17).

7. Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20):
a. God fulfills all of his promises to national Israel after the Second Coming of Jesus (Isa. 11:3-5, Zech. 14:9, 16).
b. Satan ignites a rebellion against Jesus, which God terminates and then judges all men at the Great White Throne (Rev. 20:7-9; 20:11-15)

http://home.flash.net/~saints/agesplan.htm

Right now we are at the end of the church age #6 on the chart. The rapture is soon to happen, then the 7 year tribulation followed by 1000 years of peace under the ruling of Jesus. After that 1000 year period, God will create a new heaven and a new earth Smile