The end of the age
The end of the age/in the last daysActs 2:17 It will be in the
last (*) days, says God,That I will pour out my Spirit on all
flesh.Your sons and your daughters will prophesy.Your young men
will see visions.Your old men will dream dreams. 18 Yes, and on my
servants and on my handmaidens in those days,I will pour out my
Spirit, and they will prophesy. Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up
with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, You
men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known
to you, and listen to my words. 15 For these arent drunken, as you
suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the daya. 16 But this
is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:*2078. ;Acts 2:13
Others, mocking, said, They are filled with new wine. Heb. 1:1 God,
after He aspoke long ago to the fathers in bthe prophets in many
portions and cin many ways, 2 1ain these last(*) days bhas spoken
to us in cHis Son, whom He appointed dheir of all things, ethrough
whom also He made the 2fworld. *2078.
Escatos
Clinging close, to be in the last gasp, at the point of
death
For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come,
says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah;
In that he says, A new covenant, he has made the first old. But
that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing
away. (Hebrews 8:8, 13 WEB)
Heb. 1:8 But of the Son He says,
aTHY THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,AND THE RIGHTEOUS
SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF 1HIS KINGDOM. Gen 49:10 The scepter will
not depart from Judah,Nor the rulers staff from between his
feet,Until he comes to whom it belongs.To him will the obedience of
the peoples be. 11 Binding his foal to the vine,His donkeys colt to
the choice vine;He has washed his garments in wine,His robes in the
blood of grapes: Psalm 45 6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever.A
scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. 7 You have loved
righteousness, and hated wickedness.Therefore God, your God, has
anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. But now
once at the end(**) of the ages, he has been revealed to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9:26 WEB)Heb 9: 26
Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since athe
foundation of the world; but now bonce at cthe consummation(**) of
the ages He has been dmanifested to put away sin 1eby the sacrifice
of Himself. (NASB)** 4930. ; sunteleia, sunteleias, he (sunteles),
completion, consummation, endTo end completely; bring to an end,
finish, completeJohn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar, he said, It is finished (**). He bowed his head, and gave
up his spirit. **5055. ; teleo, telo; 1 aorist etelesa (cf. Winers
Grammar, sec. 13, 3 c.); perfect teteleka (2 Tim. 4:7); passive,
present 3 person singular teleitai (2 Cor. 12:9 L T Tr WH); perfect
tetelesmai; 1 aorist etelesthen; 1 future telesthesomai; (telos);
from Homer down;
1. to bring to a close, to finish, to end:1 Peter 1
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood
of Christ; 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the
world, but was revealed at the end of times (**) for your sake,
(**) 2078.
Escatos
Clinging close, to be in the last gasp, at the point of
death
Rev. 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making
all things new. New WineNew CovenantNew CreationNew JerusalemNew
High PriestTherefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become
new. But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself
through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of
reconciliation; namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the
world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and
having committed to us the word of reconciliation. We are therefore
ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by
us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For him
who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17-21
WEB)New WineIsaiah 658 Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found
in the cluster, and one says, Dont destroy it, for a blessing is in
it: so will I do for my servants sake, that I may not destroy them
all. 9 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my
servants shall dwell there. Matt. 9:17 Neither do people put new
wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the
wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into
fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.New Creation2Cor. 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old
things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
(Revelation same phrase all things have become new)
Gal. 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything,
nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 1Cor. 15:45 So also it is
written, The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. Rev 213And I heard a loud voice from
the throne saying, Look! Gods dwelling place is now among the
people, and he will dwell with them.They will be his people, and
God himself will be with them and be their God.4He will wipe every
tear from their eyes.There will be no more death[b]or mourning or
crying or pain,for the old order of things has passed away.Rev 216
He said to me, It is done (**)! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty
from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes, I will
give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my
son.**1096. ; ginomai. to become equivalent to to come to pass,
happen, of events;Rev. 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, Behold,
I am making all things new. He said, Write, for these words of God
are faithful and true.Olam Ha Ba (the world to come) and the
Messianic Age One version of Olam Ha Ba does not describe it as a
postmortem realm but as the end of time. It is not life after death
but life after theMessiahcomes, when the righteous dead will be
resurrected to live a second life.
(**We have been resurrected with Christ)
Belief in the eventual resurrection of the dead is a fundamental
belief of traditional Judaism. It was a belief that distinguished
thePharisees(intellectual ancestors ofRabbinical Judaism) from
theSadducees. The Sadducees rejected the concept, because it is not
explicitly mentioned in theTorah. The Pharisees found the concept
implied in certain verses. Belief in resurrection of the dead is
one ofRambam's13 Principles of Faith. The second blessing of
theShemoneh Esrei prayer, which is recited three times daily,
contains several references to resurrection. (Note:
theReformmovement, which apparently rejects this belief, has
rewritten the second blessing accordingly). The resurrection of the
dead will occur in themessianic age, a time referred to in Hebrew
as the Olam Ha-Ba, the World to Come, but that term is also used to
refer to the spiritual afterlife. When themessiahcomes to initiate
the perfect world of peace and prosperity, the righteous dead will
be brought back to life and given the opportunity to experience the
perfected world that their righteousness helped to create. The
wicked dead will not be resurrected.
The Talmud states that with the future redemption, all non-Jews
will return to G-d with complete Teshuva, as the verse states: "It
will transform all nations to a pure language, that all of them
will call in the name of G-d and worship Him of one accord."
(Tzefaniah 3:9) Rashi comments: "It is understood that there will
be no difference among (G-d's) servants. Israel and the nations
will all serve G-d in the same manner, with all the
mitzvot."However, Maimonides disagrees with this view. Although he
writes that "all non-Jews will return and do Teshuva," he does not
interpret this to mean that they will convert to Judaism. The
non-Jews will all commit to fulfilling the seven Noachide laws that
were commanded to all of mankind.Maimonides writes thus: "They...
will all return to the true faith. They will not steal or destroy,
but will only eat permissible food, in repose alongside the Jewish
nation.**
**Peter permissable food from HeavenYour dead shall be revived,
my corpses shall arise; awaken and sing you who dwell in the dust,
for a dew of lights is your dew (Isaiah 26:19)Matt. 27:50 Jesus
cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51
Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs
were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep
were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection,
they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. (First
fruits, first death, second death)Col 2:2 having been buried with
him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through
faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 You
were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all
our trespasses, 14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which
was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to
the cross; 15 having stripped the principalities and the powers, he
made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. John 6:39
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given
to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last
day (escatos). 40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that
everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day (escatos).[Jesus
raised up on the last day]John 6:54 He who eats my flesh and drinks
my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day
(escatos).Ephesians 24 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great
love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with
him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to
come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus;
[Ages to Come]There is a tradition thatElijah the Prophetwill
come to the world and announce the imminent arrival of Moshiach
(Messiah)
Mal. 4:4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded
to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and
terrible day of Yahweh comes.
John the baptist is Elijah
Matthew 11
12From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of
Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.13For all
the prophets and the law prophesied until John.14If you are willing
to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.15He who has ears to
hear, let him hear.[The great and terrible day of the Lord]Is. 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed
me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the
year of Yahwehs favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all who mourn; 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to
give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may
be glorified. 4 They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise
up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities,
the desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers shall stand and
feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your
vine-dressers. 6 But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men
shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth
of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves. 7
Instead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of
dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their
land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them. 8
For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I
will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their seed shall be known among
the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see
them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh
has blessed. Messianic InheritanceIs. 54:9 For 1this is like the
days of Noah to Me;When I swore that the waters of NoahShould anot
2flood the earth again,So I have sworn that I will bnot be angry
with you,Nor will I rebuke you. 10 For the amountains may be
removed and the hills may shake,But My lovingkindness will not be
removed from you,And My bcovenant of peace will not be shaken,Luke
1726 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in
the days of the Son of Man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married,
they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into
the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28
