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[aions] and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints"
• Young's Literal Translation: "The secret that hath been hid from the AGES [aions] and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints"
Why did none of the translation use "forever"? It was obvious to them that God had kept this mystery hidden for ages but not for eternities.
An aion (age) HAS A BEGINNING [1 Corinthians 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:9, Hebrews 1:2].
An aion (age) HAS AN END [Matthew 24:3, 1 Corinthians 10:11, Hebrews 9:20]. Forever and eternality, as they are used today, have no beginning and no end.
"WORLD" [Greek-aion] in the King James Version
It had to be obvious to the translators that there are more than one aion, but they hid this from their reader by translating it "this world" and "the world to come." A PERIOD OF TIME (An Age) IS CHANGED TO A PLACE (World). “Age, indefinite time, dispensation” Robert Young, “Young’s Analytical Concordance To The Bible,” page 1073.
[1] Matthew 12:32 "Neither in this WORLD* (aion-age) nor in that which is to come." "Either in this age, or the age that is to come" New King James Version, New American Standard Version. Not "neither in this eternity or that eternity which is to come." There are not two forevers, one that now is and one to come.
[2] Matthew 13:22 "Care of this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Care of this forever or eternity"?
[3] Matthew 13:39 "The harvest is the end of the WORLD* (aion-age)." "The end of the forever or the end of eternity"? "The end of the age" New King James Version, New American Standard Version.
[4] Matthew 13:40 "So shall it be at the end of this WORLD (aion-age)." "At the end of this forever or this eternity"? "The end of this age" New King James Version, New American Standard Version.
[5] Matthew 24:3 "At the end of the WORLD* (aion-age)." "At the end of the forever or this eternity"? "The end of the age" New King James Version, New American Standard Version.
[6] Matthew 28:20 "Unto the end of the WORLD*" (aion-age). "The end of eternity"?
[7] Mark 4:19 "The cares of this WORLD (aion-age)." "Cares of this forever or this eternity"?
[8] Mark 10:30 "In the WORLD* (aion-age) to come." "In the forever to come"?
[9] Luke 1:70 "Since the WORLD (aion-age) began." "Since the forever began"?
[10] Luke 16:8 "Children of this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Children of this forever"?
[11] Luke 18:30 "In the WORLD* (aion-age) to come." "In the forever to come"?
[12] Luke 20:34 "Children of this WORLD* (aion-age) marry." "Children of this eternity"?
[13] Luke 20:35 "Worthy to obtain that WORLD* (aion-age)." "That eternity"?
[14] John 9:32 "Since the WORLD (aion-age) begin." "Since forever begin"? “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” [Genesis 1:1]. Beginning of what? The beginning of time. Although it seems there may be ages after the earth [Luke 18:30; Mark 10:30] and may have been ages before the earth, this is an age that had a beginning and is not the beginning of the world.
[15] Acts 3:21 "Since the WORLD (aion-age) begin." "Since eternity begin"?
[16] Acts 15:18 "From the beginning of the WORLD (aion age)." "From the beginning of the forever"?
[17] Romans 12:2 "From the beginning of the WORLD (aion-age). "From the beginning of the eternity"?
[18] 1 Corinthians 1:20 "Where is the disputer of this WORLD*" (aion-age)." "Disputer of this eternity"?
[19] 1 Corinthians 2:6 "Not of the wisdom of this WORLD*, (aion-age) nor of the princes of this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Wisdom of this forever ... princes of this eternity"?
[20] 1 Corinthians 2:7 "Which God ordained before the WORLDS" (aions-ages, plural in the Greek, singular in the King James, plural in most translations). Ordained before the eternities? God’s wisdom, which had been hidden but has now been made known, was foreordained before the ages, not before the worlds plural or before eternities plural. “In hope of eternal life, which God…promised before the ages (aionios-ages)” [Titus 1:2]. “Promised before the world began” (King James) or promised “before times eternal” American Standard makes no sense, promised to whom before the world began or before times eternal? If eternality has no beginning or ending when was before eternality?
• “Before the ages (aions-ages)” New American Standard and Revised Standard Version.
[21] 1 Corinthians 2:8 "None of the princes of this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Princes of this eternity"?
[22] 1 Corinthians 3:18 "Seems to be wise in this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Wise in this eternity"?
[23] 1 Corinthians 8:13 "While the WORLD (aion-age) stands." "While the forever stands"?
[24] 1 Corinthians 10:11 "The ends of the WORLD* (aions-ages)." "The ends of the eternities"? "Upon whom the ends of the ages are come" American Standard Version.
[25] 2 Corinthians 4:4 "The God of this WORLD (aion-age)." "The God of this eternity"?
[26] Galatians 1:4 "From this present evil WORLD* (aion-age)." "Present evil forever"? Is this present evil world to last for an age or to last for an eternity?
[27] Ephesians 1:21 "Not only in this WORLD (aion-age)." "Not only in this eternity but also in another eternity"?
[28] Ephesians 2:2 "According to the course of this WORLD (aion-age)." "Course of this forever"?
[29] Ephesians 3:9 "The beginning of the WORLD* (aion-age)." "The beginning of the eternity." Young's Literal Translation, "And to cause all to see what is the fellowship of the secret that has been hid FROM THE AGES in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ, that there might be made known now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, according to A PURPOSE OF THE AGES, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord."
[30] Ephesians 3:21 “WORLD (aion) without end.” The footnote in the New American Standard says, “To all generations of the age of the ages.”
[31] Ephesians 6:12 "Of the darkness of this WORLD (aion age)." "Of the darkness of this eternity"?
[32] 1 Timothy 6:17 "That are rich in this WORLD* (aion-age)." "Rich in this eternity"?
[33] 2 Timothy 4:10 "Having loved this present WORLD (aion-age)." "Loved this present forever"?
[34] Titus 2:12 "Godly, in this present WORLD* (aion-age)." "In this present eternity"?
[35] Hebrews 1:2 "By whom also he made the WORLD (aions-ages)."
[36] Hebrews 6:5 "Powers of the WORLD* (aion-age) to come." "Powers of the forever to come"? Will there be another world?
[37] Hebrews 9:26 "Now once in the end of the WORLD (aion-age)." In the end of forever which was more than 1900 years ago? It was in the end of the age of the Law or Jewish age, which lasted from the giving of the law by Moses to the death of Christ, not the end of the world. The sacrifice of Christ was in the end of the age of the Law given through Moses not in the end of the world.
[38] Hebrews 11:3 "The WORLDS (aions-ages) were framed." God made the ages. Did the King James translators think there is more than one earth? “By faith we understand that the ages (aions-ages)." were prepared by the word of God” New American Standard footnote. Plural ages were prepared by the word of God, periods of time, not plural places or worlds.
Aionios, the adjective form of aion is translated world three times.
[39] Romans 16:25-26 “Kept secret since the WORLD* (aionios-age) began, but now is made manifest…is made known.” Was not kept secret for all eternality, as eternality is understood today.
• “For long ages past” New American Standard and New International Version.
• “For long ages” New Revised Standard Version.
[40] 2 Timothy 1:9 “Which was given us in Christ Jesus before the WORLD* (aionios-age) began.
• “Before times eternal” American Standard Version, footnote “long ages ago.” What times does anyone think was before eternality began?
• “From all eternity” New American Standard.
• “Before the ages (aionios-age) began” New Revised Standard Version.
• “Before the beginning of time” New International Version.
o The promise of salvation was first given in Genesis 3:15 at the beginning of the first age on earth, the Patriarchal age, which was from Adam to Moses, before the Christian age begin age that Paul was in.
[41] Titus 1:2 “Which God, that cannot lie, promised before the WORLD* (aionios-age) began.” Given or promised to whom before the world began, to whom before everlasting or eternality began? If eternality had no beginning and will have no ending, how could there be a “before eternality began?” “Before the age began” not before the world or the ages began, by “the age” Paul is probably speaking of before the age Christian we are now in began; Christ lived and give us the promise of the resurrection to life before the Christian age began.
• *Translated "age(s)" in the New Revised Standard Version.
In the above there are past age(s), the present age, and age(s) to come. There are not worlds past, present, and future. We speak of "the Stone Age," "the Iron Age." etc. Age (aion), century and year are all periods of time. The world is a place. HOW DID THE TRANSLATORS GET A PLACE FROM A WORD THAT MEANS A PERIOD OF TIME? HOW DID THEY GET "WORLD" FROM "AION"? The King James Version has “world without end” and “in the end of the world” [Ephesians 3:21; Hebrews 9:26]. Eternity has no beginning; therefore, they could not translate it forever so they change a word that means a period of time that has a beginning and an end to a place. Most translations used "age(s)." If aion means forever, what did the translators do when they came to Matthew 24:3? Did they translate it "the end of forever"? No, they could not have an end to eternity; therefore, they change aion to "world." In the Greek "world" is from "kosmos" not "aion." Were they not being less than truthful with their readers? Just as truthful as they were in the Old Testament where "olam" is translated "world" in Psalms 73:12. Despite the fact that they have translated "olam" into "everlasting" repeatedly, they could not have the ungodly prosper for "forever." An aion (age) in Matthew 24:3 is not a place, not a world.
PLURAL is changed to SINGULAR. When the King James translators translated aions into "worlds" [Hebrews 1:2; see Ephesians 2:7; Colossians 1:26] they left it in the plural, but when they translated it "forever and ever" they changed it to the singular. They could have plural worlds, but they could not have a plurality of forever or more than one eternality. Their Hell must last forever (singular), not forevers (plural), and not just UNTO the age of ages.
HOW DO THEY KNOW "HELL" IS EVERLASTING? NOT ONE OF THE FOUR WORDS TRANSLATED "HELL" IN THE KING JAMES VERSION IS USED WITH AION. NOT ONE OF FOUR WORDS (sheol, hades, Gehenna, Tartarus) IS SAID TO BE EVERLASTING OR AGE LASTING.
Aion is used of past ages, the present age, future ages, and in the plural about two thirds of its occurrences in the Bible. Therefore, there MUST be more than one age. It follows that eternity is not an acceptable meaning of this Greek word. There cannot be past eternities, a present eternity, and future eternities, neither can there be plural eternities. An aion (age) is a long period of time that has a beginning and an ending, but it is not eternity which has no beginning or ending. There are more than one aions, but there can be