Immortality or Resurrection (Updated), William West [black female authors .txt] 📗

the ages" Galatians 1:5.
• The Christian Bible "For the remaining ages of the ages" Galatians 1:5.
• American Standard Version "The consummation of the age" Matthew 28:20 and
in many other passages.
• New American Standard Version "Even to the end of the age" Matthew 28:20
and in many other passages.
• New Revised Standard Version "end of the age" Matthew 28:20 and others.
• New International Version "To the very end of the age" Matthew 28:20.
o Strong's word #165, Aion "An age" Comp 5550 "A space of time"
[1] - [17] The seventeen times "unto the ages of the ages" that are applied to God
or Christ from Young's Literal Translation. In the same way that saying God is the God
of Israel does not mean He is not also the God of the other nations, to say He is now the
God of this age does not mean He was not the God of all the other ages that have been
before, and the God of this age, and will not be the God of all ages that shall come after
this age. He is the God of Abraham, the God of this age; God is the God of the ages, all
the ages, past, present, and future. There are three main ages that covers all the time of
this earth. (1) The Patriarchal Age: From Adam to the giving of the Law, when God
spoke directly to men, mostly to the fathers. (2) The Law Age: From the giving of the
Law to the death of Christ. (3) The Christian or Church Age: From Christ to the end of
the world. These ages are often subdivided into smaller ages; for example, the Law is
often divided into the Judges, the Untied Kingdom, and the Divided Kingdom. How
many ages there might have been before the earth and how many there will be after it
ends we have no way of knowing but the Bible speaks often of "ages to come" after this
Christian Age. “And raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly
places, in Christ Jesus: THAT IN THE AGES (aions) TO COME he might show the
exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” [Ephesians 2:6-7];
after the end of the earth it seems that there may be more ages with God over them, He
will always be the God of the age that is. The concept we have of eternity was is not in
the Old Testament and may not have come about unto after the New Testament; if
there is a word in the Greek that was used in the time of the New Testament with
today’s meaning of eternity it was not aion – age.
[1] Galatians 1:5 "To whom is the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen."
[2] Philippians 4:20 "And to God, even our Father, is the glory to the ages of the ages.
Amen."
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[3] 1 Timothy 1:17 "And to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise
God, is honor and glory to the ages of the ages! Amen."
[4] 2 Timothy 4:18 "And the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me
to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen."
[5] Hebrews 13:21 "Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you
that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory to the
ages of the ages! Amen."
[6] 1 Peter 4: 11 "That in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom
is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages. Amen."
[7] 1 Peter 5:11 "To Him is the glory, and the power to the ages and the ages! Amen."
[8] Revelation 1:6 "To him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen."
[9] Revelation 1:18 "And he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to
the ages of the ages. Amen! And I have the keys of the hades and of the death."
[10] Revelation 4:9 "And when the living creatures do give glory, and honor, and thanks,
to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages."
[11] Revelation 4:10 "Fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting
upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast
their crowns before the throne."
[12] Revelation 5:13 "To Him who is sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, is the
blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the might to the ages of the ages!"
[13] Revelation 5:14 "And the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' and the twenty-four
elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages."
[14] Revelation 7:12 "Saying, 'Amen! The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and
the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the strength, are to our God to the
ages of the ages! Amen!'"
[15] Revelation 10:6 "And did swear in Him who doth live to the ages of the ages, who
did create the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea
and the things in it."
[16] Revelation 11:15 "And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great
voices in the heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of the world did become those of our Lord
and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'"
[17] Revelation 15:7 "And one of the four living creatures did give to the seven
messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the
ages"
These passages may simply be saying, "as long as this creation (age) last, God will be
it’s God." Christ will reign as king and priest in the kingdom unto He has abolished all
rule and authority, unto he has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be
abolished is death [1 Corinthians 15:20-28]. As long as this age lasts, He will reign "unto
the ages of ages." At the end of this creation, Christ "shall deliver up the kingdom to
God...then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto
him, that God may be all in all" [1 Corinthians 15:24-28].
"The word always carries the notion of time, and not of eternity, it always means a period of
time." Marvin R. Vincent, "Word Studies in the New Testament"
Satan knows his end is coming at the end of this age, at the end of this creation, and is
being tormented day and night as long as there is day and night, as long as this age last by
knowing his end is near. "The Lord knows how to...keep the unrighteous under
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punishment unto the Day of Judgment" [2 Peter 2:9] which will be "to the age of the
ages."
Death and the grave will last only "to the age of the ages." After the end of this
creation (age) they will not exist. Saying God is the God of this creation from its
beginning unto it end is not to say He was not God before its beginning and after its end.
He is the God of this age and all other ages. Revelation 7:12 Saying, "Amen, the blessing,
and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and
the strength, [are] to our God to the ages of [the] ages. Amen." Also for all ages that
have been and will come after the end of this creation (age).
I think this is saying that after this world ends that God will not forever be doing
nothing, but that He will forever be doing things that have a beginning and an end as
great as the creation of this earth, and its end. There will forever be things that have a
beginning and an end, forever ages. Just as angels may see this creation, the saved will
maybe see the things God will forever be doing. The lost, the dead will forever miss all
this. O that I may live in such a way that I will live and forever see the great things God
will be forever doing in all the ages to come. We sometimes think of God to small for we
think of Him as only having to do with our world, our creation; and in all eternity before
He made this world we think He did nothing and will do nothing after the end of this
world. As great as that would make Him, it still would make Him small in comparison
with what He is, and makes His power small in comparison with what it is.
"Unto the ages of [the] ages" eiv touv aiwnav twn aiwnwn. The other four of the
twenty-one times.
[18] REVELATION 14:11 "Unto the ages of [the] ages" is applied one time to
worshipers of the beast: "And the smoke of their torment doth go up TO ages of ages;
and they have no rest day and night, who are bowing before the beast and his image, also
if any doth receive the mark of his name." Footnote in the American Standard Version,
"Gr. UNTO the ages of the ages." This smoke goes up UNTO the ages of ages, not
without end IN the ages of ages. See notes above.
[19] REVELATION 19:3 “Unto the ages of [the] ages” is applied one time to the
great harlot: “And a second time they said, ‘Alleluia;’ and the smoke doth come up to
the ages of the ages” See notes above on Revelation 14:11.
[20] REVELATION 20:10 “Unto the ages of [the] ages” is applied one time to
Satan: “And the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day
and night to the ages of [the] ages.” See notes above on Revelation 14:11.
[21] REVELATION 22:5 "Unto the ages of [the] ages" is applied one time to
those who are in the book of life: "And night shall not be there, and they have no need
of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall
reign to [TO or UNTO] the ages of [the] ages." No matter what view you have, this may
be one of the most difficult passages in the Bible.
THE MOST COMMON VIEW: This is speaking of the saints in Heaven after the
judgment. This view puts the reign of the saints in the "ages of Ages" not "unto the ages
of the ages." It makes the reign of the saints start after its end. The King James and other
translations remove this difficulty by mistranslating.
ANOTHER VIEW: Christ is both king and priest unto the church. He is our high
priest [Hebrews 8:1]. "For He must reign, TILL he has put all his enemies under his feet"
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[1 Corinthians 15:25]. When all his enemies are under his feet and the last enemy, death,
has been abolished, then He shall deliver up the kingdom to God and be subjected to Him
[1 Corinthians 15:23-28]. Christ is our high priest. Hebrews 2:17; 3:1; 4:14; 4:15; 5:1;
5:5; 5:10. He is "a priest forever [aion-age] after the order of Melchizedek" [Hebrews
5:6]. "A high priest for ever [aion-age] after the order of Melchizedek" [Hebrews 6:20].
"A priest for ever [aion-age] after the order of Melchizedek" [Hebrews 7:17]. "You are a
priest for ever" [aion-age] [Hebrews 7:21]. Christ is now reigning as our high