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TWO-AGE ESCHATOLOGY

Concepts from The Pauline Eschatology, by Geerhardus Vos

“For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
A The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” - 1 Cor. 15:25-26
THE DAY OF
THE AGE TO COME (ETERNAL) THE LORD
CHURCH TRIUMPHANT ( IN HEAVEN )
N THE NEW HEAVENS
O
and NEW EARTH

I
CT
RE
THE LAST DAYS
UR

INC THE ALREADY THE NOT YET

SECOND ADVENT
AR (Acts 2:17,
RES

NA

the parousia
Hebrews 1:2)
TI tension between realms
O
N

CHURCH MILITANT ( ON EARTH )


CREATION FIRST ADVENT

THIS CURRENT AGE ( TEMPORAL )

CREATION THE MESSIAH COMES

THIS CURRENT AGE THE AGE TO COME


With progressive revelation, the coming of Christ is now understood as two advents A , not as one, as the saints of the OT saw B .
There are two ages in human history: this current age and the age to come. This current age is temporal. The age to come is eternal.
There is an overlap of the two ages between the two comings. While we live in this current age, we also belong to the age to come.
There is a tension and even conflict between these two realms. This tension continues from the first coming until the second.
design by R. Lira
It is the first coming of Christ that is definitive and conclusive, not the second. Hence, our hope is sure and certain, even though it is not seen. rev. 12/26/11

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