Two Ages

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Short Summary
The discourse explores the concept of two distinct ages of redemption in God’s plan: the Gospel Age, beginning with Jesus’ resurrection and involving a heavenly calling for the church, and the Millennial Kingdom, a future earthly age when mankind will be blessed and restored. It highlights various biblical symbols and scriptures—such as Abraham’s wives, the Jubilee, the Passover lamb, and temple imagery—to illustrate these two phases, emphasizing that understanding this distinction clarifies the roles of the church and humanity in God’s redemptive timeline.

Long Summary
Detailed Summary of the Discourse on “Two Ages”

Topic Introduction: Two Ages of Redemption
– The discourse focuses on the two distinct ages of redemption:
1. The Gospel Age – Begins with the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
2. The Millennial Kingdom – A future age when mankind will fully recognize and enjoy God’s intended blessings.
– The speaker notes these two ages are well-known among brethren who appreciate the truth and are often used to explain God’s plan to new believers, especially in Africa.

Key Biblical Foundation
– The two ages are supported by Revelation 20:1-6, which describes the 1,000-year reign when Satan is bound, and the church reigns as priests alongside Christ.
– The role of priests is to bring people back to God, indicating the church’s heavenly calling and the world’s future earthly blessing.
– Revelation 21:4 is cited as a favorite text illustrating the Millennial Kingdom’s blessings:
> “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)
– This verse highlights the future removal of death and suffering during the Millennial Kingdom.

Symbolic Biblical Illustrations of the Two Ages
1. Two Wives of Abraham: Sarah and Keturah (plus Hagar)
– Hagar (not a wife) represents the Jewish age and the Law Covenant (Galatians 4).
– Sarah symbolizes the Abrahamic covenant’s heavenly aspect; Keturah represents the earthly aspect related to the Millennial Kingdom.
– Genesis 13:15-16 describes Abraham’s “seed as the dust of the earth,” linked to Hagar/Jewish age.
– Genesis 22:16-17 connects the “stars of heaven” and “sand of the seashore” as blessings linked to Sarah and Keturah, symbolizing the Gospel and Millennial ages respectively.

2. Abraham’s Journey and Altars (Genesis 12:6-8)
– Abraham built altars at Shechem and Bethel, representing two ages of sacrifice/redemption.
– His departure from Ur of the Chaldees symbolizes the Patriarchal Age; Haran symbolizes the Jewish Age.
– These represent stages leading up to the two ages of redemption.

3. Tree Planting and Fruit Laws (Leviticus 19:23-25)
– Israelite laws require waiting 5 years before eating fruit from newly planted trees.
– This period symbolically corresponds to five distinct ages:
1. Pre-Flood Age
2. Patriarchal Age
3. Jewish Age
4. Gospel Age (fourth year—fruit is holy but not eaten)
5. Millennial Age (fifth year—the fruit can be eaten)
– The “tree of life” concept in Revelation 22 relates to this, signifying full blessing in the Millennial Kingdom.

4. The Jubilee Year (Leviticus 25:10, 33)
– Every 50th year, Israelites regain their land and possessions (the Jubilee).
– This symbolizes restoration of life and blessing, corresponding to the Millennial Kingdom.
– The Levites (spiritual class) regain their houses during the Jubilee, symbolizing the heavenly hope and resurrection of the church (2 Corinthians 5:1-2).
– Ezekiel’s prophecies mention Jubilee cycles linked to the captivity and restoration of Israel, reinforcing this symbolic meaning.
– The Jubilee also prophetically points to 1874, marking the start of the Gospel Age harvest and the future Millennium.

5. Passover Lamb and the Number 14
– The Passover lamb was killed on the 14th day of Nisan, which is a “double seven” (7 + 7 = 14), symbolizing the two ages of redemption (Gospel and Millennial).
– Other Biblical references to 14 include:
– 14 years of King Hezekiah’s reign (deliverance)
– 14-day storm in Acts 27 (symbolizing transition to kingdom)
– 14 lambs sacrificed daily during the feast of Tabernacles (Millennial age)
– 14 generations from Abraham to David, David to Babylonian captivity, and Babylon to Jesus (Matthew 1:17), symbolizing stages in God’s plan.

6. Joshua Crossing the Jordan River (Joshua 3)
– The crossing on the 10th day of Nisan and the Passover on the 14th day symbolize the two ages.
– Priests carrying the Ark cross first, representing the church’s heavenly calling.
– The rest of Israel follows 2,000 cubits later, symbolizing the Holy Spirit and the Millennial Kingdom’s earthly blessing.

7. Two Ways of Counting the Biblical Year
– Years counted from Nisan (spring) and from Tishri (autumn) represent the two ages:
– Nisan year: Gospel Age
– Tishri year: Millennial Age

8. Pentecost and Jubilee Connection
– Pentecost (50th day after Passover) symbolizes the start of the Gospel Age.
– Jubilee (50th year) symbolizes the Millennial Kingdom’s beginning.

9. Tabernacle and Temple
– The wilderness Tabernacle (Exodus 40) symbolizes the Gospel Age’s spiritual redemption.
– Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6) symbolizes the Millennial Kingdom’s more glorious, earthly blessing.

Summary and Conclusion
– Many prophetic and symbolic biblical references point to two distinct ages of redemption.
– The Gospel Age involves the church’s heavenly calling and priestly role.
– The Millennial Kingdom involves earthly blessings for mankind.
– The two ages clarify God’s plan and purpose for humanity.
– Jesus’ disciples were initially unaware of the heavenly calling; understanding these two ages is crucial for grasping God’s plan.
– Hebrews 11:40 emphasizes that those ancient faithful would not be made perfect without the church, indicating the two-stage plan.
– John 14:1-6 reassures the heavenly hope prepared by Jesus.
– Greater recognition of these two ages would profoundly affect Christian understanding worldwide.

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Selected Bible Verses Mentioned:

– Revelation 20:4-6 — The 1,000-year reign of Christ and the church as priests and kings.
– Revelation 21:4 — God wiping away all tears; no more death or sorrow.
– Genesis 13:15-16 — God’s promise of Abraham’s seed as the dust of the earth.
– Genesis 22:16-17 — Promise of Abraham’s seed as stars and sand.
– Leviticus 19:23-25 — Laws about fruit from planted trees.
– Leviticus 25:10, 33 — The Jubilee year and restoration of land and houses.
– Matthew 2:17-18 — Fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy about Rachel weeping.
– 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 — Our heavenly building not made with hands.
– Acts 27:27 — The 14-day storm leading to kingdom.
– Matthew 1:17 — 14 generations from Abraham to Jesus.
– Joshua 3 — Crossing of the Jordan River.
– Hebrews 11:40 — The ancient faithful made perfect with us.
– John 14:1-6 — Jesus preparing a place for the faithful.

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Keywords: Two Ages, Gospel Age, Millennial Kingdom, Redemption, Abraham’s Wives, Hagar, Sarah, Keturah, Dust of the Earth, Stars of Heaven, Sand of Seashore, Genesis, Revelation, Jubilee, Leviticus, Passover, Number 14, Joshua Jordan Crossing, Pentecost, Temple, Tabernacle, Heavenly Calling, Earthly Blessing, Priesthood, Kingdom, Biblical Symbolism, Prophecy, God’s Plan.

Transcript

Our title today, as mentioned, is Two Ages. Well, what two ages do we have in mind? We have the two ages of redemption in mind. That would be the Gospel Age and the Millennial Kingdom. As you know, the Gospel Age begins with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus.

The kingdom, of course, is future when the world of mankind is going to appreciate and recognize the blessings that God has intended for all mankind. Now we’re going to go to the chart just briefly and you see that there’s the red cross representing the death of Jesus for Adam, and this represents that Jesus hung on the tree for to release Israel, and there’s the first age of redemption and then the second age of redemption. Now we all know that that’s not new to any of the brethren who appreciate the truth, or even new brethren who are just coming into the truth.

That’s straightforward. But we often use that when we’re talking to newly interested people, largely in Africa, sometimes other places, as the key to understanding God’s plan. If all Christians in the entire Christian world recognize there are two distinct ages of redemption, it would clarify God’s plan in a remarkable way. Because there is a heavenly calling. Most Christians know that, but they don’t recognize that others that aren’t involved in that are going to be blessed during the thousand year kingdom.

So we often begin with that. Now we’re going to talk about maybe eight or nine different mentions of the two ages, symbolically, that is, we’re not going to go through scriptures to prove to you that these must be because you all know that they are. Now if I was to prove to people that they are, I would start with Revelation 20, talk about the thousand years when Satan would be bound and restrained, and then verse six that says the church will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. What does a priest do?

A priest brings people back to God. Now, by the way, I’m hearing my voice come back to me and Sister Ruth, if you could just lower that voice a little bit down below, that would be helpful. That’s not, it’s not a technical issue. So when we know that the church is going to bless the whole world of mankind along with Jesus, that tells you there’s got to be a second date of redemption and then Future in Revelation 21:4. Now, Sister Deborah, actually, I’m going to ask you to read that for us.

Revelation 21:4 is probably my favorite text. I mean, when I start with a new group of people, I often refer to this, and this tells us what the church is going to do as priests and kings, and what the result is going to be for the world of mankind. Sister Deborah, Revelation 21:4.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. Now, that hasn’t happened yet. Obviously there’s death, sorrow and crying out in the world, and someday there won’t be any. So if Christians think, well, we’re going to heaven, well, this is going to be the God dwelling with them with the world of mankind that’s going to be blessed in the kingdom. Okay, now with that, we’re going to go on to a list of other items that talk about two ages of redemption, but they talk about them prophetically or symbolically.

Now, the first one we have on the screen is going to deal with two wives of Abraham, and this is not new to you, although we might have just a little subtle change. But you notice we have three women by which Abraham bore children. But the first one we have in parentheses Hagar, because she never was a wife. The only two wives of Abraham were Sarah and Keturah.

In sequence. We’re going to suggest for you that these represent two parts of the covenant that God made with Abraham, and that would be heavenly and earthly. But we’re going to start first with noticing with Hagar, that there is something. All the brethren seem to think she’s a picture of the Jewish age. I. I agree with that.

And the law covenant, now that we can agree to, because Paul is very firm on that. In Galatians, the fourth chapter, he mentions Hagar. He mentions the. The law covenant. So that’s not disputable.

But in the book of Genesis, chapter 13, I like to read something that speaks about the dust of the earth that pertains to Israel. This is Genesis 13. We’re going to read verses 15 and 16. Sister Deborah, if you would. For us, this is a place where God is telling Abraham that his seed is going to leave.

That is, lots going to leave, but Abraham’s going to remain, and the land that you see is going to be your seed, see your descendants. Okay, let’s read verse 15 and 16. Sister Deborah, for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever, and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Now, you’re all familiar with the stars of Heaven, and the sand of the seashore. We’re going to read that in just a moment in Genesis 22, 16 and 17. But we rarely pay attention to this expression, dust of the earth. But that’s actually the first symbolic description of the seed of Abraham that God ever mentions, and we suggest prophetically, symbolically, interpretively, excuse me, that the dust of the earth pertains to the Jewish age.

So that would in that regard pertain to Hagar, and that the stars of heaven pertain to Sarah and, and the sand of the seashore to Keturah. So let’s see, when God has had Abraham offer Isaac in sacrifice. That’s in Genesis, chapter 22, when that was accomplished.

But of course, God intervened to save Isaac because it wasn’t necessary for him to die. It came time to him to offer Jesus. He didn’t intervene. But let’s read verse 16 and 17 for the result that is going to come from that offering. Sister Deborah.

And said, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord. For because thou has done this thing and has not withheld thy Son, thine only son, then in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

Okay, there’s the stars and the sand of the seashore, and notice the sequence. Stars first, sand second. Because the gospel age is first and the millennial age is second. Now, we all agree that Sarah represents the Abrahamic covenant.

I say we all agree. I hope so. I mean, that’s very common view. Not all brethren actually do agree with that, but I think that it’s correct. From what Paul says in Galatians, chapter 4. Who does keturah represent?

What does Keturah represent? Rather? Well, I will suggest that Keturah, as most brethren think, does take us into the millennial kingdom. But because she was a full wife of Abraham and because Sarah died before Keturah was a wife, my suggestion is that they both represent the Abrahamic covenant, which has two parts, spiritual and earthly. Okay, better go on.

Here we have a trip that was made by Abraham to come into the Holy Land, and we have the chart of the ages on the side there, and we’re not going to read any scriptures, particularly for this. But I will mention for you that they’re In Genesis the 12th chapter, verses 6 through 8. In fact, really more than that in Genesis the 12th chapter.

But verses 6 through 8 are meaningful because they talk about two cities where Abraham offered a sacrifice. Now as you all know, Abraham began in Ur of the Chaldees, and that’s where he was called out, and he went to Haran and his father was with him, and then when his father died, he left Haran and he went to Shekel. Now actually it would be good to read that, come to think of it.

Genesis, the 12th chapter. Let’s flip there. Genesis 12, and we’re going to read verses six. Well, let’s start with verse yes, six and seven to begin with.

Six and seven, and this is going to talk about him coming to the first city in the land of Promise, and that would be the land of Shechem. What we’re going to notice in this reading is that Abraham offered a sacrifice. That’s the first time in the record of Abraham that he did so. Now I don’t mean it’s the first time he ever did it, but the first time in Scripture that it notes that he did it.

And I think this has some symbolic meaning. So let’s read Genesis 12, 6 and 8. Sisters Deborah, 6 and 8, 6 and 7, my pardon, and Abram passed through the land unto the place of Secum, unto the plain of and the Canaanite was then in the land, and the Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto thy seed will I give this land.

And there builded he an altar unto the Lord who appeared unto him. Okay, so the Lord appeared to him and there was an altar. Suggesting words suggest interpretively, this is the first age of sacrifice. Now we’re going to read verse eight as well, where he moved on to another city, and that will be the end of this narrative.

Sister Deborah, verse 8, and he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and high on the east, and there he builded an altar unto the Lord and called unto upon the name of the Lord. So an altar in each place, and I’m suggesting that those would represent the two ages of redemption.

Now that’s not a difficult application to to face. But if that’s true, what did his starting in Ur refer to and what did his time in Haran refer to? Well, our suggestion is that patriarchal age is what is referred to by Ur of the Chaldees. That’s where Abraham started, and after Abraham died and Isaac died and Jacob died, the three patriarchs of the patriarchal age then began the twelve tribes of Israel in the Jewish age.

And I’ll suggest that that’s what Haran represents. Now if you look in the narrative of the patriarchs, and you see where Haran is referred to repeatedly. Keep that in the back of your mind and see does that fit Israel rather than in the Jewish age? Just to suggest that that might fit. Well, and then we come on to the first stage of sacrifice, of redemption, and the second age of redemption that represents the two stages of God’s plan to redeem mankind.

Okay, we’re going to go on to another one. This is Leviticus 19:23,25, and we’ll have Sister Deborah read those three. Now, this is an area that I was not actually used aware of for a long time. But, you know, we tend to study a lot of scriptural passages in San Diego and read them a lot.

So we came across this, and in verses 23 through 25, this talks about what happens when the Israelites enter the land of promise and they’re going to plant new trees, and there’s five years referred to for the planting of these trees before you can actually eat the produce of these trees. Now, you remember in the Garden of Eden that there was a tree they weren’t supposed to eat of. But you remember that finally in Revelation 22, the tree of life is going to be abundantly available for anybody.

So we’re going to suggest that that tree has something to do with the tree of life that is produced in five ages and finally ready in the fifth age for people to consume. So let’s see the laws about planting a new tree. Leviticus 19:23,25. Sister Deborah, and when.

And when ye shall come into the land and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof is uncircumcised. Three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you. It shall not be eaten of. But in the fourth year, all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal, and in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof.

I am the Lord your God. Okay, now you notice five years are involved, and we’re going to suggest this is interpretive, of course, but I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t think it was right that there are five ages. The age before the Flood, and then the patriarchal age, and then the Jewish age, and in all of those three ages that lead up to Jesus, there was no tree of life available for people to eat because there was the curse, and Jesus had not yet come to remove that curse.

So things are in preparation for the blessing of mankind in the kingdom. Now, we often say that the kingdom is the seventh millennium for mankind. I actually think that’s true. That is an interpretation, but it’s a widely held one. So for the 6,000 years, they’re preparing for the kingdom, you might consider that the preparation for this tree of life.

But now, in the fourth year, the Gospel age, it’s different. You still can’t eat of it. That seems odd to me. It’s holy, but you can’t eat of it. Is that suggesting perhaps, the holiness of the Gospel age, in which Christ and the Church are developed to be blessers of mankind in the kingdom?

But that blessing waits until the kingdom, and then finally in the fifth age, in the fifth period of time. Now everyone can enjoy the tree of life and be thankful and be blessed. Okay, go on to the Jubilees. You all know what the Jubilees are about. Every 50th year, God arranged so that the Israelites who had been poor and had to sell their land, would get it back again.

This is a remarkable privilege, a remarkable law. I don’t know any other nation or culture that has embraced this other than Israel, and of course, it was given by God. But imagine if in every culture today, people that were imbued with some possessions, but lost them through poorness, were able to get them back every 50 years. The family was able to restore them.

That would be wonderful. Now, we all know that the land is going to be restored to people in the. In the Jubilee, and we generally say that that represents landed life that’s going to be restored. I think that that view is right, because especially in Israel, when you had land, you grew food so that you could have life.

You remember that in Matthew 2:17 and 18, there was, in fact, we’ll ask Sister Barbara to turn there for us. Matthew 2:17 and 18, and this is where Jesus was not killed himself, but he endeavored to be killed by Herod, and many of the children of Bethlehem did die because of Herod’s effort. So let’s read Matthew 2:17 and 18 and notice what Matthew quotes about the death of these children.

Sister Deborah. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, in Rama was there a voice heard lamentation and weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not okay. Now I can understand why he would quote that Rachel, the mother of, well, the first wife of Jacob, and therefore the choice wife of the children of Israel in that respect. So she’s weeping for her children.

But if you look in the narrative that he actually quotes in Jeremiah 31, Verse 15 to 17, and we won’t read that because time is, is short. But that narrative really is talking about how Rachel is weeping for her children that were taken into captivity to Babylon. But the prophet says, don’t worry, God says to the prophet, your children will come back to you. That is back to the land of Israel from Babylon.

So the land is what they’re going to receive back. Matthew says, life is represented by that land. So that supports the concept that in the jubilee, when you get your land back, it’s prophetic and symbolic of getting your life back. Now in Ezekiel, in the book of Ezekiel, we’re going to refer to those scriptures. We will, if I, I might read some of them myself, but we’re just going to refer to these verses.

There is mention of the Jubilee. Now where is that? I don’t see the word jubilee anywhere there. But if you look in the seventh chapter of Ezekiel, in verse 13, this is pointed out to me by brother Carl Hagensek many years ago, it says, the seller shall not return to what is sold, even if they were yet alive. Well, when do you ever return to what was sold?

Well, in the jubilee year. But his point is you’re going into captivity and the Jubilees will cease. That tells us they really were observing Jubilees in those days. Now I’m going to flip back to the very opening of Ezekiel. It came to pass in the 30th year, in the fourth month.

In the 30th year of what? If you look in the Joyce Encyclopedia, you’ll see the answer. The 30th year of the then present jubilee cycle. Now if you look in verse five, it says that was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity. Okay, now we’re going real quick here.

I know we’re going to flip over to Ezekiel chapter 40, and again I’ll read portions of it. Ezekiel chapter 40 begins nine chapters, all about the thousand year kingdom of Christ, and in verse one, it says, in the 25th year of our captivity, in other words, we are now 20 years later than the opening of the book in the fifth year. But that opening of the book, according to Jewish opinion, is the 30th year of the then present jubilee cycle. So now in Ezekiel 40:1, 20 years later, we would be in year 50, that is the year of jubilee.

Now I actually believe that’s true because my chronology makes that fit precisely to the ear. I was dumbfounded when that was brought to my Attention. But I’m going to admit that point and just look prophetically at the point of the Jubilee. If you look at all of these nine chapters in Ezekiel 40, 48, they’re all about the millennial kingdom that really isn’t disputed. So the Jubilee does refer prophetically to the time when mankind will receive their life back.

Now if you were to look in Leviticus 25:10, and we will. It was asked Sister Deborah to turn to Leviticus 25, the two scriptures in red. There we’re going to read both of. We’re going to read how Israel does receive their land back in the jubilee. That’s liticus 25:10, Sister Deborah.

And ye shall hallow the 50th year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof. It shall be a jubilee unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. Okay, now that. That’s the scripture we all know.

But now we’re going to look at verse 33 and recognize there’s something else in the Jubilee that’s something I didn’t always know. Sister Deborah, would you read verse 33? And this applies not to general Israelites, but to Levites, that is the spiritual class. Let’s see what the Levites have in this respect. Sister Deborah and if a man purchase of the Levites, then that house that was sold and the city of his possession shall go out in the year of jubilee.

For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. So the Levites are going to get houses. You remember, the Levites didn’t receive an apportionment of the land that was for the other tribes, but they did receive. You got to live somewhere. They live, they received houses spread out throughout Israel, and they had a little bit of land around those houses, but it was the house chiefly that was their possession.

Now notice we’re suggesting that this is something the Jubilee is going to mean for the spiritual Israelites. Now I’m going to read 2nd Corinthians 5:1 and 2. This is what Paul says about our resurrection in the future. We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven.

We don’t. We’re not going to be here. We’re going to be up there, just like the Levites. That house I believe represents our spiritual house. In other words, the.

The Jubilees actually connect with both ages of redemption. It connects levitically with those who have a heavenly hope. Our house from heaven, they only get their houses. But with the Israelites, they get their land. That’s mankind getting their life back during the Thousand year Kingdom.

Now, I know that in volume two, the Jubilees are suggested to point to 1874. Well, I hope I don’t surprise you by saying that I actually agree with that. I won’t explain the method by which that works, but it does. It does point to 1874, when the Lord returned and began gathering the saints. But the Jubilees also point to the Thousand year Kingdom.

How do we know that? Well, we just described that in Ezekiel 41. But what we didn’t mention in Ezekiel 40, verse one is that it tells you it’s the seventh month and the tenth day of the month. Not only year 50, but month seven, that is the beginning of the Jewish year, which is month seven and day number 10, year 50, month seven, day 10 is when you blow the trumpet of jubilee. So I think the jubilee does connect with both ages.

And it connects in this case, not to the beginning of the Gospel age, but to the harvest period when the church comes into glory, and then with the millennium, when mankind comes into their hope for life beyond. My goodness, time is going too fast. Okay, next one Passover lamp. We won’t read scriptures here. You got them on the screen.

But notice that the Passover lamb was killed on the 14th day of every month. Not every month. Excuse me, of the month of Nice and nice and the 14th. Okay, that has engaged my attention because that is a double seven. You know that there are seven periods of church in the Gospel age.

And you know that the Gospel age is represented by the feast of unleavened bread of seven days, and you know, the millennial age is represented by the feast of tabernacles of seven days. So there’s two ages of redemption, seven and seven, that sum to 14. Is that why the Passover lamb died on the 14th? Well, I. I think so, but I think it’s more than that, because on the 14th day you also had a full moon, and that was the height of Israel’s favor.

But sometimes that full moon is on the 15th, so it doesn’t always work on the 14th, but always 14 is a double 7. Now, you see on the screen here a lot of other 14s. I put them there because I think they also refer to the second age of redemption. We talked yesterday about Hezekiah and being saved by God from an incredible invasion. That was in the 14th year of Hezekiah.

I don’t think that’s coincidence. The Next in Acts 27:27, there’s a 14 day storm that takes you to the kingdom. That’s very interpretive. I got that from brother Ray Luke years ago. I’m persuaded he’s right.

The 14 day storm that leads you to the kingdom. Numbers 29:13 on the feast of Tabernacles, which is a picture of the millennial kingdom. Every day you sacrifice 14 lambs. You didn’t do that in the feast of unleavened bread, you sacrificed seven lambs. But now we’re in the second age of redemption and it’s 14.

Ezekiel 40, the same scripture we just talked about. Ezekiel 40, verse one. It’s the 14th year after the the end of the kingdom of Israel in the days of Zedekiah. Finally in Matthew 1:17, Matthew goes through the history from Abraham to Jesus and he notes in verse 17, 14 generations to David, 14 more to Babylonian captivity and 14 more to Jesus. Why does he mention 14?

14, 14. I think literally it’s because the word David D, V, D in Hebrew, letter 4, letter 6 and letter 4 sums to 14. He wrote in Hebrew and he knew that was meaningful to Jesus as the descent from David. But I’m going to suggest it has a deeper meaning also, and that is Jesus. Two ages of redemption.

Okay, gotta go on Joshua crossing the river Jordan. Okay, this is in Joshua and our reading has to stop here, so because I’m so late that I’ll just have to tell you what’s in the Bible here, and rather than read them, but In Joshua chapter three, they’re crossing the Jordan on the 10th day of nice 10 of our bib, as they called it way back then, that represents Israel that’s going to cross recognize their Passover lamb when the ancient worthies are back and God delivers them and the beginning of the kingdom, the, the death curse is vanished and they’re able to cross the river Jordan.

Then finally they observe Passover on the 14th of Abib. But here’s the point. That is two ages of redemption. The first ones to go across that river were the priests with the Ark of the Covenant, and the rest of Israel came 2,000 cubits later.

Well, that represents the first age of redemption when the church is able to receive forgiveness and have that Jordan river of, of death divided, and then 2,000 cubits later, two is a picture of the Holy Spirit. You remember the two olive trees. You remember the two witnesses in Revelation. So 2000, 2000 cubits.

A picture of the Gospel age. I don’t mean chronologically, it’s not exactly 2000. I think prophetically, that is referring to the. The age of the first age of the Holy Spirit before mankind can follow. Okay, now, again, we can’t read the Scriptures because of time.

But I’m just going to affirm and assert that there were two ways of counting years in the Hebrew Old Testament. One was from Nicene, although they called it a B way back, and the other is from Tishri. Now, if you look at those, if you just write those Scriptures down and you look at them, someday you’ll find proof that in the days of Moses and Aaron, the years changed at Nisan, but in the days of Josiah, they change with Tishri, just like they do today. Two age, two years. I’m going to suggest the year beginning in the spring is the Gospel age.

The year beginning in the autumn is the millennial age. We’re going to skip all right back this because of time. Okay, next, the Pentecost was the 50th day. You all know that the Jubilee was the 50th year. You all know that.

That’s all. Just the comparison between two 50s. The Pentecost would be a picture of the Gospel age, the beginning of the Gospel age, the beginning of Jubilees, the beginning of the kingdom for mankind, and finally, last of all, and that is something you all know, the temple, the tabernacle of the wilderness that is described in Exodus chapter 40 talks about the method of restoration and restitution for a blessing, I should say healing and redemption during the Gospel age for the church, and finally, when you get to Solomon’s temple in First Kings, chapter 6, now you have a beautiful edifice, much bigger, much more beautiful, much more gold, much more capable of being a picture of the blessing of the world, of mankind in the kingdom.

Again, two ages of redemption. Now, the next one is the chart of the ages, and this is it. Again, our point here is to suggest that prophetically, symbolically, there are many, many indications in the Bible that there are two ages of redemption. Now, I wouldn’t use all of those prophetic interpretive segments to demonstrate the point. I would use Revelation and the plan of God.

I would use the fact that even the disciples in Jesus day were unaware of a heavenly calling. So that was new for the Gospel age. I would use Hebrews, the 11th chapter, the last two verses, where Paul says the ancient worthies that he discusses in that chapter God has provided some better thing for us than them so that they, without us, would not be made perfect. So all of these dear ones that died before Jesus did not have a heavenly hope. We do.

Starting with John, 14th chapter. I go away to prepare a place for you and then to return and take you where I’m going to be. Even the disciples were confused by that. Thomas said, lord, I have no idea what you’re talking about. Please clarify.

And Jesus just said, later, thomas, all I’ll tell you now is I am the way, the truth and the life. When Jesus was raised as a divine being and it was clear he was not human to them, he would appear and disappear spontaneously. Then they got the idea we’re involved with a heavenly calling, but the rest of the world of mankind to be blessed by the church as priests and kings. They will have an earthly calling. Two ages of redemption.

If every Christian knew that it would change the world and in a few years it will thank you.

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