“A Biblical Generation for a Biblical Time”; This is a phrase that can encompass much more than we think. When we talk about generation, we are referring to characteristic periods in which there has been a transition from one stage to another, that is, in which important changes have occurred that make a distinction exist.
Not all biblical generations had the same length of time. This is because for this concept, it is necessary to take into account several factors that we will explain later. According to the opinions of many people, we are currently in a bible time Will it be true or false? Keep reading and you will know the answer. In addition, we will explain some of the biblical generations.
How long is a generation according to the bible?
“As the sun went down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and frightful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him:” You must know for sure that during four hundred years your descendants will be foreigners in a country that is not theirs. They will be enslaved and oppressed there. In the fourth generation your descendants will return here (Gen 15:16).
A generation in the Bible is normally 40 years.. However, here it turns out to be 100 years (4 * 100 = 400 years). This is understood by virtue of the fact that Abraham had his betrothed child when he was exactly 100 years old (Gen. 21:5). It is evident, therefore, that the age of a man when his first child is born is the crude definition of a generation.
However, notice that the full number (400 years) is exactly ten times that of a regular generation of 40 years. Both 100 years and 40 years are a generation in the Bible.
However, the average of these two, 70 years, is also sometimes found in the Bible (Psalm 90:10). But “70 years” is a generation based on the average age of a man at the time of his death, rather than when his firstborn is born (as in the Abraham example).
Scholars provide two pedigree records of generations who lived during the long stay in Egypt. First it lists four names and may be a partial list.
It was given just before the plagues of Egypt began (Exodus 6: 13-27and it is repeated in 1 Chronicles 6:1-3. This list covers from Levi to Moses).
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The second has ten generations of names (1 Chronicles 7:20-27). In this case it covers from Ephraim to Joshua’s father, “Nun”. Joshua is the eleventh name mentioned here because he represents the generation in the wilderness (40 years) since he leads the next generation in the land of Canaan.
Therefore, we see that the fourth generation of names (4 * 100 = 400 years) represents the four generations in Egypt predicted by God. The tenth generation of names represent the same, but as 10 * 40 (400 years) with the next 40 years of wilderness wanderings accounted for “Joshua”. The name “Joshua” is a variant of the name “Yeshua”).
To sum up
A generation in the Bible is primarily the age of a man when his first male child is born; but secondly, the age of a man at his death. The Bible then rounds the exact span of years in a “generation” to be 40 and 100 years, but sometimes “70 years.” And 70 is the average of 40 and 100, allowing the three time frames to work in numerical harmony to produce the numerical symmetry found throughout the Bible.
The use of the generation of 100 years predominates in the Bible before the time of Moses when men lived the longest, but 40 years after Moses. A generation of 70 years is also inferred in the book of enoch and jubileesand is highly compatible with the jubilee system of the Bible itself (Daniel 9).
Are we already in the end times or in the final generation?
The global upheaval caused by the pandemic of novel coronavirus that spreads rapidly has many people reaching for their Bibles and some beginning to wonder: Could this be a sign of the apocalypse? It sure can seem apocalyptic. But not if you ask Christian writers and pastors; those who have spent years focusing their message on the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament.
Presents an eerie and poetic vision of the End Times, in which many evangelical leaders interpret it to mean that Jesus will return to Earth, believers will be caught up to heaven, and those left behind will suffer seven terrible years of calamity. Most of those who are focused on Revelation do not see the coronavirus as a harbinger of the Second Coming and the end of life on Earth as we know it.
Tensions in Iran could fulfill prophecies about the end of the world, say some religious teachers. If a person were completely ignorant of what the Bible says about the end times, he may think right now: “this is it.” People could view this rapidly spreading time of sickness, isolation from loved ones, and the collapse of stock markets as apocalyptic.
Revelation 6:8 predicts worldwide deaths “by the sword, famine, and plague,” and Jesus’ words about the events before the end of time in Luke 21:11 they say: “There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, frightful events and great signs from heaven.”
However, the Bible is very specific about what will happen before the End Times and those events have not yet played out; first, the old temple in Jerusalem is supposed to be rebuilt first. Half of evangelicals support Israel because they believe it is important in fulfilling end-time Bible prophecy.
Many writers are focused on what is happening to the holy sites in Israel, not the disease. The key focus we have in mind is Israel. That is God’s prophetic clock. As things progress in that country, we are getting closer to the time when the coming of the Creator will occur.
There have been many pandemics in the history of the world., and none of them have been a sign of an impending apocalypse. “Jesus said that there would be pestilences and great signs in the heavens. And indeed, both things are happening together.” However, this is not the first time that such events have arisen.
In the opinion of some, these portents should make non-Christians rush to the Bible, so they can be converted while there is still time before Christians are raptured and everyone else has to endure the miserable seven years. The coronavirus outbreak has forced some religious leaders to rethink the way they deliver God’s message to the unsaved.
the coronavirus It’s not a sign of the end of time, but a good opportunity to reflect on the life we are leading. “This can be seen as a test to see how we respond to calamity and hardship.” If we are moved now, “how are we going to react when the situation really gets difficult from the point of view of Christianity?”
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Of course, we could argue that we are living in a biblical generation for a biblical time. However, not in the way that everyone believes; The coronavirus is not a sign of the end of the world.
If you don’t believe it, go directly to world history and you will notice that in many of the past generations there have been plagues where more people have died, and did the world end at that time? Well no. There you have the answer.
yes we are in the time of repentance, the one in which God is giving us the opportunity to return to Him. This plague does not represent the end of the world; it is a reminder that we have to humble ourselves before him so that the whole earth can be healed; the bible says so. And if you want a true sign of the final century, set your sights on the temple of and its reconstruction.