The Church Age

The Church is comprised of all born-again believers in Christ as Saviour, both Jew and Gentile from Penetecost until the Rapture(Ephesians 2:13-15).

We become one with Christ at conversion (1 Corinthians 12:13).

We are presently living in the Church Age or Age of Grace and this will continue until the Rapture. For over 2000 years we have living in a parenthesis, a prophetic interval.

Daniel's prophecy in the vision of the 70 weeks (or 70 seven-year periods) called for a total of 490 years when God would deal especially with Israel.

When Christ offered himself as the Prince of Israel, 483 years, or 69 weeks of years had been fulfilled. When He was rejected and crucified, the prophetic clock stopped, not to begin again until the Jews were back in their land and parentheical period had ended.

During this interval, sometimes know a the Church Age, or Age of Grace, both Jews and Gentiles who are born again through faith in Christ become part of the body of Christ or the Bride of Christ.

The signal that the "in between" period has ended, will be the removal of the Church (the Bride of Christ) from the earth. This great event is described in a number of Bible texts.

One of the clearest is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Then prophetic clocks ticks again for the final (70th) week.