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were made by Christ, simply through His spoken Word, and we also find in Colossians
1:26 that the mystery of Christ in us, the hope of glory, has been hidden from these aions.
Now, if AION means ETERNAL, consider how ridiculous the Word of God would be! The
Holy Spirit would be found saying, "the mystery which has been hid from eternities;" "the
mystery of Christ which in other eternities was not made known;" "in the eternities to
come;" "You walked according to the eternity of this world;" "by whom also He made the
eternities;" "the rulers of the darkness of this eternity;" "now once in the end of the
eternities has He appeared;" "the harvest is the end of the eternity;" "since eternity
began;" "in the eternities to come," etc. etc... Suffice it to say here that there have been
"aions" in the past, there is this present "aion," and there are "aions" to come. And these
all combined make up TIME, encompassing the whole of the progressive plan and
program of God for the development of His creation.
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Laying aside the myths of Rome, let us now translate these passages consistently,
using the word "age," or "ages" in these same Scriptures. At once, the confusion is resolved,
and a consistent teaching regarding the ages of God comes into view.

Eph. 2:7 "in the ages (aions) to come."
Col. 1:26 "the mystery which has been hid from the ages (aions). "
Eph. 2:2 "you walked, according to the age (aion) of this world."
Heb. 1:2 "by whom also He made the ages (aions)."
Heb. 11:3 "the ages (aions) were formed by the Word of God."
Gal. 1:4 "deliver us from this present evil age (aion)."
Eph. 6:12 "the rulers of the darkness of this age (aion)."
II Cor. 4:4 "the god of this age (aion)."
I Cor. 2:6 "the wisdom of this age (aion)."
Lk. 16:8 "the children of this age (aion)."
Mk. 4:19 "the cares of this age (aion)."
Mk. 10:30 "the age (aion) to come."
Lk. 20:35 "but they that shall be accounted worthy to obtain that age (aion)"
Heb. 6:5 "and have tasted the powers of the age (aion) to come."
John. 9:32 "since the age (aion) began."
Eph. 3:11 "according to a plan of the ages (aions)."
Heb. 6:2 "and of age-abiding (aionian) judgment."
Rev. 19:3 "and her smoke rose up to the ages (aions) of the ages (aions).
Rev. 20:10 "tormented day and night to the ages (aions) of the ages (aions)."
Mat. 25:41 "depart from me, ye cursed, into age-abiding (aionian) fire."
Jude 6 "he hath reserved in age-abiding (aionian) chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day."

In a forthcoming chapter I will discuss further the meaning of expressions such as "the
ages of the ages," and "the age of the ages." Note in this last verse that the aionian chains
are "unto the judgment of the great day." The chains cannot be eternal if they serve a role
that is limited in time.
The Bible has much to say about the ages God has allotted to creation. Before Yahweh
ever began to create He had established a master plan for the ages. All would culminate in
a great final age of the ages when all would be reconciled to the Father, when sin and death
would be no more.
Myths borrowed from pagan societies are no substitute for truth. Though it be a