Week 42 Acts 2
In Peter’s first sermon he said: and it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Since the Holy Spirit had just arrived in the chapter two that meant the-last-days were happening right then-and-there.
I checked a word book looking for the phrase the-last-days. It wasn’t used often so I checked a couple of (roughly) equivalent terms – the-last-times and the-last-hour:
In these last days, (God) has spoken to us by his Son
(Jesus) was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you
It is the last hour…You have heard that antichrist is coming…By this we know that it is the last hour.
From the look of it the-last-days (or last-times or last-hour) were current events when Acts & Hebrews & Peter & John were written. Meaning that a) the-last-days began at least 2000 years ago and b) I’m living in the-last-days (since the world is still chugging-along) and so c) the-last-days will continue until some (undetermined) future time.
I’ll try to keep that in mind when I see the phrase the-last-days. The expression covers a long time period. Maybe not as long as one of the ice ages. But long (personally I think I prefer The Last Epoch).
And another thing… I have no idea when The Last Epoch will end. But since it’s The Very Last One whenever it ends everything else does too.
Note: quotes from Acts 2:17 Hebrews 1:2 1 Peter 1:20 1 John 2:18 (CSB)