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Age Matthew 28:20 Excerpt The NT , following on from earlier Jewish writings, speaks of the contrast between “the present age” (an “evil age,”  Gal 1:4 ) and “the age(s) to come” when, in God’s judgment, wrongs will be righted, and his people will come into their full inheritance ( Mk 10:30 ). There is a sense, however, in which it can be said that we are both living now in “the end of the ages” ( 1 Cor 10:11 ,  rsv ) and that we experience “the powers of the age to come” ( Heb 6:5 ,  rsv ) and its life.  More Elwell, Walter A., and Philip Wesley Comfort.  Tyndale Bible  Dictionary  2001 : 20. Print. Tyndale Reference Library.

Age Matthew 28:20 AGE Long, but indefinite, period of time, past or future. The ages, past and future, make up the whole of time. God is spoken of as existing and planning “before the ages” (1 Cor 2:7, RSV). He is the King of ages (1 Tm 1:17) and has a purpose that embraces the ages (Eph 3:11). The Bible speaks of what God will do at the close or consummation of the age(s) (Mt 13:39–49). The NT, following on from earlier Jewish writings, speaks of the contrast between “the present age” (an “evil age,” Gal 1:4) and “the age(s) to come” when, in God’s judgment, wrongs will be righted, and his people will come into their full inheritance (Mk 10:30). There is a sense, however, in which it can be said that we are both living now in “the end of the ages” (1 Cor 10:11, RSV) and that we experience “the powers of the age to come” (Heb 6:5, RSV) and its life. Two other words are sometimes connected with the word “age.” One is “generation.” Colossians 1:26 speaks of the mys...