—Romans 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 

—Galatians 4:4-7 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. 

We might here ask ourselves and the Scholars, who do we today consider to have been under the law?  The answer would not be Gentiles, but rather the Jews, and Israel. 

But, Paul here is writing to a mostly Gentile Galatian church, and specifically he makes the salvation that Christ brought to be for those under the law.  Why?  Well because it is just the  truth. 

First think how can this be if we are of a different age, an age of grace and we are not any longer under the law?  It’s not the entire age that is not under the law.  It’s just those who come into Christ, who were under the law, but not so, once in Him.  Here it says Christ died for those under the law.  Eternal truth — we are under the law without Him.  In today’s popular teaching the law is to be meaningless for us, because the place us in the age of grace.  God’s actions give place to His law.  We are not of a different age, but God has given a newer and better covenant involving only His people and our relationship to Him, which is no longer to the law. 

If we wish to split people by “Law and Grace” rather than by “time” and progressive revelation; then these Galatians 4 verses say that Jesus only came for Jews according to today’s teachings surrounding the law and grace, and this coming then was to make them (those under the law, the Jews) sons — this must be true if the law had been an age unto itself).  But Jesus came under the law r

To save those under the law. The Jews were the ones given the law and therefore unfortunately in today’s Premillennial teaching they alone are considered to be under the law.  But from scripture, we know this is not the case. 

—John 3:26-29 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’  John 3:29a  He who has the bride is the bridegroom;

How does John the Baptist understand Jesus to be the bride when for the Jews He must be a king, bringing in a kingdom?   We hear that Jesus came to bring the Jews a kingdom gospel and not the same gospel as is for the church offering sonship, and making us the bride?  But isn’t it true that when Jesus came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday that they proclaimed Him King.   If they were accepting the gospel that He preached then why did He still need to die?  

We know the answer to that. We are told that we are no longer slaves but sons, because he died that we might be redeemed.  So, here we have the bride (church) which if it is divided by ages as the dispensationalists teach, would  not then be available to these Jews who are only offered a kingdom.  For she (the bride) was not even in existence yet, when John the Baptist stated this; for Jesus had not yet resurrected.  This was John the Baptist speaking before Christ’s resurrection.  John has just told us  that man can not receive anything that God has not given or gifted to him.  Yet these before Pentecost were coming into the bride. 

—1 Corinthians 12:27-28 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 

God has set these things in the church, and given them to individuals; John the Baptist himself being a prophet.  But men today have removed these giftings from the church — stating as their reason “the division of ages”.  The church is Christ’s body from its beginning, but from whence is that beginning?  We can do nothing that is not given us from God.  We can desire a gift, but if it is not also His desire for us it is not given. 

— Ephesians 3:5-6 Which in other ages (Genea) was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 

The translation of the Greek word 

“Genea” to mean “age” rather than “generation” causes confusion in our thinking.  Jesus used the Greek word “aion” to denote the age (and I suggest to you the entire time of mankind from the fall forward).  This “Age” of man was defined by Him as the time of marriage and giving in marriage which was the gift first given by God to Adam and Eve.  

Luke 20:34  Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,  35  but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;  36  for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. (NASB1995)

Consider “this age” and “that age” in verses 34 and 35.   Two ages separated by the resurrection.  And pay special attention to the fact that the Tribulation which transitions us from this age of marriage to the next where there will be no marriage is not referred to as an age at all.  In fact in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 Jesus gives us a warning that proves based on strictly Jesus’ own words that the tribulation belongs to this age that we are currently residing in:

Mark 13:17  “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! (NASB1995)

Did you get that, babies would imply that we are still in the age of marriage and giving in marriage.  In other words this period of time is the the end of the age. 

So, did Christ’s coming introduce a different “age”, or rather then that a new thing occurring within the age of fallen human kind.  Paul says that Gentiles are now being incorporated into the one body of Messiah under what Scripture calls a new and better covenant.