Just so others know more about my answer, men's doctrines of Preterism (and Historicism to a point) believe Christ's Olivet Discourse was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. With the Greek word aion in Matt.24:3, which is translated as "world" in the KJV, they try to supplant that with the word "age" and then... here's the rub, and then they try to apply a different meaning to that word 'age' to make it say that was only the days of the Apostles, and that 'age' ended back then.
It's a very sneaky ploy by false doctrinists, but it's really a very silly and stupid ploy, because it's so... easy to know by Christ's context of His 2nd coming at the END OF THIS WORLD that His disciples were asking Him about that timing, and not some ignorant application of the end of the disciples' age.
Matt 24:3
3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
KJV
These Preterists are so easy to unmask! By their doctrine (especially Full Preterists) they HAVE... to treat Jesus' 2nd coming as already past history IF they push their falseness saying all those signs Jesus gave in His Olivet Discourse were fulfilled back in the Apostle's days! And that's where you got 'em, because God's Word is very clear about prophecy of Jesus' future 2nd coming AND ITS CONDITIONS of what all it involves (our GATHERING TO HIM! PHYSICALLY!). So it's very easy to know where their false doctrines are coming from, because who would want to go against God's Word about the future return of our Lord Jesus Christ? Who wants to rule this world instead? Answer that to yourselves and you'll know where their doctrines originate.
Oh @Davy, you really love to twist words and put them into another’s mouth to falsify what they write to gain the apparent upper hand in a discussion. That is a ploy on your part and is easy to discern the false argument presented.
Now with respect to what I have consistently posted, I have written that Christ’s second coming, defined as when he returns on the Clouds with all of the heavenly Hosts, to begin the judgement at the time of the Great White Throne Judgement are recorded in Revelation 20, will occur at the end of the Millennium Age. With this being the case, and since we are presently coming to the end of the second age/generation of the visitation of the iniquities of the fathers, as written within the commandments, Exodus 20:4-6, on their children and their children’s children, it is impossible to understand that αἰῶνος with the embedded Greek Root (G:0165) in it, as found in Matthew 24:3 is actually only referring to a singular age as you are suggesting. It is my view that in Matthew 24:3, it is referring to the end of the “ages” and not just to the end of an “age” as you are writing and posting in your rebuttals
The list of where αἰῶνος is found in the New Testament is as follows: - Matthew 13:22, 13:39, 13:40, 13:49, 24:3, 28:20, Mark 4:19, Luke 1:70, 16:8, 20:34, 20:35, John 9:32, Acts 3:21, 15:18, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 2:6, 2:6, 2:8, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Galatians 1:4, Ephesians 3:21, Hebrews 1:8, 6:5, 2 Peter 3:18, Jude 1:25.
Now if we only consider the first and the last verse where the Greek Word, αἰῶνος, is found in the New Testament we read the following: -
Matthew 13:22: - Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Jude 25: - 25 To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both now and forever.
Amen.
Now in carefully reading the original texts on which the English Translations are based, then in both verses above, αἰῶνος, should be understood in the English translations as “ages” and not “age” as you are suggesting in your false argumentative rebuttal post above.
Now in forcibly arguing that the question(s) asked by the disciples included, and “of the end of the world,” is only supported by 10 of the 28 Translations listed at Matthew 24:3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" reproduced below, where the English word “world” is used: -
1. New International Version: - age
2. New Living Translation: - world
3. English Standard Version: - age
4. Berean Study Bible: - age
5. Berean Literal Bible: - age
6. New American Standard Bible: - age
7. King James Bible: - world
8. Christian Standard Bible: - age
9. Contemporary English Version: - world
10. Good News Translation: - age.
11. Holman Christian Standard Bible: - age
12. International Standard Version: - age
13. NET Bible: - age
14. New Heart English Bible: - age
15. Aramaic Bible in Plain English: - world
16. GOD'S WORD® Translation: - world
17. New American Standard 1977: - age
18. Jubilee Bible 2000: - age
19. King James 2000 Bible: - world
20. American King James Version: - world
21. American Standard Version: - world
22. Douay-Rheims Bible: - world
23. Darby Bible Translation: - age
24. English Revised Version: - world
25. Webster's Bible Translation: - world
26. Weymouth New Testament: - Age
27. World English Bible: - age
28. Young's Literal Translation: - age
I would also contend that the use of the English Word “age” is not technically correct, and that the English word should be “ages” to be consistent in the translation of the Greek word, αἰῶνος.
Now going back to the Matthew 13:22, I would suggest that it should read thus: -
Matthew 13:22: - Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of the ages and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
And also for Jude 25, I would suggest that it should read as: -
Jude 25: - 25 To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both presently/now and in all of the ages.
Amen.
Sadly, I fear that you will now argue that the KJV is the only true inherent word of God and that all of the 18 translations that translates the Greek Word αἰῶνος as “age” are wrong.
Now to insist that the disciples asked when “the end of the world would be?”, implies explicitly that the present world will be destroyed, whereas, the scriptures clearly tell us that the present world will be refurbished like new again, after the Millennium Age, indicating that this present world is not destroyed and does not end.
Davy, can you please not use false arguments to discredit other posters as it only undermines any good points that you may make and does not edify the body of Christ as a whole.