1. Time no longer?
Revelation 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
The "time will stop existing" theory is based on misunderstanding some translations archaic wording. Here "time no longer" simply means there will no longer be a delay before certain events begin to occur not that time somehow actually stops.
Revelation 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Scripture never claims that time ends, in fact the eternity is never ending time with a new fruit on the tree of life every month (30 days of time).
The only way your argument survives is by avoiding the counter evidence that forbids your beliefs.
Revelation 10:5-7 says of the Second Advent and the concluding last trumpet,
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.”
Whichever way you look at it, there is an unquestionable finality surrounding the echo of the seventh trumpet. This corresponds with the conclusiveness associated with Second coming passages elsewhere in Scripture. Let us look at some of the all-consummating detail.
• “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.”
• “he shall reign for ever and ever” – not a thousand years or for a measurable time-span.
• The time of God’s “wrath is come.”
• We have a general judgment where Christ will “give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints” and judge the wicked at the same time. He will “destroy them which destroy the earth.”
• “the mystery of God” will be “finished.”
• “time” shall be “no longer.”
It is hard to see how the Holy Spirit could have made it more final. All the bases are covered. All the boxes are ticked. The finishing of “the mystery of God” at the “sound of the last trumpet (trumpet 7) ushers in the end of time (
chronos) and the beginning of eternity.
Firstly, this is undoubtedly the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ – the end – it has absolutely nothing to do with delaying the days.
Secondly, the King James Version interprets the passage correctly and in context:
chronos ouketi estai.
‘Time - no longer – there shall be’!!!
Thirdly, the above interpretation of the Greek in this passage is in perfect and harmonious agreement with their consistent usage everywhere else in Scripture. Those who interpret it otherwise probably do so in an attempt to justify the Pre-mil theory, and the myriads of goats that their paradigm produces during their millennium.
Also, the interpretation of these Greek words in this passage, in the AV, is in clear and absolute agreement with their consistent usage throughout the rest of Scripture. Those therefore who interpret it otherwise probably do so to explain away the undoubted finality of the second coming or to support the inconsistent Pre-mil theory. The word chronos in this reading, which is rendered “time” in the AV, carries the consistent meaning of “time” or “times” in Scripture. A thorough examination of the usage of the word finds that it is right here to interpret chronos as time. The King James Version translations are:
‘time/s’ 32 references,
‘season’ 4 references,
‘a while’ 4 references,
‘long as’ 4 references,
‘began’ 3 references,
‘space’ 2 references.
‘oftentimes’ 1 reference,
‘ago’ 1 reference,
‘old’ 1 reference,
Significantly, whichever one of these English words that one prefers, we assuredly know, it shall be “no more” at the one final future all-consummating Second Advent.
Chronos is found 52 times and never interpreted "delay." Some of the modernist translations have interpreted chronos as delay to support the error of Premillennialism. But the word does not have that connotation remotely. It is totally butchering the meaning of the Greek word.
‘delay’ 0 times.
The translating of chronos as ‘delay’ in this passage by some of the modern versions therefore is clearly unsustainable and is completely out of keeping with the context of the reading and the standard usage of the word in the rest of the New Testament. The King James Version interprets are therefore correct in interpreting the word as “time” in this reading.
Significantly, the remainder of the NASB translation of the passage (which interprets the word delay) also declares, “when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished.” Therefore, the whole import and wording of the remainder of the passage perfectly supports the King James Version rendering and confirms the all-consummating nature of the Second Advent, which says, “when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should beetelesthee (or) finished.” It should be noted that the word etelesthee is a very strong all-consummating word that is rightly translated “finished” in this reading and is consistently interpreted, and means, completed, concluded, expired and accomplished.
This is the time when “that which is in part shall be done away,” when “that which is perfect is [finally] come” the time when we shall “know even as also” we are “known” (1 Corinthians 13:9-12).
What is more, and notably, the NASB Translation interprets chronos as “time” 30 times, “times” 5 times, “long” 5 times, “long ages” 2 times, “exact time” 1 time, “while” 5 times “period” 2 times, “age”1 time, “all” 1 time, “long” 1 time, and “delay” only 1 time. This is a faulty interpretation designed by bias translators to justify the Premil doctrine.
Fourthly, the science or art of the accurate measurement of time is known as chronometry (or, less formally, timekeeping). This comes from the Greek word
chronos.
Fifthly, the English word “chronology” is derived from the Latin word
chronologia, which is taken from the ancient Greek word
χρόνος,
chrónos meaning “time.” This depicts the system of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. They refer to a timeline or sequence of events.
