When is the culmination of the ages (Hebrews 9:26)?
Hebrews 9:26 New International Version 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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Tim Maas
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In my view, the writer of Hebrews is saying that Christ's sinless life, atoning death, and resurrection were not intended by God to be part of a continuing, repetitive cycle of sacrifice extending into the future, but instead were God's "final word" with respect to atonement and salvation. That is what makes those events the "culmination" of the prior ages, no matter how long it might be in temporal terms until Christ returns.
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