Heavens and the earth. Therefore, 2 Timothy 1:9 and Titus 1:2 would be better translated, “….before the ages began” as some of the more literal English translations render these passages. An “age” represents an epoch, era or specific period of time within human history. Therefore the plans and promises in Christ alluded to in these passages can easily be understood to have happened before the era or period of human history without the implication that God existed outside of time and later created time. God has always been and always will be but there was a period before the creation of man
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