The Fourth Era of the Bible

This is where the heavy lift shifts from, well, here are all the different ways we could have humans try to really work this thing out. Jesus himself said during that time that there would be a variety of responses to this culminating moment in the redemptive plan. And so God shows up, puts on flesh, lives his perfect life, teaches this stuff, goes to the cross, dies and is resurrected. That's the pivot moment for the whole thing. The upside to this very long extended church era is you and I exist.