“AION” (Greek word for “world”)
In reference to Matthew 24:3 where the disciples asked “And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world [aion]?”: Tom Horn states: “The word aion in this text is not the general word for ‘time’ (chronos) in Greek. Aion is the word the Greeks used to designate an actual cycle of the Milky Way alignments or the span of an age.” David Flynn says of this: ‘The answer Jesus provided His apostles for “when” the end of the aion would occur was specific. The astronomical signs in the heavens would be just as those during the days of Noah when Leviathan encircled the horizon in the dawn of the Summer solstice. There could have been no more accurate comparison made between our present time than the age of Noah….The present aion is coming to a close. Like the sunteleia before, there will be great upheaval and change.’” (P.314 of Apollyon Rising)
Isn’t this absolutely amazing? On P.219 Horn tells us we can’t know the date of the Flood, yet here he is favorably quoting Flynn who claims that “the astronomical signs in the heavens would be just as those during the days of Noah.” How can we know what those signs were if we don’t know the time when the Flood occurred?!
Does “aion” mean an “actual cycle of the Milky Way alignments”? Below are a few of the 128 references to “aion” in the New Testament. (In my opinion, it appears as though Horn is trying to say that “chronos” is the more general word and “aion” is a rarer Greek word but “chronos” is only mentioned 53 times while “aion” is mentioned 128 times. In fact, the word “chronos” is only translated as “world” in 2 instances—Romans 16:25 and II Timothy 1:9.)
Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power , and the glory, for ever . Amen
Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
John 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
John 12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Acts 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world
Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Revelation 4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
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:
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.