Are We Living in the Church Age or in the Times of the Gentiles?
According to Deuteronomy the church (Greek: ekklēsia) began as the assembly at Mount Sinai (Deut 9:10). Then because the Jews rejected Christ as their Messiah, the kingdom of God was taken from them and given to the Gentiles (Matt 21:43). Thus Jesus' final words to his disciples were to 'make disciples of all the Gentile