Twice this past year I have heard this statement, "post Christian era." It was used in reference to this time in which we are now living. The first time I heard it, I could scarcely believe my ears. What did it mean? Then I heard it again.
Let us consider this statement in two ways. No. 1: is it true? No. 2: what gave rise to such a statement? First, let us consider No. 1; is it true? No, it is not. Rather, this is the Christian era. Statistics quickly prove this. The population of the world today is approximately five billion and nominal Christians are by far the largest of any group (about one billion).
No. 2: what gave rise to such a statement? This question we cannot answer with much certainty but surely it does indicate that modern atheistic thinking desires to be done with Christianity.
We further state that the Christian era will go on until Christ comes and takes all true Christians to glory to be forever with Himself. Then the Christian era will end and judgment will fall upon those who are left on the earth. This will begin the post Christian era.
“The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." Acts 11:26. From that time on, there have been Christians here to represent Christ. Christ came the first time and was rejected and cast out by the world. He will come again to take His rightful place as King of kings and Lord of lords. In between those two comings, the world has Christians. Ed.