One Foot on Earth, the Other in Heaven - Various Scriptures

There are really on two timelines (despite dispensational charts and drawings :-)) in the New Testament.  There is "this age" and there is the age to come.  As noted in Ephesians 1:20–21 (ESV),

²⁰ that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

For example:

• 1 Corinthians 2:8 (ESV)⁸ None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 1 Corinthians 2:6 (ESV)⁶ Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
• 1 Timothy 6:17 (ESV)¹⁷ As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
• Luke 18:30 (ESV)³⁰ who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

But this age and the age to come overlap.  We are in a transition.  Some theologians describe our current condition: Already but not yet.  For example we read in Hebrews 6:5 (ESV) about the miracles of this age actually be part of the "age to come." (⁵ and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come.).

So as we look at Revelation 20 it is important to keep that truth in mind. Actually this diagram is a helpful summary of what we have studied so far in this difficult chapter:

The New Testament is very clear about the end of this age. 

1. God's judgment is at the end of this age.  Mat 13:39
2. The resurrection is at the end of this age. Mark 10:30; Mat 13:39-40,49
3. The elect are gathered at the end of the age. Mat 24:1-31

Therefore the last trumpet, the rapture, the resurrection and the return of the Lord all occur at the end of the age.  1Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16-5:11. This leaves no room for either a secret rapture or a physical earthly millennium.   

Father, in Christ you have permitted us to taste of the age to come.  We already have the deposit of the Holy Spirit.  We enjoy forgiveness and acceptance. We are already seated in the heavenlies with You. Yet we are also in this present age -- and age of sin and struggle.  Thank you Father for the promises of overcoming grace.   We stand, as it were, with one foot in Heaven, while yet here on earth.  Grant continuing mercies this day as we seek to live well in this age, yet experience the power of the age to come. Amen.