Bible Prophecy 101 Week 3 An Introduction to the subject of Bible Prophecy

Bible Prophecy 101

Week 3

An Introduction to the subject of Bible Prophecy

Topic Outline

• Recap Week2

• Terminology & Definitions• Framework (Multiple fulfillment )

• Old Testament Prophecy (Psalms)

• Linkage to Other Scripture

• Application & Lessons for Us

• Question / Answer Session

Recap Week 2Leviticus 26 was addressed to the people of Israel. • If they obeyed God’s commands, they would be blessed• If they disobeyed, they would be punished by God, in order to discipline them and bring them back to the right way.

Deuteronomy 28 was spoken to the next generation of Israel• These grownup children were given the same message as their parents. • Parts of this prophecy (like taking possession of the promised land) were fulfilled in Joshua's time, while other parts (like being taken out of the land into captivity were to be fulfilled in a later time.

2 Samuel 7 deals with God’s great promises to king David. • Initially, this prophecy was partially fulfilled by Solomon. • However, a future fulfillment of this prophecy was by Jesus, and there is still a significant part of this prophecy yet to happen.

Key Point Brought Forward

Bible prophecy concerning the people of Israel

has been and continues to be fulfilled,and

WE are seeing it happen today!

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Framework - Key Events / People (cont'd)

Exodus to Judges• Moses = prototype (deliverer, miracles, man of God)• Deliverance from Egypt on exact timeframe, as prophesied• Dead Sea event destroyed and saved (divine act; dual outcome)

• • Law given by God = shadow of things to come (e.g., Passover lamb)• Manna and water from rock = prototype (bread from heaven, living water)

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• Case histories of Israel = written down as warnings & instruction for us • Joshua = prototype (name, victorious warrior, gains the promised land)• Judges = prototypes (save repentant people out of power of oppressors)• Ruth = another example of key women in family tree of David & Jesus

Israel a chosen people = prototype (1st century believers)

Blessings for obedience prophesied, and are seen to be fulfilled throughout Israel’s history

• Curses and punishment for disobedience prophesied, and are seen to be fulfilled in both Bible and secular history

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Framework - Key Events / People (cont'd)

Samuel to Malachi• Samuel the prophet anointed and mentored first two kings

• Elijah the prophet confronted king Ahab over worship of false gods• Micaiah the prophet predicted the certain death of Ahab in battle• Isaiah the prophet confronted king Ahaz, encouraged king Hezekiah• Isaiah foretold the Kingdom age and the suffering Messiah• Jeremiah the prophet confronted king Zedekiah and his false prophets• Jeremiah predicted doom/exile for Jerusalem/Judah, and a new covenant • Ezekiel the prophet (in exile) confronted his listeners, was a man of sign• Ezekiel confirmed Jeremiah’s message, and predicted restoration • Daniel the prophet confronted Babylonian kings and wrong decrees• Daniel saw long term visions of what will befall the people of Israel• Amos the prophet predicted a time when the prophetic message dries up• Zechariah the prophet described the ‘time of the end’ for Jerusalem• Malachi the prophet foretold a messenger to herald the Messiah

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• David was a man after God’s own heart, and wrote prophetic psalms

Terminology & Definitions• Messianic Psalm

– a God-inspired song or chant whose words not only fit the circumstances and needs of the author and initial hearers, but also foretold the experiences and events surrounding the promised Messiah, Jesus the Christ (anointed) of God. E.g. Psalm 118:22-27 is the basis

for the shouting of the people when Jesus entered Jerusalem + Jesus' own citation (Matthew 21:8-11, 42)

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD - v.26

Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest - v.9

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner - v.22

The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner - v.42

Terminology & Definitions (cont'd)

• Last Days– a phrase used to refer to the circumstances and the time

period just prior to and shortly after the Return of Christ to the earth

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress. (2Timothy 3:1)

…that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. First of all, you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions, and saying "Where is the promise of his coming?" (2Peter 3:2-4)

Terminology & Definitions (cont'd)

• Last Days– the idea is also expressed by the phrases "the latter

days" or "the time of the end"

When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice (Deuteronomy 4:30 + see Numbers 24:14, Jeremiah 30:24)

…but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days (Daniel 2:28 + see 10:14, Isaiah 2:2, Ezekiel 38:8,16 )

…And there shall be a time of trouble such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time, your people shall be delivered…But you Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end (Daniel 12:1-4, 9,13)

Psalms: A Prophetic Source

Then he [Jesus] said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled". Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem." (Luke 24:44-47)

Therefore, we should expect the Psalms to contain prophetic information about Jesus. In particular, we should find prophetic text concerning the resurrectionof the Christ. And we do in Ps 16: 8-11 (see next slide).

Psalms: A Prophetic Source (cont'd)

For David says concerning him…'For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades {the grave}, nor let thy Holy One see corruption'… Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are witnesses. (Acts 2:25-32)

• Context: The apostle Peter is citing and interpreting Ps 16:8-11• Peter calls David a prophet who foresaw Christ's resurrection = Psalm16 is a prophetic source re. 'Jesus rising from the dead'

Points:

• David did understand that God's oath concerned a future 'son' who (though he died first) would be king on his throne. Compare how Abraham 'saw' the resurrection + Jesus (Heb 11:19,Jn 8:56)

Multiple Fulfillment Illustration - Psalm 2{1} Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? {2} The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying, {3} "Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us." {4} He who sits in the heavens laughs; the LORD has them in derision. {5} Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, {6} "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill."

• 1st fulfillment - David wrote this about himself: established as king by God in the midst of hostile Gentiles (2Sam 5:7-10, 8:1-14)• 2nd fulfillment - Acts 4:25-31 quotes this writing of David as text relevant to the hostility of Pilate, Herod & the Jews against Jesus

Points:

• 3rd fulfillment - Is 2:2-4, 33:17-22 prophesy a last-days setting in which the Christ rules his kingdom from Mt. Zion and Jerusalem

{7} I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you." {8} "Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. {9} You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." {10} Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. {11} Serve the LORD with fear, with trembling {12} kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

• 4th fulfillment - Acts 13:33 quotes v.7 as a text predicting God's declaration about Jesus on the day of his resurrection

Points:

• 5th fulfillment - Rev 2:27, 19:15 cite v. 9 as text to describe the kind of rulership Jesus will use over the nations when he first sets up the Kingdom of God

Multiple Fulfillment Illustration - Psalm 2

Psalm 16

Psalm 2

Reflection of David's own experience & hope

Initial fulfillment

Applied to the resurrection of Jesus, the promised Messiah

A.D. 30 fulfillment

Assessment of David's circumstance being God's appointed king in Zion, against whom the nations are seeking to rebel -- they would fail!

1000 B.C. setting Prediction of the failure of those nations who rebel against Jesus, the returned Messiah

Future fulfillment

Applied to the circumstance of Pilate, Herod, and the rulers of the Jews who sought to destroy God's Christ, and failed!

A.D. 30 fulfillment

Multiple Fulfillment Recap

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Who wrote it: David

When: Around 1000 B.C.

Audience: presumably contemporary worshippers of the LORD

Setting: not known; it may have been based on some verypersonally distressing time in David's life (unrecorded),

+ David knew future generations (including Jesus) would benefit from the inspired words

orit might just be entirely predictive for the benefit of Jesus to trust that God would deliver him.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d)

{1} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?..

{6} But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people

{7} All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;

{8} "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"

v.1 first part spoken by Jesus on the cross (Matthew 27:46)

v.6 people called for his crucifixion (Matthew 27:23)

v.7 mocked by soldiers, rulers and thieves (Matthew 27:39)

v.8 cited by the mocking Jewish rulers (Matthew 27:42)


{9} Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts.

{10} Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God...

{14} I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast;

{15} my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

v.9 rescued from king Herod's murdering (Matthew 2:13-15)

v.14 the agony of the crucifixion posture

v.15 continued agony of the cross + basis of Jesus saying "I thirst" (John 19:28)

v.10 knew that God was his Father (Luke 2:49)


{16} Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet --

{18} they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.

{19} But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!

{20} Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!

{21} Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!

v.16 piercing of nails (John 20:25,27)

v.19-21 "Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear" (Hebrews 5:7)

v.18 soldiers gambled for his clothes (Matthew 27:35)


{22} I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee ...

{24} For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

{25} From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

v.22 anticipates the resurrection (see v.25)

v.24 Jesus' prayer is heard by God in both the garden and on the cross (Luke 22:42-43, Hebrews 5:7)

v.25 confirms the resurrection (Ps 40:6-10, cited in Hebrews 10:5-9 )


{27} All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.

{29} Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust....

{30} Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,

{31} and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.

v.27 to be fulfilled in Jesus (Zechariah 14:17,4,9)

v.29 to be fulfilled in Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11)

v.31 the basis for Jesus final words on the cross: "It is finished!" (John 19:30)

v.30 apostles preaching? (Acts 1:8)


Application / Lesson

• Jesus evidently used what he learned from the Psalm to help him face, endure and triumph over the pain and the shame of the cross = his followers should learn the same from their Scripture understanding, as taught by Hebrews 12:1-3

"…let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance that race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted."



• Jesus was totally confident in God, and like faithful Abraham and David, knew that he would be raised from the dead. This certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life is a basic Bible teaching, a core confidence of the faithful believer (see below + Acts 26:6-8,1Corinthians 15:1-20, 2Corinthians 4:13-14).

"…with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead, I amon trial (Acts 23:6)

… having a hope in God which they accept, that there willbe a resurrection of both the just and the unjust… (Acts 24:15)

...For I delivered to you as of first importance..that Christ died for our the sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised…in accordance with the scriptures (1Cor 15:3-4)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 110“The LORD says to my lord ...

Who wrote it: David

When: Around 1000 BC

Audience: presumably contemporary worshippers of the LORD

Setting: Likely after David received the far-reaching promisesof God, per 2 Samuel 7. David realized that when he went in to "sit before the LORD", he was performing the privileged roleof a king-priest, comparable to Melchizedek, "king of Salem...priest of God Most High" (Genesis 14:18). He also realizedthat his "lord" was the Messiah, the promised "son" of Davidwho would be exalted by the LORD and rule in Zion forever.

+ future generations who would comprehend that thiswas a messianic prophecy


{1}The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.

{2} The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!

{3} Your people will offer themselves freely on the day you lead your host upon the holy mountains...

Explicitly applied to Jesus (Acts 2:34-36) and stated to be fulfilled when he ascended to God on high (Hebrews 1:3);

Ties directly to the scenario in Psalms 2; scepter = symbolic of kingship

Predicts the repentance and reconciliation of the Jews to Jesus (Romans 11:26-27, Matthew 23:39)

Psalm 110 is quoted 27 times in the New Testament = obviously important

Argued by Jesus himself in the debate with the Pharisees (Luke 20:41-44)


{4} The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."

{5} The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

{6} He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses, he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.

Explicitly applied to Jesus (Hebrews 5:6,10) and shown to be practiced in his mediator role (Hebrews 4:14-16)

Ties directly to the scenario in Psalms 2 + to the "time of the end" shattering in Daniel 12:7

Predicts Christ's judgment and destruction of the nations; when Christ comes to reign, Scripture says "the nations raged, but thywrath came, and the time for …destroying the destroyers of theearth" (Revelation 11:18)



Understanding the Old Testament background to New Testament teaching not only enriches our appreciation of the Word of God but helps us to perceive where there is multiple fulfillment of Bible prophecy. We come to expect it.

Melchizedek• original person• king of Salem• priest of God Most High• name = “king of righteousness”

David• prototype of Messiah• king of Jerusalem• did priestly things (instruct people, ate the shewbread)• name = “beloved”

Jesus• the Messiah (Christ)• future king of Jerusalem• high priest after the order of Melchizedek• name = “Yah(God) saves” + also called 'beloved'

And we can anticipate the complete* fulfillment of many prophecies,when Jesus returns as King of kings and Lord of lords.

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More Multiple Fulfillment

Psalm 22

Psalm 110

David's own experience? entirely prophetic insight?

Initial fulfillment

Unfolds in the thoughts and experience of Jesus on the cross

A.D. 30 fulfillment

Based upon his recent understanding of God's promises, that the Messiah would be a king-priest exalted by the LORD and rule over his enemies

1000 B.C. setting Predicted certainty of Jesus to destroy the enemy nations and to lead his people back to God.

Future fulfillment

Explicitly applied to Jesus as a high priest + implicitly as David's "Lord". The Christ is greater than even great king David.

A.D. 30 fulfillment

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83"O God, do not keep silence

Who wrote it: Asaph, who could be the chief musician inDavid's time (2Chron 5:12, Neh 12:46) or one of the sons of Asaph in the time of king Jehoshaphat (2Chron 20:14-15)

When: Depends on which Asaph

Audience: Those hearers who would be encouraged by thevictory in the (recent) past brought about by faith in the LORD

Setting: If in David's time, the circumstance would be the hostility of the nearby nations (cf. 2Sam 5:17-25, 8:1-13, Ps60:6-8). If in the time of Jehoshaphat, the circumstance would be the invasion by Moab and Ammon + allies (2Chron 20:1).

In either case, the LORD was the cause of victory, as He wasin the days of the Judges, which is the backdrop of this Psalm.


{1} O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!

{2} For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.

{3} They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.

{4} They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

An urgent appeal to God to listen and intervene ...

… against His people Israel, those whom He promised to take care of.

The enemies of Israel are plotting its total annihilation...

… because His enemies are making noises (rhetoric!)...


{5} Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant --

{6} the tents of Edom1 and the Ishmaelites2, Moab3 and the Hagrites4,

{7} Gebal5 and Ammon6 and Amalek7, Philistia8 with the inhabitants of Tyre9;

{8} Assyria10 also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot.

The conspiracy is really against God Himself

The conspirators are the immediate neighbors of Israel; if these ancient names were mapped into modern lands, they = Jordan, Lebanon, parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (see map on next slide)

Assyria is not close to Israel, yet is the 10th enemy to join the covenant of destruction.


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{9} Do to them as thou didst to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

{10} who were destroyed at Endor, who became dung for the ground.

{11} Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

{12} who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God."

{13} O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind

Refers back to the time of the Judges when God worked through 'little people' of faith like Deborah, Barak and Gideon to overthrow their very formidable enemies (Judges 7:22, 4:15, 23)

These great Midianite leaders were killed by weak but faithful Gideon (Judges 7:25, 8:21)

Tie to Daniel 2:35 which predicts a similar end to the image of man's kingdoms.

The plunderers left nothing forman or beast (Judges 6:3-6)


{14} As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

{15} so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!

{16} Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

{17} Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.

{18} Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the LORD, art the Most High over all the earth

Vivid metaphors of fire and storm illustrate how God's fury will be perceived by His enemies; the natural elements are also literally used to fulfill prophecy - Ps 148:8

Why shame these enemies? To convert them to God's way! But if they will not change, then they will perish; this is the teaching of John 3:16-18

Whether it is reconciliation (the preferred result) or destruction, the LORD will be rightly seen as the Most High (e.g., 2Kings 19:24)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 Linkage

Ps 83 Profile• 10 nations• against Israel• initial win• then overthrown by God

Dan 7:20-27• 10 horns• part of 4th beast• persecute saints• destroyed by God

Obadiah 1:1-21• Edom• gloat over disaster• cut off fugitives• paid back by God

Joel 3:1-19• Tyre, Sidon, Philistia• despised the people• divided up the land• paid back by God

Ezek 35:1-36:7• Mt. Seir / Edom• perpetual enmity• seized the heights• dispossessed by God

Gen 15:19• 10 nations• to be displaced when Israel takes promised land

Dan 2:34-45• 10 toes• part of image• non-Israel• broken in pieces

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What do Israel's enemies say?

• Journalistic rhetoric (2001) see Reference Material for Week 3

• Egypt's Nasser in 1967 war "...the extermination of Zionist existence"

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• The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas - "zeal") - 1988 "Israel will exist…until Islam will obliterate it"

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• The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Charter - 1968 "...the liquidation of Israel" PLO

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Ancestry of the Jews and Arabs

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* God declared perpetual war (Exodus 17:16)

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** Modern Palestinians trace back to here

Arabs



• Today's Jew-Arab conflict has its roots in animosity and disputes that began in Abraham's time.

• The objective to destroy the nation of Israel in modern times is a fact of record and evident from the repeated declaration of jihad, fanatical rhetoric and continued acts of terrorism.

Only God can resolve that conflict, and He will (e.g., Isaiah19:19-24; also see video tape Conflict in the Middle East -- to be resolved by God )

The time is coming when Israel will be overrun, ravaged, and exiled = the stage will be set for the LORD's intervention(Luke 21:20-24, Zechariah 14:1-9)

• Like Gideon, who naturally feared the power and ravaging of the plunderer yet became strong in the LORD by his faith and obedience, we should be willing to be used by God to take a stand for His purpose. "The Lord knows who are his" and always delivers His people (Hebrews 11:32-39, 2Timothy 2:19)



• Because there are terrible times predicted for Israel, we should "pray for the peace of Jerusalem" = that God will intervene and send Jesus soon (Psalm 122:6, Isaiah 62:6-8) • Because we may have begun to experience the time when there is "distress of nations…men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world", we are to "take heed to yourselves …praying that you may have strength to … stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21:25-26)

The Outworking of Bible Prophecy Psalm 22 - prophesies Jesus’ anguish on the cross, and his

ultimate victory

Psalm 16 - prophesies the certainty of Jesus being raised from the dead

Psalm 110 - prophesies the exaltation of Jesus as king-priest, to sit at God’s right hand in heaven, from where he would return when the time was right*

Psalm 83 - prophesies the nation of Israel being the target of annihilation by surrounding hostile Gentiles and how they cry for God to intervene and save them

Psalm 2 - prophesies Jesus as established by God as king of the Jews in Zion, and the subjugated nations planning a rebellion that is doomed to fail

* So what happens here?

Review Psalm 22 prophesies about Jesus’ __________ experience.a) Proof of this is found in the numerous ___ ________cross-references.

b) Although it may have appeared that God had forsaken him, Jesus knew from the full passage that God would ______ him.

Psalm 110 prophesies about the exaltation of David’s ____ . a) David understood from the LORD that one day in the future, his own special offspring -- the Christ -- would _____ over David himself.

b) Jesus was to be made a king-priest after the order of __________.

Psalm 83 describes enemy Gentiles out to _______ Israel.

a) These hostile people find their counterparts in today’s ________.

b) As in the time of the Judges when God "sold them into the power of of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies", Israel will cry out to God to send them a ________.

The Psalmsare Messianic prophecies

which point to Jesus, the Christ of God; he fulfilled the 'suffering' psalms

during his First Comingand

he will fulfill the 'kingdom' psalmsat his Second Coming

Key Point To Take-away

OT Prophecies to be discussed next week

(you can read in advance)

• Isaiah 53,11, 2 - prophetic of Jesus' ministry and sacrifice, Jesus as righteous judge, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem

• Jeremiah 25, 31 - predicted captivity of Judah for 70 years + cup of God's wrath; predicted restoration of Judah + a new covenant

• Ezekiel 3-5, 26,29 - discussion of Ezekiel as a 'man of sign'; detailed predicted overthrow and ultimate destruction of the city of Tyre

To be continued...

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Bible Prophecy 101 Week 3 An Introduction to the subject of Bible Prophecy