Recorded September 29, 2024.
Understanding the timing of Old Testament prophecies can be challenging, especially since the prophets were often shown events without being shown their timing. To gain a full understanding, it’s essential to study not only prophets like Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, but also the more complete picture provided to John the Revelator centuries later. A key example of this is John the Baptist, whom Yeshua called the greatest of all prophets. John taught his disciples that Yeshua would fulfill certain events during His first coming-—events that, in hindsight, we now know would occur 2,000 years later, and even 1,000 years after John prophesied of them. It’s apparent that John the Baptist did not fully understand the timing of events, including the crucifixion, Second Coming, and the millennium, and instead it seems he understood these were all part of the First Coming. If John the Baptist, who was well-versed in Old Testament prophecies, didn’t see all these events clearly, it would be a mistake to assume that the Old Testament prophets did. To then rightly divide the events shown to the Bible prophets, we must study both the Old and New Testament for the complete picture.
Recorded September 21, 2024.
Denominations that emphasize a millennium on earth often reference Isaiah 65 as evidence. They interpret Isaiah 65 as a comparison between life on earth before the millennium, and life and earth during the millennium. What they are missing is the additional revelation that tells that the creation of a new heaven and new earth is at the end of the millennium. An in-depth study of Isaiah 65 reveals that Isaiah is comparing life on this sin-filled earth before the Second Coming to life on the earth made new after the end of the millennium (start of eternity). During the millennium itself, the Bible reveals that the earth is barren with no human life (Revelation 19:17-21), and after the second death of the wicked at the end of the millennium, at that time we will reign with God on a re-created and restored earth forever with the heavenly Jerusalem being on planet earth for eternity. Join Tom Stapleton as he takes you through a verse-by-verse analysis of Isaiah 65 and comparing it with the same events and timing as given in the book of Revelation. Only this way will you find the truth of what these prophecies are teaching us about the great and precious promises yet to come.