B. What Future Events Did the Old Testament Prophets See?
B. What Future Events Did the Old Testament Prophets See?
Another stone in the Foundation of Prophecy is understanding that the Old Testament prophets did not know about the Church Age, the Dispensation of Grace. They only knew about these seven things:
1. Their Own Day;
2. The 70 Year Captivity;
3. The Restoration;
4. The Coming of Messiah for the First Time;|5. World-wide Dispersion of the Jews;
6. The Tribulation;
7. The Kingdom.|
Many of the Prophets lived long after some of the prophecies had already been fulfilled, so they did not foretell all seven. Taking the Prophets as a whole, their prophecies can be divided into these seven divisions. Some prophecies were spoken and recorded by someone else. Another Foundation Stone is the fact that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are basically a part of the Old Testament Scriptures. The New Covenant was not made until Christ’s Death on the Cross.