Jewish eschatology is key in understanding a key element in the scriptures.
A rough background is:
1. The Israel people kept failing to follow God properly
2. The prophets spoke of their failed trust toward God
3. Malachi 3 mentions that a messenger would precede the Lord who would judge
4. Judgment ultimately came.
This information is not to harm or denigrate anyone. The point simply is to show the testimony of scripture as it appears to have played out. These details appear to have been missed by many people over the last two thousand years and thus is worth sharing to restore the details.
I would hope that this could inspire anyone who reads the summary (and even the broader prophets) to consider the continuity of scripture and to decide if it is relevant to one’s life and one’s understanding and appreciation of scripture. To those not interested in the testimony herein, continue on as you were. It is no harm to me. (I mean it is a matter of your personal business how you feel about this or what you do with these concepts of scripture.)
Malachi 3:1-5 (ESV)
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
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Concerning the eschatology of the Israel people, we have this overview:
Malachi 3 shows the Messiah is announced by a forerunner whom we know as John. Isa 40:3ff gives some detail that is again shared in Matt 3:3. This all is to announce and warn of the judgment coming upon the people for their sins.
Daniel provides the more specific timing of the arrival of the Messiah via the 70 weeks of years. The prophet Daniel had sought the future of his people after the 70 years exile in Babylon. So the 70 weeks of years has a practical and symbolic meaning.
Daniel 9:24 (ESV)
24“Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Part of that is the destruction of the city and sanctuary as seen in Daniel 9:26 (ESV)
26And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Matt 24 combines various prophecies and prophets together to clarify the details of the judgment of Israel via the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Isaiah 10:20-22 along with John 11:47-55 show that the remnant, who come to Christ, represent the preservation of the nation that otherwise came to its end.
This achieves what even Moses spoke about in Deuteronomy 32:26–29 (ESV)
26 I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,”
27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant, it was not the Lord who did all this.” ’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
29 If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
That is the apparent reasoning behind preserving the remnant who came to Christ. The city and people had fair warning many times over. Christians were advised to flee so as not to be caught up in the physical judgment and terror that happened. They also survived as the continuation of Israel in the heavenly sense.
I'm not sure if anyone will find any of these events to have failed to happened.
A rough background is:
1. The Israel people kept failing to follow God properly
2. The prophets spoke of their failed trust toward God
3. Malachi 3 mentions that a messenger would precede the Lord who would judge
4. Judgment ultimately came.
This information is not to harm or denigrate anyone. The point simply is to show the testimony of scripture as it appears to have played out. These details appear to have been missed by many people over the last two thousand years and thus is worth sharing to restore the details.
I would hope that this could inspire anyone who reads the summary (and even the broader prophets) to consider the continuity of scripture and to decide if it is relevant to one’s life and one’s understanding and appreciation of scripture. To those not interested in the testimony herein, continue on as you were. It is no harm to me. (I mean it is a matter of your personal business how you feel about this or what you do with these concepts of scripture.)
Malachi 3:1-5 (ESV)
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.= = = =
Concerning the eschatology of the Israel people, we have this overview:
Malachi 3 shows the Messiah is announced by a forerunner whom we know as John. Isa 40:3ff gives some detail that is again shared in Matt 3:3. This all is to announce and warn of the judgment coming upon the people for their sins.
Daniel provides the more specific timing of the arrival of the Messiah via the 70 weeks of years. The prophet Daniel had sought the future of his people after the 70 years exile in Babylon. So the 70 weeks of years has a practical and symbolic meaning.
Daniel 9:24 (ESV)
24“Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Part of that is the destruction of the city and sanctuary as seen in Daniel 9:26 (ESV)
26And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Matt 24 combines various prophecies and prophets together to clarify the details of the judgment of Israel via the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Isaiah 10:20-22 along with John 11:47-55 show that the remnant, who come to Christ, represent the preservation of the nation that otherwise came to its end.
This achieves what even Moses spoke about in Deuteronomy 32:26–29 (ESV)
26 I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,”
27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant, it was not the Lord who did all this.” ’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
29 If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
That is the apparent reasoning behind preserving the remnant who came to Christ. The city and people had fair warning many times over. Christians were advised to flee so as not to be caught up in the physical judgment and terror that happened. They also survived as the continuation of Israel in the heavenly sense.
I'm not sure if anyone will find any of these events to have failed to happened.
