An exciting and rich prophecy in the Old Testament is that of Ezekiel 37. This prophecy encompasses the full landscape of the gospel. It's themes are both intriguing yet simple enough for those willing to slow down for a few minutes to read and understand them. Originally, I understood Ezekiel 37 to be a prophecy about the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity in 536 B.C. However, I became a bit more fascinated with the prophecy after preparing for some lectures on the resurrection. I knew that this prophecy was used largely by rapture ready enthusiasts to teach about the coming of a third temple in Jerusalem. However, there were too many textual difficulties ...

Jewish eschatology is prophetically focused on the Jewish Messiah, the resurrection and life after death. Bible eschatology mistakenly takes a sad turn from proponents who view it as the final events of human history. Rather, it is about the final events of "Jewish covenantal history. The rejection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah in his first coming or incarnation as presented in the New Testament demonstrates the confusion that exists in Jewish eschatology. Similar to it is the rejection of the imminent first century "second coming" of Christ by advocates of "Christian Eschatology. However, the end results are the same. Both look for a future destruction or terminus of human history. Consider also that both Jewish and ...