Himself? – Someone else? – Israel? – The Messiah? According to Rashi, the 11th century Rabbi, the answer is clear. The prophet is talking about Israel suffering for the Gentiles. Most Rabbis today agree that this is the Jewish...
Hebrew Prophets
Tony PearceDaniel 9: the 70 weeks Prophecy. Part 2
In the first part of this article we saw how the prophecy of Daniel 9.24-27 was given to Daniel at the end of the period of captivity of Israel in Babylon. It focuses on the restoration of Jerusalem (‘Your city’) and the Jewish people (‘Your...
Daniel 9: The 70 weeks Prophecy. Part 1
‘In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.’ Daniel 9.2 For almost all his...
Psalm 2 – the Messiah and the Antichrist
This Psalm begins with the words: ‘Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, ‘Let us break their bonds...
Zephaniah 3 – The Restoration of Israel and the Great Day of the LORD
The first part of Zephaniah’s prophecy is mostly a warning of judgement coming on Judah and the nations. This would reach its climax in the event described as the day of the LORD. Zephaniah1.14-16 describes that day: ‘The great day of the LORD is...
The last three chapters of Zechariah – What the Lord will do for Israel in the last days.
Zechariah 12. The Hebrew phrase ‘be yom ha hu’ (in that day) occurs 14 times in Zechariah chapters 12-14. This phrase refers to the Day of the Lord, the day when the Lord intervenes to save His people Israel and to set up His Messianic kingdom. So...