A faithful Rapture Ready reader recently sent me an e-mail saying this Scripture keeps coming into my mind, “For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it” (Matt. 13:17).
The reader added, “This generation is blessed, and most don’t even realize it.”
As I understand the entire event (Matt. 13:10-17 and Jesus’ reference to Isa. 6:9-12), many of the prophets and righteous men in Old Testament times and Jesus’ day longed for the day that the Messiah would appear, but they made two mistakes:
The reader added, “This generation is blessed, and most don’t even realize it.”
As I understand the entire event (Matt. 13:10-17 and Jesus’ reference to Isa. 6:9-12), many of the prophets and righteous men in Old Testament times and Jesus’ day longed for the day that the Messiah would appear, but they made two mistakes:
- One, they rejected the idea or misunderstood the fact that the Messiah would come twice (a first and second coming), not just once, and…
- Two, they focused on the Messiah’s reign as King (Second Coming and Millennial reign), overlooked His death, burial, and resurrection (first coming), and failed to realize that there would be an interval (Church Age) between the first and second coming.
- Messiah Will Come Twice :: By Daymond Duck
