Hi Pastor John,
I hope you are well.
I have a question related to the message Sunday morning. When God started speaking through the prophets about Jesus, did they understand the prophecies? At what point was it understood that He was revealing things to come and preparing His people? I cannot imagine how David must have felt. To be praying and speaking on one thing and for those nuggets to be revealed.
The message on Sunday makes me want to go through and read the Old Testament again.
Thank you,
Margo
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Hi Margo.
The prophets all died without understanding any of their prophecies about Christ. We are not told when, but God did let them know that they were prophesying about a future event, as Peter said:
“Prophets who prophesied of the grace that has come to you searched out and diligently inquired about this salvation, trying to determine who or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was indicating when it testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and of the glory that followed. To them, it was revealed that they were ministering those things not to themselves, but to you, which things are now reported to you by those who preach the gospel to you by the holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which things angels long to look (1Pet. 1:10–12).
Pastor John