We have now looked at the Millennial Week to help ascertain the start of the final thousand years. Where does the Second Coming fit into this picture? We may well assume that it will take place the very day before the start of the Millennium. However, as we look at the three days of Hosea, and later at the 70 weeks of Daniel and the parable of the fig tree, we will explore a different possibility.
We will approach this study by first considering the history of Israel in her relationship with Jesus. We read of Old Testament visitations by the preincarnate Jesus such as to Hagar, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Balaam, Gideon, and Manoah and his wife.[1] Then, we have the 400 years of silence following the writing of the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi. Subsequently, the Messiah, the incarnate Son of God, was born in Bethlehem, and grew up and lived among His beloved people. The last message Jesus gave the Jewish people was, “you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’”[2] Jesus finally gave up His very life as an atonement for their sin and also for the sin of the whole world. He ascended on high, and we are awaiting His return, when the Messiah will reveal Himself to His Jewish brethren, just like in the Old Testament, when “Joseph made himself known to his brothers”[3]...
[1] Genesis 16:7-14, 22:11-15, 35:9-15; Exodus 3:2-4; Numbers 22:22-38; Judges 6:11-23, 13:3-22
[2] Matthew 23:39
[3] Genesis 45:1
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®.