INTERTESTAMENTAL YEARS:
MALACHI: 432 BC--- MATTHEW: 40 AD
“BEHOLD, I AM GOING TO SEND YOU ELIJAH T PROPHET BEFORE T COMING OF T GREAT & TERRIBLE DAY OF T LORD. HE WILL RESTORE T HEARTS OF T FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN
& T HEARTS OF T CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS,
SO THAT I WILL NOT COME & SMITE T LAND WITH A CURSE" (MALACHI 4:5-6)
• PROPHECIES FULFILLED:
Between Time of Malachi & Coming of Messiah:
2300 days of Desecration: 171--165 BC (DANIEL 8:14),
• BUT PEOPLE & NATION OF ISRAEL WASTED 400 YRS OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY SCRIPTURE, SEEK GOD (PS.43-44) & PREPARE FOR MESSIAH!
• MOST OF JEWS WERE BLINDED BY PRIDE & WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO A HUMBLE MESSIAH PROMISED IN ZECHARIAH 9:9; ISAIAH 6:10;
& JOHN12:40.
• BOOKS WRITTEN DURING THIS 400 YRS
WERE NOT ACCEPTED AS SCRIPTURE
APOCRYPHA CUT BY BIBLE SOCIEITY 1812
• CONFUCIUS, BUDDHA, SOCRATES
ALEXANDER the GREAT
ISRAEL CONQUERED BY MANY…
• BABYLONIANS (IRAQ): 612 BC
• ASSYRIANS: (IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA)586 BC Southern Kingdom
• PERSIANS: (TURKEY, PAKISTAN)532-332
• GREEKS: 263—63 BC
• ROMAN EMPIRE: 63 BC –400 AD
• SADDUCEES: LIBERAL RATIONALISTS, GREEK THOUGHTS FOR GOV’T
• PHARISEES : CONSERVATIVE ZEALOTS
• SCRIBES: REL. LAWS, INTERPRETERS
INTERPRETATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE’S CONCERNS & CARES
• SANDHEDRIN: “Supreme Court” RABBIS
GOD IS NOT SILENT, BUT WE MAY BE THOSE WHO HAVE “EARS, BUT DO NOT HEAR”.
• WE HAVE THE BIBLE.
• WE HAVE PROPHETS, PREACHERS
• WE HAVE HOLY SPIRIT
