Explanation of selected prophecies from the major prophets So we will briefly discuss each prophecy with

Bible verses and short explanations to give you a good overview of each one we're going to build

on the last lesson on the foundation that we set We're going to touch on some of these

again some of the prophecies again as we move throughout the course some of this may sound repetitive

and feel repetitive but it's meant to it's a good way to ingrain the lessons and ingrain everything

that we're learning because we're going through a lot of prophecy at a base level So feel free

to go back through always go back through and re-watch pause videos take notes very important to do in

retention So also remembering that there is Bible prophecy that has already happened what prophecies have already happened Christ's birth

crucifixion and there's Bible prophecy that is yet to happen These are things like the

second coming the end times tribulation But the main thing that we always wanna remember is hundreds of prophecies

have already come true from hundreds of years ago spanning all different time frames And the Bible has been

start by breaking down some of the bigger messages from the major prophets in the Bible We're going to use

those specific verses and give simple explanations And at the end we will give a summary we'll revisit some

of these messages as we continue to go throughout So let's start with Isaiah's vision of the Messiah we see

in Isaiah 53 verses 1 to 6 These are good verses to check out He was

despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering and he was familiar with pain like one from

whom people hid their faces he was despised and we held him in low esteem Isaiah 53 3 So

what it means here what does this mean Isaiah talks about someone who will ultimately come to suffer and help

us right and pay for our sin way before Jesus time This part of Isaiah shows

us how Jesus life and the sacrifices that he made were part of God's big plan to

help and heal everyone So this was being talked about way before jesus' time Now Jeremiah's promise

OK This is the promise of a new covenant we see in Jeremiah 3131 to 34

I recommend studying deeper into some of these verses as well that we go through Remember

we're doing a base level right now So always feel free to go deeper always feel free

to pick some verses out that stand out to you Maybe a prophecy that stands

out to you and delve deeper into that and go deeper into that So Jeremiah I will put my

law in their hands and write it on their hearts I will be their God and

they will be my people Jeremiah 3133 So what is this prophecy mean Jeremiah is telling us about

a special promise from God where God wants us to be close with Him He wants to be

close to us not just by rolls on stone stone tablets but by writing His love and

laws directly on our hearts Now in Ezekiel's vision this is the vision of dry bones we see in Ezekiel

know that I am the Lord So Ezekiel 37 what does this mean Right We see

kind of a recurring theme here Ezekiel shares a vision where dry bones come back to

life showing us that no matter how hopeless or how dead we feel God has the power

to bring us back to life and hope And then finally Daniel's vision you may

be a little more familiar with this one of the four beasts Daniel seven verses 1 to 8 in my

vision at night I looked and there before me were the four winds of Heaven churning

up the Great Sea We see this in Daniel 72 So it's important to also note Daniel's

vision and what we read in revelation are are interconnected and relate well to each other We'll be doing

another study on that But if you wanted to take some time separately you can look up Daniel

and Revelation It's just a good resource and it's a really fun topic study to do But in Daniel 72

what does this mean Daniel's dream about scary beasts represents Big Kingdoms and events in history Ok

It's a way of showing that even when things get tough even when things get

crazy God is still in control of history So the messages right How do these all tie

together the messages from Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel that we see here in scripture are

about God's big plans from promising a savior to showing how He can fix things when they

seem hopeless These stories these prophecies they are like a big picture that shows us that

God really cares He cares about us He's in control He has a plan to

make things right Even when we can't see it they talk about a future where we're

close to God not just because we have to follow rules but because we really

understand and we feel his love in our hearts So by looking into these prophecies

by understanding these stories like we are we get to learn about God's promise to always be there for

us to help and to guide us and to bring hope and healing to us No

matter what this speaks directly to our more modern desire for depth We all have eternity set in our hearts

to build our spiritual lives The idea of a new covenant not based on external law but written

in our hearts They should encourage us to continually seek the genuine connection with God So in the next

lesson we will start discussing the historical context of some of the prophetic books And we will further develop your

understanding of how prophecy ties together