The Prophecy Timeline
Messianic prophecy in the order it was spoken: from the patriarchs to the fall of Jerusalem. Each era carries the promises made inside it, in its own words, with the passage where the New Testament says it landed.
Israel Falls
722 BC – 586 BC · 2 propheciesNations Turn to GodEthiopia Brings Gifts to God
FulfilledIsaiah 18:7awaiting fulfillment“At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts.”
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Ethiopia Brings Gifts to God
“At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts.”
Recorded as fulfilled, no New Testament fulfillment passage is cited for it yet.
Ethiopia (Cush) would bring tribute to the Lord.
The Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8) was an early convert. Ethiopia became a Christian nation in the 4th century AD and has maintained Christian faith ever since.
Ethiopia claims ancient connections to Israel through the Queen of Sheba and has preserved Jewish/Christian traditions.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.
Nations Turn to GodGospel Preached to All Nations
Partially Fulfilled“He says: 'It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.'”
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Gospel Preached to All Nations
“He says: 'It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.'”
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
God's salvation would be proclaimed to all nations.
Christianity has spread to every continent and most people groups. Bible translation continues to unreached languages. Full completion awaits reaching every people group.
In the 1st century, Christianity was a small Jewish sect. Now it's the world's largest religion.
Missiologists track 'unreached people groups' - approximately 7,000 remain. This prophecy is being progressively fulfilled.
Spanning 2100 BC to 100 AD of biblical history.
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