Have you ever wondered why Peter put such emphasis on the following Scripture? “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day” (2 Peter 3:8).
When you connect the above passage with the promise found in the book of Hosea, the meaning should start to come in focus.
“He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him” (Hosea 6:2).
Now please consider the following. It has been two thousand years, or two days, since Jesus, the Savior of world, laid down his life to redeem all of mankind from destruction. But were you aware that the work of the Messiah also involved a restoration of Israel?
So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6 NASB).
We also see this interesting nugget found in Acts 4:19-23:
“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. Moses said, ‘THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you. And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ And likewise all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.”
What is the message given by Peter and John?
They are calling for the hearer to repent AND return.
It is also pointed out that heaven must receive Jesus until the restoration of all things.
His return is tied to the words of the prophets.
This web site will guide you in finding Scripture that will assist you in determining what is the central theme of all the prophets, so that you can become part of the restoration that must precede the second coming of Messiah.
Just as the Bereans (Acts 17:11) studied the Old Testament (Tanak) to verify the validity of the apostle’s confession, we too should be investigating the Scriptures for ourselves. Paul instructed his associate Timothy that all Scripture is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). This admonishment really came home to me when I realized that the only Scripture these believers had available to them was the Torah, Prophets, and Writings (what we call the Old Testament). Now I have come to realize that it is time to return to the foundational ground work of the Old Testament, upon which the teachings of the New Testament/Renewed Covenant are based.
It is my hope that this web site will encourage you to study the Words of the Savior, to believe ALL that was written in the Torah of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms (Luke 24:44-45), and to obey the instruction so that you can walk even as He walked (1 John 2:3-6).
My prayer for you is that you will have eyes to see and ears to hear what is recorded in His Word.