The Reformed Olive Press

Ezekiel 38 & 39 fulfilled in the Book of Esther Ezekiel 38 & 39 are one the most abused passages in the Church today. These two passages have been misused to justify wacky end times interpretations over countless generations. Because of the wacky interpretations, Christians have been pumping millions of dollars in prophecy conferences, movies, and books in order to justify their agendas. “Prophecy experts” have to change their books every 50 years to stay relevant. Today, the popular narrative (embraced by Dispensationalism) is that Russia will attack Israel for oil and other resources sometime in the far future. This is problematic because there is no mention of Russia and oil in Ezekiel 38 & 39. This is “read into the text” and we just nod in agreement without weighing the evidence. In addition, the literal interpretation of 7 years/7 months of burials and weapon burning conflicts (founded in Ezekiel 39) with the 7-year Great Tribulation and the Earthly Millennial Kin...

Job’s Daughters and the New Covenant ·          In the last chapter of Job, we see that his daughters are given an inheritance. This was unheard of in this Jewish Patriarchal Culture. This can be compared to the Gentiles now be included among Jews in the New Covenant. The Gentiles are now inheritors in the New Covenant through Christ. ·          In the beginning of the story, Job’s children were nameless. In the last chapter, we get names. Being nameless would symbolize being dead in sin and having a new name would indicate new life in righteousness. ·          In the last chapter of Job, we see that he has 7 new sons and 3 new daughters (now with mentioned names). A “resurrected” Job extended his inheritance to his new daughters/family. The total number is 10, which represents Completion. This means the whole family reaps the benefits of their father. This...

Jesus and Uriah Here are some similarities between Jesus and Uriah: Uriah means God is Light  and Jesus is the Sun (Son) of Righteousness Uriah/Jesus was betrayed by his friend (David/Judas) and his wife (Bathsheba/followers/Jews) Uriah was faithful to his wife like Christ was faithful to his followers/Church Uriah/Jesus was innocently-set up by political forces and conspiracy that resulted in their death Jesus died to cover the Elects' sins. Uriah died in a way to cover-up David's sin (in order for the secret not to be revealed). He died in David’s place to pay for the consequences of sin (for adultery and murder, which resulted in the death penalty in the Old Testament-no animal sacrifice was accepted to make up for these sins). Uriah and the unknown baby from the adulterous relationship died for both David and Bathsheba as innocent substitutes for their sin. Uriah/ Jesus were the only people (in their respective stories.)to die by doing the right thing....

Here is the NIV translation Chiasm of Daniel 9:25-27

Zechariah 14-Internal Parallels Chart One of the most difficult passages in the Bible is Zechariah 14. Dispensationalism has interpreted this passage as an end times event, which involves Jesus coming back and splitting the Mount of Olives. It is debated between scholars at which point in the End Times Timeline this occurs. Personally, I believe this passage has been partially fulfilled already. The chart below will compare Zechariah 14 to other verses in the book. This will reveal a historical fulfillment as well as a future fulfillment. Internal Parallels for Zechariah 14 Zechariah 14:1-2 Romans Attacking Israel- 70AD Zechariah 12:2-9 Zechariah 14:3 God fighting for his Elect Zechariah 9:9-17 Zechariah 14:4-5 Fountain of Living Water/New Covenant-God strikes Christ the Rock. Zechariah 13:1; Zechariah 4:7; Zechariah 9:11; Zechariah 9:16-17 Zechariah 14:6-7 A Day of Mourning and Hope-Cr...