Jewish Eschatological Expectations

Admidst the  background of Eschatological thought, interpretations, and study, of no small importance is the Jews own expectations and predictions of what their own prophecies record.

In them, judging only from the Old Covenant writings, their own conclusions, while by no means authoritative on their own outside of the proper light of understanding from the New Testament, are a worthwhile field if inquiry.

While we know from the study of the New Testament that they have missed their Messiah (Jesus Christ), it was on behalf of them that the prophets wrote, that they might understand.  While we must not fall into the very mistake of those who missed the first coming of Christ (many of the First Century Jews), we might benefit from a study of their expectations of what the Kingdom of God and the Messianic reign would entail.

  • Textual Requirements
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia