How explicit is God when He tells the future in prophecy?
God is remarkably explicit when foretelling the future: true prophecy almost always includes a time frame. He names the specific day and the number of years involved in that particular prophecy. This precision marks the Old Testament prophetic program, showing His predictions are not vague but precisely timed.
Les explains that from Abraham's call around 2000 BC until Christ's first advent, God dealt primarily with Jew only, with exceptions. He calls this span the time of prophecy, the prophetic program, or the Old Testament program. Les emphasizes that true prophecy, which tells the future, is almost always marked by a time frame. Whenever God made a promise, He would put it in a time frame, naming the day and the number of years involved in that particular prophecy. That is how explicit God is when He tells the future. This prophetic program was later interrupted at the church age.