Why does understanding the church age's absence in Old Testament prophecy matter?
Recognizing that the Old Testament never predicts the intervening church age allows prophecy and the Age of Grace to fall into their proper perspective. Scripture's prophetic program runs uninterrupted from start to finish, yet history shows it was interrupted by this age, an interruption that will end.
Les teaches that everything laid out in Old Testament prophecy never gives a hint of the intervening church age. Once people understand that, prophecy as well as the Age of Grace falls into its right perspective. The Old Testament knows nothing but the prophetic program moving right straight through to the end. From God's perspective, this prophetic program from start to finish goes without interruption, but historically it was interrupted, is still interrupted, and is going to end one day. Les also notes that a timeline has helped many people comprehend the unfolding of Scripture.