Why is it important to understand that Old Testament prophecy does not mention the church age?
Understanding this is important because it lets prophecy and the Age of Grace fall into their right perspective. Old Testament prophecy never hints at the intervening church age; it presents only the prophetic program moving straight through to the end. Recognizing the church age as a historical interruption keeps Scripture's unfolding clear.
Les explains that everything laid out in Old Testament prophecy never gives a hint of the intervening church age. Once people understand that, then 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, though historically it was interrupted and is still interrupted, but it will end one day.