Newsreaders end sentences that use dangling participles, such as: “The game ended in a draw between the two teams, a good result, considering.” Considering what? That neither team was good enough to win?
The spiritual counterparts are ‘dangling’ prophecies that have unclear endings. Such as: “This is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: ‘And it shall come to pass in those days, says the Lord, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh…’ ” All good until we get to “blood, fire, and pillars of smoke” In Joel’s prophecy this refers to the Jewish people, not just in Acts chapter 2, or in the Temple destruction of AD70, but in events which are yet to come.
This present era is running out fast, and we need to explore prophetic endings that are left ‘dangling’ simply because we don’t know how to apply them. We need to see how they relate to God’s End Time purpose for the Jewish people, not just to the church.
If you think that God has no purpose for the Jews and so read the Old Testament as merely the history of a people that God chose for a time and then rejected, you’ll likely accept dangling prophecies without question.
But such Bible prophecies are no longer ‘dangling’ but are coming to pass before our eyes, being relevant to events of our day and age. “Study to show yourself approved,” wrote the Apostle Paul. We should understand what is taking place, not through biased media outlets and shrieking headlines, but through prophecies which are coming to pass in what appears to be their appointed time.
The Lord once observed to me: “You are impatient to the degree that you believe that I am late.” I protested, “Lord, you are never late.” No response. Point taken. There are no ‘dangling’ prophecies, just impatient followers