It is interesting to note in Scripture that the Jews did confuse the First and Second Comings by failing to see an interval between them. This simply was not a matter of revelation in the Hebrew Scriptures. Christ’s accurate use of Isaiah 61:1–2 in Luke 4:16–22 shows how one should understand two comings in the Old Testament prophecies. This is precisely why Christ gave the revelation of Matthew 13 to explain the character of the time between the First and Second Comings. Even after these explanations,