What does Tribe teach about israel prophecy?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on Israel prophecy starts with a conviction that these texts are not background noise for the curious but a living framework for anyone who wants to understand what God is doing in the world right now. Brian has built this case across multiple messages, beginning with the observation that antisemitism is, at its root, the serpent's fury against the nation that bears the promise of his own defeat, and moving forward to the question of where all of this is heading. The posture he calls for is not anxiety but readiness, the kind of person who has oil in their lamp, formed by scripture well enough that when events unfold they can recognize them rather than be caught off guard.
The teaching draws heavily on the Old Testament prophets read in their own light rather than only as devotional encouragement for today. Brian walks through Zechariah 12 as a passage whose sharpest fulfillment still lies ahead, describing Jerusalem as an intoxicating drink that makes surrounding nations stagger and as an immovable rock that injures anyone who tries to move it. He reads those images alongside current events without flattening the grief of what is unfolding. Joel Richardson, a close friend of the family who brought a message on January 6, 2025, framed the same conviction in a single line that has stuck with the congregation: "If God is done with Israel, someone forgot to tell the devil."
The thread running through all of this teaching is a narrative arc that begins in Genesis and ends with Jesus reigning in Jerusalem. Brian describes a return that will involve the physical resurrection of the dead, the national mourning and restoration of Israel drawn from Zechariah 12 and Romans 11, and a procession of events that the Old and New Testament prophets, read together, trace in remarkable detail. The fall feasts, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, are treated not as Jewish holidays belonging to someone else but as God's own family traditions and rehearsals for these future events. The goal, Brian says, is to be the kind of people who have been practicing long enough that when the moment arrives, they recognize it.
Taught from Zechariah 12 · Romans 11:25-27 · Matthew 24 · Ezekiel 37:21-23 · Leviticus 23:23-44
The passage taught · 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
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The messages that teach on it
- March 22, 2026 When a Jew Rules the World Brian Hunter walks through biblical prophecy to paint a picture of what Jesus's return may actually look like, and what it means for Israel and for us.
- October 5, 2025 The Fall Feasts 2025 Brian Hunter walks through the three fall feasts from Leviticus 23, showing how each one points to a future event still to come when Jesus returns to earth.
- January 6, 2025 Now Is Not the Time to Check Out Joel Richardson joins Tribe Church in Jackson Hole to explore biblical prophecy, the events of October 7, and why Christians should stand with the Jewish people today.
- October 7, 2024 The Cup of Israel Brian Hunter walks Tribe through Zechariah 12, connecting its prophecy about Jerusalem to current events in Israel and asking what the cup of Israel reveals in each of us.
- October 6, 2024 The Cup of Israel Brian Hunter walks through Zechariah 12, connecting its prophecies about Jerusalem to current events in Israel and asking what the cup of Israel reveals about our own hearts.
Mentioned along the way
- October 2, 2023 The World's First Selfie Brian Hunter walks Tribe through the biblical feast of Sukkot, exploring why God invites his people to remember, recalibrate, and rehearse his faithfulness seven times a year.
- October 3, 2022 Sukkot Series Week 3： Sukkoth Builds Grit Brian Hunter walks Tribe through the biblical feast of Sukkot, its connection to Israel's future, and why God uses discomfort to build grit in his people.