What does Tribe teach about old testament 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 Old Testament prophecy starts with a way of reading the prophets that Pastor Brian Hunter says unlocked the books for him. The prophets, he explained, work like a 'now and later.' Some of what they wrote was fulfilled within their own lifetimes or shortly after, some of it we now look back on as settled history, but tucked inside those same chapters are things that still carry a future, greater fulfillment ahead. The clue to spotting which is which, he said, is the phrase 'in that day' or 'the day of the Lord.'
Colson, one of the leaders in Tribe's young adults ministry, approached the same body of Scripture from another angle, tracing a recurring pattern he said runs all the way through the Hebrew Bible: an Eden-like setup, some transgression, a chosen one who is rescued and intercedes, and then a covenant God makes with His people. He carried that pattern from Genesis 3:15 through Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, arguing that Christmas does not begin in Bethlehem but on the first page of Genesis. God's promises had been accumulating for thousands of years before they arrived in the most unexpected way possible.
Both messages share a conviction that the Old Testament prophets were not simply writing for their own moment. Brian's reading of Jeremiah 30 connected 'the time of Jacob's trouble' to a coming tribulation that will be the catalyst for national Israel finally reaching the end of themselves, noting that Brian says, 'The chastisements of God are always the least severe measures taken to bring about the maximum possible correction.' Colson's reading of 2 Samuel 7 and the Davidic covenant pointed in the same direction: prophecy moves. It has a trajectory, and the whole Bible is the story of God keeping His word, often through people and means no one would have chosen.
Taught from Jeremiah 30:1-17 · Isaiah 9:6-7 · 2 Samuel 7:8-16 · Genesis 3:15 · Daniel 7:13-14
“Hosanna is the cry of the human heart that finally realizes we can't save ourselves.”
From The Cry of the Human Heart
The passage taught · Jeremiah 30:1-17
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 For, behold, the days come,’ says Yahweh, ‘that I will reverse the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
4 These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- September 20, 2026 The Cry of the Human Heart Pastor Brian Hunter walks through Jeremiah 30 and John 12 to explore what will finally soften Israel's heart, and what the cry of "Hosanna" means for your own life today.
- December 29, 2025 Christmas： The Whole Story A young adults leader walks Tribe church through the entire biblical story to show why Christmas begins on page one of Genesis, not in a manger.