What Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled according to Luke 21:22? Reading Luke 21:22 “For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.” What “all that is written” Refers To Jesus’ phrase gathers a host of Old Testament warnings that God would judge His covenant people if they rejected Him. The following passages form the backbone of those “days of vengeance.” Key Mosaic Covenant Curses • Deuteronomy 28:49-52 — foreign nation swoops in “swift as an eagle,” lays siege to Israel’s cities. • Deuteronomy 28:53-57 — horrifying famine within the siege. • Deuteronomy 28:64 — people scattered “from one end of the earth to the other.” • Leviticus 26:31-33 — cities ruined, sanctuaries desolate, people scattered among the nations. Prophets Who Foretold Jerusalem’s Ruin • Jeremiah 6:6 — “Cut down the trees and cast up a siege ramp against Jerusalem.” • Jeremiah 19:3-4 — “I am about to bring such a catastrophe on this place…” • Jeremiah 26:6 — the temple to become “like Shiloh,” the city a curse among nations. • Micah 3:12 — “Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble.” • Isaiah 29:3-4 — God Himself encircles and besieges Ariel (Jerusalem). • Zechariah 11:6 — the LORD withdraws compassion and hands the land over to devastation. Prophecies Highlighting the Ruined Sanctuary • Daniel 9:26-27 — “The people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.” • Leviticus 26:31 — “I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries.” “Day of Vengeance” Passages Echoed by Jesus • Isaiah 34:8 — “For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion’s cause.” • Isaiah 63:4 — “For the day of vengeance was in My heart…” • Hosea 9:7 — “The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived.” Scattering and Captivity • Ezekiel 5:10, 12 — famine, sword, and scattering pass through Jerusalem. • Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64 — the covenant promise of dispersion finds fulfillment as the survivors are “led away captive to all the nations” (Luke 21:24). Bringing It All Together When Rome surrounded Jerusalem in A.D. 70, every strand of these Scriptures wove together: siege, famine, temple destruction, massive loss of life, and worldwide dispersion. Jesus’ single sentence in Luke 21:22 signals that the terrible events His generation would witness were not random tragedies but the precise outworking of God’s long-announced judgment―“to fulfill all that is written.” |
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