How much of Bible prophecy has already been fulfilled?
I believe the Scripture teach that most of the Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming of Messiah and the salvation of Israel/judgement of the nations were fulfilled at the coming of Jesus Christ into the world the first time. That is, most of the Old Testament prophecies had spiritual, as opposed to literal, fulfillment. The prophecy of Elijah and the fulfillment in John the Baptist is a perfect example. Only a literalist needs to imagine a future coming of Elijah in order to fulfill the promises in Malachi. They also need to ignore part of the New Testament, esp. the words of Jesus (Matt. 17:12,13). Given this understanding of what happened at Christ’s first coming, the establishment of the Kingdom of God, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on Jews and Gentile, the establishment of the Church as the people of God, the destruction of the Temple in A.D.70, and the scattering of the nation of Israel, I see all as spiritual fulfillments of the Old Testament prophecies on the Messi
