Numbers 24:17 "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Sheth."
There's that shout of a king again!
Balaam tells Balak about the future of Israel and a very important prophecy about the Lord. Balaam would see him but not now and he would then see him but not nigh. He also tells how Israel would be as a lion and having the strength of a unicorn in taking the land and defeating the enemy. It is a mixture of a short range prophecy for Israel and a long range prophecy for the coming of Christ.
There are also predictions about the defeat of nations which we should run across later in our study. It is possible that some of the predictions are about end time, I'm not sure. The early prophets were allowed to see things but they did not understand the whole picture. They did not have the New Testament nor the book of Revelation.
Zechariah 12:8 "In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
v9 "And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
v10 "And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
For those who want to see into the future and give God the glory, the Bible is wonderful.
Psalm 72:18 "Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel who only doeth wondrous things."
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