The Old Testament prophecies related to the coming of Christ, although incredibly detailed, contain a certain amount of ambiguity that is cleared up in the New Testament. For example, the prophet Isaiah spoke of the death of the Messiah (Isaiah 53) and the establishing of the Messiah’s kingdom (Isaiah 26) with no clues concerning the chronology of the two events—no hints that the suffering and the kingdom-building might be separated by millennia.
Unabii wa Agano la Kale kuhusiana na kuja kwa Kristo, ingawa ni wa kina, una kiasi fulani cha utata ambao umerekebishwa katika Agano Jipya. Kwa mfano, Nabii Isaya alisema ya kifo cha Masihi (Isaya 53) na kuanzishwa kwa ufalme wa Masihi (Isaya 26) huku hakuna dalili ya mwenendo wa matukio mawili - hakuna mwanga kwamba mateso na ujenzi wa ufalme utatenganishwa na milenia.