There
are times when future events are described as being present realities. This is
true in life and in the scriptures. And this is especially important when
evaluating any argument made that because the Bible speaks of something in the
present tense, it therefore is saying that whatever is being spoken of is in
fact a present reality.
The
technical name for this phenomenon is prolepsis. The idea behind prolepsis is
quite simple. Merriam-Webster defines it primarily as “the representation or
assumption of a future act or development as if presently existing or
accomplished.”
