The second blessing era is the new age of the new covenant, undeserved, but granted by God's grace. Nearly all prophetic teaching is in the form of oracles, self-contained verbal revelations from God, spoken or sung publicly in order to explain what God was doing in history and why. We must carefully identify the beginning and end of an oracle and be sure that we understand its characteristic terminology. We must patiently analyze the oracle's historical and literary context, understanding its place in the book in question as well as its place in the scope of history. We must also diligently scrutinize its form and structure.
Most prophetic oracles are poetry, and all employ multiple figures of speech.
All oracles must be faithfully interpreted within the biblical-theological context of the whole of revelation, since understanding redemptive history is essential to conveying accurately what the prophets were inspired to say. They need to hear us preach the prophets accurately.