Mr. Keras, of course they're related. It might confuse your futurist doctrine, but I'm not the least bit confused.
First and foremost by:
2 Tim 3:16 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
Secondly, by prophesying the first coming of Christ in Numbers 24:17, we see the fulfillment in:
Matthew 2:
1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
2saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For
we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Hebrews 1:8 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the
scepter of uprightness is the
scepter of your kingdom.
Thirdly, The God breathed word in both prophesies is "near". In Numbers 24:17 it is used as "not near", and after all, it was around ~1800 years before its ultimate fulfillment.
It just turns out that the God breathed word "near" in the New Testament doesn't mean "near" to futurists as they just use their handy dandy scripture eraser: 2 Peter 3:8 But do not let this one
fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
But it turns out that the definition of near, is, well, near :
Original Word: ἐγγύς
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: eggus
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-goos')
Definition: near (in place or time)
Here's another question for futurists. When is/was this mustard seed planted: Past or future?
Matt 13:
31He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;
32and this is smaller than all
other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES.”
And when is/are the 3 pecks of leaven added to the bunch?
33He spoke another parable to them, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”