Why Study Prophecy?

To some, the study of prophecy is "doom-and-gloom" and "negative" or a "real downer" of a topic. Subsequently, they simply can't understand why someone would want to waste their time thinking about things that "might" happen or that will probably happen only when most of us are long gone.

To others, the study of prophecy is the highest expression of reverance and dedication and commitment to the God of the Holy Bible who has not only saved them from sin and given them eternal life, but who also gave them a new life and a new beginning on this planet!

If you want to know why we should study prophecy ask yourself one question...Are you a good person?

I sincerely hope that you took the time to not only click on that link, but to also go through the presentation and answer that question honestly. It's only a few minutes of your time that will have eternal significance.

God gave us prophecy to help us (a) recognize that our time is short, that we've sinned, and that we need to approach Him for forgiveness and salvation before it's too late (we could die tomorrow nd would be lost even if these events are still many years away) , (b) to prove to us the validity of the Bible (if we can see that prophecy is being fulfilled around us daily then we should be willing to believe everything else the Bible has to say about God, us, and how to live our lives, and (c) to warn us of the unimaginable consequences of choosing to ignore Him (what's in store for those left behind is mere child's play compared the the worst horror movie ever created!).

Bible prophecy outlines future history in stunning detail The Bible claims that all prophecy will be fulfilled exactly as foretold with 100% accuracy, 100% of the time. No other "sacred" writings of any other religious belief system apart from Judeo-Christinaity make such a claim. Fully 27% of the Bible is prophetic in nature. Why is that?

For twenty centuries, scholars and skeptics from all walks of life, in all nations, in all generations have debated the truth of the Bible, yet in all those, among all those scholars and skeptics, given all the accumulated knowledge of medicine, history, archaeology, and science have yet to disprove a single word of the Bible's 31,102 verses.

Think of it! No book in human history has endured more challenges to its accuracy across the centuries, since the Bible makes its unique claim of 100% accuracy across the board - and across the centuries. The Bible contains some 790,871 words. Each has stood the test of the centuries. No prophecy of Scripture has ever failed; only those yet to be fulfilled.

So, what is the purpose of Bible prophecy? Is it to scare us with images of coming judgment? To impress us with its amazing accuracy? Yes, on both counts! Yet, it is so much more too!

It is to establish beyond all doubt that God remains on the Throne and that what He says is true. Are you ready? Do you know where you stand? Do you know where you will stand when that Day comes? You can know for sure.

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• Back To The Future: Perilous Times Shall Come by Jack Kinsella from The Omega Letter
  
  
• Why Study Bible Prophecy? by Michael G. Mickey from Rapture Alert

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