Hi friends!  Do you realize that right this moment Jesus is preparing our eternal home?  That’s right! That is Jesus’ promise to His followers.  We will enjoy an eternal home with our Heavenly Father, and Jesus has gone to prepare that place!  And since He has gone to prepare that place, He will return to take us there!  (John 14:3)  That is prophetic…and the Bible is full of prophecy we need to be aware of!

 

But let’s lay some groundwork:

• The Bible is the inerrant Word of God and we can trust it.
• The best interpretation of Scripture is a straight-forward interpretation, understood as the writer intended.  (ie – history as history, poetry as poetry, prophecy as prophecy, etc)
• The Bible teaches the pre-tribulational rapture of the church.

 

How do we know we can trust the Bible and its prophecies?  Several reasons, but perhaps the most obvious is that over 500 prophecies have been perfectly fulfilled without a single error.  What are the odds of that?  Incalculable!  To illustrate, how does a person predict where they will be born, who they will be born to, when they will be born, when they will die, and exactly how they will die…..all beforehand?  Only Jesus could do that…and that is only a small handful of prophecies already fulfilled.  There are about 500 recorded prophecies that have been perfectly fulfilled.  There are about 500 more yet to be fulfilled.  If God can get the first 500 right, without a mistake, then I’m trusting Him for the remaining 500!

 

As we close today, be assured there are dozens of reasons to study prophecy.  But I want to share one that is most intriguing to me.  Please read Revelation 1:3.  What reason do you find there?  I want to experience the Lord’s blessings.  How about you?

 

Thanks for joining us on the journey.  Come back for more!