understanding future events





Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15



To understand and interpret prophetic events with accuracy is a challenge under any circumstance. However, many choose not to spend the time necessary to study the prophetic Scriptures, or to dig into God's Word, primarily because the task makes tremendous demands on one's spirit and intellect.


Others do not wish to be regarded as sensational, but this is unfortunate, because the event of Christ's return is a sensational event. The future fact that the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven (Matthew 24:29) will be a sensational moment in history. Christ's return is our blessed hope as well as a comforting hope (1 Thessalonians 4:18). It is also a purifying hope (1 John 3:2,3) and a hope that will earn one a special crown (2 Timothy 4:7,8).





LET US PRAY


We acknowledge our desperate need for God, for God is the source of all life. God is life. God, we pray; we are powerless without you. We acknowledge our deep need for you. Remove any delusion we might have that we are something more, when we are nothing without You.


We rely on your rich guidance and wisdom. Please edify our lives, grant us understanding, teach us Your ways, for we trust in you, God, for our divine and spiritual knowledge, for our understanding of life, and we humbly find ways to share the goods of the earth, and the goods of our world with others, knowing that God made the world for all, not just for the few.


We place our attention and trust on you, God, for You are omnipotent, brilliant and wise beyond our understanding; You, God, are understanding, intelligence, boundless, unfathomable, exact, precise, perfection, Truth, clarity, wisdom, all-knowing, steadfast, revealing, fulfilling, illuminating, self-sustaining, anticipating, abundant, diverse, boundless, expansive, true, dependable, helpful, kind, loving, generous, diverse, unforgetful, thoughtful, patient, organized, immortal, everlasting, without end. +J