Want to Know the Future?
After asking those of you who read
my Bible teachings if you would be interested in a series on the “End Times’,
your response was ‘Yes’. After teaching
on this subject for about 25 years, I am still awed as I see these prophecies
come to pass day after day. I fully
believe that everything in the entire Bible is truth. Even though translations vary, the truth of
it is still there.
There are some
who believe that the King James Bible is the only correct Bible. Yet, when compared to the original Hebrew
(Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament), you will find many errors in the
King James Version. One such example is
in the book of Revelation 6:8 “And
now I saw a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death.” In the original manuscripts, it actually read
as “I saw a green horse”. The
truth is that King James wanted it changed, because he said there was no such
thing as a green horse. As we get into
our end times study, you will see why this is important to read as much as we
can as it was originally written.
We can know
the future of this world we live in if we study the Word of God. One study shows there are 1,817 prophecies in
the Bible. Another study says there are approximately 2500 prophecies in the
Bible and that 2000 have already been fulfilled. I’m not sure these numbers are correct, but
the list is so great that it’s hard to imagine anyone doubting the Word of
God. I do know that there are 300
prophecies concerning Jesus Christ and every single one of them came to pass.
Now, going on
to what is happening in the world today that is fulfilling the prophecies from
the Bible. The Book of Revelation spoke
of a time when there would be a one-world government. Almost 2,000 years ago when John wrote
Revelation, no one even knew the earth was round. No one knew of distant places where many,
many people, tribes and races lived.
John only wrote by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, yet here we are in 2013
and although we do not have a one-world government, we have been headed in that
direction for many years. Two months
after the end of WWII, in 1945, the United Nations was established; a place
where leaders and diplomats of all these countries could provide a place where
leaders could exchange their views on world problems and to stop wars.
The book of Revelation was written in approximately 96 AD, approximately 700
years after the book of Daniel. However, this passage in
Today, most of
the leaders of the world talk strongly about a New World Order, which is the
same as a [One World Government].
This is how prophecy in the Bible; it can take many years to be
fulfilled, or can happen suddenly. You
may be sure if God’s Word says it’s going to happen, it will!
Another
prophecy in Revelation 13:1-15 shows
us that in the end times a One World Religion will be established. Revelation is filled with symbolism that
makes it seem hard to understand. Why was it written that way? The answer lay in the fact that thousands of
years ago, the men who wrote the Bible, were inspired by the Holy Spirit to
write it the way they understood it. Not
having seen the things which are so common to us, they described it the only
way they could. So reading about beasts
and dragons may be confusing to some, but Bible scholars have spent years and
years studying so we can understand it.
I have heard
some people say it’s written like a fairy tale. In fact the opposite is
true. Many years ago when people wrote
fairy tales with beasts and dragons in the story, they got the idea from the
Bible. Most fairy tales were quite
scary, but usually ended well with, “and they lived happily ever after”. This was also taken from the Bible because in
reality only the true believer can live happily ever after when living in
heaven.
Therefore, as
Revelation unfolds we can see it is symbolic for establishment of a One World
Religion. Obviously that hasn’t happened
yet, but we see signs of it in the “World Council of Churches” and other
organizations that are building up. Most
Bible-believing churches are not a part of these organizations because being
“born again” is not on their agenda, nor is taking the Bible literally. To join
in with these groups would mean to compromise what you believe.
Many organized
churches do not believe Jesus was born of a virgin mother. They also don’t believe there is a literal
Devil [Satan], or that Hell is a real place. Most believe in heaven, but they
believe every person will go there. Some
believe that you are assured a place in heaven if you are confirmed. Just
beware that all churches are not Biblically correct. Personally, I would rather be Biblically
correct than politically correct.
Next week we
will be studying the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation
6:1-2
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