Dear Victorious,
In the Old Testament, God often revealed the future to the prophets. It seems He doesn't do that much any more. Why not?
David Harper
Dear David,
The New Testament has an entire book devoted to the future. The book of Revelation is all about the future. It is God's revelation. To understand God's revelations of the future though, we must look to His purpose. When God reveals the future to us, His purpose goes beyond just satisfying our curiosity or providing entertainment. God wants us to change our present behavior ... because of what we know about the future.
Look at the Old Testament prophesies and you'll see that every single time there was revelation of the future it was about the behavior of people in the present. It still is. We shouldn't miss the New Testaments revelations about the future either. God has already given us massive revelations about the future. The real question then is what we will do with those revelations. So let me ask you a question. Knowing that Jesus is coming back, that God intends to judge and destroy all evil permanently, how does that impact your behavior in the present?
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