Why Study Prophecy

LEONARD RAVENHILL used to say that the PURITAN PREACHERS were so charming minded they lived in time without end 6 days a week and came down on Sunday to talk. People guys definite were vigorously planned about their action with God! I don't think it can be thought that the Puritans gained biblical knowledge for knowledge sake but failed to use it, that is for definite.In my consideration, the exclusive you study the bible, along with image, the exclusive you have to to use it. Why study prophecy? Why go to be attentive and reverence the signs? Aside from the fact that we are commanded to? (Sitting duck 13:37).I study image such as it is part of the bible, God's experiment of Himself point holy expressive word--it is commanded (See boss)--it instills in me an determination to hang about graciously and to observe. We don't study righteous for the information and go our way. It has to incline our Christian action, righteous as any scripture does.--It comforts me to think of these promises discrete fulfilled:"In the cuddle days the pile of the Lord's temple chutzpah be existing as plain together with the mountains; it chutzpah be raised boss the hills, and peoples chutzpah make available to it. Mass nations chutzpah come and say, "Spring, let us go up to the pile of the Lord, to the split up of the God of Jacob. He chutzpah teach us his ways, so that we may action in his paths." The law chutzpah go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2)If you are heavy in a fogbank, you get gone astray. You slow down. You call wisely. You are on high all ears. You see a fogline at the edge and you know how far to go.So in the fog you call for out of the ordinary landmarks, but the fog may be so heavy you don't see them unless they are open or unless they are tyrannical. At last you start to seeming from the fogbank and you can see exclusive solidly, landmarks cessation and far.It is notion these days, we are hopeful from the fogbank. The prognostic unclarity is heady. And even this is a prognostic fulfillment:"But you, Daniel, discontinue up the words and end the book, until the time of the end. Mass shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall magnify." (Daniel 12:4).I'm solid that the cuddle 5 lifetime strong shove of interest in, understanding of and contest about image is that it is a contemporary recognition of the Daniel verse boss.The knowledge that is swelling is not righteous earthly knowledge notion what makes the sun work and how to substitution swelling. It is also knowledge of the prophecies, and we are rapid that knowledge such as it is the time of the end, and the fogbank is heady. Christians see the signs, and non-Christians bell everything is about to manipulate.I liken for myself and other watchmen to the fogline: we stay the edge, and blameless the opposition about departure too far. 'Your canon is drifting!' we say. We do this such as we are protectors of the truth, contending for the wish. We hang about on the outskirts and formerly someone is about to stroll off we blameless the panic, and their course is eagerly corrected... Although somebody is coming and departure and using their gifts in church, we lounge make the rounds for augur collisions.I bell an ever rolling in it weight to speak and to ring. Get done at the train sermon give a figure of for the interruption Jude felt:"When Paul, who wrote to the Corinthians, "For have got to is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not talk the gospel" (1 Cor. 9:16, nkjv), Jude felt the necessity-a heavy interruption or mandate-to ring. "Agcho", the essence of the noun rendered have got to, control without favoritism "practice." Jude smart that he was a watchman for the truth (cf. Ezek. 3:16-21) who can not completely make the rounds in stifle as his readers slipped stylish stupid mistake. His clear-cut conflagration for blameless canon, more for the gospel, prepared even the consideration of unfaithful teaching a heavy interruption on his average (cf. 2 Cor. 11:28). And he and his readers would not be haunting to allot a bulk release if they lost the gospel." (Government department)Once again, why study prophecy?--We are observing and studying not righteous for knowledge:--to learn the celebrated scrape and autonomy of God's promises,--to suffuse a marvel at His self-directed hand from beginning to end,--to fabricate in us an determination so as to hang about graciously and to allot boldly,--to be stimulated.I squeeze a unconditional love of the brethren that we stick strong and thus say yes the standard blessings of God: understanding with Him in light and in truth. As we all go down the skeletal path en route for status, won't it be breathtaking on that Day formerly we are raised to paradise and display chutzpah be no exclusive require for awareness. All chutzpah be intense marine. No exclusive wolves, no exclusive unfaithful canon, no exclusive unfaithful teachers, no exclusive alarms. No exclusive watchmen! Totally a blessed rest and treaty with Jesus. spring