The Future by David Jeremiah

The Future   Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:18 Peter Drucker said, “Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.”

Recommended Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

But wait! We know “that in the last days perilous times will come” (2 Timothy 3:1), and there will be “wars and rumors of wars” (Matthew 24:6). Just as the world reaches a crisis point, Jesus will come to rapture His people (1 Thessalonians 4:16). A man of evil will arise who will exalt “himself above all that is called God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4). He will establish a treaty with Israel, but after three and a half years he will break it (Daniel 9:27). He will then set up his image in the rebuilt Jewish temple, which will spark the Great Tribulation. Just when the Antichrist seems about to destroy Israel, Jesus will return (Zechariah 14:4). Christ will reign on earth a thousand years (Revelation 20:4). Then God will welcome His children into the new heaven and the new earth, and the eternal city (Revelation 21:1-2). “Thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Who says you can’t know the future? Prophecy is important to God, and He desires for us to understand His plans. David Jeremiah