Prophecy is not a magic trick
Matthew 13:14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
How about you, when they mandated the vaccine did you understand, did you perceive?
2Peter 1:19 And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
The world is a dark place.
Imagine you are driving from NY to California. You decide you are going to take 70 west. As you are driving you will see many signs, but none of them are saying "California". In fact coming out of NY it is all confusing with a whole bunch of signs until you get to Pittsburgh, and there you pick up 70. Then you go through Columbus, and then Indianapolis, and then St. Louis, etc. My point is that every time you see a sign you could then look at your map to make sure you are heading in the right direction and to get an idea of how far away you are. The Bible is our map. The map doesn't say at 5pm on tuesday look to your right and you will see a McDonald's near St. Louis. However, the map does tell you that St. Louis is halfway to California. People are looking for prophecy to tell them that tomorrow morning the headline in the newspaper will be such and such. No doubt God could do that. But what I am using prophecy to do is to tell me where I am at on the map. So yes, I look at the headlines of today's paper and then look on my map to see where I am.
Revelation 19:10 for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
The spirit of prophecy is not a magic trick, it isn't the mentalist game of reading your mind. Instead it is the testimony of Jesus. Where we are heading is to stand before Jesus, that is our destination. Every word of Prophecy is designed to help us to stand.
Matthew 13:14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
How about you, when they mandated the vaccine did you understand, did you perceive?
2Peter 1:19 And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
The world is a dark place.
Imagine you are driving from NY to California. You decide you are going to take 70 west. As you are driving you will see many signs, but none of them are saying "California". In fact coming out of NY it is all confusing with a whole bunch of signs until you get to Pittsburgh, and there you pick up 70. Then you go through Columbus, and then Indianapolis, and then St. Louis, etc. My point is that every time you see a sign you could then look at your map to make sure you are heading in the right direction and to get an idea of how far away you are. The Bible is our map. The map doesn't say at 5pm on tuesday look to your right and you will see a McDonald's near St. Louis. However, the map does tell you that St. Louis is halfway to California. People are looking for prophecy to tell them that tomorrow morning the headline in the newspaper will be such and such. No doubt God could do that. But what I am using prophecy to do is to tell me where I am at on the map. So yes, I look at the headlines of today's paper and then look on my map to see where I am.
Revelation 19:10 for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
The spirit of prophecy is not a magic trick, it isn't the mentalist game of reading your mind. Instead it is the testimony of Jesus. Where we are heading is to stand before Jesus, that is our destination. Every word of Prophecy is designed to help us to stand.