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The Book of Revelation is God’s final word to mankind; it is also the most powerful book of the Bible. Nearly twenty years ago I began writing a book about living hope based on Biblical prophecy because I believed that the last book of the Bible is the most hope filled, hope inspiring, hope anchoring book in all of God’s Word.

Prophecy: God’s Signature Across History

Each of us who are believers, saved, and members of Christ’s family, needs Living Hope for the End of Days. We need to learn how to walk each day—with the God we can know personally and trust completely.

God has left His signature, the proof that He is who He claims to be—in the form of prophecies (God explaining future events in clear details that can be verified). So the huge amount of prophetic verses in our Bible is a strong and comforting place to encourage our trusting God. Only the One and Only True God can predict the future with absolute accuracy! As we begin open with me to Isaiah 41:21:

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Bring forth your strong [reasons,”] says the King of Jacob. (NKJV)

Only the One and Only True God can predict the future with absolute accuracy!

 

1. ONLY TRUST THE BOOK FROM: THE ONE WHO ACCURATELY KNOWS THE FUTURE.

Isaiah 41:23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together.

2. ONLY TRUST THE BOOK FROM: THE ONE PROPHECY PROVES IS THE REAL GOD.

Isaiah 42:5-9 Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it: 6 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, 7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house. 8 I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images. 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

3. ONLY TRUST THE BOOK FROM: THE ONE PROPHECY PROVES IS THE RELIABLE GOD.

Isaiah 46:9-10 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

4. ONLY TRUST THE BOOK FROM: THE ONE PROPHECY PROVES IS THE GOD WE CAN TRUST.

Isaiah 48:3-5I have declared the former things from the beginning; They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. 5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.’

5. ONLY TRUST THE BOOK FROM: THE ONE WHO DETERMINES OUR ETERNAL DESTINY.

Isaiah 48:17-18, 22 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. 18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 22 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

 

Be sure you know and trust the God who holds your destiny—and be sure you let Him hold your hand!

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