WHY YOU CAN TRUST BIBLE PROPHECY

Will  You Trust Bible Prophecy?

You can trust Bible prophecy.  In fact, you can build your life around  Jehovah and the fulfillment of his prophetic word.  Bible prophecy is not a dead record of already fulfilled predictions.  Many prophecies found in the Scriptures are now in the course of fulfillment or await realization in the near future.  Judging from the past, we can be fully confident that they too will  be fulfilled.  Since such prophecies focus on our times and involve our very future, we do well to take them seriously.

You can surely trust the Bible prophecy found at Isaiah 2:2, 3:  "It must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains . . . And many peoples will certainly go and say:  'Come, you people, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, . . . and he will instruct  us  about his ways, and we will walk in his paths.' "  Today, millions of people are indeed  embracing Jehovah's elevated worship and are learning to walk in his paths.  Will you grasp the opportunity to learn more about  God's ways and take in accurate knowledge respecting him and his purposes so as to walk in his paths? -John 17:3.

The fulfillment of another Bible prophecy requires urgent action on  our part.  Regarding the near future, the psalmist prophetically sang:  "Evildoers themselves will be cut off . . .Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more."  (Psalm 37:9, 10)  What do you think is needed in order to avoid  the impending destruction of the wicked, including those who scoff at the Bible's prophecies?   The same psalm answers:   "Those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth."  (Psalm 37:9)  To hope in Jehovah means to conform our life to his standards. -Proverbs 2:21, 22.

What will life be like when those hoping in Jehovah possess the earth?  Again, Bible prophecies reveal what a glorious future is in store for obedient mankind.  The prophet Isaiah wrote:  "At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be  unstopped.  At that time the lame one will climb up just as a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry our in gladness.   For in the wilderness waters will have burst out, and torrents in the desert plain."  (Isaiah 35:5, 6)  The apostle John penned these reassuring words:  "He [Jehovah] will wipe  out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.  The former things have passed away.  And the One seated on the throne said: . . . 'Write, because these words are faithful and true.' " -Revelation 21:4, 5.

Jehovah's Witnesses know that the Bible is a book of reliable prophecy. And they fully agree with the apostle Peter's exhortation:  "We have the prophetic word made more sure; and you are doing well in paying attention to it as to a lamp shining in a  dark place  until day dawns and a daystar rises, in your hearts." (2 Peter 1:19)  Our sincere hope is that you will be heartened by the splendid prospects that Bible prophecy hold out for the future!

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