Predicting the Future

Have you ever  wondered what the future would be for you and your family?  Does it promise riches or ruin, love or loneliness? Will  you live a long life, or will your life be cut short?  People have speculated about such questions for thousands of years.

Today experts study global trends  and make more predictions about the future.  While many of their forecasts have come true, others have failed, some miserably. For example, in 1912, Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the wireless telegraph, was quoted as predicting: "The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible."  And an agent of the Decca Record Company, who rejected the Beatles  in 1962, believed that guitar-playing groups  were on their way out.

Many turn to the supermarket for clues about the future.  Some seek the advice of astrologers; horoscopes are  a regular feature  in many magazines and newspapers.  Others consult fortune-tellers or psychics, who claim  to "read " the future by interpreting patterns in tarot cards, numbers, or the lines of one's hand.

In their effort to discern the future, some in the ancient world consulted oracles-priests or priestesses who passed on information form the god they claimed to represent.  For instance, its said that King Croesus of Lydia  sent gifts of great value to the oracle at Delphi, Greece with a request to learn what the outcome would be if he fought against Cyrus of Persia. The oracle said that Croesus would destroy  "a great empire" if he marched against Cyrus.  Confident of victory, Croesus sallied forth, but the great empire that was destroyed was his own!

The ambiguous forecast of the oracle was worthless: it would have appeared true no matter which side won the war.  Croesus paid dearly for misinformation that brought him disaster.  Have those who turn to today's popular methods of predicting the future fared any better?

Note: These psychics and fortune-tellers know only what Satan feeds them and its not always the truth. People who believe that Satan exists forget that he knows something about everyone, but not everything .  He feed these people what he wants them to know; just enough to interest the poor  ignorant souls who believe in that crap. Only Jehovah God and Jehovah God only, knows the future of everyone.

Next time: Astrology and Fortune-Telling-Windows to the Future?

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