Comfort One Another!
"Therefore comfort one
another with these words."
1 Thessalonians 4: 18
A man once told his pastor, “I really don’t have
much interest in studying prophecy.” His
pastor
said, “That means you're neglecting the books
of Daniel, Zechariah, 1 and 2 Thessalonians,
Revelation, and vast portions of Isaiah, Ezekiel,
along with Matthew 24 and 25. That’s a
lot of
Bible to ignore!”
After the apostle Paul wrote the predictions God
gave him about the Rapture of the Church, he said,
“Therefore comfort one another with these words.”
The study of
prophecy is tremendously comforting.
It reminds us God controls the course of history and
has a glorious conclusion for all His children. We’re
not destined to crash with the hopelessness of a
runaway train.
Instead, God is
Conductor, and He will get us
safely home. Just as the predictions of His first
coming were perfectly fulfilled, so will be the
prophecies about His Second Coming.
Hope anticipates wonderful future events.
Details of prophecy may seem daunting, but
the basic outlines are pretty simple. Jesus is
coming again, and heaven is our destiny.
Comfort one another with these truths.
"Bible prophecy helps us to better
understand the future. And gives
us hope in a hopeless age."
Tim LaHaye
