Israel Watch: Hello, October 1! - Jim Fletcher - http://www.raptureready.com/rap15.html
September 2015 is almost upon us. Time marches on.
In the Bible prophecy community, we are seeing a tidal wave of speculation about the month of September. Many are pointing to the "blood moons" or Jewish feasts, or some other topic, and saying that the fulfillment of human history (or at least a major, major turning point) will occur in September.
This is folly.
Time and again, irresponsible people in the prophecy community have speculated that Jesus will return on X date. We all remember this really heated up during the "Y2K" scare.
Nothing happened.
Several prominent prophecy teachers (some of them personal friends) have speculated about the month of September for the past 15 years.
Nothing happened.
In the interim, more people began to disengage from Bible prophecy teaching. The honest truth is, many of us have been looking for the soon-end since Hal Lindsey's first book was published in 1970. Personally, I think Lindsey was and is a solid prophecy teacher. Some took his interpretations and greatly expanded on them.
I grew up in the Southern Baptist church and prophecy teaching was dominant for at least a generation.
Then we cried wolf one too many times. That's the flat-out truth.
There are all sorts of reasons for people to reject God, reject the Bible, to reject the bulletproof evidence of prophecy.
Often, it's the age-old problem of human pride. The human heart is corrupt and self-centered. Often, non-believers use all sorts of excuses to reject the faith: mean church members, the pastor asks for money too much, etc.
However, at least a part is played by false prophecy teaching.
I won't go into all the Blood Moon speculations here; the reader has ready access to all that all over the Web. But I will quote from my friend, Phillip Goodman:
"I continue to be disappointed and perplexed at the way many believers neglect their only true authority and source of light on these kinds of subjects, while getting all of their information from the internet prophecy-fad sites or 'here today gone tomorrow' best seller books. The answer to what is going to happen tomorrow, and what signs will signal those future events is in the Bible!"
Yes! Phil is a voice of reason and a solid teacher, as he's always been. No wild speculation, just plain teaching from the Bible, which I frankly find glorious.
Here's what I think will happen in September:
Nothing.
October 1 will dawn, and we will all begin to get ready for the holidays. Maybe Israel will strike Iran, maybe they won't. Maybe Hillary Clinton will be elected president next year, and maybe she won't.
Who knows?
Further, of what possible value is it to our daily lives now to speculate on the timing of the Gog-Magog War, or any other?
This morning, I read reports of Syrian jets attacking positions where senior Jordanian and Israeli officers were, killing a number of them. Wars are raging all over the globe. Anti-semitism is on the rise. Our own government has sold us out and endangered all of us with the insane Iranian nuclear deal. Natural disasters are unlike any we've seen before.
And the economy. Always the economy. The Dow plunged 1,000 points last week and people were predicting Armageddon.
Then the Dow came back up, one day's gains matching the third-best in its history!
The truth is, nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow. We are in the dark about most future events, save for the Big Picture, which the Lord has provided for us...IN SCRIPTURE.
It's just as Phil said, the Bible is our authority, not a Blood Moons author, or televangelist screaming fear from your TV set.
Find joy in the Lord. Ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten you about Scripture. Visit a sick friend and offer comfort, not fear.
Football is coming this fall, and November will bring the big conference championship battles. Thanksgiving will be an opportunity for you to visit with family and friends and offer thanks to the Lord.
Christmas will bring the opportunity to meditate on and be grateful for the infinite mercy offered by our Lord 2,000 years ago.
Get out of the fear game. Get out of the speculation game.
I'm going to conclude this week by asking for something from you, dear readers:
On October 1, email me and say hi. Give me some praise report from your life. Tell me about your joy in the Lord.
Just don't tell me why the latest bestselling book is keeping you up at night.
Have a lovely September.
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