But
about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
Son,
but only the Father.
but only the Father.
-- Matthew 24:36
With Thanksgiving now behind us, a special December event is right
around the corner.
No, we don't mean Christmas. Instead it's that day when The National Enquirer publishes
its list of predictions for 2017. According to DuJour.com, this much-anticipated annual
issue is one of the most successful for the infamous checkout-line tabloid. Why? Let's consider some
of The Enquirer's
previous prophecies:
- Good Morning
America hostess Joan Lunden will become engaged to NBA
star Shaquille O'Neal.
- Nuclear missiles
will be used to break up a giant asteroid found to be hurtling toward
Earth.
- O.J. Simpson
will become a minister after confessing during testimony in a civil suit
that he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
The National Enquirer's predictions are fun to read,
but its accuracy is way off the mark. On the 
other hand, the prophecies found throughout
the Bible are remarkably precise. For example, God promised in the Old
Testament that the city of Tyre would be destroyed because of its harsh
treatment of Israel. This seemed unlikely because of Tyre's impregnable
fortifications. However, the armies of Alexander the Great indeed leveled the
city. God also promised to one day re-gather his scattered people from around
the globe. For centuries this made no sense because Israel had long been erased
from the map. But in a miraculous series of events, the State of Israel was
proclaimed shortly after World War II. And thousands of Jews came--and continue
to arrive to this day--from distant nations to claim citizenship in their
ancestral homeland.
other hand, the prophecies found throughout
the Bible are remarkably precise. For example, God promised in the Old
Testament that the city of Tyre would be destroyed because of its harsh
treatment of Israel. This seemed unlikely because of Tyre's impregnable
fortifications. However, the armies of Alexander the Great indeed leveled the
city. God also promised to one day re-gather his scattered people from around
the globe. For centuries this made no sense because Israel had long been erased
from the map. But in a miraculous series of events, the State of Israel was
proclaimed shortly after World War II. And thousands of Jews came--and continue
to arrive to this day--from distant nations to claim citizenship in their
ancestral homeland.
J. Barton Payne's Encyclopedia
of Biblical Prophecy lists more than 1,800 other promises from God
in Scripture. And no doubt the Creator's greatest was fulfilled--again, as
predicted centuries earlier--through the birth of the world's Savior in an
obscure outpost of the Roman Empire. It was then that God came to Earth to live
among his people in the person of Jesus. And the Bible's remarkable prophecies
don't end there. It's in the Old Testament's Book
of Daniel and the New Testament's Book of Revelation that we can read about
world events that are unfolding today before our eyes.
In all fairness to The
National Enquirer, one or two of their predictions actually have
come true, and some of their legitimate cover stories have scooped the
so-called Mainstream Media. But its record is still dismal when compared with
the Bible, which was inspired by our Creator, who--unlike mankind--already
knows the future. Let's consider these fulfilled words of prophesy from the Book of Jeremiah:
"When 70 years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you
and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans
I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and
come and pray to me, and I will listen to you."
What does the future hold for us in these uncertain times? We won't find the answer when The National Enquirer hits the newsstands in December. Instead, the truth is as close as our nearest Bible.
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