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The Holy Spirit Tells What Is Yet to Come
(Jn16:13; Rev1:8)
God is the Almighty.
He is who was and is and is to come (Rev1:8) and
Knows the things which were, the things that are and the things which will take place later (Rev1:19).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is preparing for the things to come (Mt24:42-51).
Since people instinctively desire to know the future,
Regardless of their knowledge or social standing,
Many seek out fortune tellers and foreseers and are
Even seduced by outrageous apocalyptic theories.
The Bible, written by those who were inspired by the Spirit of God (2Pe1:19-20),
Emphases that only the Almighty knows the future of mankind and the universe (Ecc3:11-15).
As such, Adam’s disobedience to the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:6) was
Not a failure of God's plan but rather according to His purpose from the beginning
For the death of His Son (Ge3:15).
The deluge in Noah’s Time (Ge6:13; He11:7),
Abraham at the age of 100 receiving a son (Ge18:10; He11:11),
Joseph who predicted seven years of abundance and seven years of famine (Ge41:1-41),
Israel who left Egypt after 430 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41) etc
All demonstrated that according to what God foretold long ago,
Suddenly He did them and they came to pass (Is48:3).
In spite of this, however, Israel committed the folly of asking about the future
To idols that cannot speak (Is41:21-23) and
Israel, having lost its sovereignty and collapsed, longed for the day
When a king would come and rule with righteousness (Is7:14, 9:16, 32:1).
Thus they only looked to the temple where the name of the Mighty God was.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would make known the things to come to the souls of all mankind for
He is the Word who spoke from everlasting in the Father’s bosom (Jn1:1-3, 18, 8:58; He1:1),
Became flesh to fulfill them all (Jn1:14) and
Also fulfill what He spoke as the Son (He1:2), that is,
To appear again in the future (He9:28) and
Take those who believe Him to the Farther’s house (Jn14:2-3).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Fulfilled all prophecies (Ge3:15; Is53:5; Jn10:18);
2) Condemned the origin of sin, the devil (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) Shed His everlasting blood for all mankind (1Pe1:19-20).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent makes known what is yet to come (Jn16:13):
1) The second coming of Yeshua—will see Him the same way He went (Ac1:11; 1Jn3:2; Rev1:7);
2) The resurrection of saints, the first resurrection (1Co15:23; Rev20:5)—transformed into glorious bodies like that of Yeshua (Php3:21; 1Jn3:2);
3) To the Father’s house—subjects the world to come (He2:5);
4) The great tribulation—the appearance of the antichrist (1Jn2:18)—the great tribulation of the universe (Mt24:21; Rev3:10, 5:6);
5) The resurrection of the living and the dead (Jn5:29; 2Ti4:1; Rev20:12-13); and
6) Hades—>the lake of fire (Rev20:14)—the end of the universe (2Pe3:7-13).
The man of the Spirit therefore
Preaches the word in season or out of season (2Ti4:1-8),
Keeps his head in all situations, and endures hardship willingly,
For he knows that here he does not have an enduring city
But he is looking for the city that is to come (He13:13-14).
O Lord,
He who was and is and is to come!
In that day, let not even one of us remain on earth.
May be all be among those who see Your face in the air!
Soon and very soon… Amen.