If we chose movies, music, or books about spirit mediums, magic spells, demon possession, witches, vampires, or similar subjects, Satan and the demons would know that we are curious about them. Make a copy of these false prophecies, found in the appendix, and give it to them to check. They have claimed that Isaiah’s prophecies were not truly predictive but were written after the fact, a later writer merely recording what had already happened. He is our loving Father, and knows what is good for us better than we know. Because God knows the future, we can count on all the prophecies to eventually be fulfilled. In 4 years, the two of you will realize you’ve been in-love with each other for a long time. What is it? As the last enemy, death is to be destroyed.” (1 Cor. The fact that many of the Bible’s prophecies have been fulfilled gives us basis for having faith in those that are yet to be fulfilled. Here are two possible dates a check could be approved, … For a free home bible study, please visit jw.org. The future consists of blank pages in the book of history. Learn about Senate Art & History Explore the Senate's collection of paintings, sculpture, graphic art, and decorative art representing the history of the institution, the Capitol, and the nation. Furthermore, Isaiah accurately described Cyrus’ strategy​—that of diverting the Euphrates River, which served to protect the city. THE WATCHTOWER October 2008, Share and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” (Dan. No human can foresee even his own future. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. An example of knowing the future hundreds of years in advance is found in what Joshua said at the time the city of Jericho was destroyed. It should be kept in mind that God does not grant a view of the future so that people might satisfy selfish desires. . The prophetic answer is not prosperity and glory, but destruction. 9:26, 27, AS) His sacrificial death in the middle of that seventieth week of years brought to an end the Mosaic Law with its oblations or offerings. Active Jehovah’s Witnesses can currently be found in a claimed 239 lands around the globe. At the forfeit of Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation of it, and at the forfeit of Segub his youngest he put up its doors, according to Jehovah’s word that he spoke by means of Joshua the son of Nun.” (1 Ki. “After that he came on in and ate and drank and then said: ‘You men, please, take care of this accursed one and bury her, for she is the daughter of a king.’ When they went to bury her, they did not find anything of her but the skull and the feet and palms of the hands.” (2 Ki. Your dream job. Counting from 455 B.C., when the command to rebuild Jerusalem went forth, 483 years brings us to A.D. 29. There are no deadlines against which he must work. We would be foolish to think that we know better than the Creator of the world. Elisha did not look in an animal’s liver; he did not throw arrows on the ground; he did not look for signs in the stars or in flights of birds and he did not consult with the dead. He completely understands everything he has created, including the nature and inclination of man. If Adam Was Perfect, How Was It Possible for Him to Sin. 21:19, 23) What Elijah foretold proved to be as true as if he had been relating something that already had happened. Thus the Anointed One, the Prince, had come. Some persons may appear to have knowledge of future events because they occasionally make accurate predictions. They could then try to involve us even more deeply in demonism. When the apostle Peter was inspired to speak about it he referred to the present system of things as the “heavens and the earth that are now.” He said: “The world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water. Such people are often disappointed with the results. This is what Jehovah has said, “Tomorrow about this time a seah measure of fine flour will be worth a shekel and two seah measures of barley worth a shekel in the gateway of Samaria.” ’ At that the adjutant upon whose hand the king was supporting himself answered the man of God and said: ‘If Jehovah were making floodgates in the heavens, could this thing take place?’ To this he said: ‘Here you are seeing it with your own eyes, but from it you will not eat.’”—2 Ki.