Dear Brethren,

Jesus wants us to realize that time is short and that He is coming again soon, and so He tells us to discern the signs of the times and to watch what is going on in the world.  There is an interesting verse that says prophecies will fail – how can that be?

1Corinthians 13:8  Godly love never fails: but where there are prophecies, they shall fail.

Will the prophecies of God fail?  Will they not come to pass as we hope they will?  What does this strange verse mean?

Luke 21:29-33  And Jesus spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Truly I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Jesus tells us that His words shall not pass away!  That is very good news because that definitely means that all Jesus has said will surely come to pass.  Everything else on this earth will pass away.  Even Solomon’s Temple – the house of God – is no more.  The first-century Churches of God in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea no longer exist as viable congregations.  It is the spiritual things of God that will endure forever.  God gives us a lot of accurate details as to how this present evil world will come to a close.

God has prophesied that the USA and Great Britain, along with our sister nations, will soon experience the breakdown of law, order and morality on an increasingly massive scale due to wars, economic disorder, natural disasters and societal collapse.  No one yet makes the connection, but our physical demise is the outcome of spiritual disobedience to God.

China and Asia will make a bid for global hegemony and economic supremacy backed by an enormous two hundred million man army.  Just when it looks like Europe is all washed up politically and militarily there will arise a worldwide revival and popularity of enormous magnitude for the Beast power and its leader.

Revelation 13:3-4  I saw one of the Beast’s heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the Beast.  And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the Beast: and they worshiped the Beast, saying, Who is like unto the Beast? Who is able to make war with him?

This is an example of God’s prophecy.  Prophecy is not for the purpose of our getting ahead of everyone else, but for the purpose of preparing ourselves spiritually.

2Peter 1:19-21  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:  Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.  For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Man’s prophecies will fail, as will the gift of any man’s inspired preaching.  They will cease and not go on indefinitely, but God’s word is the sure word of prophecy.  In today’s sermon we will look at some of man’s prophecies that are bound to fail.

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Sermon:

"Prophecies Will Fail"