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What is the purpose of studying prophecy?

Answered by Gene Cunningham, Basic Training Bible Ministries · from The Basics

The study of prophecy and future things is designed to give us hope for the future and perspective for the present. If we are confused about the plan of God and how it works its way out, and about His timetable for human history, we will be disoriented in day-to-day life. So the point of prophecy is balance: we are not to be so focused on the future that we lose sight of today, nor so distracted by today that we forget why we are here and where we are going.

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Source: The Basics The Basics, Lesson 5-5 - The Prospect-The Rapture (printed p. 265) · Read this lesson in the book →

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