WHEN HISTORY IS PROPHECY

The Bible has been given to us so that we may know God, that we may know of God's moral standards, that we may realize we all fail to meet His standards, and that in spite of our failure, He has made the one way we can be forgiven:  by faith in the Lord's death, His burial, and His resurrection on our behalf!  Of the many examples of His revelation to us, perhaps the clearest is that He uses past events to explain how future events will occur.  Here are ten such examples:

Isaiah 14:24 - "The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand."

Ezekiel 22:22 - "As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you."

Matthew 12:40 - "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

Matthew 13:40 - "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world."

Matthew 24:27 37-39 - "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Matthew 24:37-39 - "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Luke 11:30 - "For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation."

Luke 17:26 - "And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."

John 15:9 - "As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you:  continue ye in My love."

2 Corinthians 1:7 - "And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation."

THOSE WHO FAIL TO STUDY HISTORY, ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!