Quotes About Prophecy

Science is not just about predicting the future, though. Scholars in all fields often seek to broaden our horizons, thereby opening before us new and unknown futures. This is especially true of history. Though historians occasionally try their hand at prophecy (without notable success), the study of history aims above all to make us aware of possibilities we don't normally consider. Historians study the past not in order to repeat it, but in order to be liberated from it.

echoing John the Baptist's cry: 'the kingdom of heaven is near' (Matthew 3:

They asked Wisdom, "What is the punishment of sinners?" She answered them, "Evil will pursue them." They asked Prophecy, "What is the punishment of sinners?" She answered them, "The soul that sins will die." They asked the Holy One Blessed Is He, "What is the punishment of sinners?" He answered them, "They will repent and it will be forgiven." —j. Makkoth 2:6

This is a powerful metaphor for how our fear of aging and our deep belief that we are meant to grow old may get transformed into aging itself, as a self-fulfilling prophecy generated by a withering self-image.

Don't you stupid Aussies get it? Australia is doomed! Nothing, and nobody, can help you. You have sinned willfully after you have received knowledge of the truth.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .

hay ciertos sucesos que ocurrirán cuando Cristo regrese: (1) la resurrección general de los muertos, (2) la destrucción del mundo, (3) el Juicio final, y (4) el inicio del estado eterno.

El amilenarismo no es complejo. Es simplemente el evangelio aplicado a la historia del mundo.

En Su Primera Venida, Cristo sufrió y trajo buenas nuevas al mundo. En Su Segunda Venida, Cristo traerá desgracia {o ayes} y juicio al mundo. Su Primera Venida es en paz; Su Segunda Venida es con juicio.

Sufrió a manos de los malvados en Su primera aparición, pero vencerá y reinará sobre los malvados en Su segunda aparición.

It's just like Kiernan Kane to send an urgent message hidden in an indecipherable mess of prophetic rhyme. By the time we've figured out what the thing means, we'll be in the middle of danger only to realize that every assumption we made was completely wrong.

The prophecy seemed to indicate that we should stay together in order to succeed." "The prophecy has many meanings," Kiernan said, "and none of them are clear." "Then why have a prophecy at all?" Brant demanded, a hint of his old irritation breaking into his voice. "Has it really changed anything?" Kiernan asked. "It has changed everything!" "Interesting." Kiernan looked thoughtful."You really think so?

I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us.

Monsters are divine portents.

I have a really weird thing with my dreams. I've had vivid dreams in the past that actually came true days after the dream.

We do not know the precise time of the Second Coming of the Savior, but we do know that we are living in the latter days and are closer to the Second Coming than when the Savior lived his mortal life in the meridian of time.

If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.

Iran believes that before Imam Mahdi reappears, it must prepare a fertile ground for him and that it must control the Muslim world.

I still believe there's going to be peace at last - but not until Jesus Christ returns. Until then, Armageddon is in full effect, and we have to work on preserving ourselves instead of destroying ourselves.

The moral climate is dramatically shifting, as Scripture prophesied it would at the conclusion of the age. But we who refuse to make room for compromise in our faith must hold our position with confidence, understanding that we have been ordained by God to live in this hour. We were chosen for this moment to demonstrate victorious living in Jesus Christ — by His all-sufficient grace — in a world that has run amuck.

Who had the biggest army in the ancient world? Caesar Augustus in Rome, and that is precisely how he was able to dominate that world. Nevertheless, his army is nothing compared to this angelic stratias that has lined up behind the new emperor. Remember Isaiah's prophesy that Yahweh would one day bare his mighty arm before all the nations. N.T. Wright has magnificently observed that the prophecy finds its fulfillment in the tiny arm of the baby Jesus coming out of his manger-crib.

The easiest kind of prophecy," he said, "is the kind that predicts things that have already happened.

I told you this would happen. I am Cassandra—doomed to see the future yet destined never to be believed.

Francis George: I expect to die in my bed, my successor will die in prison, and his successor will die a martyr in the public square.