Why Prophesy?
Prophesy makes up almost one third of the Bible, and the evidence of its fulfillment exalts above every creature, above every angel or mortal, the Lord Jesus. Prophesy wasn’t put into the Scriptures to entertain us, but to honor the LORD, and to prove the authority of Scripture. It gives to us the weapons we need to fight against the methods and arts of the devil; of his subordinates, and to oppose and counter the false teachings of the cults.
Without prophecy, history becomes a chronology of endless stories, dates and events, most having little meaning to us. Prophecy establishes timelines and is meant to motivate and help reach the lost and the curious. It warns us to be watchful; to be faithful, and to trust in the Lord and his Holy Spirit. Prophesy has declared and continues to confirm with accuracy and precision what is, and what is to come.
Isaiah 42:9, “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
The book of Daniel is the earliest example of end time revelation and disclosure and stands at the head of the class of all prophetic books. From the outset, the book is the standard for all future commentators, and to all succeeding generations of prophetic writings. The eye and not the ear of Daniel was the organ by which visions and not words were revealed to him.
His exile to Babylon supplied the outward training and the inward necessity for this last form of teaching; and with the prophetic visions of Ezekiel, we have the connecting link between the distinctive characteristic types of revelation.
A survey of Daniel 2 gives us a look at, and a description of empires, of kings, there conquests and defeats. Each has touched the people of Israel, their religion, their Temple and the great city, Jerusalem.
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com