Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Then you have others with no fulfillment yet, but their fulfillment is tied to the end days in some way either directly in the word, or at least by inference by context of the word and the reality of history.
Those notably in progress at the moment (but not an exhaustive list) are:
- Daniel 9
- Zechariah 12
- Psalm 83
- Obadiah 1
- Isaiah 66:6
- Isaiah 17
- Jeremiah 49
- Ezekiel 38-39
- Revelation 12:1-4
Other Prophecies in soon expectation are:
- Rebuilt Jewish Temple (Revelation 11:1-2)
- Ezekiel 29 (Desolation of Egypt and destruction of the Nile for 40 years)
- Woman in Labor pains prophecies:
- Revelation 12:1-5
- Isaiah 66:7-9
- Isiah 26:16-21
- many others with this "Woman in Labor" link
- Daniel 12:1-2
- Revelation 3:8-11
That would be:
John 14:29
And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
The first time Jesus says something like this was privately to the disciples in (John 13:19) in the context of preparing them for the hours to come with His betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection.
(John 14:29) however is in the context of His return for them (and us) after He goes to the Father, for which we have waited nearly 2000 years so far.
This then establishes that everything Jesus prophesied is for the express purpose to encourage and edify the believer, and as confirmation and validation of our faith in Him. Secondarily, the events serve to present His prophecies to the unbeliever, as proof and as evidence, and a call to repentance and salvation.
The Spirit of God is prophecy, and so fulfilled prophecy witnesses to His authenticity, His existence as a reality, and His authority over time and space, and our need to change and submit to His will and not our own.
How wonderfully easy it is to be saved, if you only believe.
From the words of Christ Jesus, the simplicity is stated as "to believe in the Son whom the Father sent":
John 6:29
Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
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John 6:38-40
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
This is reflected later on as well in the book of Acts and other epistles, such as (Acts 16:31) and Romans 10:8-10):
Romans 10:8b-10
That is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
To believe in the Son is to not only believe He is who He says He is, but to Trust in Him also, to put aside our wills and desires and submit to His will.
The great thing is that Salvation is eternal and cannot be lost. Once you are saved, you are Justified by His sacrifice, and all your sin debt is paid in full, past present and future. You now are inescapably in His hands, and no one can snatch you from His hands (John 10:27-30). This "no one" includes yourself.
His Spirit is within us, as a seal and a promise for the final day of full redemption (John 14:26, Ephesians 4:30).
This is why it's "Good News". Nothing YOU can or could do, earns or maintains it (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Once you have been saved and Justified, you are now a work in progress for Christ in your life until death or rapture.
This process is called Sanctification. And this will be a constant part of your life as you mature as a Christian. This work done in your life is not your own, but Christ working within you, and the loss that can be suffered here is not that of Salvation (1 Corinthians 3:10-15), but that of opportunity in allowing Him to work through you. He will finish His work also (Philippians 1:5-6).
And best of all, when He comes back for us, whether by Resurrection or by Rapture, we will be Glorified in Him, and receive new heavenly bodies (1 Corinthians 15:51-55). We will be just as He is.
1 Corinthians 15:51-55
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O Death, is your victory?
Where, O Death, is your sting?”
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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1 John 3:2-3
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.
We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
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2 Corinthians 5:1-2
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling...
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1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
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Titus 2:13
...as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
So, I saved the best for last, seeing how THIS is our promise and our goal, and not just simply being saved. We are destined for eternity in the spirit.
Coming full circle, Prophecy is for us and for the unbeliever. The reminder that He is and always will be, and that we have our future in Him.
If you are not yet a believer, I challenge you to make a decision today and call upon Him.
Romans 10:9-13
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The stakes are high. Eternity with God, or eternity without Him in desolation, suffering, and despair.
I pray you make that choice now. Call upon Him, do not wait another minute, tomorrow is promised to no one. After death it is too late.
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
