Heads Up

I have a theory. God didn't put prophecy in the Bible to tell us the future. My reasons are:

1 – It would have been a waste of space. About 25% of the Bible is prophecy. It's either stuff that is now long past, or hasn't happened yet. So, if it was put in to tell Christians the future, it's either useless to us now (as it's past) or was useless for Christians in the last 2000 years (wasn't fulfilled in their lifetime). Either way it's an inefficient use of paper. That's incredibly un-green for a Creator.

2 – Revelation 1:1 starts out "The revelation of Jesus Christ." Revelation is the Greek word roughly transliterated "apocalypse." Someone took the Greek word and started using it to describe the end of the world, as the end of the world as we know it is contained in the book of Revelation. But, that's not what the word means.

Revelation means "unveiling." It can even be translated "naked." It fits. See most of us naked and it would be an apocalypse.

The book of Revelation is an unveiling of Jesus. It shows us His love and wrath, His mercy and vengeance. It is God in the flesh unveiled. The Message correctly translates Rev. 1:1 "A revealing of Jesus, the Messiah."

Here's a prophetic heads up - one day there will be a revelation of you.

I believe God put prophecy in the Bible so we will learn about Christ. It's not about looking ahead. It's about looking up.