apocalypse

or a bad thing but one thing leads to another.  With each step you are closer to or further from your goal.  The goal is eternal life.  Hear His voice, there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

missing in your bible?  The word ‘test’.  0 Bible results for “test.”  In another bible you will find 60 Bible results for “test.” 

to see if you can be trusted.  You have free will.  What will you do with it?  You are being refined, purified, and tested.  It’s a test you can pass so you might be saved.

to help us achieve eternal life.  The Lord is my shepherd.  He will guide me.  That is not a request but a statement of faith.  He will guide you.  Just believe.

that there is a purpose, a meaning, a reason for what we experience.  That leads to a search for understanding of what has gone before us.  We may have been born yesterday but many others weren’t and they left us with their take.  They left us with the bible and recorded history.  Don’t ignore it.  It is your life that is at stake.

and every eye shall see Him. He cometh with clouds.  Believe and watch.

who comes in the night.  Blessed is he that watcheth.  You can only watch history.  You can’t watch the future.  You can’t predict it either.

that the gospel will soon reach unto all nations and knowledge shall be increased.  It is also a sign that we should be watching for other events that might fulfill what has been prophesied.

“Amongst the Interpreters of the last age there is scarce one of note who hath not made some discovery worth knowing; and thence I seem to gather that God is about opening these mysteries. The success of others put me upon considering it; and if I have done any thing which may be useful to following writers, I have my design,” a quote that can be found in “Observations On  Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John” by Sir Isaac Newton, an online book that is searchable. Newton spent a lot of time investigating the Apocalypse and his views should be considered by anyone who wants to understand.