Beware!
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly…are ravenous wolves” (Mt. 7:15)
With every new year it seems that there is no shortage of people who predict the Lord’s return. This has especially been the case in the years surrounding 2000. Many so-called prophets have given the days and times of the Lord’s return – and these have proven to be false time and again. Jesus said, “…the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him” (Matt. 24:44). He also said, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Mark 13:32). Now if Jesus Himself doesn’t know, how could man possibly know? Moses said, “when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken…” (Deut. 18:22). Therefore, let us reject these false prophets, for they are proven liars. And let us always be satisfied with the complete and all-sufficient word of God.