"Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he” (John 13:19;14:29). This is particularly true of prophecy. Many passages of Scripture that promise and foretell our Lord’s return have a certain element of obscurity connected with them. Our text certainly teaches that the interpretation of some prophecies will only be understood after their fulfillment. Only then will we grasp their significance. You might say, belief after the fact.
May this truth humble and deliver us from prophetic dogmatism. The fact of His coming ought to be our first and foremost concern. Good and godly men throughout Church history have differed on the minor aspects of prophecy. Prophetic interpretation should never be a basis of fellowship. Only the fact that He is coming a second time should be. Because of many prophetic students’ dogmatism, they have lost the blessedness of the “blessed hope.”
The early Church didn’t debate the Second Coming; they looked for it.
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