We live in times of startling upheaval. The Middle East continues to be a source of global chaos and instability. Alliances are breaking and reshaping at blinding speed. The systems and institutions on which our modern civilization depends-- economic, governmental, medical, scientific, educational--all continue to prove themselves unworthy of our trust, yet with no alternatives to replace them.
News programs seem to carry a litany of tales of suffering-- not only on the global scale, but also the intimate and personal. There's never been a time in human history when the entire world needed to pay more attention to Bible prophecy. Yet, many don't. God has given us Bible prophecy for a reason, and the times in which you and I are living, right now, make understanding those reasons more important than ever.
Today, we want to make those reasons plain, and to equip you to do more than wonder about prophecy-- we want you to understand it. So, join us right now on Tomorrow's World, where we will help you "Understand Bible Prophecy!" ♪ Greetings, from all of us here at the Tomorrow's World studio, and from our sponsor, the Living Church of God. At Tomorrow's World, our mission is to help you make sense of your world, through the pages of the Bible.
And doing so requires an understanding of Bible prophecy. Today, we'll be offering you a valuable resource for your own study: Understanding Bible Prophecy. It isn't some dry, academic tome. Rather, in simple and straightforward language, it will lay out for you in the pages of your own Bible specific prophetic events that we expect to happen in the years just ahead of us, today. It will also teach you how to learn to understand prophecy for yourself.
And, as always on Tomorrow's World, we will send it free to anyone who asks. Be sure to watch your screen for details on how to request your copy. Now, if you have watched Tomorrow's World for any length of time at all, you already know that we don't shy away from prophecy. In fact, we spend quite a bit of time with it, because it helps to make sense of the world around us, even as that world appears to be descending into chaos.
With the previous power structures of the Middle East detonating before our eyes, with national economies continuing to teeter on the brink of crumbling, with ethnic and racial tensions on the rise in multiple states and nations, world leaders are growing ever more worried about what lies ahead. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told his colleagues
"[T]o preserve peace, we must prepare for war. Wishful thinking will not keep us safe. We cannot dream away the danger. Hope is not a strategy." And preparing for war is exactly what nations across the globe are doing, as munitions factories fire into production, engineers pour their passions into new forms of warfare, and governments scramble to find the billions they need to survive the conflicts they see on the horizon.
But unless they understand Bible prophecy, today's leaders won't be able to understand how events are being moved into place into their final "end game" positions. Anyone not paying attention to Bible prophecy is simply not "getting it." And they're failing to truly understand the news at the very time when understanding it is increasingly becoming a matter of life and death.
In fact, in early 2026, a popular online "prediction market"--essentially a gambling site focused on different events--was taking bets on exactly when a nuclear Armageddon would finally begin. If ever there were a time when Bible prophecy could help us understand what's going on in the world, now is that time. And yet, so many professing Christians-- and so many professing Christian churches-- don't spend any time on prophecy at all.
And when they do, it's often seen as a mere curiosity or distraction--something that's not really part of the "important stuff" in the Bible--not related to your salvation in any way. Or, it might be considered somewhat important, but it seems too confusing to spend time on, with all of its symbols and imagery-- seven-headed beasts, and strange creatures and statues.
Some worry that they just can't make sense of it, and that there just isn't any spiritual profit to them personally if they spend any time in it. Yet, when you go through the Bible, verse by verse, you find that, by some counts, at least one-fourth of the Bible is prophecy. How big is that?
Well, from the beginning of the Bible, ignoring a fourth of the Bible would be like ignoring Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and 1 Samuel-- maybe parts of 2 Samuel, too. Or, from the other end, cutting out the last fourth of the Bible would be like removing most of the New Testament. Could God possibly want us to ignore that much of His Word? We don't have to guess at the answer to that question.
The Son of God, Jesus Christ, who inspired the word of God, is the same one who admonishes us very directly in Matthew 4:4... "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." And, my friends, "every word" means "every word"--including the words of prophecy.
Today, all of us here at Tomorrow's World want to encourage you to understand Bible prophecy--not to hold it out at arm's length, but to begin studying it-- to learn from it--to gain from it all the things God intends for you in His prophetic word. And He intends a lot. In particular, we want to explain to you what the purpose of prophecy is.
When you begin to see its purpose, you begin to appreciate why God gives prophecy, what He is trying to accomplish with it, and what its impact in your own life can be. Plus prophecy provides context for the events we see in the world today. The Middle East has been shaken by Iranian leaders who look to their Muslim faith as justification for war and atrocity.
On the other side of that conflict, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke of the American military, saying: "The providence of our almighty God is there protecting those troops." Of course, leaders have claimed God to be on their side throughout history, even when the conflict was between so-called Christian nations. What has been missing has been an understanding of His mind, His desires, and His plan for coming world events. And prophecy is vital in gaining that understanding.
So, in our next segment, we'll begin to focus on four vital purposes of prophecy. In doing so, we hope to encourage you to begin making a growing understanding of prophecy part of your own, personal Bible study. And we want to help you do it right. Though the symbols of prophecy can seem strange and unfamiliar, there is a proper way to understand them. God does not allow us to simply interpret them however we want, and He makes that clear in 2 Peter 1:20...
"...knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation [or origin], for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." Prophecy reveals God's thoughts, and we want to handle them rightly. To help you do this, we're sending to everyone who requests it today a valuable resource to help you in our own Bible study, Understanding Bible Prophecy.
This powerful booklet will not only lay out so many prophetic truths about what is happening in the world right now, from the pages of your own Bible, it will also take the time to explain how you can personally understand Bible prophecy in the first place. It includes a timeline chart of end-time milestone events, arranged in sequence--along with scriptural references you can look up in your own Bible.
For those who have ever been confused by Bible prophecy-- be prepared to understand more clearly than you ever have before. And if you've ever told anyone that you just don't know what's going on in the world--after reading this informative resource, you'll never be able to say that again. Just call, write, click, or tap to get your free copy today. ♪ For today's free offer call... Or go to...
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Call today and join millions around the world who are turning to Tomorrow's World for truth, prophecy, and hope in these confusing times. Call now! Or go to... ♪ Welcome back. Before the break, we noted that even though many Christians often find prophecy intimidating or confusing--or mistakenly think that it's not relevant to their lives--it makes up a huge portion of your Bible. Prophecy is clearly important to God. But why? Why is it so important to Him?
Why does Almighty God put such a priority on prophecy in His word--so much that at least one-fourth of the Bible is prophecy? Understanding the answer to that question is at the very foundation of understanding prophecy. So, let's dive in and answer it together. When you look at the big picture, you find there are four fundamental reasons God inspires prophecy. The first purpose of prophecy is this: Bible prophecy warns people and nations to repent so they can avoid punishment.
Like a good parent, God does not desire to punish people-- He desires to bless. And He provides a warning-- to us as individuals, and to entire nations--when punishment is on its way, so that we can repent and change our course before it is too late. Punishment is coming on the world for sin. Eventually, it will culminate in the greatest time of trial and suffering that the world has ever known--a time called the Great Tribulation.
Picture the footage we've all seen from the horrors of wars past, such as the Holocaust of World War II, the killing fields of Pol Pot, or the genocide in Rwanda. Today, our social media feeds bring us images of dead and mutilated Russian and Ukrainian soldiers at war, newly ravaged regions of the Middle East, and the devastation of civil wars around the globe, from Myanmar to Mali, from Afghanistan to Yemen, and elsewhere.
Jesus Christ prophesies in Matthew 24 that the time to come will be far worse than any of those times ever were. Read His thoughts for yourself, beginning in verse 21... "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened."
A time of suffering never experienced before by mankind that will threaten to extinguish all life on earth if God were not to cut it short. The Bible makes plain the fact that these days are coming but they're coming for a reason: Because of this world's sins. In particular, those days will begin with the punishment on the United States and the British-descended nations before engulfing the entire world, as we have explained from Scripture many times on this program.
But God takes no pleasure in any of this, and He tells us ahead of time so that we will change. So that we can avoid punishment. That is His desire. Consider His loving warning in the prophetic book of Ezekiel, in chapter 18 and beginning in verse 30... "'Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that [your] iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,' says the Lord God. 'Therefore turn and live!'" In the free resource that you will receive today, Understanding Bible Prophecy, you will be taught that one of the keys to understanding prophecy is identifying modern nations in the Bible, and when you learn to do so you learn that Ezekiel's warning to Israel applies to modern nations today--not just the modern nation of Israel.
God does not want them to go into punishment for their sins, but He warns them, passionately, "[W]hy should you die? Turn and live!" And for you, viewing today's program. Your nation may not turn to God, and it may continue in national sin. But you do not have to. You, personally, can turn to God--cease from breaking His laws, cease from ignoring His commands, and seek to follow the true Jesus Christ of the Bible, in love and obedience. As the Apostle Peter warned his listeners in Acts 2:40...
"'Be saved from this perverse generation.' Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them." You know, though Jerusalem and its people paid a terrible price in 70 AD, some heeded Peter's words and were saved from the slaughter that followed in their day. Jesus Christ died for you, so that you, too, can escape the snare of sin, turn, and be free. But you must choose to repent.
May God give you the strength to follow Him and to commit your life to Him. Part of the purpose of Bible prophecy is to warn people and nations to turn, so that they can avoid punishment. Prophecy isn't just an academic matter--it is a matter of life and death. The free resource we're making available today, Understanding Bible Prophecy, can help you to know what lies ahead and what actions you should take. Today's free offer discusses...
The Purposes of Bible Prophecy, [The] Keys to Understanding [Prophecy], [and the] End-Time Prophecies Ahead [of Us]. And much more--including a chart of the End-Time Milestones you need to understand. Request your own free copy today. There's no cost, no obligation, and no strings. We make this information freely available as a public service. Request your copy right now, and I'll be right back to give you the surprising second reason for Bible prophecy.
♪ This clear and straight-forward resource will help you understand this vital truth-- straight from the pages of the Bible. Call now! Or go to... ♪ We concluded the previous segment pointing out that the first reason for prophecy is to warn people and nations of what is to come so that they can repent and change.
The prophets of old did this for ancient Israel and Judah and for other nations and cities such as Nineveh, and God's servants continue to do this today, using the prophecies of the Bible. But not everyone will repent. Not everyone responds. We know that many of you, our viewers today, will choose not to respond to God's desire that you repent and avoid what is to come. But prophecy has a purpose even then. Purpose #2, today, is that: Bible prophecy encourages those in captivity to repent.
God had this purpose in mind when He made this proclamation to ancient Israel in Deuteronomy 4:27-31... "And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you. And there you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them." God intended that those who have been punished for their sins and in captivity would remember the words and the warning they had heard, and they will begin to seek God in a way they did not before their punishment.
My friends, the Bible highlights in Malachi 3:6 that God does not change, just as Paul says in Hebrews that... "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." For the reasons discussed in today's free resource, these same, ancient promises apply to modern nations, today.
Concerning the coming Great Tribulation, the book of Revelation prophesies that many will learn from their suffering and will turn to God during that time-- chapter 7 and verse 9 calls them a "great multitude" or an "innumerable multitude." In the despair of that time, they will begin to seek God as they never have before, and they will find Him and the comfort only He can provide.
For those of our viewers today who watch our program or receive our materials, but who never act on what they read and who, perhaps, will find themselves under the punishment of the Great Tribulation, it is our prayer that you will remember these things and remember to seek God with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your strength. He will hear you. A third purpose for Bible prophecy is to: Announce the good news of the coming Kingdom of God.
If you're a regular viewer of the Tomorrow's World program, you know that this is our primary focus--just as it was the primary focus of Jesus Christ and His disciples. In fact, vast amounts of Bible prophecy--in both the Old and in the New Testament-- are devoted to describing the coming of God's Kingdom, what that Kingdom will be like, and the role of Jesus Christ as the King of that Kingdom. Time would fail us to read them all, but look for yourself.
Read of the miraculous change in the animal kingdom in a newly peaceful world in Isaiah 11. Read of people of all nations and languages coming to Jerusalem to worship God at the Feast of Tabernacles in Zechariah 14. Read of the removal of Satan the Devil and of resurrected Christians ruling beside Jesus Christ as kings and priests in Revelation 20. Read in Zechariah 8 of a world where children and elderly-- the weakest of society--are safe and able to congregate and play in the streets.
Read of a world physically transformed, with deserts blossoming into life, and the lame and sick healed and whole in passages such as Isaiah 35, and of the world being spiritually transformed, described in Isaiah 11:9... "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
In Acts 3:21, the Apostle Peter calls these prophesied times the "restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began." Regardless of how mainstream "Christian" churches ignore it, the prophetic message of the coming Kingdom of God is the main message of the Bible and the primary thrust of Jesus Christ's message to the world. The message of that Kingdom was the Gospel--the good news that He brought to humanity.
And His true ministers will continue to preach that prophetic witness to the world until its arrival with the returning King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Before we conclude with the very inspiring fourth purpose of prophecy, I want to make sure you have one more opportunity to request today's free resource: Understanding Bible Prophecy.
If you've ever felt that Bible prophecy was somehow "beyond" you or inaccessible, this informative booklet will show you that you can understand prophecy--both what it says about the days in which we are living, and what it says about the days just ahead of us. Don't regret passing up this free offer to bring the power of prophecy into your life. Get your free copy right now, and I'll be right back to give you the powerful fourth purpose of prophecy. ♪ For today's free offer call... Or go to...
This clear and straight- forward resource will help you understand this vital truth-- straight from the pages of the Bible. If you're calling for the first time, you will also receive a free annual subscription to Tomorrow's World magazine. Six inspiring issues discussing news, science, and modern culture will help you make sense of your world from a biblical perspective.
Call today and join millions around the world who are turning to Tomorrow's World for truth, prophecy, and hope in these confusing times. Call now! Or go to... ♪ So far, we've reviewed three of four purposes of Bible prophecy. It warns people and nations so they can repent before being punished, it encourages those in captivity to repent, and it announces the good news of the coming Kingdom of God.
The fourth purpose is simple, but inspiring: Bible prophecy demonstrates God's total sovereignty and power. In the book of Isaiah, God comments on this aspect of prophecy's purpose--in chapter 46 beginning in verse 9...
"Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,' calling a bird of prey from the east, the man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it."
Our predecessor in this work, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, said many decades ago that there is one most important fact in all the universe, and it can be stated in three simple words: "God reigns supreme." My friend and colleague on this program, the late Richard Ames-- who is the author of today's free booklet offer--frequently reminded others of this inspiring truth, and I have benefited from the passion, clarity, and focus it gave him in his life. Prophecy teaches us that God reigns supreme.
It is meant to remind us that all of history--both history past and the rest of human history that is yet to unfold-- is all under the care and providential guidance of a loving and All-Powerful Creator. What does this mean? It means that His purposes will be fulfilled. His plan of salvation, climaxing in the Kingdom of God and the transformation of His people into glorious children in that Kingdom will come to pass. The removal of Satan the Devil for all eternity will come to pass.
The complete purification and utter transformation of this world will come to pass. God has declared it. And He is not only the God who announces prophecy, but He is the God who has the power to make His prophecies come to pass. But this lesson goes beyond the grand picture and should touch us in the smaller picture, as well. A God of prophecy who has the power to declare the end from the beginning is also a God in whom we can place our trust...
He's a God with whom we can share our hopes, our dreams, and our concerns... He's a God who knows our purpose and has it in sight, even when we don't. He's a God we can obey and place ourselves 100% in His hands, even under threat of persecution or harm, because we know that in His hands is the best possible place we can be. Indeed, Bible prophecy does declare God's sovereignty and power.
And it reminds us that the one who lovingly demands our loyalty and obedience is truly worthy of that loyalty and obedience, for He is God, and He reigns supreme. I pray that God blesses you abundantly as you grow in your understanding of Bible prophecy. Our free offer today, Understanding Bible Prophecy will cover more information in detail about prophecy and prophetic understanding than many of you have ever heard in your life.
In addition to requesting your free booklet, be sure to visit our website at TomorrowsWorld.org, where you will find a treasure trove of additional resources to further your study of prophecy and God's word. And I hope you'll join us here at Tomorrow's World next week. When you do, Gerald Weston, Rod McNair, and I will be right here with you, ready to share with you the teachings of Jesus Christ, His message of the coming Kingdom of God, and the prophecies of your Bible. Until then, take care.
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