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Bible Study Course: Lesson 5
Is There Hope for Human Survival?

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"Today's prophets...are often not religious leaders but a small group of academics who, breaking free of disciplinary specialisation, have surveyed our age from the broadest of perspectives and brought back a report of imminent danger."—Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi, Britain

Weather has long fascinated people. By observing the sky—the shifting shades, colors and shapes of the clouds—we can often predict changes in the weather.

Nearly 2,000 years ago Jesus Christ commented on this same fascination: "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?" (Matthew 16:2-3, New American Standard Bible, emphasis added throughout).

Jesus' point was that our innate fascination with observing and analyzing weather conditions should tell us something: that we should also observe and analyze the signs of our times.

But anyone who watches the weather knows that conditions can rapidly change. Destructive storms can suddenly materialize, wreak havoc, then dissipate as quickly as they started. Often the weather can seem menacing, and skies will turn dark and threatening, but no storm develops. The potential danger passes.

So it is when we consider Bible prophecy. Well-intentioned people have correlated prophecies with geopolitical events and trends and concluded that prophecy is being fulfilled before their eyes. But then unseen factors come into play, events alter course, and trends change. The predicted storm dissipates.

Such false alarms have happened before. They will occur again. But one day the storm will hit with full fury. Startling and frightening biblical prophecies will be fulfilled. Will you be ready?

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Prophecy, end time - world:

• The Crisis at the Close
• Does Prophecy Tell Us When Christ Will Return?
• The Cause of Natural Disasters
• And The World Was Filled With Violence
• Has Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy Been Fulfilled?
• The Population Bomb Keeps Ticking Away
• Apocalyptic Prophecy - the End of Time?
• An Outline of Future History
• Is China Really "Opening Up" to the West?
• Are We Living in the Time of the End? (8/2001)
• Armageddon and Divine Intervention
• Meeting Our Moment of Maximum Jeopardy!
• Mass Media and Bible Prophecy
• Will Civilization End in Global Cataclysm?
• The End of the World: What Does the Bible Say?
• Visions of Judgment: The Red Horse of War
• Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Third Horseman -- Famine
• Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Fifth Horseman
• Krakatoa -- Preparing for the Future?
• The Horsemen of Revelation: The Red Horse of War
• How Close Are We to the End of This Age?
• The Horsemen of Revelation: The Black Horse of Famine
• The Horsemen of Revelation: The Pale Horse of Pestilence
• Does History Repeat Itself? The Biblical Verdict
• The Heavenly Signs in the Sequence of End-Time Events
• Are We Living in the Time of the End? (3/2005)
• 60 Years After the War in Europe
• In the Aftermath of Katrina: What Can We Learn?
• Signs of the End Times
• The Day the World Ended: Lessons From Pompeii
• Is God Indifferent to Human Suffering?
• Why Don't We Prepare?
• World Won't End in "Fire and Ice"
• Don't Mess With Revelation!
• 'Watch Therefore, and Pray Always'
• The Two Witnesses and You
• What's Next? A Looming Trade War?
• Will You Be Ready to Reject the Mark of the Beast?
• Questions and Answers June 2009
• The Acts of Moses, Elijah and the Two Witnesses
• The Warnings Are Loud and Clear--But Are You Listening?
• The Enormous Expansion of Chinese Influence: What Does It Portend?
• Is 2012 the End of the World?
• Will 2012 Bring the End of the World?
• An Overview of End-Time Prophecy
• Just What Is the End Time?
• China: Cooperation or Conflict?
• 2012 - End of the world?
• Failed Rapture and Doomsday Prediction - Again
• America After 9/11: On the Hinge of History
• Will the World End in 2012?
• Catastrophic Conditions Presage the End of an Age
• The Rise of the Chinese Dragon
• Remembering the Titanic: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
• The End of the World: Is It Real, and If So, What Can You Do About It?
• Asteroid Close Shave
• How Can You Understand the Rapidly Changing World Scene?
• How Are We to Prepare for Momentous End-Time Events?
• Two Seconds After: What Will You Do When Crisis Overtakes the World?
• Signs of the Times (1310)
• Questions and Answers: Blood Moon
• "The Horrors of All the Ages": They Didn't See It Coming
• A Soldier on the Western Front
• A Great Time of Trouble
• After the Chaos: the Times of Refreshing
• Where Does Russia Fit in End-Time Bible Prophecy?
• The Worst World War Is Yet to Come
• Will Humanity Perish in a New Nuclear Age?
• Bible Prophecy and You (1/2016)
• Bible Prophecy and You (3/2016)
• Seven Prophetic End-Time Markers
• Are We Living in the Time of the End?
• Are We Living in the Time of the End?
• The End of the Age
• The End Time in the Book of Revelation
• The Population Explosion and Prophecy
• God's Framework for End-Time Prophecy
• 'This Generation Will Not Pass'
• What Is the Time of the End?
• Noah and Our Time: A Sobering Parallel
• Visions of Judgment: The Horsemen of Revelation
• Graphic: Timeline of End Time Events
• 1. Mankind Must Have the Ability to Exterminate Itself
• 7. Instant Worldwide Communications will be Possible at the Time of God's Final Two Witnesses
• Introduction: Seven Prophetic Signs Before Jesus Return
• What did Jesus mean when He said, "This generation will by no means pass away"?
• Will this generation see God's Kingdom established on Earth?
• The Fall of Satan's Kingdom
• The End of 'This Present Evil Age'
• A Dangerous and Dying World
• The Book of Revelation: Timetable for the End Time
• Is Today's Technology Foretold in Bible Prophecy?
• The 2020s Are Here
• The Quiet Rise of Authoritarianism
• The Snare of Sudden Change
• The Storm Before the Calm