Do you know where you're headed?
Does life make sense?
What are you on earth for?
What will the future bring?
Find all the answers from SCRIPTURE.
From the OLD TESTAMENT, through GOD:
Before the fall from grace.
27 So God
created man
in his own image,
in the image of God
created he him;
male and female
created he them.
28 And God blessed them,
and God said unto them,
Be fruitful,
and multiply,
and replenish the earth,
and subdue it:
and have dominion
over the fish
of the sea,
and over the fowl
of the air,
and over every
living thing
that moveth
upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27-28 (King James Version)
After the fall from grace (unto dust we return).
16 Unto the woman he said,
I will greatly multiply
thy sorrow
and thy conception;
in sorrow
thou shalt bring forth
children;
and thy desire
shall be
to thy husband,
and he shall
rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said,
Because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice
of thy wife,
and hast eaten
of the tree,
of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground
for thy sake;
in sorrow
shalt thou
eat of it
all the days
of thy life;
18 Thorns also
and thistles
shall it bring forth
to thee;
and thou shalt eat
the herb
of the field;
19 In the sweat
of thy face
shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return
unto the ground;
for out of it
wast thou taken:
for dust thou art,
and unto dust
shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:16-19 (King James Version)
God's WILL stands.
10 Declaring the end
from the beginning,
and from ancient times
the things
that are not yet done, saying,
My counsel shall stand,
and I will do
all my pleasure:
Isaiah 46:10 King James Version (KJV)
GOD is in control of EVERYTHING.
11 So shall my word be
that goeth forth
out of my mouth:
it shall not return
unto me void,
but it shall accomplish
that which I please,
and it shall prosper
in the thing
whereto I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 (King James Version)
God ordained us for His PURPOSE (as in prophet Jeremiah).
4 Then the word
of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee
in the belly
I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth
out of the womb
I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee
a prophet unto the nations.
Jeremiah 1:4-5 (King James Version)
How GOD carved the destiny of prophet Jeremiah.
6 Then said I,
Ah, Lord God!
behold, I cannot speak:
for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said unto me,
Say not, I am a child:
for thou shalt go
to all
that I shall send thee,
and whatsoever
I command thee
thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid
of their faces:
for I am with thee
to deliver thee,
saith the Lord.
9 Then the Lord
put forth his hand,
and touched my mouth.
And the Lord said unto me,
Behold,
I have put my words
in thy mouth.
10 See,
I have this day
set thee
over the nations
and over the kingdoms,
to root out,
and to pull down,
and to destroy,
and to throw down,
to build,
and to plant.
Jeremiah 1:6-10 (King James Version)
God is the author of FREEDOM and captivity, lest any man think he is above God.
11 For I know
the thoughts
that I think
toward you,
saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace,
and not of evil,
to give you
an expected end.
12 Then shall ye
call upon me,
and ye shall go
and pray unto me,
and I will hearken
unto you.
13 And ye
shall seek me,
and find me,
when ye
shall search
for me
with all your heart.
14 And I will be found
of you,
saith the Lord:
and I will turn away
your captivity,
and I will gather you
from all the nations,
and from all the places
whither
I have driven you,
saith the Lord;
and I will bring you again
into the place
whence I caused you
to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 (King James Version)
Only GOD sets the appointed time for everything.
2 And the Lord answered me,
and said,
Write the vision,
and make it plain
upon tables,
that he may run
that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet
for an appointed time,
but at the end
it shall speak,
and not lie:
though it tarry,
wait for it;
because it will surely come,
it will not tarry.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 (King James Version)
The iniquity of the fathers is visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
6 I am the Lord
thy God,
which brought thee
out
of the land
of Egypt,
from the house
of bondage.
7 Thou shalt have
none other gods
before me.
8 Thou shalt
not make thee
any graven image,
or any likeness
of any thing
that is
in heaven above,
or that is
in the earth beneath,
or that is
in the waters
beneath the earth:
9 Thou shalt
not bow down thyself
unto them,
nor serve them:
for I
the Lord
thy God
am
a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity
of the fathers
upon the children
unto the third
and fourth generation
of them
that hate me,
Deuteronomy 5:6-9 (King James Version)
Every path is directed by the LORD.
24 Man's goings
are of the Lord;
how can a man then
understand
his own way?
Proverbs 20:24 (King James Version)
The upright man's end is PEACE.
37 Mark the perfect man,
and behold the upright:
for the end of that man
is peace.
Psalm 37:37 (King James Version)
From the NEW TESTAMENT, through JESUS:
JESUS chose and ordained us, in God's SERVICE.
16 Ye have not chosen me,
but I have chosen you,
and ordained you,
that ye should go
and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit
should remain:
that whatsoever ye
shall ask
of the Father
in my name,
he may
give it you.
John 15:16 (King James Version)
JESUS speaks of God's WILL; our destinies hinge upon that Will and our obedience to the LORD Jesus.
39 And this
is the Father's will
which hath sent me,
that of all
which he hath
given me
I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up
again
at the last day.
John 6:39 (King James Version)
True believers of JESUS are given eternal life.
28 And I give
unto them
eternal life;
and they
shall never perish,
neither
shall any man
pluck them
out of
my hand.
John 10:28 King James Version (KJV)
We are to have tribulation.
33 These things
I have spoken
unto you,
that in me
ye might have peace.
In the world
ye shall have
tribulation:
but be
of good cheer;
I have overcome
the world.
John 16:33 (King James Version)
All the world wait for the LORD's Return, as prophesied in the Book of REVELATION; everything has been prophesied.
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him,
to shew unto his servants
things which must shortly
come to pass;
and he sent and signified it
by his angel
unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record
of the word of God,
and of the testimony
of Jesus Christ,
and of all things
that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth,
and they that hear
the words
of this prophecy,
and keep those things
which are written
therein:
for the time
is at hand.
Revelation 1:1-3 (King James Version)
Through the Apostles in the NEW TESTAMENT, from JESUS:
God prepares something for "them that love him".
7 But we speak
the wisdom of God
in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained
before the world
unto our glory:
8 Which none
of the princes
of this world
knew:
for had they known it,
they would
not have crucified
the Lord
of glory.
9 But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard,
neither have entered
into the heart
of man,
the things
which God
hath prepared
for them
that love him.
1 Corinthians 2:7-9 (King James Version)
We are "predestinated" to be conformed to the image of JESUS.
28 And we know
that all things
work together
for good
to them
that love God,
to them
who are the called
according
to his purpose.
29 For whom
he did foreknow,
he also did predestinate
to be conformed
to the image
of his Son,
that he might be
the firstborn
among many brethren.
Romans 8:28-29 (King James Version)
The future -- and thus our destinies -- is told by JESUS in Scripture:
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