The False Prophet

Cris Adams, reader

Humanity has always been tempted by the prediction of future events - next week, next year, the distant future – all of the above. Fortunetellers make a fortune off those desperate to gain insight into their personal future. We make bets against horse races, sports games, the stock market, cards on the table, our life. Our obsession with eschatology began the day of Christ’s ascension. Armageddon frightens us, and the end of everything is everything we cannot understand. However, there are those who believe they can foretell the date of Christ’s return, the final battle and the end of the world. Perhaps if we know WHEN it happens it will somehow quell our fears. As evidence of their hubris, here is a selection of those who prophesied what the Father has not shared, followed by a commentary from Proverbs on such foolishness.