DAY 57: CAN WE KNOW THE FUTURE? [4 of 7] To know we’re living in the last days, other signs the Bible gives us are the push for a one-world government, religion, and economy. We’ll also see the accompanying big-brother society, persecution of God’s people across the whole planet, figures like the Antichrist and false prophet rising, the technology developed to control the buying and selling across our entire world, and a mark-of-the-beast system to identify people through something put on their right hand and forehead. Again, God is not going to tell us the day or hour because we’d probably goof off until the time comes; however, He is telling us when it’s close, not so we can prepare for horrible times, but to encourage us by knowing the time is near when we get to see Jesus! If we love Him, aren’t we longing to see Him? God knows we are longing to be with Christ, so all these prophecies are His way of saying: Hey, Jesus will be there to rescue you soon! Why would we run from that? I want to see Him, say thank you, and hopefully give Him a big hug. And I want to have something I’ve done for Him to lay at His feet. I can’t wait to be part of Jesus’s millennial kingdom! I also want to see and be a part of the new heavens and earth. Why wouldn’t we want to hear all the great Bible prophecy, which tells us the time is close (again, without letting us know the specific day and hour)?