The Value of Studying Bible Prophecy

By Richard Burroughs

Biblical scholarship and the study of Bible Prophecy, what importance could it contain for today’s Christian? Shift your attention back about ten years in the past, year of 1999, the dawn of the new millennium. People seemed to have been making wise investments, preparing for the coming “Y2K Disasters” as many self-proclaimed prophets were prophesying. Throughout the year of 1999 you could visit any Christian Bookstore across the nation and find numerous books offered on the subject of Y2K. Particularly, I remember driving to work, listening to Christian Radio along the way, hearing different speakers advertising their “Y2K Survival Kits”, following having preached concerning the supposed imminent disasters. Amazingly, throughout that year, several gullible Christians depleted thousands of their hard earned cash on these survival kits that they would never need. Sadly, these preachers are not in prison for racketeering, rather they persist in preaching on the same stations toward the same naive audiences. (more…)