What's Your Prediction?

According to Webster, to predict, is to foretell; to state what one believes will happen and a prediction is a forecast or prophecy. Therefore, it must take some sort of knowledge about a certain subject in order to make an intelligent prediction of what might happen next, when and if the subject is altered by outside influences. For example, gasoline is gasoline, until introduced to a spark, and then it becomes an explosion. Knowing this, I have a tendency to avoid flames and sparks when hand-carrying gasoline, but have no fear of driving around with 30 gallons of it stored under the back seat of my car. Knowledge is a wonderful thing, I think. The prediction of weather patterns is something we’re all familiar with. Weather forecasts are totally based on past knowledge and the predictable performance of similar patterns. When I first came to Texas I was told only two people predict the weather here; Fools and Newcomers. Since then we’ve gained the assistance of satellite imagery and good radar and Doppler echo return equipment to aid those predicting the weather making them look a lot smarter than they used to be. If you want to look smarter, listen to the forecasters and plan your day accordingly, amaze your friends and neighbors. If you want a good hoot, look up “Weather Folklore” on the Web, and remember, these people didn’t have anything to fall back on but experience. Enjoy the Texas weather.
Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?” The mother replied, “Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.” The child thought about this for a few moments, then asked, “Why is the groom wearing black?”
Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, the teacher stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, “Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that.” Bobby looked at her and replied, “Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.”
A mother told her little boy that if he kept sucking his thumb, he would blow up. A few days later, they were visiting her doctor. Entering the waiting room, the little boy saw half a dozen women seated awaiting their appointed turn, which were all pregnant. “Mom!” the boy cried out. “All these women have been sucking their thumbs?”
[Matthew 24:36 - 25:23] Predictions for the end time have been circulated for hundreds and hundreds of years. People gather bits of fact and hearsay, throw them into a blender and pour out a date with enough conviction they’re believable, to some. The end of the world, the return of Jesus, has come and gone three times in my life and another date is fast approaching. The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012 and many people have accredited the Mayan’s with great insight to the end of everything. The Greek word for this type of prediction is “hogwash”. It appears to simply be the end to a movement cycle in the stars and planets, which will start over again the next day. Read the text! “No one knows about the day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” I am to glorify God in all I do, repent of my sins, fight off the evil one and be ready at all times for Jesus’ return, that’s all. The only prediction I dare make is Jesus will return on a first day of the week, the Lord’s Day. What if the Lord were to come right now? Are you ready to go to heaven with Him?