So what?

Did I hear someone say: “So what? Why should I care about some history that happened 2,000 years ago?”

Here’s Why:

Yes, my lessons on the Book of Revelation deal with some history. We need to learn from history: If we do not learn from history, we are bound to repeat it. Hadn’t you rather learn from the experience of others than to have to endure the trouble and sorrow that their mistakes made for them? The Bible says that the history of the Old Testament and the recorded events that happened to the old Israel are written as examples for our admonition: “Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonitions, upon whom the ends of the world are come,” 1Corinthians 10:11.

The Lessons of History Might Save Ourselves and our Nation

The ancient nation of Israel was destroyed because of their sin and rebellion against God in 70 AD. That’s what the Book of Revelation is telling us. This is what we need to know and understand. If you are only looking for some kind of holy prognostication, [that means ‘foretelling the future’], then you should look for it in the history of what God has said and done in the past. God does not change.
“Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people,” Proverbs 14:34. Read Proverbs. It clearly presents the case for the righteousness of a nation. That’s why you should study the Book of Revelation.