It is an offense against God's Word to use it for trivial purposes. Such as, fortune-telling. Creating colorful and imaginative speculations about the future by eisogesis. Apart from one event, and one trend, God's Word is chock-full of fulfilled prophecy, a living testimony to His faithfulness.
The one event we have to look forward to is "the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, Amen."
The trend that will shape the remainder of history is -- the progressive subjugation of all of God's enemies. The one OT chapter most frequently quoted in the NT is Psalm 110 -- a King reigns, His enemies crumble. As each age brings forth new enemies, His people acquire wisdom and prevail. The Kingdom of God is mostly an under-the-radar operation, like seed quietly growing in a field, or yeast transforming a lump of dough. The reign of our King progresses as the gospel is preached, men are converted, and families are transformed by obedience to God's Word.
It is during times of apostasy, disaster, and fearful faithlessness that God's people find themselves seduced by the fortune-tellers. Perhaps, we try to justify the lack of fruit in our own lives by pretending that God has already ordained the global failure of the gospel, and the global triumph of evil. If God has ordained failure, who am I to worry about being fruitful?
Providentially, there is a reformation underway in America. As millions of families are coming to grips with God's expectations, the appeal of the doomsayers wanes. We celebrate a future as bright as the promises of God, and look forward to seeing children, and grandchildren, who will outperform us.
Actually, there is not a reformation(revival?)happening.
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times will come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boaters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy...having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.(II Timothy 3:1,2,5)."For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine! But after their own lust shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears; and they shall turn their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables." (II Timothy 4:3,4).
Paul's last days speak of apostacy--not reformation
It's sad, really.
Keep trying to rescue this world system that's at deaths door. Keep denying Scripture, keep believing the opposite of what God has said.
I'll believe what Jesus said about these times we're living in and how He will be the One Who cleans up this mess. Not any of us.
Keep cooling your heals at the station though. I'm sure another train will come along some day.
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
The Lord and our Father have given us EVERY WARNING POSSIBLE. They have told us EXACTLY WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HEED.Are you calling God and Jesus fortune tellers?