Reason for our Hope

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. — Romans 15:4

If the Bible is a love story, then its theme is hope. No matter how dire the circumstances, no matter how big the enemy, no matter how deep the sin, no matter how lost the people, no matter how empty the cupboard, no matter how wide the river, no matter ... God repeatedly gives his people reason to hope in a brighter tomorrow. Then God brought the assurance of that tomorrow in Jesus!

Persecution 

2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

John 15:18
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

When you call, Lord will answer

Ezekiel 14:7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

Psalm 38:15
For in You, O Lord, I hope;
 You will hear, O Lord my God.

Psalm 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
 For You will answer me.

God’s Timetable

Based on Daniel 2:

. Grecian Empire. Bronze belly-thigh

2:39
But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

. Roman Empire.  Iron legs

2:40
And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

{Message No: 7573}