1. How Do People Think of The Future?
How Do You Think of The Future?

2. The Prophecy of Prophets
Plans
Preaching
Promises
Sins
Prophecies
Plans
Preaching
Sins
Prophecies
Promises
The Prophets Near Intermediate Distant
Present Future Future Future

3. Prophetic Books Give Us HOPE
Micah 8th century BC
Micah Chapters 1-3
Micah 3:12
Micah 4 HOPE For The Future

4. Look At The Future In Two Respects
Overview Of Micah 4
Look At The Future In Two Respects
The Distant Future i.e. The Millennium
The Intermediate Future Up To The Millennium
Promises
Prophecies
Plans
Preaching
Sins
The Prophets Near Intermediate Distant
Present Future Future Future

5. I. Hope For The Distant Future – The Coming Kingdom of God 1-8
The Millennial Kingdom in the distant future 1-5
Gathering the remnant just before the coming kingdom of God 6-8
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Millennium
1000 year Rule of Jesus
Micah’s Day
~710 BC
Remnant
Gathered
Today

6. II. Hope During The Intermediate Future – Scattering Before Gathering 9-13
Specific example of scattering 9,10
Gathering of nations against Israel 11, 5:1
Lord’s gathering for threshing 12,13
Gathering
Nations Against Israel
Lord Gathering
For Threshing
Babylonian
Exile BC
Intermediate Future
Micah’s Day, Today Remnant Millennium
~705BC Gathered [1000 year rule Jesus

7. Hope For You
When you feel like you [or the world around you] are ‘plowed under’ or ‘like heaps of ruins’, remind yourself of the distant future. Read the prophets.
People walk to many different ‘gods’, but you need to walk in the name of the LORD God.
The remnant is a minority. If you feel like you are in the minority – that is okay. Be sure you are part of the remnant.

8. Hope For You
4. There will be pains, problems in the near future, in your near future. Hope is in the Lord who will deliver you through them. 5. God’s plans and ways are NOT mans. Fix your eyes on God and you will stay on course. Follow His plans and ways.