Recently one read about a man called a “Futurist,” a term applied to people who study events, past and present. “Futurists” predict the way things will be in years to come, and government policies are formed on these predictions. These people study history, economics, sociology and international affairs, but it is doubtful they give much thought to Bible study.
How different the course of things might be, if the policy makers knew about the end of this world system—knew that God’s judgment is coming soon. How different their plans, if they knew God is on the throne and rules “in the kingdom of men, and that He appointeth over it whomsoever He will” (Dan. 5:21). What would policies be, if men really honored God (1 Sam. 2:30)? When the “King shall reign in righteousness” (Isa. 32:1), a new order shall prevail, not depending in any way on the judgments of men.
If man is ignorant of these divine truths, he cannot be a real futurist (see 1 Cor. 1:18-31). “The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain” (1 Cor. 3:18-20).
R. DeWitt (adapted)