Pastor Jack Hibbs, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, opened a recent teaching on Bible prophecy with a simple but forceful claim:\u00a0Scripture explains the world more clearly than modern headlines,\u00a0artificial intelligence or political analysis ever could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teaching from John 14:29, Hibbs said Jesus\u2019 words establish the purpose of prophecy itself. \u201cI\u2019m telling you something that\u2019s going to come,\u201d Hibbs paraphrased, \u201cand when it does come to pass, you may believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That pattern, he argued, is the foundation of biblical prophecy: prediction followed by fulfillment, producing faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe God of the Bible claims to know the future in advance,\u201d Hibbs said. \u201cWhen God says, \u2018Watch the future, this is what\u2019s going to happen,\u2019 and then it happens thousands of years later, should you not sit up and take notice?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He argued fulfilled prophecy answers one of Christianity\u2019s most common challenges: whether God exists at all. According to Hibbs, Scripture presents prophecy as God speaking from outside time and space, validating His Word through history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBible prophecy proves the existence of God,\u201d he said, adding that fulfilled prophecy produces confidence in what has not yet occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hibbs encouraged listeners to interpret current events through what he called a \u201cbiblical prophetic worldview,\u201d rather than reacting emotionally to news cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed repeatedly to Israel, which he described as\u00a0the most frequently mentioned nation in Scripture.\u00a0Developments involving Iran, identified biblically as Persia, were cited as examples of why prophecy remains relevant, though Hibbs stressed that certain prophetic events have not yet occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt hasn\u2019t happened yet,\u201d he said of Ezekiel 38, which describes a future invasion of Israel. \u201cBut what\u2019s happening right now should make us pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hibbs cautioned against drawing premature conclusions while still urging discernment rooted in Scripture rather than speculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing artificial intelligence, Hibbs referenced Revelation 13, which describes an \u201cimage\u201d empowered to identify those aligned with a future global system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s my opinion,\u201d Hibbs said, clarifying that his view connects modern technology with biblical warnings about deception in the last days. \u201cJesus said there would be deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasized that Scripture anticipates both technological advancement and spiritual deception, requiring believers to remain grounded in biblical truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hibbs warned that neglecting Bible prophecy leaves Christians vulnerable to confusion and false teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChristians that don\u2019t know Bible prophecy are like people who are anemic,\u201d he said. \u201cThey can\u2019t fight back. They can\u2019t discern truth from error.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He compared ignoring prophecy to attempting to live on a partial Bible, arguing that prophecy is essential to spiritual maturity and discernment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most practical elements of Hibbs\u2019 teaching focused on Revelation 1:19, which he said provides the book\u2019s complete outline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWrite the things which you have seen, the things which are, and the things which will take place after this,\u201d Hibbs quoted, explaining that the verse divides Revelation into past (chapter 1), present (chapters 2\u20133) and future (chapters 4\u201322).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He encouraged believers to apply this framework broadly, sorting prophetic passages into past, present or future categories to better understand Scripture\u2019s unfolding narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hibbs concluded by stressing that prophecy is intended to steady believers, not frighten them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod gave us Bible prophecy to prepare us, not to scare us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Hibbs, understanding prophecy anchors Christians in hope, enabling them to face global uncertainty with confidence rooted in God\u2019s proven Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Lasher<\/strong>,\u00a0a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of\u00a0<\/em>The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man\u2019s Commentary\u00a0and a contributor to cvnznews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pastor Jack Hibbs, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, opened a recent teaching on Bible prophecy with a simple but forceful claim:\u00a0Scripture explains the world more clearly than modern headlines,\u00a0artificial intelligence or political analysis ever could. Teaching from John 14:29, Hibbs said Jesus\u2019 words establish the purpose of prophecy itself. \u201cI\u2019m telling you something<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[375,117,379],"coauthors":[371],"class_list":{"0":"post-9476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-faith","7":"tag-ai","8":"tag-church","9":"tag-end-times-warnings"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9479,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions\/9479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=9476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}