487 years ago TODAY!!!
On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale was found guilty of heresy and translating the Bible from Greek to English. He was tied to a stake, strangled to death and burnt to ashes.
As disciples of Jesus, we do not face an uncertain future. Granted, we do not know what will happen to us tomorrow or next week or over the next few years. Nor do we know when or how our lives will end. We’re not prophets or soothsayers.
But our future is far from uncertain. We can open up the Bible, any time we choose, and read about the last chapter of world history. It’s right there in Revelation, in black-and-white.
And the message? Jesus wins! And in Jesus, we win. The resurrection is coming. All tears will be wiped away. All cancer will die. All abuse will cease. All hatred will end.
That is not a wish or a good guess or a probable eschatological forecast. It’s a divine fact, grounded in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus from the grave. His ultimate victory at the end of time—which is also our victory—is as solid and certain as is the glory of his resurrected flesh.