Prophecy Addict

I suppose I could be counted as one of the people that looks forward to prophecies. Instead of interpreting the last verse of Revelation as a caution to not allow prophecy into my life, I've always understood it to mean that you shouldn't take away or add to the Bible as a whole, and the book of Revelation in particular. "In the last days your sons and daughters shall prophesy..." that's more what I think of when I think of current prophecies.

However, I look at extra-Biblical prophecies primarily as entertainment or as warnings, or sometimes just as "what-ifs". If they A) Don't come true to the last smidgen - they're not of God (that's his OT way to test a prophet). B) If they disagree with the Word, or cause you to doubt anything in the Word, they're not of God.

I'm interested in prophecy. I *do* think God gives some (even most) of His children some fairly good "feelings" about what is coming. I am positive that He puts us where we need to be, when we need to be there. But for me, it's more about my personal desire to have Christ come and take us Home... I like to put my thoughts there, so of course anything that aims me that way is welcome.

*Something* is coming to end America (and Canada too, most likely). If it's an economic depression or an invasion, it makes little difference. No one you know disagrees with that... Could China/the East attack the US? Um. Yeah. Hardcore. We're even causing them to lose a tremendous amount of face over the Olympics this year... not so much with the happy. And we owe them a lot of money, what with trade deficits and all. Am I making my personal plans with that taken into account? No. I live near a port on the West Coast. If God wants me moved, He'll move me!

Extra Biblical prophecy should be stringently tested and watched closely. But automatically false? No - I don't think so, not at all.