Promises of Future Blessings
None of us can foretell the future. We don't even know what is going to happen for the rest of today. We can make plans, but we don't know if we will be able to see them come to fruition God is the only One who knows the future. He sees everything at once, past present, and future. Therefore, He can see what we need before we even need it. He is all-powerful, too, so He can assure us of future blessings, and make it happen just like He said it would. Those kinds of promises are very special. God gave one of those promises to the people who had returned to rebuild the Temple after the Exile. Haggai delivered the promise to them, once they had laid the foundation for the new Temple. (Haggai 2:19) "I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you." The seed was still in the bar...