A light in a dark place

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19

Prophecy is a light that when studied shines a light on the future. The future is dark in that nobody knows what is going to happen neither can anyone arbritarily predict the future and get it right 100% of the time unless omnipotence reveals it through his servants the prophets “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7 . God in his mercy and love wanted to make sure His children had everything they needed to be ready and prepared to meet him in peace. In 2 peter 1 Peter is talking about being with Christ on the mount of transfiguration and experiencing all that he saw and heard about Jesus being the son of God and the messiah, and what he is trying to relate to those alive in his time as well as us is that we are not following any cunningly devised fables and he is sure because he was an eyewitness to this event. Further what he is saying is that prophecy is more sure than the eyewitness account he saw. With that we know that if we become students of prophecy we will not be deceived by the arch deciever . “We should be earnest students of prophecy; we should not rest until we become intelligent in regard to the subject of the sanctuary, which is brought out in the visions of Daniel and John. This subject sheds great light on our present position and work, and gives us unmistakable proof that God has led us in our past experience. It explains our disappointment in 1844, showing us that the sanctuary to be cleansed was not the earth, as we had supposed, but that Christ then entered into the most holy apartment of the heavenly sanctuary, and is there performing the closing work of His priestly office, in fulfillment of the words of the angel to the prophet Daniel.” {Mar 247}