"2019: Future Trends"

With the New Year breathing down our necks, trend "experts" are chomping at the bit with insights into what 2019 will bring.

Top of the list? Multi-tasking mirrors, according to WGSN. That's right folks, mirrors aren't just for looking anymore.

"Don't be surprised if come 2019 you hear your mirror telling you you're running low on vitamin D or running late for that crucial meeting while you're brushing your teeth in the morning!" explains WGSN. Mirrors will also double as lighting devices, calendars, and entertainment systems as well as health trackers. Who knew?

And then there's every body's favorite trends prognosticator, Gerald Celente, with his yearly dose of Doom & Gloom. A little Celente goes a long way, so you only get two of his Top 10 Mega Trends:

• An economic 9/11 is poised to strike causing a world-wide equity markets meltdown. Yikes.
• The Great Migration trend accelerates across the globe, as do populist movements that will dismantle entrenched governments and push nationalism. Double yikes.

Even the Director of National Intelligence is interested in predicting future trends.

Every four years since 1997, the National Intelligence Council (NIC) has published an unclassified strategic assessment of how key trends might shape up over the next 20 years.

"We identify global "drivers" and estimate their impact," says the NIC. Meeting globally with a range of experts, they don their thinking caps and gaze into the future based on present trends and what they see as possible "global trajectories." Good luck with that.

The only sure-fire trend? The Bible will continue to predict the future with 100% accuracy.

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is woven with predictions. In fact, more than 1/4 of the Bible is prophecy. Most of them (roughly 80%) have already been fulfilled. God uses prophecy to authenticate His Word. If the prophetic scriptures prove true, and history tells us they do, then we can also trust what they teach about Jesus and God's plan of salvation. (See the How To Go To Heaven link at the end of this post).

Meanwhile, the remaining 20% of unfulfilled prophecy will probably be fulfilled in our lifetime as every major player and global trend continue to fall into place exactly as the Bible predicts. So, if you want to know what the future holds--study the Bible.

A wise man once said: "To the student of prophecy, it all fits into a precise pattern that was predicted long ago. It motivates me to tell as many family and friends and even strangers as possible before it's too late." -- Hal Lindsey, author

"I am God, and there is no one else like Me. Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens" (Isaiah 46: 9-10).

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News:

• Drudge Report: Stocks Wild, Confidence Falls
• The Sun: Russia deploys nuclear bombers to Caribbean; largest deployment since Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
• DEBKAfile: Russia, Syria threaten Israel: "Any more air strikes and missiles will be fired deep into Israel.