Our second key to remember is: “Always follow prophecy’s morning star.” And the morning star of Bible prophecy is Jesus. What do I mean by saying Jesus is our morning star?
 

Picture yourself in a dark world. Your only light is a bright star in the sky. As long as you keep walking in the direction of the star, you know you are headed the right way. This is the way Jesus helps us in our study of prophecy. He is both our guide and our goal. 
 

The Apostle Peter said, “And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shinning in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19). 
 

This morning star Peter refers to is Jesus. We know this because of the last chapter of the book of Revelation. Jesus said to John, “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star” (Revelation 22:16). 
 

What does Jesus mean? If our interpretations of Bible prophecy lead us away from a simple faith in Jesus, or away from the Jesus in the Bible, we are going off course. 

In other words, we need to let Jesus guide us through our study of prophecy like a bright, morning star.