At the present time they must be created, and not from that time, even things that before today you have not heard, that you may not say, ‘Look! I have already known them.’”​—Isaiah 48:6, 7.

Such startling events seemingly come out of nowhere. No one could have foreseen them merely by considering the developing world conditions. They arrive as though created out of nothing. Who causes these events? Since Jehovah foretells them some 200 years in advance, the answer is obvious.

8. What new things do Christians today hope for, and why do they have complete confidence in Jehovah’s prophetic word?

⁸ Moreover, Jehovah carries out his word according to his own timetable.