SPIRITUAL MATTERS

 

Matthew 24:14   " And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end come. "

 

Myth - that God Doesn't Really Exist 
Myth - that God is Just an Invention of Mankind
Myth - that the Bible is Just a Collection of Fables.
 

 

This article is being specifically directed towards those who already believe and know God exists, and to those whose faith is weak.

 
The hope is to strengthen those who feel there may be a God, but who have been made to doubt by all the evolutionary propaganda, and the unbelievers in mainstream professing Christianity. I myself am totally, 100% convinced that God the Father and Jesus Christ exist, and the Bible is the inspired word of God. There isn't a single doubt in my mind. I know God and Christ exist, because I've proven it to myself thoroughly. And this is really important - you must prove it to yourself. Nobody can walk that road for you.

 

This article is not specifically directed towards atheists, rebels and other unbelievers. Why ? Because it seems pointless. If these people were to acknowledge there is a God then they would have to come to terms with whether they will obey this God or not. So the convenient out for them is to ridicule the Bible, and scoff at God. They seem unwilling to face reality. So that is fine. Let them remain smug in their delusions

 

There are so many proofs that God exists and the Bible is His inspired word, that it is hard to know where to begin. So we shall deal with some of the more major proofs, because it would take up all the space on my web pages to give all the myriad of proofs.

 

 
Proofs That The God of the Bible Exists
1. One of the most basic proofs is that life can only come from life. God has life within Himself and He passes on that life to His creation. Evolutionary theory says that life evolved from non life. This is unscientific. Please click here for more details.

 

2. Another major proof is that a creation demands a Creator. Evolution theory teaches that matter was not created, but that it was just there, like magic. Evolution theory speculates that there was this huge ball, that suddenly blew up thus creating the universe. But oops - they can't explain where the big ball came from !!! They have no explanation where matter came from, except to suggest there are some sort of particles, or non-particles or some things, which can just magically cause matter to pop into existence, randomly from absolutely nothing !!! Believe it or not folks - the so called great scientific minds (who believe in evolution) believe in magic !
 

Scientists have not been able to find out how big the universe is, or how many stars there are. The limits of the universe are unknown by mankind. Perhaps there are no limits, but this is mere speculation. There are known to be millions of galaxies of various sizes and shapes. Galaxies contain millions, even billions of stars of many types. There may be billions of galaxies, because mankind has not been able to see the end of the universe. It is not even possible for a mortal human being to comprehend the size and mass of the universe. So where did the matter that makes up the universe come from ? The evolutionists have no answer, except to suggest that it might have just come from nothing !!! What kind of idiots do they think we are ?

 

It is unreasonable and unscientific to suggest that the vast universe just popped into existence from the void, like magic, and randomly, without any intelligent guiding force behind it. I thought scientists didn't believe in mythology and magic. I thought they used reason and logic. Does it seem logical to you that our earth, sun and moon (not to mention the whole seemingly limitless universe with its multiple millions of galaxies, with each galaxy containing millions and perhaps billions of stars) could have just come into existence from nothing ? That is what the true believer evolutionists are trying to tell you. Talk about blind faith
 
 

Andromeda Galaxy, it is estimated Andromeda contains over 300 billion stars. The other images that look like stars, some are stars that are part of our Milky Way, but others are actually Galaxies, with their own complement of billions of stars. Image downloaded from the internet.

 

Apparently they speculate there are some sort of particles, or is it non-particles, or some things that are just able to bring matter into existence from nothing. What a joke !

 

So where did matter come from? Where did the big ball that supposedly blew up, come from ?

 

Let me quote the famous British astronomer Mr. Patrick Moore, from his book ' The Unfolding Universe ' page 242: " Finally I come back to the point of view which I have given many times in the past, and which has even been regarded as a particular hobbyhorse of mine. I maintain that nobody has yet discussed the origin of the universe. We must start from something; matter must have been created in some way, and no theory, steady-state, big bang or oscillating universe, has given the slightest inkling of how this happened......"

 

Those of us who know God, have the answers for the origin of matter and the universe.

 

Hebrew 11:3 “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. "

 

Spiritual energy from God (which we can't see) was transformed into the material universe we can see. A good analogy to help understand this is electricity. We can't see electricity with our eyes, but electricity can be transformed by a light bulb into light , for example. Electrical energy can be transformed to do all sorts of things, but it has to work through some sort of instrument, or tool, like a heater, radio, TV, Computer, pump, vacuum cleaner and so on. So also spiritual energy from God was transformed into matter through the act of creation. Very simple stuff ! Well not really.

 

Of course there must be a natural means that God uses to do that. There must be some natural tool, that God uses to transfer the spiritual energy of His into matter. Whether science will ever be able to discover the mechanism used is pure speculation.

 

Recently scientists working at the atom smasher in Switzerland said they discovered a so-called Higgs boson, a subatomic particle dubbed the "God particle"  since some feel it originated during the Big Bang and helped shape the subatomic particles that make up all matter in the universe.

 
The Higgs boson has been labelled by some in the mainstream media as the "God particle" because of the fundamental questions some people think it could answer about matter and the creation of the universe. Apparently according to an article I read on the subject - most physicists avoid using the term " God particle, " but feel that the Higgs boson perhaps plays or played a key role in what is known as the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes the particles from which everything in the universe is made and how they interact.
 
 
Science may be getting close to finding one of or the natural mechanism God used and still uses to transfer Spiritual energy from Himself, which humans cannot see  - into matter which we as humans can see. There has to be some natural means used.  A transfering mechanism.
 
 
However, this so-called " God particle "  cannot explain the origins of matter.  Scientists still start with this big ball that suddenly blew up - the Big Bang Theory.  They still cannot explain where the big ball came from. This Higgs boson is no explanation for the origins of the universe, since it does not explain where matter came from originally. 
 
Like I said - there must be a natural mechanism God uses to transfer spiritual energy - into matter we can see. Science may indeed one day discover this, but that would still not be a God Particle. Little miserable particles cannot create a vast universe.

 

 

The nature of matter is very interesting. It is really locked up energy. The splitting of the atom, and the invention of the atomic bomb, shows us how much energy is locked in there. One of the smallest building blocks of matter is the atom. Atoms are made of a nucleus that contains protons and neutrons, and electrons that orbit the nucleus. Atoms have a certain number of protons, neutrons and electrons. This is what makes one atom different from another.

 

So basically these little bits of matter are in motion. Spiritual energy from God has been harnessed and locked into matter, and this is one of the basic building blocks, God uses to create things.

 

You and I are creations of God. 200 years ago we did not exist. If you have children you are very aware of this creative process. Perhaps ten or more years ago you were alone, but now there are these children with you. They did not exist before. So what are they ? They are the work of the Creator.

 

Am always shocked out of my socks, when encountering a mature human being, who claims that life was not created, but evolved from non life. Yet there they stand - one of the most complicated and most sophisticated of God's creations. A mature, thinking, working, breathing human being is one of the most amazing creations. Our bodies are astonishingly complex, and amazingly engineered. The human hand is an incredible feat of engineering. The human mind is so complex that science has hardly begun to even figure it out.

 

If you were to go to an air show you will see some of the most complex and sophisticated machines made by man. Yet if you were to suggest one of these modern jet aircraft just sort of put themselves together randomly - people would consider you nuts. Yet a human being is far, far, far more complex than a jet plane. So have the true believer atheists and evolutionists lost their marbles ?

 

3. Another proof of God's existence is that laws require a Law Giver. When we observe the natural world we see order, and natural law. For example when water freezes it expands. It can evaporate into a gas. It can be a liquid we drink. It is amazing stuff. Scientists can count on water reacting a certain way, because of natural laws that exist.

 

Evolutionary theory can't explain how the world and universe became so orderly all on its own and randomly. Randomness, and chaos does not an orderly universe make.

 

God not only created matter, the universe and life, but He also sustains it and keeps it going. He created the natural laws of the universe, sustains them and thus creates order.

 

4. Another proof relates to the previous two proofs - a design requires a Designer. If you observe nature (which is God's creation) one cannot help but be astonished and impressed by the amazing design and complexity. When we observe God's handicraft closely it becomes more and more complex. Looking under a microscope reveals amazing design and complexity. And it goes even further than the microscope to include atoms, which we cannot see.

 

God uses pattern and design to great effect. God is the genius designer and architect. He is a creative genius unequaled. God uses symmetry extensively. We have a left and right side that are very similar, as do most animals.

 

5. One enormous proof of God's existence is fulfilled prophecy in the Bible. The God of the Bible claims to know much of the future, and has the audacity, and boldness to make numerous prophecies in His book the Bible. Who else can predict with amazing accuracy future events ?
 

I am issuing a challenge to all skeptics, agnostics and atheists. Show me a single prophecy in the Bible that has yet to fail. Naturally there are many prophecies that are still for the future, so obviously they can't be kept yet. Also there are caveats attached to some prophecies, like for example the promise that God would make ancient Israel into the greatest nation on earth and bless them. God predicted He would do this, if Israel would obey the covenant He made with them. They never kept their part of the agreement, so God didn't have to deliver on the promise, because of their disobedience. And please don't take scriptures out of context, and then claim these are unfulfilled prophecies. I expect honesty, not foolish word games and semantics. And there are many prophecies that are so complex and interwoven that we won't even understand them until they actually are fulfilled.

 

A lot of prophecy is also flexible in nature. Then there are dual prophecies. So let's not deal in vain speculations. There are plenty of prophecies that are fairly clear and straightforward. I challenge anyone to show me a single one that has failed so far.

 

A ) The central figure in Bible prophecy is Jesus Christ. Now there are skeptics and agnostics who don't even accept that Jesus Christ actually existed. They would have you believe that Christ is a mythical character. However, these same skeptics probably have no problems accepting the existence of Mohammed (the founder of Islam), or the Buddha Gotama (the founder of Buddhism), or Vardhamana Mahavira (the founder of modern day Jainism), or Guru Nanak (the founder of Sikhism). If Christ is a mythical character then why not Mohammed and Siddhattha Gotama, Mahavira and Nanak ? What about great teachers like Confucius, and Chuang Tzu ? Are they mythical characters ?

 

Let's get real people. It is ridiculous and idiotic to say that the human being Jesus Christ never literally existed.

 

We read in the Bible that without exception the eleven disciples of Christ had to be convinced that Christ had risen from the dead. When Jesus was arrested to be crucified all His disciples fled and forsook him (Mark 14:50). Peter even denied publicly three times that he even knew Christ !!
 

Mark 16: 9-11 " ......... He (Christ) appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that He was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. "

 

Mark 16:14 " Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen Him after He was risen. "
 

You may be familiar with the account of doubting Thomas, who would not believe Christ was risen " except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe. " Christ appeared unto doubting Thomas and showed the signs of His suffering and crucifixion, in His hands and side.

 

John 20:28-29 " And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. "

 

These people were in Christ's words " fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken; Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into glory ? "

 

These very same men who refused to believe Christ was risen, until convinced, ended up dedicating their lives to Christ. History and tradition tells us that all of the eleven, except John, ended up being martyred for their beliefs. They died horrible deaths. Why ? Because they were 100% convinced of their cause, and they knew Christ was alive.

 

If Christ never existed, and the Bible is just mythology then why would Christ's disciples devote their lives to preaching about His death and resurrection, and even end up laying down their lives ? Or maybe the ignorant unbelievers will try to spin the web of lies that the apostles of Christ never existed neither. Don't put it past them.

 

Here is a list of the fate of eleven of Christ's disciples. There are some different versions of how these men died, but it is well established that almost all were martyred. The apostle Paul was also put to death.
 
  1. Peter - crucified head down in Rome, during the reign of Nero in 66 A.D.
  2. Andrew was crucified on an "X"-shaped cross two ends of which were in the ground.
  3. James , son of Zebedee, beheaded in Jerusalem by the sword by King Herod (Acts 12:1-9).
  4. John - banished to the Isle of Patmos died a natural death around 96 A.D. (Rev. 1: 9).
  5. Phillip - He was severely flogged, imprisoned and reportedly crucified at Heliopolis, in Phrygia around 52 A.D.
  6. Bartholomew - beaten, crucified, beheaded around 52 A.D.
  7. Thomas - run through by a lance or a spear, some say a five headed spear.
  8. Matthew -some say slain by the sword perhaps in a city of Ethiopia about 60 A.D., and others say burned by fire
  9. James son of Alphaeus, - thrown from a pinnacle, then beaten to death, 60 A.D.
  10. Thaddeus (Jude) crucified, or perhaps shot to death by arrows around 72 A.D.
  11. Simon the Zealot was crucified.
  12. Matthias He was stoned, then beheaded at Jerusalem.

 

John The Baptist was beheaded by Herod. (Matthew 14:1-12)
 

Stephen - generally regarded as the first Christian martyr.

 

Paul - beheaded, or torn to pieces by wild animals in the arena, during the time of Nero.

 

It has been estimated that about 2,000 Christians, along with Nicanor, one of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5), also suffered martyrdom during the great persecution that arose after Stephen (Acts 8:1).

 

Some agnostics and skeptics will try to undermine your faith by claiming there isn't sufficient evidence from independent historians as to the literal existence of Jesus Christ. All we have they will claim as evidence is the New Testament, and this they try to say is pure myth concocted by His followers to perpetuate the myth that Christ was the Messiah.

 

It is important to remember that Christ lived a very humble life. He came as a human being, to live a sinless life and die for our sins. He was not one of the establishment leaders. He did not have a vast number of followers. He was a carpenter, before He started His ministry. He was just a rather ordinary Jew, who wasn't even attractive physically (Isaiah 53:2). Few people actually believed in Him. After all the great miracles He did, and after His 3 1/2 year ministry, He only had a grand total of 120 disciples, who were gathered together on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1: 15 , Acts 2:1).
 

 

During His ministry Christ said so many amazing things, like " except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you, " that this bewildered many and they left Him.

 

John 6:66 " From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away ? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. "

Even Christ's human family didn't believe in Him !! (John 7:1-10). His friends and kinsmen thought He may be having mental health problems and were actually thinking about putting Him away !! (Mark 4:21). The religious establishment falsely accused Christ of being insane and demon possessed (Mark 4: 22) (John 10:19-21). When Christ claimed to have been alive during the time of Abraham, and to have conversed with Abraham, the Scribes and Pharisees were so incensed that they took up stones to kill Christ (John 9:59).

 

When Christ went to His home town Nazareth He read the scriptures in the synagogue on the Sabbath and the locals were so full of wrath at His words that they grabbed him and led Him to the cliff on the edge of town to throw Jesus over it (Luke 4:16-30). A very popular man in His home town !

 

Christ was so persecuted and hounded by the religious establishment in Judea that He had to lay low and avoid Judea for a time, because they were out to arrest Him. The Pharisees sent the police to arrest Jesus, but they could not get Christ, because it wasn't yet time for Him to die for our sins. When Christ publicly said God was His father, and " I and my Father are one " the Jews took up stones to kill Jesus. However, He escaped from them. The four gospels are full of accounts of Christ's escape from the grasp of His enemies, who wanted to get rid of Jesus.

 

The account of Christ giving sight to the blind man in John 9th Chapter is illustrative of the terrible persecutions Jesus suffered, and the dangers of being one of His disciples. This man was born blind, but Jesus spat on the ground and made some clay then anointed the man's eyes with the clay and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. The man did this and received his sight ! An amazing miracle !! Someone reported this to the Pharisees, because this was on the Sabbath day that Christ had made the clay.

 

The former blind man said he believed Jesus was a prophet. The Pharisees didn't believe the man was born blind, so called in his parents to confirm this. The parents answered cautiously, because the religious leaders had already threatened that if anyone publicly confessed that Christ was the Messiah that person would be kicked out of the synagogue and disfellowshipped. This was very serious business being put out of the synagogue. So people were intimidated into silence. They said he was their son and was born blind, but they didn't know how or who did it. " He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself, " they said.

 

The Pharisees couldn't figure out how Christ had healed the man. They began insisting the healed man give praise to God rather than Jesus, who they claimed was a sinner. They kept badgering the poor man. The man got angry and fed up.

 

 

John 10: 30-33 " The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened my eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. If this man were not of God , he could do nothing. "

 

So they kicked the man out of the church, out of the synagogue.

 

The point I'm trying to hammer across is that the political and religious establishment were the enemies of Jesus, and were out to do away with him, because of envy and jealousy. People were threatened with being kicked out of the synagogue, if they confessed their belief in Christ publicly. The religious leaders conspired to kill Christ. After Christ's resurrection they tried to cover this up by claiming the disciples came at night to steal Christ's body. They bribed the soldiers to say they were asleep and Christ's disciples snuck in and stole the body.

 

When Peter and the other apostles began preaching to the public, after Christ's death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and the giving of the Holy Spirit they were almost immediately hounded and threatened by the religious establishment. Peter and John were arrested and threatened. The leaders commanded them not to preach anymore about Jesus (Acts 14:17-18). Later on the High Priest (full of envy, jealousy and indignation at how God was working through the Apostles and not through him and the Sadducees) had Peter and the Apostles arrested (Acts 5:16-19). The religious leaders were going to have all of the Apostles killed (Acts 5:33 ). Gamaliel intervened and the council let them go, but not before having them beaten and again ordered them not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus (Acts 5:40).

 

So folks is there little wonder why we hear so very, very little from ancient Jewish, and Roman historians regarding Jesus Christ ? This was a man suppressed and put to death by the religious and political establishment of the day. The Church Christ founded was hounded and persecuted - many of them were put to death. So the political situation made it very difficult for any historian of the time in that area to give a straight forward honest account of Christ. The authorities were out to suppress knowledge of Christ. They did not want this to come out. The governments of the day were brutal dictatorships that had no qualms about arresting people and crucifying them. Crucifixion was not a pleasant way to die. So the people and historians were intimidated into silence. The people in these lands did not have the same freedoms you and I often take for granted here in Canada. They also did not have easy access to the written word, because this was long before the printing press.

 

However there are some references to Christ by the ancient Jewish Historian Josephus, but the unbelievers have tried to rewrite history and discredit Josephus's account. Let me quote some of his references to Christ.

 

Antiquities, Book 18, Ch. 3 :

 

" 3. Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.

 

" Antiquities 20.9.1 But the younger Ananus who, as we said, received the high priesthood, was of a bold disposition and exceptionally daring; he followed the party of the Sadducees, who are severe in judgment above all the Jews, as we have already shown. As therefore Ananus was of such a disposition, he thought he had now a good opportunity, as Festus was now dead, and Albinus was still on the road; so he assembled a council of judges, and brought before it the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ, whose name was James, together with some others, and having accused them as law-breakers, he delivered them over to be stoned."

 

 

So the authorities were out to deliberately suppress the knowledge of Jesus. Is that so surprising ? Governments in our day and age all around the world that are dictatorships, try to suppress the truth. However, today we have the printing press, and computers, so it is more difficult for governments to control information, and suppress the truth. Yet they still do it. How much easier this was 2,000 years ago.

 
 
 
A CHALLENGE TO ALL ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS & SKEPTICS
 

 

You can destroy the credibility of the Bible by doing the following things.

 

Prevent various prophecies for our end times from being fulfilled. If you can do this then you have destroyed the veracity of the Bible and exposed it as a fraud.

 
*There is a caveat attached. If, all true Christians have fallen away then God is under no obligation to fulfill many end time prophecies. Christ would just allow mankind to destroy all human life through their nuclear weapons, and would not intervene in human affairs to cut short the days.

 
 

 

The Great Tribulation

 

 

Matthew 24:21-23 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened , there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened ."

 

So here is my challenge to all unbelievers, who sneer at God and the Bible.

 

1. Prevent the Temple from being rebuilt in Jerusalem. The God of the Bible says in prophecy that it will be rebuilt (Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48). This is absolutely essential. Why? Because this is where the beast - the man who will claim to be God, will set up his image (Matthew 24:15-22) (Daniel 12:11) (Daniel 11:36) (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) (Revelation 13:14-15).

 

2. Bring lasting peace to this world. Now this is a laudable goal. Here is a marvelous opportunity for you skeptics to kill two birds with one stone. Bringing lasting peace to a war torn world would save millions of lives. And in the process you will have exposed the Bible to be a fraud. Jesus Christ (the one you say is a mythical figure) says in the scriptures that one of the signs of His return in the last days will be wars and rumours of wars.

 

Matthew 24:6-7 " And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: "

 

The Bible teaches that a rebellious mankind does not know the way of peace.

 

Roman 3: 15-17 " Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. "

 

Skeptics and unbelievers can completely discredit the Bible by simply bringing lasting peace.

 

3. Eliminate Famines Man alive here are golden opportunities for you atheists to do good and destroy the credibility of the Bible - all at once. Christ said that one of the signs in the end times of His return will be famines.

 

Revelation 6:5-6 " And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ($ 20.00 or three pounds); and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. "

 

All you need do is eliminate famines from periodically afflicting mankind. Eliminate hunger.

 

4. Eradicate Pestilences There are opportunities galore for unbelievers to disprove the Bible. So get working on things and defeat the disease plagues that regularly strike mankind. We are currently seeing an aids pestilence especially in black Africa.

 

Matthew 24:7-8 " For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. "

 

Revelation 6:8 " And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

 

5. Prevent mankind from creating a world government. This will be a last days revival of the Holy Roman Empire in Europe, and this ten nation grouping will dominate and control a world government for 3 1/2 years just prior to Christ's return.

 

Revelation 17:7-8 " And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. "

 

Revelation 13:5 " And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. "

 

Revelation 13:7 " ..and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. "

 

The Bible says that there will be a world ruling government set up just before the return of Christ - ruled over by the Beast (and the writer feels very strongly this will be a resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe). So all the atheists, skeptics, agnostics and other unbelievers have to do is prevent this world government from being formed. If they can do this then they will have discredited the Bible.

 

However, those of us who understand current events, and Bible prophecy can see very clearly the seeds being sown right now for this hellish world government.

 

6. Prevent Mystery Babylon the Great from working to revive the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe (Revelation 17:1-5). The opportunities never cease for skeptics to disprove the Bible, by preventing prophecies for our end times from being kept.

 

7. Prevent the Two Witnesses from preaching the gospel to the whole world just prior the Christ's return (Revelation 11: 1-12).

 

Revelation 11: 3-4 " And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3 ½ years), clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. "

 

Matthew 24: 14 " And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. "

 

Zechariah 4: 11-14 " Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof ? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves ? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

 

The Bible boldly prophesies of Two Witnesses being anointed to preach the gospel to the whole world just prior to Christ's return. Here is another glorious opportunity for atheists and unbelievers to destroy the credibility of the Bible. Just prevent these Two Witnesses from preaching the gospel to the whole world. The time frame is somewhere during the world government controlled by the Beast. This is just before Christ returns.

 

8. Prevent Israel in Palestine from being conquered just prior to Christ's return, and scattered around the world. (Daniel 11: 40-41 , 45) (Ezekiel chapters 5-7) (Eze.39:23-29).

 

Daniel 11 40-41 " And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown ... "

 

Ezekiel 39: 23 " And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. "

 

9. Greatly reduce the level of corruption around the world.

 

The God that the atheists and unbelievers claim doesn't exist knows much of the future. This God in His book the Bible says that most of mankind in the last days will be corrupt. Will opportunities never cease for the unbelievers to tear to shreds the veracity of the Bible ? All they need do is to vastly decrease the level of corruption around the planet. Bible prophecy says that in general terms mankind isn't interested in following God and His ways. This does not mean there can't or won't be some societies on earth in these last days that won't make some progress in fighting corruption. However, generally speaking the Bible says boldly that things will just get worse and worse up until Christ returns (Romans 1: 17-32).

 

2 Timothy 3: 1-5 " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. "

 

2 Timothy 3:13 " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. "

Matthew 24:37 " But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. "

 

Genesis 6: 5-6 " And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. "

 

Genesis 6: 11-13 " The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. "

 

10. Stop the advance of technology, so the Beast (which I feel strongly is a revived Holy Roman Empire), won't be able to enforce the Mark of The Beast upon almost all the world.

Revelation 13: 16-17 " And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. "

 

The God of the Bible (the God you atheists claim doesn't exist) says in Bible prophecy that in these last days just before Jesus Christ's return, there will be a world government formed by mankind (called the Beast in prophecy) that will force people to take a number, or mark. You won't be able to buy or sell without the Mark of the Beast. God knows the future and very obviously could foresee the day when the computer would be invented. This has just come upon the scene in the last few decades. It is very recent technology. God also foresaw that a world government run by man would exploit this technology to control people. These prophecies can only be understood today. We can see them beginning to be fulfilled right before our eyes. Who would have even dreamt 50 years ago of the possibility of computers and debut cards ? Computers will make it possible for a world government to force people all around the world to get a number and hook into a world wide system of computers. Perhaps the rationale will be that a cashless society will be more secure, or something. Anyways it is clearly prophesied that this technology will be abused and used to control people.

 

So all that the agnostics and unbelievers have to do to completely discredit the Bible is to halt the advance of technology, and thus prevent a world government run by man from using this technology to control people. Stop the advance of computer technology. Folks, you and I know that you can't un-invent technology. The genie is out of the bottle. The world is on a mad march towards one world system. It is unstoppable.

 

11. Another way for skeptics and cynics to completely destroy the veracity of the Bible, is for them to work it so that the Throne of David, upon which Queen Elizabeth II sits in Britain, would be eliminated.

 

There are those even in jolly England, who do not support the monarchy. So all you unbelievers and Bible thrashers need do is to drum up popular sentiment against the British Monarchy, and cause the institution to be phased out. You will have then destroyed the credibility of the Bible. How ? Because Bible prophecy says plainly that David's Throne was to be established forever.

2 Samuel 7:16 " And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. "

 

2 Samuel 7:25 - 29 "And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. "

 

Queen Elizabeth sits on the Throne of David. The Queen recently celebrated her golden jubilee (50 years as Monarch), and she and the monarchy are more popular with the British than ever. They love her. God has no intentions of having that throne die out. He will keep it strong. This is the throne Christ will take over and occupy when He returns. There are very powerful historical proofs that the throne of David was transferred from Judah to another branch of the Royal family that had migrated to the land presently called Ireland, centuries earlier. No God did not allow David's throne to die out. It is a very great, prestigious and powerful throne today.

 

12. Eliminate the possibility of nuclear war If the unbelievers can do this then they can destroy the entire credibility of the Bible !! Why ? Because Christ spoke of a Great Tribulation that will come to pass just prior to his return, and since the book of Revelation says there will a war where 1/3 of mankind will be killed. Christ must intervene to prevent mankind from committing mass suicide through their nuclear weapons.

 

Matthew 24:21-22 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. "

 

Revelation 9:17-19 " And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. "

 

This is a noble goal for all Christ haters, agnostics, skeptics and others who mock and ridicule the Bible, and who don't believe in God and Christ.

 

Eliminate the possibility of nuclear war. Eliminate the technology that allows for the production of nuclear weapons. Stop the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons. Eliminate the possibility of a deranged mankind being able to destroy all human life through these terrible nuclear weapons. The Bible says you can't do this. In general a rebellious mankind does not know the way of peace, and they are not interested in following God.

 

Roman 3: 15-17 " Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. "

 

13. There are all kinds of ways you unbelievers can tear to shreds the credibility and veracity of the Bible. One way is for you to work together and create a new age where mankind will start loving each other, and where murder and other crimes will be vastly reduced.

 

If you can do this on your own then you will have disproved the Bible, because the God who the unbelievers claim doesn't exist knows much of the future, and has revealed a great deal of the future to us in His book the Bible. Bible prophecy tells us that (for the most part) mankind here in these last days, before the return of Christ will have corrupted their ways and be full of every kind of wickedness. Not all of mankind will be like this , but this will be the general situation in the world.

 

2 Timothy 3:1-7 " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. "

 

2 Timothy 3:13 " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."

 

14. It is unreal how many opportunities you atheists, skeptics and Bible haters have to disprove and discredit the Bible. Another golden opportunity is for you to prevent the Philadelphia era of God's true church from being taken to a place of safety in the wilderness, where they will be protected for 3 ½ years from the world government.

 

The Bible boldly predicts that the Philadelphia Era of God's true church will be protected in the wilderness for 1,260 days, or 3 ½ years from Satan the devil and the world government.

 

Revelation 3:10 " Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. "

 

Revelation 12:13-16 " And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. "

 

15. Another way for unbelievers to destroy the credibility of the Bible is to prevent Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Prostitutes from being destroyed. The God you claim is a figment of the imagination boldly predicts in His book the Bible that Mystery Babylon will be burnt by fire sometimes just after, or during the time of the world government.

 

Revelation 17:16 " And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. "

 

16. There are seemingly endless opportunities for Bible thrashers to rip to pieces the legitimacy of the Bible. Another way to do it has to do with modern day Egypt, prior to the return of Christ.

 

Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest nations on earth of the time. It was a centre of civilization, very wealthy and even ruled an Empire. Egypt dominated that part of the world for ages.

 

However, the God of the Bible is the one who makes nations great, and He is the one who diminishes nations. God is the one who builds up and tears down nations. And His decree concerning Egypt cannot be defied. Modern Egyptian rulers have struggled with Egyptian poverty. They have not been able to pull Egypt out of its poverty. Why ? Because God had made ancient Egypt great for thousands of years. But then God decided to reverse this and make Egypt into one of the basest of nations. And God will still deal with Egypt more in the last days. However, until the return of Christ, God in His book says that Egypt will remain poor, and weak.

 

Ezekiel 29:14-15 " And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. "

 

17. Stop the man from coming just before the return of Christ, who will claim to be God, and who will sit in the temple.

 

God in His word the Bible predicts there will be this world government in the last days controlled by the Beast. The human ruler, or Emperor of the ten nation empire in central Europe will claim to be God, and sit in the rebuilt temple claiming to be God ! All of you Bible haters can join together and unite politically, and then work to prevent this from happening. If you can do this then you will have destroyed the whole credibility of the Bible and the one in the Bible who says He is God. So go ahead and try it.

 

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 " Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. "

 

Daniel 11: 36-37 " And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. "

 

18. Prevent the Abomination of Desolation from being set up in the Temple by this world government, and prevent these people from trying to force the whole world to worship this statue, or image of the Beast. If you atheists and other Bible bashers can do this then you will have shown the Bible to be a farce. So go ahead and stop this from happening. The God of the Bible, who you refuse to even acknowledge says you cannot do it.

 

Revelation 13:14-15 " And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. "

 

Matthew 24:15 " When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) "

 

Matthew 24:21 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. "

 

Daniel 12:11 " And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. "

 

19. Shut the door that Christ has opened for the Philadelphia era of God's true Church - to do some sort of work for God.

 

Revelation 3: 7-8 " And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. "

 

20. Shake the Laodicean era of God's church out of its lukewarm attitude, and spiritual apathy. Shake them up so they are no longer spiritually blind, spiritually naked, spiritually miserable and spiritually poor.

 

Revelation 14: 14-17 " And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: "

 

Fat chance you can do this. There is simple too much spiritual conceit and apathy around for you to do this.

 

21. Another challenge to true unbelievers. Create a world on your own through mankind's own efforts) where there will be plenty for all - where no one need go hungry. If you can do this you will have disproved the Bible.

 

Now you atheists, agnostics, skeptics, true unbelievers, Bible thrashers, God haters, and mockers have very powerful allies. The United Nations wants to eliminate poverty. So throw your full support behind them and eliminate poverty, and hunger. Go to it. Go for it. Get working on it. This is a wonderful goal.

 

Matthew 24: 3-8 " And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. "

 

Revelation 6:5-6 " And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny a loaf of bread for $20.00, or three pounds of barley flour), and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. "

 

Of course I realize it can't be done by mankind, because mankind in general is simply too sinful and corrupt to do this. However, when Jesus Christ returns, He will do away with famines and hunger.

 

God exists. Christ lives. Jesus will return in these corrupt last days to set up His world ruling Kingdom. There won't be any atheists around when Christ comes to shake this world out of its complacency and its refusal in general to even acknowledge Him and His literal existence.

 

Revelation 6:14-17 " And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand. "

 

by Ray Wegner