Amanda Grace for April 28th

 

Keeping It Simple – Amanda Grace for April 28^th - Durham Reports Massive Failures - Preparing For Soros Chaos – Russian Hypersonic Missiles Blow Up Patriot Launchers - New Military & DUMBS Intel – Fentanyl Laced Pot Killing Thousands and more.

Researched & Comments by Pastor Gary Boyd

May 16^th 2023

 

 

DEREK JOHNSON: Situation Update 05/16/23 ~ Trump Return! Q+ White Hats Intel ~ Derek Johnson > SGAnon > Juan O Savin! - Must Video - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 11:28 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/situation-update-051623-trump-return-q-white-hats-intel-derek-johnson-sganon-juan-o-savin-must-video-3662939.html

It's Time We Expose This! - Situation Update Must Video - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:48 - M.S.M.’s journalists are puppets for their masters, they don’t care about reporting logical facts, which shows they hate our country. Journalists today, don’t even know our country is a Constitutional Republic, that needs to be supported, and not demoralized continuously. https://beforeitsnews.com/media/2023/05/its-time-we-expose-this-situation-update-must-video-2514292.html

DAN BONGINO SHOW: It Was A Coup Attempt! - Dan Bongino - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:29 - In this episode, I address the explosive new details of the Durham report. It exposes what was clearly a coup attempt. It was NOT a coup attempt, it was a SUCCESSFUL coup. We are living under that illegitimate regime right now. Don’t sugar coat the reality of our situation. And there is only ONE remedy. John Durham’s long-awaited report was published yesterday—telling us what we all knew: The investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged ties with Russia was bogus. The 300-plus pages detail the hoax, and I’m sure we’ll be digging into them for a while. What I find interesting are the hints of then President Barack Obama’s role in it. He was kept in the loop throughout, and key decisions in the investigation were taken after then CIA Director John Brennan met with Obama. In America Under Attack, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry describes how Mr. Obama is at the heart of the Russian-collusion hoax. “Where do all roads lead? Only one person had the all-consuming motive and malice. Only one person had the forceful, dominating will. Only one person had the necessary ring of powerful accomplices in the government and in the media. Only one person had and has the unassailable pride and power to accomplish this ongoing treason against the United States of America. He must be named! That man is Barack Obama.” Durham’s report gives more evidence of this. While the Durham report holds the spotlight, the Internal Revenue Service removed its entire team investigating Hunter Biden for tax fraud. The New York Post reports that the Justice Department ordered the purge in retaliation for a whistleblower speaking to Congress. The Trumpet. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/it-was-a-coup-attempt-dan-bongino-3662943.html

New Prophets & Patriots: Episode 65 with Roger Stone and Steve Shultz - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 13:59 - Steve Shultz interviews Roger Stone for our next broadcast of “Prophets and Patriots.” Our guest will be discussing the latest revelation about our nation, speaking the truth behind current events, and encouraging the saints to boldly stand together. https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-prophets-patriots-episode-65-with-roger-stone-and-steve-shultz-2541534.html

Q: Suicide Weekend! Pain. Durham FISA Brings Down The House! - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 14:50 - Q: Suicide Weekend! Pain. Durham FISA Brings Down The House! Corrupt Politicians And Their Fake News Propaganda Media Partners Will All Be EXPOSED For Their Crimes Against Humanity! Soon [They] Will Not Be Able To Walk Down The Street! We’re In A Battle of Good vs. Evil. It’s The Battle of Our Lives to Save Our Country, Our Children and Our Future! The [Coup Attempt] Against President Trump Will Not Go Unpunished! And Treason Is Only The Beginning! No One Gets A Free Pass! President Trump and The Q Team Are Draining The Swamp! - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/q-suicide-weekend-pain-durham-fisa-brings-down-the-house-3792956.html

Kim Clement Prophetic Trump Summer Event Alert 2023! - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 14:37 - Although deceased Clement’s words relate to our world today. Did you know Clement knew Trump was going to be president years before he was president? As well as other worldly events! https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/kim-clement-prophetic-summer-event-alert-2023-2541535.html

Ark of Grace Ministries Prophecy - Word from the Lord--April 28, 2023 - All Glory Honor and praise be to the Lord of Hosts, maker of heaven and earth! Creator of All Things, Mighty God wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, and the Government shall and will rest upon HIS shoulders, and to His Kingdom, there is no end. And the Spirit of the Lord says this day, Where are the righteous Judges says the Lord, where are the righteous Judges? Tares in robes says the Lord tares in Robes. I the Lord am the Righteous Judge, I sit on the highest throne, and I rule in righteousness, and I, the Lord hold… https://amandagrace4him.blogspot.com/

MISES INSTITUTE: The Failure of Public Works and Public Funding - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 14:17 - State projects are funded by your money, either through taxation or by inflation, most times both. Money is either taken directly from you or you lose purchasing power. The result is the same, as you will lose the ability to buy or produce as much as you wanted because of these projects. However, this is the alleged cost of living in a “civilized society.” Without these projects, we would be driving on dirt roads, living in shacks, and working for pennies a day…. https://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2023/05/the-failure-of-public-works-and-public-funding-2804596.html

Maori Morpheheus Exposes Q Military Operation & 'Q7000' Oil Rig in New Zealand! May 2023 Imminent! Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:27 - A YUGE semi-submersible oil rig named of all names “Q7000″ has anchored in my home town and I believe its timing is obviously involved in the IMMINENT global military martial law lockdown and correlates with my many previous videos exposing NZ’s military Q operations to remove this criminal Deep State Satanic NZ Govt and their Freemason Filth co-conspirators! I am seldom wrong when these events occur … https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/maori-morpheheus-exposes-q7000-oil-rig-imminent-q-military-operation-in-new-zealand-may-2023-2541521.html

 

 

 

 

THE EPOCH TIMES: Durham Report Reveals Massive Failures in FBI’s Investigation of Trump - Special counsel finds probe was 'seriously deficient' and agency was blinded by confirmation bias - By Ivan Pentchoukov - May 15, 2023 - Updated: May 15, 2023 - The FBI didn’t interview the people connected to the information that the agency used to open a full investigation of the Trump campaign during the heat of the 2016 presidential election, according to the report by special counsel John Durham. The bureau rushed to open the initial investigation based on unvetted intelligence from Australia, according to Durham, who has spent nearly three years investigating the origins of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign. - https://www.theepochtimes.com/durham-report-fbi-did-not-speak-to-any-witnesses-before-opening-full-investigation-of-trump-campaign_5266757.html?src_src=Morningbrief&src_cmp=mb-2023-05-16&est=5TVD0%2FQrn74IzyfG%2FwawVv7vGkgiqmC5uiV%2FFoYUbN5W7ua%2FWAO9bx95gKID5RrpePg%3D

X22 Report - Preparing For Chaos! Soros! It Was Always Right In Front Of Us! Durham! - Must Video - Monday, May 15, 2023 20:08 - The [DS] is now panicking over the Durham report. The report has shown the world that the FBI/CIA/Fake News made up the entire Russian collusion event and [HRC]/[BO]/[JB] etc were all involved in it. This is the [DS], they coordinated together to overthrow the US government. They are all guilty. The [DS] is now moving towards creating chaos to cover up their crimes, this will fail patriots already know the playbook. Once this fails they will try to bring us to war.Trump will have peace and the military will hold tribunals.  https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/x22-report-preparing-for-chaos-soros-it-was-always-right-in-front-of-us-durham-must-video-3662895.html

US MILITARY NEWS - Restored Republic via a GCR – By Divina Ellison - Update as of May 16, 2023 – Psycho operations reverses Deep State Psycho operations - https://theusmilitarynews.com/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-may-16-2023/

CHINA DAILY: Expanded BRICS would bring widespread benefits - By Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan | China Daily Global | Updated: 2023-05-16 09:19 – Interestingly, a new "continent "of multiculturalism is in the making in the shape of a strategic expansion of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — with more countries keen to join. The role of China will be important in achieving this goal. It seems that geopolitics and great statesmanship would be changed by the expected expansion of BRICS in the future. Its multiculturalism and joint contribution would be a driving force in the converging of countries, communities and commodities to make a new continent through shared prosperity and the China-proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/16/WS6462da30a310b6054fad31ee.html

HAL TURNER SHOW: Video: U.S. PATRIOT Missile System Fires 30+ Missiles over Kiev But Gets TAKEN OUT by Russian Hit – WORLD - HAL TURNER - 16 MAY 2023 - One of the much vaunted PATRIOT missile systems given to Kiev to fight Russia, fired about thirty Air Defense missiles overnight but in the end, was hit by a Russian inbound attack.  Video below shows the salvos and the final inbound Russian hit.  Ukraine is actively (and desperately) trying to have the video removed! Overnight, Russia engaged in a very thorough missile attack against Ukraine, with what appears to have been a "saturation" attack against Kiev for the express purpose of overwhelming missile defenses. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/video-u-s-patriot-missile-system-fires-30-missiles-over-kiev-but-gets-taken-out-by-russian-hit

Putin Stuns Kyiv With 'Exceptional' Missile Blitz Using 18 Hypersonic Missiles, Kamikaze Drones! - Must Video - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:20 - The Ukrainian capital came under, what it calls, an ‘exceptional’ aerial attack by Russia. Kyiv says its air defenses destroyed six Kinzhal missiles, nine Kalibr cruise missiles and three land-based weapons. Ukraine says the onslaught involved the highest number of missiles fired by Moscow in the shortest time and from different directions. Watch this video for details. (Comment: My Intel says the EU is now finding out the US supplied patriot missiles are obsolete. After Trump made them pay their fair share of NATO they are now going to realize they will be better off having their own army & navy & air force without NATO. This will then lead to another arms race to catch up with the Russians. If peace does not come soon with Trump leading the way then the world is looking at another world war with millions being killed again.) https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/05/putin-stuns-kyiv-with-exceptional-missile-blitz-using-18-hypersonic-missiles-kamikaze-drones-must-video-2478236.html

The Quickening is Here!! Elites Unleash Next Phase of Great Reset as Collapsed Border, High Crime Explode! (Video) - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 7:11 - Major players & calamities have accelerated the globalists’ war against humanity! Now, with the Deep State’s destruction of the Southern Border, America teeters closer to total tyranny or total annihilation than ever before! - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/the-quickening-is-here-elites-unleash-next-phase-of-great-reset-as-collapsed-border-high-crime-explode-video-3792937.html

Gene Decode: Shocking New Military & DUMBS Intel 5-15-2023 (Video) - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 7:35 - Gene is back and he is sharing shocking new military and DUMBS Intel.. Everyone needs to hear what he has to share! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/gene-decode-shocking-new-military-dumbs-intel-5-15-2023-video-3792943.html

Rep. Andy Biggs Reveals 'Staggering Number' Of 'Criminal Aliens' Who Have Attacked US Police Officers! – Forbes - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:38 - At today’s House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) promoted GOP-backed crime and policing legislation, and spoke about attacks on law enforcement officers by undocumented immigrants. https://beforeitsnews.com/immigration/2023/05/rep-andy-biggs-reveals-staggering-number-of-criminal-aliens-who-have-attacked-us-police-officers-forbes-2473118.html

LifeSite News launches map tracking wave of laws against transgender mutilation in the US - A growing number of Republican states have restricted dangerous 'gender transitions' this year, and others are poised to follow. May 16^th 2023 - epublican states have passed an unprecedented wave of bills this year cracking down on so-called “gender transitions,” particularly for children. In the past four months, 14 states have approved laws to ban or limit transgender surgical and hormonal inventions for youth. Republican governors in Florida and Missouri are poised to sign similar laws in the coming days, and bans are also moving forward in six other states, including Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesite-launches-map-tracking-wave-of-laws-against-transgender-mutilation-in-the-us/

ZERO HEDGE: After-School Satan Clubs Are Hot, Hot, Hot! - BY TYLER DURDEN - SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023 - 06:00 PM - Following a major legal victory in the free speech department, after school Satan Clubs are picking up steam. Launched in 2020 and promptly opposed by most parents, the clubs, associated with the Satanic Temple, are being pitched as an alternative to Christian after-school groups for those who identify as agnostics, atheists and religious minorities, such as pagans. Last Monday, the Satanic Temple and the ACLU scored a legal victory after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled against the Northampton County school district, which banned the club from meeting on its grounds. (Comment: You must realize that common sense is not common anymore when these absurd rulings keep happening. The best answer is to home school your child by taking a job that lets you work from home. The schools are no longer safe anymore. Along with Satan worship you also have drugs being sold on campus which goes hand in hand. It is time to step away from public schools to make a difference.) https://www.zerohedge.com/political/after-school-satan-clubs-are-hot-hot-hot

ASTROWORLD SATANIC RITUAL TRAVIS SCOTT CONCERT UPSIDE DOWN CROSS STAGE MOCKS JESUS CHRIST SACRIFICE - https://www.bitchute.com/video/VSTMdJyO9rol/

Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults - Adults aged 18-20 should be able to purchase handguns from licensed firearm dealers, Judge Robert Payne has ruled in the Eastern District of Virginia, striking down a portion of the 1968 Gun Control Act. - By FRANKIE STOCKES  May 12, 2023 in Gun Rights, News - A judge in Virginia has struck down a federal ban on adults under 21 buying handguns, ruling that the ban violates the Second Amendment rights of young adults by blocking those aged 18, 19, and 20 from exercising a portion of those rights. Young adults are entitled to the same Second Amendment rights as those 21 and older, Judge Robert Payne, of the 4th Circuit’s Eastern District of Virginia, found in his ruling that overturned portions of the Gun Control Act of 1968. https://nationalfile.com/judge-in-virginia-strikes-down-federal-ban-on-handgun-sales-to-young-adults/

The Life and Times of WHO’s Director General as Ethiopian Terrorist and human rights abuser - BY RHODA WILSON ON MAY 15, 2023 • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus should never have been elected Director-General of the WHO. He should have been charged with crimes against the Ethiopian people. His period as a minister in the Ethiopian government between 2005 and 2016 should have disqualified him from any international office.  Few governments could be as bad as the one Tedros served in for 11 years but, instead of charging him for his crimes, the global community promoted him to Director-General of the World Health Organization. https://expose-news.com/2023/05/15/whos-director-general-as-ethiopian-terrorist-and/

MAIL ONLINE: Marijuana laced with FENTANYL is rising across US, doctors warn as drug cocktail is found in New York, Alabama, Illinois and Louisiana - A doctor said kids think they are just smoking marijuana, but tests show pot laced with fentanyl - A wave of legalizations across the US has led to marijuana's increasing potency - READ MORE: Families torn apart after teen sons were driven to suicide by weed - By CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - UPDATED: 12:12 EDT, 16 May 2023 - Fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid that's 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, is increasingly being mixed with other substances to make them more potent at a cheap price. Just two milligrams of fentanyl – imagine 10 to 15 grains of table salt – can prove fatal, and staggering figures showed it is killing the equivalent of an entire classroom of children every week. (Comment: U.S. drug overdose deaths increased 30% from 2019 to 2020 and 15% in 2021, resulting in an estimated 108,000 deaths in 2021.* Among persons aged 14–18 years, overdose deaths increased 94% from 2019 to 2020 and 20% from 2020 to 2021.) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12089763/Marijuana-laced-FENTANYL-rising-docs-warn-busts-drug-cocktail.html

 

 

Keeping It Simple

by Jack Kelley

Published on: November 28, 2014

Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

May 16^th 2023

 

Mankind has a propensity for taking simple things and making them complex, often confusing himself in the process.  Some say this began with the serpent’s question to Eve,  “Did God really say…?”(Genesis 3:1).  Lets look at some of the simple things of the Bible that man has tried to complicate and ask ourselves if we’re better off with man’s opinion or would it make more sense to keep it simple and stick with what the Bible says.

 

Creation

God said His work of creation required six days and He rested on the seventh day (Genesis 2:1-2).  There was no one around who could dispute His claim but that hasn’t stopped man from proposing alternatives.

 

The best man has come up with is that we’re really the product of random chance. The Big Bang theory and Evolution are called  laws of nature by some, but in fact, they violate natural law. Things in nature don’t naturally evolve from randomness, or chaos, into order. In fact they go the other way. The evidence is all around us. Your house, your car,  your body, and everything else that’s been created or made or manufactured confirms that absent some kind of preventive maintenance, the natural way is devolution, from order into chaos. Everything breaks down, wears out, rusts, rots, or dies. There’s no way around it.

 

And the best preventive maintenance can only retard the devolution process. It can never reverse it, let alone turn something into something else. Order into chaos, order into chaos. That’s nature’s way.  Some folks want you to ignore this simple fact and believe that where you’re concerned, natural law was spontaneously reversed for no reason at all so that the amoeba that became the fish that became the monkey could become you.  If we can’t believe the very first thing God said to us, how can we be sure about anything else He said?

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Salvation

God said we’re saved by grace through faith, not by works. (Ephesians 2:8-9) He doesn’t want anyone bragging that he earned his own way into the kingdom, and knows that we can’t do it anyway. He gave man a set of laws that were impossible to keep but which defined the standard He required of us. Then He sent His Son to keep those laws for us and give His life to purchase an unconditional pardon that releases us from the penalty of breaking them (Colossians 2:13-14). He said this is the only way we can be saved (John 14:6, Acts 4:12).  All we have to do is believe in the one He sent (John 6:28-29) admit we’re sinners, ask for His pardon, and accept it in faith (Romans 10:13).

 

But right from the beginning, man has tried to earn his own way into God’s Kingdom. Some have multiplied God’s laws by adding many others, while others have ignored His laws, substituting their own instead.  Either way man has made his existence here on earth miserable as he labors to prove that he doesn’t need God’s free pardon, living a life of guilt and fear in a vain attempt to earn something that has been offered to Him for free.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Agency

God said that anyone who wants to can choose this pardon and have eternal life.  It’s free for the asking irrespective of merit or worthiness (Matt. 7:7-8).  It doesn’t matter if you’re a Jew or Gentile, free or slave, male or female, civilized or barbarian (Galatians 3:26-29). If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you’ll be saved (Romans 10:9). You have your entire lifetime to make your choice. However when you die His offer of pardon expires (Hebrews 9:27).

 

Some men have  imposed conditions without number to this unconditional promise. They say you must have been chosen in advance by God, or belong to a certain denomination, or behave in a certain way, give a certain amount, maintain certain standards, avoid certain food or drink, etc, etc. Others say you don’t have to accept God’s terms at all.  Just try to do the best you can and treat others nicely. You’ll have a chance after you die to sit down and work it all out with God.  Still others say it doesn’t matter who your god is.   As long as you’re sincere in your belief, you’ll find your way to eternal life.  Jesus said all these ways lead to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14).

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Security

God says that when you’re saved He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell within you, sealed there as a deposit guaranteeing your inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14).  It’s the down payment on His promise never to leave you or forsake you.  God Himself will make you stand firm (2 Cor. 1:21-22), and there’s no one who can take you out of His hand (John 10:27-30).  His Spirit will also guide you and advise you on behavior that’s pleasing to Him, not to earn His favor but as a way to express your gratitude for already having received it. Your behavior is still your own choice and when you sin, as we all do, the Holy Spirit will prompt you to confess so you can be forgiven and preserve your intimate relationship with God (1 John 1:9).

 

Man says something different.  Some say the Holy Spirit doesn’t come all at once. You get a little bit when you’re saved and more when you’re worthy. You’ll know you’re worthy when you receive a certain Spiritual gift that tells you and others that you’ve made it. They also say the Holy Spirit isn’t permanently sealed within you. He’ll leave you if you don’t behave right or if you decide you don’t want Him any more. And once He’s gone you can never get Him back. Scary.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Abundant Life

God says that you shouldn’t worry about how your life will work out, that He’ll take care of it.  Since He takes care of little birds and flowers, that aren’t worth anywhere near what you are to Him, He’ll certainly watch out for you. “Seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness,” He says, “And I’ll take care of everything (Matt. 6:31-33). After all, I came to Earth so that you could have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).  So don’t conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2).

 

Man says you have to figure out what you want and then strive to get it. Work hard and sacrifice much, and you’ll be rewarded. The stress you feel from the job, and the difficulty you have staying connected at home are just part of the deal. And when you become successful, if it wasn’t all you hoped it would be, well everybody feels that way. The more you have, the better you’ll feel. Stay with it.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Forgiveness

God says to forgive as you’ve been forgiven, that nothing someone does to you can ever approximate what you’ve done to God. (Matt. 18:32-33) And since He’s forgiven you unconditionally, you should do the same. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger. Don’t give the devil a foothold. “Vengeance is mine,” says the Lord. “It’s mine to repay.”

 

Man says some folks don’t deserve to be forgiven. Make them prove that they’ve earned it before you let them off the hook. Besides, maybe it’s you. Maybe you’re just too weak, too naive. As you become more skeptical, less trusting, you’ll find people won’t take advantage so often. Don’t get mad, get even.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Giving

Jesus said don’t store up treasure on earth, where it can be stolen or destroyed.  Instead, store up treasure in heaven where nothing can happen to it (Matt. 6:19-21).   He said, “Give and it will be given to you, for with the measure you use it will be measured to you” (Luke 6:38).  Paul confirmed this.  He said if we sow sparingly we’ll reap sparingly, but if we sow generously we’ll also reap generously.  He said we should decide in our own heart what to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver  (2 Cor. 9:6-7).  He said our generosity will be rewarded with blessing and we’ll be made rich in every way so we can be generous on every occasion (2 Cor. 9:10-11).

 

Some pastors say you owe a debt to God and if you don’t pay it back to the church you’ll be cursed. Others say you worked hard for your money and it’s yours to do with as you please. Why give any of it to a bunch of do-gooders who’ll just waste it on people who don’t deserve it. Give enough to keep them off your back, if you must, but not so much as to cramp your lifestyle.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Prophecy

God said he would never do anything without first revealing it through His servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7) For over 6,000 years now He’s had a perfect record of first saying what He’ll do and then doing it.  But many scholars call predictive prophecy a sham and go to great lengths to try and disprove its reliability. For example, when history documented that Daniel 11:1-35 contained 135 fulfilled prophecies, scholars tried to say it was written after the fact.

 

As a result the Book of Daniel became the most thoroughly validated Book in the entire Bible. And yet some still deny its authenticity, in spite of the fact that Daniel also predicted the rise of Alexander the Great (Daniel 7:6, 8:5-8, 8:21-22), named the exact day that Jesus would ride into Jerusalem as Israel’s Messiah,  and foretold His Crucifixion, as well as the city’s subsequent destruction as (Daniel 9:26).

 

Zechariah prophesied that the Messiah would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zech. 9:9), then be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver with the money being thrown into the Temple for the purchase of a potter’s field (Zech 11:12-13). Micah prophesied that He would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).  Isaiah that He would be the Son of God (Isaiah 9:6), born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), pierced for our transgressions (Isaiah 53:5), though innocent would offer no defense (Isaiah 53:7), be buried in a rich man’s grave (Isaiah 53:9), and come back from the dead (Isaiah 53:11).  Amos said the sun would go down at noon on the day He was crucified (Amos 8:9-10). There well are over a hundred more that pertain to the first coming but you get the idea.

 

In spite of this, some of the very men and women who make a career out of studying the Word of God resort to extreme measures in their attempts to convince us that God is unreliable at best and at worst a liar.  And to what end? If they were diplomats and worked this hard at undermining the principles on which our country is founded, they’d be charged with treason. If they were managers who were committed to destroying the public’s perception of their company’s product, they’d be fired.  But since they claim to be Christians we call them scholars. “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,” Paul wrote, “And the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate” (1 Cor. 1:19)  He was quoting from Isaiah 29:14.

 

The simple thing is to believe God.

 

Conclusion

These are harsh and perilous times and now, more than ever, we need someone we can rely on who is utterly dependable. When the hurricane’s threatening to blow you down, and the flood waters are rising fast, you don’t want to be worrying whether the One you’re praying to is committed to your well being.

 

When your neighbors are publicly planning your destruction, and take every olive branch you hand them then turn it into another excuse to attack, you need to know that the One who gave you the land you’re standing on will keep His promise that it’s yours forever.

 

When your eternal destiny hangs in the balance, you need to be certain that the One Who says He surrendered His life to redeem yours really did.

 

The End of the Age is upon us. It’s time to stop debating and start believing the simple truth of the Bible. God is Who He says He is and He did what He said He would do. And in the 6000 years of man’s relationship with Him, not one of the 14 billion of us who’ve walked this earth has ever been able to successfully refute this. Conversely, proof of His existence is so far beyond the limits of mere probability that it’s no longer debatable.  Therefore belief in Him is a choice we make. It’s time to choose and be done with it. Like my favorite bumper sticker says, “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” It’s the simple thing to do.