FORTY POINTS TO PONDER WHILE NOT BELIEVING IN GOD--2000
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POINT #41: Cydonia: The Martian Connection: science is struggling with the fact that there is a “sphinx-like” face on the surface of Mars—plus pyramids—and what looks like a city!
POINT #42: One Minute To Midnight: World Scientists—mostly Nobel prize winners—have issued warnings which say that if we continue our paths toward war and famine, we will not survive another twenty-five years!
POINT #43: The Kabbalah And The Pharisees Of Jerusalem: The Kabbalah—or Cabala—is a secret sect of ancient Jewish “scholars—” who secretly wanted to establish a one-world government (even back then!). Evidence now points to the fact that the Pharisees—the men who killed Jesus—were kabbalah! (No wonder He was so angry at them!)
POINT #44: The Order Of Nimrod: Speaking of “one-world government:” Nimrod’s attempt—at Babel—was to establish this type of government; it was foiled by God, who “scrambled” the languages to keep man from binding together! As far back as this, there was an attempt at a “New World Order!”
POINT #45: Anomalous Structures On The Moon: NASA has archives of photos which—unbelievably—show structures which look man-made: tracks, bridge-like structures, and even what appears to be a glass dome!
POINT #46: The Fourth Reich: The Third Reich tried to establish the one-world government of Antichrist, and failed; there is reason to believe that some of the same elements are toiling toward a fourth reich—and that they have—believe it or not—flying saucers!
POINT #47: The Great Seal Of The United States: This seal is filled with New-Age symbology—from the fathers of our country! Have you ever looked at a dollar bill? Check out the pyramid, the eye, and the phrases novus ordo seclorum (new world order) and E Pluribus Unum (from many, one)!
POINT #48: Numerics And The Bible: The bible is filled with consistencies concerning numbers that seem to have significance: 6-the number of man; 7—the number of God (six days to create, seventh day to rest!)! So many consistencies that it seems impossible that so many men from so many centuries could be so organized—without outside help!
POINT #49: Theomatics And The Bible: The numbers of books in the Bible; of chapters; of verses; even of words indicates that there was a grand mathematical design behind its authorship—too grand for the human mind to create! It is the fingerprint of God—for us to decipher in these last days!
POINT #50: The “Hidden” Name Of Jesus In The Bible: Once again, the “fingerprint;” Jesus’ name hidden in verses throughout the Bible, in ways that could not be accomplished by accident or human agency!
POINT #51: Manna From Heaven: Believe it or not, manna actually fell to earth—in the 1800’s!
POINT #52: Common Ground Between Science And Religion: There is a growing understanding that science and mathematics simply describe creation—but have no meaning without it! It is the human-energized description of what God created—and due to this, they are merging in these last days.
POINT #53: The Cosmic Conspiracy: Another unbelievable fact: science, government, and the military are flooded with reports that UFO’s and little “aliens—” are not extraterrestrials in the true sense—but demons!
POINT #54: The General And Special Theories Of Creation: As research continues on the Book Of Genesis, it seems that there is growing weight toward the belief that there were three creations—one in Genesis 1:1, then the rest of Genesis Chapter 1, and the other in Genesis 2!
POINT #55: The Planet Of The Sons Of God: Belief is growing that there once were twelve planets—and the excommunication of Lucifer from heaven caused great destruction—so great that a planet, Astaria, where the “sons Of God” once dwelt—is now the asteroid belt!
POINT #56: The Shroud Of Turin—Update: Much discussion recently about the true age of the Shroud—but no one can tell us—still—how it was created; and—if it was painted—how a technique called “foreshortening” was used centuries before we learned how to do it!
POINT #57: Lord Maitreya, The Antichrist: Lord Maitreya announced that the “Christ was here” in 1984; now we discover that he is an incarnation of Buddha who visits earth each 490 years! Watch this name—he is Antichrist!
POINT #58: Giants In The Earth: In Genesis, The “Sons Of God” (fallen angels) seduced women and created demonic children so mutated they were literally giants—and was a large part of the reason why the earth was destroyed!
POINT #59: The Men Of Reknown: The “men of old, of renown” were know for their mighty exploits—to the point where they may have been the characters developed into Zeus, Jupiter, Odin and others!
POINT #60: E = MC2 Science will soon progress to the point where they will see that God created everything from His own cosmic essence: and the proof is in Einstein’s equation!
POINT #61: Stronghold: We will also soon discover that most psychological manias, phobias, habits and mental imbalances are strongholds—conditions directly created by demon influence on mankind!
POINT #62: The Unexplained: Some reject theology in favor or science—but consider this: there are thousands of occurrences which have happened in history which science categorically rejects—because it is stumped!
POINT #63: The “Lost” Manuscripts: 1st and 2nd Adam; Barnabas; Enoch—manuscripts like Exodus or Kings which contain wonderful information—and were left out of the Bible for various reasons! Even though they may not merit inclusion in the Bible, they contain much knowledge—but are not generally known by Christians or the public!
POINT #64: Mount Weather: The United States government apparently believes in Armageddon—since they have a fully-functioning secondary government ready for use in time of catastrophe—and it is underground!
POINT #65: Homo Superior: It is possible that mankind once possessed twelve glorified endowments, including the five we now recognize; Adam, before the fall, might have enjoyed telepathy, invulnerability, dominion, and more!
POINT #66: The Twelve Gates Of Hell: Weird effects in the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea, and other places around the world might indicate the ancient location of “gates of hell—” ingresses to the netherworld covered up by God during the Flood!
POINT #67: The Rapture Of The Church: Might actually be a dimensional translation of Jesus’ Church—in the same way that He was translated! Are you ready?
Now that we might have you “rubbing your chin,” here is more reason to believe:
POINT #68:: The Second Law of Thermodynamics states, "The amount of usable energy in the universe is decreasing due to continuing heat loss. In other words, the universe is running out of usable fuel; it is slowly dying a heat death." If the universe is running down there must have been a starting place where maximum energy was there otherwise it would have already run out if infinite time is given [in other words, contrary to the popular scientific belief that the universe always was, without a creation point or Creator—there must have been both!]. Listen to what Robert Jastrow, internationally known astronomer and founder and director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has to say:
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
POINT #69: The Cosmological argument. The cosmological argument is based on the law of Cause and Effect which all scientific investigation depends on. It says that for every effect there was a cause. We drop a ball off the Empire State building and it falls to the ground; what caused it to fall? The affect was caused by gravity. Everything that ever happens had a prior cause to it happening. When we trace the causes and affects back to the beginning we must ask "What caused the first affect?" We know there was a first affect because we have already determined that the universe had a beginning. There must be a first cause and that first cause cannot be contingent (its existence depends on another), must be eternal and uncaused as well as all-powerful and personal. The first cause cannot be contingent because if it had a need and depended on something else for its existence it could not exist before anything else was created or caused. The first cause must be eternal otherwise we would have to ask the question "What caused the first cause?" (which is why it would also have to be uncaused). The first cause would have to be all-powerful or at least extremely powerful beyond our wildest imagination in order to create the vast expanse and intricacy of the universe. The first cause would also have to be personal in order to create personality. The God of the Bible fits all of these:
POINT #70: The first proof we have testifying to the reliability of the Bible is the archaeological evidence. Nelson Glueck, a respected Jewish archaeologist claims: "It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference" (Shelly 103). The liberals made wild claims against the Bible a hundred years ago but now they are silent. This is not true of other religions. The Mormon claim for inspiration of the Book of Mormon has been categorically condemned by the Smithsonian Institute because of the fallacies shown by archaeology; this is not so with the Bible. A.N. Sherwin-white, a respected classical historian at Oxford says about the book of Acts, "For Acts the confirmation of historicity is overwhelming...any attempt to reject its basic historicity even in matters of detail must now appear absurd" (Shelly 110). A case in point is the historicity of Jesus. We have several first century writings from non-Christians (Tacitus, Pliny, Suetonius, Rabbi Eliezer, and Josephus) mentioning details about Jesus and his crucifixion, John the Baptist as well as many other details found in the Gospels. The old contention that there never was a historical Jesus is blown away by the evidence.
POINT #71: The next proof is the Bible's uniqueness and unity. The Bible was written by over 40 authors who came from just about every walk of life conceivable including fisherman, kings, a butler, priests, and a tax collector. The 66 books of the Bible were written over a 1500 year span in three languages on three continents with one theme and no contradictions. C.J. Sharp captures this miracle well:
If a fragment of stone were found in Italy, another in Asia Minor, another in Greece, another in Egypt, and on and on until sixty-six fragments had been found, and if when put together they fitted perfectly together, making a perfect statue of Venus de Milo, there is not an artist or scientist but would arrive immediately at the conclusion that there was originally a sculptor who conceived and carved the statue. The very lines and perfections would probably determine which of the great ancient artists carved the statue. Not only the unity of the Scriptures, but their lines of perfection, suggest One far above any human as the real author. That could be no one but God
POINT #73: A third reason why Christians believe God is the ultimate author of the Bible is the predictive prophecy in the Bible. This aspect is unique to the world's religions because if one predicts something will happen and it does not, they are proven to be phony. The Bible is literally filled with detailed prophecies that have been fulfilled with 100% accuracy. I refer the reader to Josh McDowell's books Evidence That Demands A Verdict and Prophecy: Fact Or Fiction? for detailed proof of the prophetic accuracy of the Bible
POINT #74: Another interesting aspect of Biblical prophecy is the New Testament prophecies concerning the last days. John, Zechariah and others had prophecies and visions of the future which they attempted to describe with the words available to them at that time. The amazing thing is how accurate the prophecies are of the way the world is today. There was no way they could have known two thousand years ago what the conditions would be like today. For example, in Revelation 9:13-19 John describes an army of two hundred million soldiers that will cross the Euphrates river from the east. At that time there weren't even two hundred million people on the earth let alone in one army. Today China boasts of an army of two hundred million soldiers; China is east of the Euphrates river. John describes this army as riding on horses with breastplates and of which out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulphur. They had power in their tails and were used to kill a third of mankind. It sounds like John is describing modern day warfare with tanks. He called them horses because that was the only mode of transportation then. John described in Revelation chapter 13 a one world government which would have a cashless money system that worked with a mark on each person's hand or forehead. Today we have scanners in our grocery stores that will soon do away with the use of money. This will cut down crime considerably and so will be accepted readily by a world in desperate need. Right now we use debit cards for these type of transactions but an invisible implant underneath the skin with our social security number on a bar code will work better because it is more easily accessible and will do away with the problem of losing our debit and credit cards, not to mention the problem of credit card theft that will be done away with by this new system. Our technology is ready for this and yet we must ask, "How did John know?" Zechariah 14:12-16 describes a battle which God will use to judge the nations (compare with Revelation 19:17-21). He describes the "plague" like this: "Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths." This sounds gory but we can't escape the similarities to the destruction of people by nuclear warfare and fallout. How did Zechariah know? There was nothing comparable to this at all in his day. The most likely explanation is that God, who can see the future, told him, thus verifying the Bible.
POINT #75: "How do we know the Bible has been kept in tact over 2000 years of copying?" First the Old Testament. Before the Dead Sea Scrolls our earliest Hebrew copy of the OT was the Masoretic text dating around 800 A.D. The Dead Sea Scrolls date around the time of Jesus copied by the Qumran community, a Jewish sect living around the Dead Sea. We also have the Septuagint which is a Greek translation of the OT dating in the second century B.C. When we compare these texts which have an 800-1000 years gap between them we are amazed that 95% of the texts are identical with only minor variations and a few discrepancies. In considering the New Testament we have tens of thousands of manuscripts of the New Testament in part or in whole dating from 125 A.D. to the late fifteenth century when the printing press was invented. We also have thousands of early Christian writings and lexionaries which quote the New Testament. We can actually put the entire NT together just from the early Christian quotes. With all of this massive manuscript evidence you would think we would have massive discrepancies - just the opposite is true. The manuscripts agree in 98% of the text. Most of the discrepancies are in spelling and word order. A few words have been changed or added. There are two major passages that are disputed but no discrepancy is of any doctrinal significance. Most Bibles include the options as footnotes when there are discrepancies. How could there be such accuracy over 1400 years of copying? Two reasons: The scribes that did the copying had meticulous methods for checking their copies for errors. 2) The Holy Spirit made sure we would have an accurate copy of God's word so we would not be deceived. The Mormons, liberals as well as other cults and false religions such as Islam that claim the Bible has been tampered with are completely proven false by historical manuscript evidence. Besides that their view of God is suspect when they claim his word would not last.
POINT #76: How Do We Know Christianity Is True? It all centers around the person Jesus. Jesus performed miracles and made claims to be God. This forces us to consider him in one of four ways: He is either Lord, liar, lunatic or legend. The option of his being a good teacher alone is not acceptable because of his claims and actions. A good person doesn't claim to be the only way to heaven unless he is (John 14:6). A good teacher doesn't claim absolute lordship to the point of dividing families if necessary unless he is absolute Lord (Mt 10:34-39). This proposition rules out liberalism and Islam. Let's look at the possibilities in reverse order: I. Was Jesus just a legend? Archaeology disproves this (see above under proofs for the Bible's inerrancy for specifics); II. Was Jesus a lunatic? If he claimed to be God and is not he is a lunatic on the level of a man who thinks he is a poached egg. But was Jesus crazy? His teachings are recognized around the world as the most sound and ethical teachings taught by anyone ever. This obscure man born in a city of 200 never traveling over 200 miles, never writing anything, and killed as common criminal has influenced this world more than any other human ever - does this sound like a lunatic? Few are willing to say he is crazy; III. Was Jesus a liar? Remember he produced the most ethical religion on earth. Would a liar die for a cause he knew wasn't true? His opponents never questioned whether he performed miracles or not; they accused him of being possessed. Would a possessed man do so much good that Jesus did? IV. The only other alternative is that Jesus is Lord. If he is Lord then we must listen to everything he says. We don't have an option to only listen to the parts we like. The Bible says all other religions are false and that Jesus is the only way of salvation. This rules out all other religions. Jesus is Lord and he proved it by his resurrection.
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