Dear Younger Person,

As a young person, atheist or “none” who doesn’t know their Creator or the things of God, did you ever wonder why you are here, who or what created all things, including mankind, and if there is life after death or even right or wrong?

Knowing that many younger people today don’t know the basic rudiments of the Bible (Word of God), I will attempt to explain it, in a nutshell, using simple terms and an easy-to-understand narrative. We who have been steeped in Bible studies for years owe it to our prodigy to reveal what we know of the bestselling and widely read book of all time and its “author,” God. The time is coming when society will have forgotten that there is even a God who cares about us individually.

I write to you younger people specifically since I have many years of experience in living the Christian life – one of study, introspection, and probing the more esoteric things of life and, of course, stumbling every so often along the way. Being a Christian doesn’t make you an angel, just a saved follower of Jesus Christ, but it does give you a zeal for the things of God if you are sincere.

If you are a “seeker,” then this is the answer to life you’ve been seeking – in a nutshell.

The Bible tells us all we need to know about creation; laws that will help us live a happy and productive life and a sense of purpose. The more you study it – the more it opens itself up to you. Also, in it is God-given revelation and His many promises. So, let us begin.

As the “Good Book” says,

In the beginning, God (the ineffable being) created man in His image and His likeness. He had already created angelic beings eons before. The angelic being Lucifer who rebelled against God, left his domain with a third of the angels. He is also referred to in the Bible as Satan, The Devil, The Evil One, and The Great Dragon.

Then this powerful Omnipotent Being (God) said, (let there be light), and He separated the darkness from the light – and it was so. And He called them Night and Day.

God made water and dry land – then made vegetation and animals – then came man.

This Mighty Creator Being said, “Let us make man in OUR image and in our likeness.” This other being was later proven to be Christ Jesus in the Holy Bible. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten Son of God,” – Jesus.

This all sounds pretty fantastic, doesn’t it? Yet, there is no better explanation than the Bible account of creation. Some men have tried to explain it by saying they found gold plates in their back yard and other outlandish things, but all fall short of the creation story in Holy writ told by forty devout men, including Moses, who wrote the first ten books of the Bible. In fact, today, the creation story and Moses’ exodus epic are being proven by archeological excavations and discoveries of that time in world history.

The rise and fall of empires such as the Medes, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans are depicted by “Old Testament Prophets” of the Bible, among whom are Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, and Elijah. By the way, Enoch and Elijah are two men who were so close to God that they never physically died but were instead transported to heaven by other means.

To prove the Bible is true, God continues to confound and surprise mankind with prophetic signs and wonders, things that He deemed would happen before they happened and the result of such happenings. The Bible is often referred to as the “Word” of God and is taught in most Christian churches – although as time goes on – many other churches have become apostate and unreliable, something that was prophesied to take place in the End Times—the end times being the end of the church age when the tribulation period is about to begin – a time of sorrows.

The time of sorrows encapsulates earthly upheavals such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, plagues of locusts, viruses and diseases. Overt governmental and financial collapses will also be taking place at this point in time. Criminality will have gotten out of hand with people afraid to be going out at night and keeping their children under a watchful eye. Meanwhile, civil unrest will be taking place everywhere. A lot of these things were prophesied by Christ Jesus Himself in what’s called the New Testament.

The New Testament was written about as the time when God would send a Savior to redeem mankind from the clutches of the Devil who prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. The book of John begins in much the same way as the Old Testament and testifies that Christ Jesus is the promised Savior of mankind in the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. ⁸ He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹ The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ¹² Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, ‘This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’) ¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known” (John 1:1-18).

The ONLY WAY to really know God is to receive Christ and to read the Holy Bible. Our Creator wants to be your personal Savior and friend – and if that isn’t a profound thought, I don’t know what is. So, do yourself a favor and explore the possibility thoroughly – your eternal life depends on it.

YBIC

Jim Towers You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or check out my webpage www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and visit www.dropzonedelta.com.

Recently, when a Republican lawmaker referenced God in his speech before the House in Congress, Democrat Representative Jerry Nadler said, “What any religious tradition describes as God’s will is of no concern of this congress.” I, for one, challenge that assertion.

Shouldn’t the God of the Universe be allowed to have a say in the affairs of men – men that He created? After all, He only wants what’s best for us, and to deny Him a voice in Government is tantamount to asking for trouble – big trouble. When this same God was challenged in the wilderness, He killed hundreds for worshiping a golden calf they had made to worship. God is a jealous God (although the definition differs slightly these days); He readily admits it and has every right to be angry.

With this new administration in place, could or should a person be vocal about their own personal belief system? How vocal can a person be knowing they could be arrested for saying things about ideologies that aren’t in keeping with the present administration? That is the question plaguing some conservative Christians with respect to taking a stand for democracy, the American way of life, and the Christian faith.

Many of us mature Christians now know what happens when we sit in our church and do nothing except listen to pastors and teachers tell us what they think only they know of the scriptures, and nothing more. This, while Liberals go about destroying our country’s conservative belief system and constitutional rights. Some of these same “pastors” would do well to find other work since soon they may be put out of a job. If progressives have their way, they will try to close the doors of the church building forever since they want to play God for the rest of us.

After letting the left take over the reins of power in our country, we must deal with Godless leaders who balk at anything that mentions the God of the Bible, the Bible itself, or of Christianity in general. Even mentioning such will have you barred from Government discourse and social media. Given that this is becoming commonplace, it is just a matter of time before there will be unrestrained persecution of Christianity by the Socialists of the Left. Socialists around the world have always had to have things their own way and often had to pay the price for doing so. Socialism is a tough taskmaster where only a few at the top have their needs met. The rest of the sheeple must do without so that all can be on the same playing field, struggling to exist.

Although there are many examples of this tyranny throughout the world even today and in the recent past, the sheeple are compliant and afraid to complain. Complaining will only put you further back in the pecking order, and if you complain too much, your very life could be at stake. Yet the left are people that meet in secret behind closed doors, make accusations based on hearsay, and “go after” anyone who doesn’t believe the lies and comply. Who wants to live like that, especially those of us whose ancestors have lived here for generations? If these craven communists of the left have their way, they will stifle any discourse that differs from theirs – open debate be dammed. But worse than that, they will diminish our aspirations, humanity, hopes and dreams.

Again, today I was able to sneak a peek at some of my Facebook friends’ posts in a roundabout way without being detected, but as much as I miss communicating with them directly, I hesitate to go back to that forum. You can almost bet that they are tracking dissidents who call our puppet president and government officials liars and outright criminals. But worse than that to liberals are card-carrying conservatives, gun owners, Christians, and White people who don’t loathe themselves for being white.

The Communist wannabes are tearing the country apart by pitting race against race and saying that privileged white people are harming the nation and therefore should play down their whiteness! How irrational can people be?! I happen to love White people – whose only crime today is being in the vast majority and having much to do with the founding of this great nation and its Christian values in the beginning of our founding. Yes, we’ve all contributed to the American dream of self-sufficiency and abundance, but all in all, it was white people who paved the way for all of us to succeed since the white founding fathers set the standard based on the Christianity of the Bible. If there were a better way of governing – it hasn’t yet been found.

I am a tenth-generation American whose ancestors were here from the founding of our country. We were farmers, cattle ranchers, shop owners – you name it – we did it all, and we were the beneficiaries of a wonderful existence where with a little gumption, we could aspire to become anything we wanted. I was especially blessed to have been able to become a professional actor, prize-winning artist, composer, and writer.

Nowadays, even Dr. Suess’ books are being banned in public schools for not being politically correct. How silly.

In the Bible, Jesus appears to be talking directly to these delusional and self-important people. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” And as it pertains to abortion (their most grievous crime), Jesus said, “It would be better for a man not to have been born than to harm one of these little ones.” The implication is that there will be serious consequences in the hereafter on judgment day for anyone doing so.

Note:

If after reading these words of warning coming from Jesus Christ, you have come under conviction that you are a sinner, you can receive forgiveness just by calling out to God for cleansing and forgiveness.

After repenting, learn more about Him in the Bible and the forgiveness He offers, beginning in the book of John (an Apostle who clarifies who Jesus is). Then read the Book of Romans that explains who we are in the eyes of God.

Jesus will deliver you from flawed human rationale and give you a new Spirit of discernment as you study Scripture.

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my web page www.propheticsignsandwonders.com or www.dropzonedelta.com. Warriors following Christ.