Soap Box

Unfortunately much of the world today looks at the Holy Bible as being an archaic old tome made up of the writings of long dead men, an ancient collection of fables and obsolete thinking, written by unenlightened, superstitious acolytes of a wrathful God and His charismatic Son and have little if any bearing on modern day life.

They try to rationalize the miracles of God attributing the parting of the Red Sea to an earthquake and denying that Jonah spent the night in the belly of a large sea creature and lived to tell the tale.

They add and subtract from the scriptures in an attempt to twist the never-changing Word of God into something that would not condemn them or their lifestyles by claiming that "All roads lead to the mountaintop" and that any old deity will point you in the right direction.

I am no where near what I would consider to be a Bible scholar, I have no degrees of higher learning or academic accomplishment, but I do read the Book on a daily basis, Old Testament and New Testament. I decided years ago that since there are so many differing interpretations and church doctrines I would study the word and arrive at my own conclusions.

And my own conclusions - after reading the Bible from cover to cover more than once - are that the Bible is as relevant to the present day as today's newspaper.

The rebirth of Israel was prophesied, �Can a land be made to bring forth in one day? Shall a nation be born at once?� - Isaiah 66:8. Modern day Israel came into being in one day on May 14, 1948 by the passing of a United Nations resolution. One day it was not a nation, the next day it was.

The birth of Jesus was foretold - Behold the virgin will conceive a child. She will give birth to a Son and call Him Immanuel - Isaiah 7:14. Immanuel means "God with us.� This prophecy has a dual purpose as a message to Ahaz, King of Judah, but the underlying prophecy still applies to Jesus� birth and is actually quoted by Matthew in his Gospel.

The location of His birth and the manner of His death are all prophesied in the Old Testament.

Many people say there are contradictions in the Bible, but are unable to point them out to you with any validity.

The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were written by four different men, Matthew and John were two of Jesus' twelve disciples, or inner group who witnessed first hand the miracles He did and heard first hand His teaching and prophecies. They saw Him nailed to the cross, saw the empty tomb and spent time with Him after He had risen from the grave.

Mark and Luke were devoted followers of Jesus who wrote their accounts from a little different perspective, and sometimes when relating an event in Jesus' life the four men may describe the scene a little differently from each other, but the essence and truth never vary and there is no contradiction.

The events happening in the Middle East today fall very much in line with Bible prophecy, �Wars and rumors of wars� that Jesus spoke about.

He also spoke of a day when Jerusalem would be surrounded by armies and with the fast paced turn of events in the Middle East that could happen in a very short amount of time.

God went to Abraham in the City of Ur, which is in modern day Iraq, and told him to leave and go to a land that God would lead him to, that his descendants would be as plentiful as the sand on the shores and the stars in the sky, a great nation.

God also told Abraham that whoever blessed him God would bless and whoever cursed him God would curse.

The Bible says that God's Word never changes and it will never return to Him empty.

President Obama would do well to heed this ancient warning God issued concerning Abraham.
If America forsakes Israel in her time of need, as we seem to be doing on Obama's watch, we risk the wrath of God, something no army, weapon nor diplomacy can defeat.

I believe every word written in the Bible, I believe it not figuratively, but literally. I believe that every prophecy, every promise and every curse will come to pass.

And you can believe it now or believe it later, but believe it you will.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels​