“SOMEBODY'S COMING WHO DON'T NEED YOUR VOTE!” (Or, “JESUS IS COMING AND, BOY, IS HE PISSED!”)

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[This is Part 3 Of A 3-Part Blog Bit. For Part 1, click HERE. For Part 2, click HERE.]

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“Somebody's Coming Who 
Don't Need Your Vote!”

~ Todd Snider

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“Jesus Is Coming And, Boy, Is He Pissed!”

~ The Bellamy Brothers

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“Jesus Saves” sign near ‘Hope Street’, 
downtown Los Angeles, circa 1984.

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I’ve always treated with respect my debate opponents who have treated me with respect (you reap what you sow). But whenever an Atheist and/or Liberal has started right out of the chute with that arrogant, demeaning, snotty attitude they’re so infamous for, I have been happy to intellectually slap that snottiness out of ‘em (sometimes maybe even a little TOO happy to do it).
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I once wrote a review of a book that investigated the claims and counter-claims of Darwinists and those who believe in Intelligent Design. I was immediately set upon by eight atheists who attacked me en masse like a starving wolf pack seeking to devour a piece of raw meat. I single-handedly took them all on using facts and humor as my weapons. There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth, and when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, I was still standing, looking good and smiling big. Anyone can do it; anyone can consistently frustrate Atheists and Liberals in debates. You just need to do your homework first, gather your facts and then wield words like weapons.
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During that dispute, where I was doing my “Debate Martial Arts” - as my friend Aaron called my style of arguing – some gal (one of the eight atheists) posted the following comment: 
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May 31, 2007
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Stephen:
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Regarding the Bible: you "know that it is a supernatural document given by God through His chosen prophets"? How do you KNOW this? (Don't bother responding; I KNOW you have zero proof for this belief ;-)
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For an ostensibly educated person, you certainly are gullible.
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I immediately responded to the “atheistic genius gal”, providing three astounding and mathematically verifiable facts proving that The Bible must have been inspired (even largely dictated) by an Omniscient Source.
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So how did the arrogant, self-assured, atheistic genius gal respond? The same way they usually responded to my proofs: dead silence. That’s how you know you’ve just kicked a Liberal’s/Atheist’s butt – they very quietly go away to find some less knowledgeable person to pick on. Anyone can do it; anyone can consistently frustrate Atheists and Liberals in debates. You just need to do your homework first, gather your facts and then wield words like weapons. (Hmmm… Ever get that ‘déjà vu’ feeling?)
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Saint Peter wrote: "BE READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER IN MEEKNESS AND REVERENCE TO EVERYONE WHO SEEKS FROM YOU A WORD CONCERNING THE HOPE OF YOUR FAITH." 
(~ 1 Peter 3:15)
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I have occasionally been anything BUT “meek”, but I have always been ready to give an answer in support of my faith. Over the years I’ve read a number of books “in defense of the Christian faith” (or as it’s technically termed, ‘Christian Apologetics’). Below are a few of my favorites that I recommend to one and all:
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THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO THE BIBLE

by Robert J. Hutchinson (2007)

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From The Back Cover:

The Bible was once regarded as the “Good Book”, but today it is under relentless attack from leftwing academics, novelists, and screenwriters to justify their own political agendas. But fear not: award-winning religious journalist Robert J. Hutchinson turns the truth about the Bible – as well as the latest Biblical scholarship – against the mockers, skeptics, and deniers to show that not only is the Bible true, but it is the source of Western ideas of charity, justice, reason, science, and democracy. Hutchinson takes you on a fast-paced, politically incorrect tour of the most important book ever written.
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“Comfortable and cocky atheists better brace themselves. Robert Hutchinson’s book systematically dismembers the old, haggard arguments in this naysayer-slaying tome. Read this book, find some annoying atheists, and let the good times roll. They won’t stand a chance.”

~ Pastor Doug Giles, nationally syndicated radio host, columnist, and author
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I almost didn’t acquire this book because I figured there wouldn’t be much in it that I hadn’t already been exposed to. But because I had already read and enjoyed several other books in the ‘Politically Incorrect Guide’ (P.I.G.) series, I decided to give it a try and was glad I did. It’s true that there wasn’t much in these 255 pages that I hadn’t previously been exposed to, but I loved the book because it addressed so many interrelated topics (e.g., you’ll learn about Judeo-Christian Natural Law Theory; Social Contract Theory; Legal Positivism and Legal Realism), and also because, like myself, the author has a feisty attitude – he sure ain’t no Ned Flanders or Mr. Guder. Hutchinson refers to Bible-haters as “the village atheists”. Ha!
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 I urge everyone to read ‘THE P.I.G. TO THE BIBLE’ in conjunction with at least one of the following three books:
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THE CASE FOR CHRIST: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation Of The Evidence For Jesus

by Lee Strobel (1998)

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From the back cover: Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools like Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis who are recognized authorities in their own fields. 
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Strobel challenges them with questions like How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the Resurrection was an actual event? ... What will your verdict be in The Case For Christ? 
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From page 254: Now, if you were a Martian looking down on the first century, would you think Christianity or the Roman Empire would survive? You probably wouldn’t put money on a ragtag group of people whose primary message was that a crucified carpenter from an obscure village had triumphed over the grave. Yet it was so successful that today we name our children Peter and Paul and our dogs Caesar and Nero! 
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From page 267: If Jesus did rise from the dead, He’s still alive today and available for me to encounter on a personal basis. ... If Jesus has Divine power, He has the supernatural ability to guide me and help me and transform me as I follow Him. 
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Although I am not in 100% agreement with Strobel and all of his Biblical experts (e.g., I most definitely am NOT a Trinitarian, and I believe “the Jewish concept of agency”, as explained on page 140, best describes the true role of Jesus), I feel confident in saying that Strobel’s ‘THE CASE FOR CHRIST’ is, overall, probably the best Christian Apologetics book for most Bible students. This one’s a real winner! (Strobel’s book ‘THE CASE FOR A CREATOR’ is also very highly recommended.)
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LEARN THE BIBLE IN 24 HOURS

by Dr. Chuck Missler (2002)

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From page 2: After the events of the Old Testament, there was a four hundred year period called “the silent years”. No prophet’s voice was heard. God appeared to be silent until He sent His messenger, John the Baptist, who ushered in the New Testament period. ... The central theme in the entire panorama is the advent of Jesus Christ who came, ministered, and went to the Cross. Then, after the New Testament period, came the Diaspora when Israel was scattered all over the world.
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Finally, miraculously, just as predicted in the Bible, on May 14, 1948, Israel was again restored. For centuries scholars debated whether prophecies in the Old Testament and the New were literal or symbolic (would Israel ever be regathered?). Those debates should have ended in 1948 when Israel became a nation again. 
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While there is obviously some overlap in Christian publications, I'd also say that one of these books should not necessarily be read in exclusion to the others, as they all explore some aspects of The Bible which are unique unto themselves.

For example, Dr. Missler’s book explains the astonishing Messianic prophecy in the Old Testament book of Daniel, and also the heptadic, or seven-fold, structure in Scripture that seems to act as a signature of its Divine authenticity. The Messianic prophecy in Daniel and the Coincidences Of The Sevens (which appear to be something well beyond mere “coincidences”) are not addressed in Strobel’s aforementioned fine book, so there is no reason to think that reading one of these recommended books will cover ALL of the fascinating facts about The Holy Bible.

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EVIDENCE FOR FAITH: Deciding The God Question
edited by John Warwick Montgomery (1991)

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From the Preface: This is a book for believers and for unbelievers. Its authors – many of them scientists and all of them trained at secular universities – became and remain Christians because the evidence for the truth of Christianity overwhelmingly outweighs competing religious claims and secular world views. 
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This volume is literally capable of changing lives, and the lives of more than one of its contributors were in fact turned upside down by the force of the evidences here set forth. ...
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This volume puts together their thinking. We call it the Cornell Symposium on Evidential Apologetics. This name is appropriate because (1) the arguments given for the existence of God are concerned with evidence, not with philosophical or theological presuppositions; (2) the papers were presented “far above Cayuga’s waters,” in earshot of the carillon that still plays the evensong at twilight, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Eckelmann’s congregation; and (3) Cornell has served as a locus sacrissimus for most of the contributors. Indeed, this book may be said without exaggeration to benefit both from a holy place (Cornell University) and from a tutelary spirit (Herman John Eckelmann)!
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The fervent desire of the Editor and the contributors is to take the reader on an intellectual and existential pilgrimage. Consider well the evidence this volume presents to your mind and heart. Then act on it. You won’t regret it – either in time or in eternity.

~ John Warwick Montgomery

Strasbourg, France

The Feast of the Epiphany

6 January 1991
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Alright, if your eyes have already glazed over then this book is probably not for you. (Maybe start with Strobel’s ‘The Case For Christ’.) I gotta say, I LOVED this book! And remember that I was merely a Straight C student in high school. Nevertheless, my mind was geared by God for scrutinizing details, details, and details. But even a lot of very bright people – much smarter than I am – are put in ‘Snooze’ mode by the wee little details and deep, deeper, deepest thinking. (My own Brother, who is quite bright, tried twice to get through ‘EVIDENCE FOR FAITH’, but both times he got bogged down by the numbers and the scientific minutiae.) So, this book definitely is not for everyone. But if the above paragraphs intrigued you more than they bored you, you might want to explore this fine publication.
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How much evidence is there to indicate that we have entered what Jesus referred to as “the beginnings of sorrows” – that stage in the process which would just precede the Biblical ‘Tribulation’ time period? Well, there’s a heckuva lot more evidence for it than I can illustrate in this limited space. But here are just a few things to consider:
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In order to clear the way for the coming of satan’s Beast and his false prophet, the life and teachings of Christ need to be marginalized and eradicated as much as possible. And we see that process in full swing everywhere we look around us today. In his surprisingly good and thoroughly documented 2004 paperback ‘PERSECUTION: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity’, lawyer David Limbaugh writes:
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 Most universities are bastions of politically liberal thought. ... There is simply no room for dissent in the politically correct atmosphere of the college campuses today. The sponsors of these speech codes pretend they are vindicating minority rights and preventing harassment of protected groups, but no matter how nicely they dress it up, in the end it amounts to no less than mind control and speech regulation for political purposes. ...
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Thus it is no mystery that Christianity is unacceptable to the postmodern paragons of tolerance. ... Postmodernists – those who peddle the euphemisms of tolerance, diversity, openness, multiculturalism, and the rest – view Christianity as inherently in conflict with their subjective assumptions about the world... Postmodernism gives rise to such ideas as that tolerance requires us not just to permit the free expression of all ideas, but also to accept all beliefs as equally valid. This mindset discourages reason, because reason itself is tainted by our socially constructed realities. ... The postmodern rule, more accurately formulated, is that all ideas must be tolerated except those that refuse to accept the doctrine that all ideas are equally valid. For all these reasons, postmodernism is innately anti-Christian. 

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The last chapter of the Old Testament book of Daniel includes the following prophecies: “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase. ... Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.” 
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Regarding that, Grant Jeffrey wrote the following in his book ‘ARMAGEDDON: Earth’s Last Days’. 
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Knowledge And Travel Shall Increase In The Last Days:

Twenty-five centuries ago the Book of Daniel predicted that there would be an explosion of knowledge and a huge increase in travel in the last days. ...
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Throughout thousands of years of history the level of knowledge only increased incrementally. In some generations the level of general knowledge actually decreased. Yet, in the last century and a half, there has been an explosion of knowledge beyond anything ever experienced in human history. There are more scientists alive today than have lived in all of the rest of history. Recently, it was calculated that the sum total of human knowledge is growing so quickly that it literally doubles every twenty months. This is staggering in light of Daniel’s inspired prediction from the ancient past that “knowledge shall be increased.”
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In addition, Daniel stated that a characteristic of the last days would be an awesome increase in mobility as “many shall run to and fro.” The speed of transportation has also exploded in the last century. For thousands of years, until 1900, most people never traveled faster than a galloping horse. ... While most people in past centuries seldom traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born, millions of people now travel across the globe as part of their normal course of daily business or for their annual vacation. 
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Steve Miller, a freelance investigative journalist in Las Vegas, says: “Hopefully in the next year or so we’ll clean up our act, because we really need to. We’re hitting rock bottom, not only our economy but our morality. The bar’s been lowered and it’s laying on the floor now."
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Hokey-Smoke! Look here, when a writer who was born in, and lives in, and works in Las Vegas - America’s ‘Sin City’ - says that even Vegas is now hitting rock bottom, that’s rock bottom of the rock bottom! And if THAT’S not a sign of the Apocalypse, I don’t know what is.
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However, for me, the best evidence may actually be obtained by simply evaluating our current condition and comparing it to a passage from The Bible which foretells the condition of “this world” during the Biblical End-Time period. In the third chapter of 2nd Timothy, Saint Paul wrote the following warning: 
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But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God ... always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ... Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 
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Regarding that passage, David Haggith, in his superb and exhaustive 1999 tome ‘END-TIME PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE’, says, “Such people have existed in all ages, but the last line indicates they will increase significantly in the final age. The last two or three decades of the twentieth century saw more...multibillionaires and -millionaires than at any other time. The Bible does not speak against money or success, but it does speak against becoming absorbed by money or by one’s own interests. How many other generations have read so much news about children killing parents and children killing children, drive-by shootings, and unwed mothers who dump their babies in garbage dumpsters? One is hardly a social worrywart to question the spirit of such an age.” 
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Indeed, that Biblical passage seems to be a spot-on description of many Americans and many other affluent people of “this world” today. Oddly, in times past, people with the characteristics described in 2nd Timothy 3 would have been considered social outcasts but today they occupy positions of great power and influence; today they are Presidents and Congressmen and Judges and CEOs and Actors and Athletes and Rappers and Pop Music Stars. The “lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, unthankful, unholy, brutal, despisers of good, and lovers of pleasure” have become today’s “heroes” - myriad unholy professionals worshipped by countless people.
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One word that especially attracts my attention there is “traitors”. It is a fact that American politicians, judges, and mainstream news outlets and personalities – Democrat AND Republican – are following orders given by International Bankers and their think tanks to deliberately, traitorously manipulate the United States of America into a coming ‘New World Order’ – satan’s totalitarian global government as described in The Holy Bible’s final section, ‘Revelation’.
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All of the interlocking pieces of the satanic worldwide tyrannical jigsaw puzzle are now falling quickly into place - from the Federal Reserve System and IMF/World Bank, to the machinations of the Freemasons, CFR, and Banker-controlled Foundations, to International Treaties and Executive Orders, to illegal (un-Constitutional) legislation, and the assaults on Christianity and the Second Amendment – it’s all coming together now in preparation for the satanic World Dictator. Any educated person who can’t discern that fact is a Pinball Wizard – deaf, dumb, and blind (and I do mean that other “dumb”).
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Nothing and no one can prevent satan’s ‘New World Order’ from manifesting in “this world” because . . . “IT IS WRITTEN”.
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Erwin W. Lutzer wrote the following in his book ‘IS GOD ON AMERICA’S SIDE?’: 
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Our sins as a nation have been committed in the context of great opportunity and great light. ... No nation has turned away so much light in order to choose darkness. ... Therefore it is entirely possible that the God who has already begun to judge us will continue to do so with even greater intensity and more widespread devastation. ... He just might let our enemies defeat us because as a nation we continue to insult the living God. ... There is no doubt we will be judged nationally and individually with stricter judgment for “unto whom much is given, much is required.” We’ve done plenty to expect judgment, not blessing. ...
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When approaching Jericho, Joshua saw a man with a sword in his hand, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” he asked. This heavenly soldier answered, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord” (Joshua 5:13-14). In effect God was saying, “I am not here to take sides; I am here to take over!” 
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As the brilliant C.S. Lewis says in his classic masterpiece ‘Mere Christianity’: “When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then...? ... It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever.” 
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Oh, you can absolutely bet the farm that Jesus is going to keep His promise! He said that He would return to gather His own, to immediately punish His Father’s enemies in “this world” and in the spiritual realm, and then He would rule the Earth during 1,000 years of peace. In other words: adios, Atheists; adios, Liberal social engineers, such as the ACLU; adios, lying, pseudo-patriotic Republicans! Was your willful rebellion against God worth it? Were you able to keep what your traitorous ways gained for you?
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That day is coming! It may be tomorrow; it may be next month, next year, or ten years from now. But regardless, that day is approaching, and when it arrives, some human beings will find it glorious and joyful; others will cringe, then run and hide – but there is no place to hide from the Eyes of The Lord.  

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My thanks to Annie McPhee / Anniee451 for this one:

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There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done”, and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done”. All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.
~ C.S. Lewis
(from his book ‘The Great Divorce’)

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As a dog returns to his own vomit,
so a fool repeats his folly.
~ Proverbs 26:11
(from ‘The Holy Bible’)

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Don’t foolishly return to your folly by continuing to deny or question the existence of God, your Creator, and Jesus, your Savior. Jesus said that when you “know the truth ... the truth will make you free.” All evidence points to The Truth which you can know – pray to God and ask to receive it; humbly request that The Holy Spirit teach and guide you. But seek The Truth now because time is running out.
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It was DiscConnected of the political blog ‘Back In The USSR’ who, maybe 4 or 5 years ago, turned me on to what has become one of my all-time favorite songs about Jesus and the Second Coming. So, let’s close with this powerful song that I love, Love, LOVE: 

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Tell anybody that ain't got nobody
Somebody's coming ...
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Tell everybody walkin' tall and proud
That their money talks, but it talks so loud
That there's Somebody coming
That's gonna change everything ...
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Tell everybody in the KKK, in the FBI, in the CIA
That there's Somebody coming
That's gonna change everything ...
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Somebody's coming Who’s been here before
If you think you're outta chances, well you've got one more
'Cause Somebody's coming
That's gonna change everything ...
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Somebody's coming Who don't need your vote
Gonna rattle your cage and rock your boat
Somebody's coming like a thief in the night
Gonna stand by His people when we're too weak to fight ...
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TODD SNIDER Somebody's Coming

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrqO8qwNCtQ 

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Dare to be a Daniel;
Dare to stand alone;
Dare to have a purpose firm,
And dare to make it known.
~ Anonymous

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Stephen T. McCarthy standing below  
“the Name which is above every name” ; 

downtown Los Angeles, circa 1984.

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~ Stephen T. McCarthy

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Links:

To read Part 1 of this series, click HERE.

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