III. Can We Prove the Existence
of GOD?
The
Christian faith is not fiction, selfishly imagined by men. There are several ways to prove the existence of GOD and the truthfulness
of His Word, The Holy Bible; ranging from the Bible’s prophecies of the rise and fall of nations to the supernatural
demonstration of miracles found in every culture of earth. Second only to the prophecies pointing every
man to the Great Deliverer from sin, Jesus Christ, there is the grandfather of time prophecies found in the book of Daniel
describing the ruling nations of earth, from the 6th century B.C. to the close of time. There are only four,
and each has been fulfilled exactly as foretold. These four kingdoms are Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
and lastly Rome. GOD gives two types of illustrations describing these kingdoms. In
the first description, they are illustrated by a great statue of a man made up of four different metals: head of gold, chest
of silver, belly and thighs of brass, and legs of iron. GOD tells His prophet Daniel that these metals
are representative of the four kingdoms that would rule the earth to the close of time. GOD chose this
illustration of a statue of a man simply due to the reality that man has continuously worshipped himself: his opinions, his
power, and his religions above the GOD of Heaven.
Self-worship has always reigned supreme
in the majority of men, and this accounts for every war and governmental burden imposed on people. So,
in every case, these kingdoms are exemplary of the continuing sin of self-idolatry. But this does not discount
the godly men and women who have lived within these kingdoms. Nevertheless, governments have always betrayed
the human desires for justice, mercy and love. This is why every kingdom in history has fallen from power.
Jesus summed up man’s war against his own better judgment: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation.” Matt.12:25.
In the second description of these same four kingdoms they are illustrated as predatory “beasts:” a lion with eagle’s
wings, a bear with ribs in its mouth, a leopard with four wings and four heads, and lastly a beast not similar to anything
of this world, “diverse from all the beasts that were before
it,” “dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces,
and stamped the residue with the feet of it.” The
beastly descriptions are representative of their character traits. The first three exhibit a predictable
behavior. But the last kingdom has a completely unpredictable nature, where its character is unlike anything
from this world. In this fourth kingdom, contradiction and confusion rules on the throne of their government
solely to the intent of maintaining and expanding their fundamentally sinful authority.
We are living today in the age of the last sovereign power according to Bible prophecy: the Vatican kingdom of Rome.
There is no fifth power to have the lion’s share of wealth, influence or authority over the people of Earth.
The wisdom of Solomon summed up the leading reason for the Vatican’s supremacy: “Wealth maketh many friends;
but the poor is separated from his neighbour.” Prov.19:4. It has been estimated that the Rothschilds
bank of the Vatican secured 50% of the world’s wealth by the 20th Century. In addition
to Rome’s economic stronghold the Sacred Scriptures assert that the Vatican today is bearing sway over the religious/political
decisions of civilization while claiming to serve the benefit of man as it was prophesied in the book of Revelation: “who
is able to make war with him?” Rev.13:4. Bible prophecy dictates that Rome’s religious/political
arm will never be removed until “the seven plagues” of Revelation 16. And while the United
States of America has been included in the chronology of end-time events, the prophecy points to America’s subservience
to Rome: through the traditions of the Roman church: its calendar and holidays, structure of scholasticism, and even America’s
inability to acquire financial independence from the Elitist faction of bankers outside of the American people’s jurisdiction
under the Constitution.
Other compelling evidence GOD has allowed to prove to people that there are controlling forces
outside of our ability to control our destiny deals with the mystical aspects of life. Behold the events
of the supernatural recorded throughout history and in all religions: witchdoctors, fortune-tellers, miracles, after-death
experiences, alien sightings and abductions, miracle healings, psychics, astrology, ghosts, witchcraft, voodoo, and Satan
worship. These would not have drawn the countless followers throughout time unless there was evidence:
some kind of visual manifestation—something tangible to the senses. And with the vast diversity of
witnessed occurrences, drawing allegiance from billions of people only proves that there are controlling forces beyond our
control and manipulation, drawing us to pay homage to the jurisdiction of these forces.
1. Can we know with certainty that GOD exists?
Judges 6:39,40 And Gideon said unto God…Let me prove
Thee, but this once...(v.40) ______ ______ ______ _____ ________ __________.
Jeremiah
33:3 Call unto Me [Creator GOD], and I will answer thee, and show thee _________ ______ _________________
__________ which thou knowest not.
Every honest in heart individual who will genuinely inquire
of “the LORD” will be granted a revelation from GOD. A basic principle repeated throughout the Bible teaches
that GOD will intervene with gestures of the miraculous, ranging from a marvelous coincidence to an awesome demonstration
of His power.
2.
Why doesn't GOD openly reveal Himself to all men?
Genesis
3:8 And they [Adam and Eve] heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and
his wife ______ _______________ from ______ ______________ of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
A deep-rooted fear of GOD has ruled the hearts of men ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed their own sense of right and wrong
by eating the one fruit GOD warned them would cause their deaths if they ate it. This single act of eating of that fruit
permanently corrupted their judgment in life and removed their discernment to be wise stewards over the Earth. This
natural fear of GOD has directed Him to enact a plan of reconciliation that employs the most masterful methods of intervention;
that through His gift of moral intelligence given to every man, one or more of His channels of influence may reach the hearts
of His children. GOD'S objective is to restore His personal companionship that was lost when man chose to die.
3. How is this fear overcome?
Jeremiah
31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore _______
______________________ _______ ____ __________ _______.
GOD has placed a high capacity for love into the heart
of man. And His gift of a freewill determines its growth, or decline, for GOD avoids every hint of compulsion in His
work of restoring the bond of man's heart to His own. Christ forced the will of no man! This is why the Apostle Paul said: “for God loveth a cheerful giver.” II Cor.9:7.
4. How does GOD restore man's faith in His love?
I Corinthians 2:11-14 For what
man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the
Spirit of God. (v.12) Now ______ ________ _____________ not the spirit of the world, but ______ __________
__________ _____ _____ _______; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
GOD'S wisdom has chosen the drawing but unseen power of
His Spirit to restore man's ability to love and to follow Him. The recipient is given complete freedom to embrace
and nurture their friendship with GOD, or to even flat-out reject His polite urging tugs of love. The "still,
small voice" of the Holy Spirit speaks to our hearts with a gentle decency and drawing love—He
never yells.
5.
What is the response GOD hopes to see when His seeds of
love, sown by His Holy Spirit, and His Word,
the Holy
Bible, are revealed to men?
Hebrews 11:1 Now __________ is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of __________ ______
________.
6. Why is faith so important to GOD for the salvation of His
children on earth?
I Peter 1:7-9 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though
it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen,
ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (v.9) Receiving
the end of your faith, even _____ _________________ _____ _______ ________.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved ______________
_________; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached _____ _____ _____________ ________, _____ ________ ________ ______
_________ in them that heard it.
7. What other evidence
is apparent to everyone that GOD
exists?
Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation
of the world ______ _____________ ________, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal Godhead
and power.
Psalm 19:1-3
The heavens declare ______ __________ _____ ______; and the firmament showeth ______ _______________.
Day unto day uttereth ____________ and night unto night showeth _______________. (v.3) There is no speech nor language, _________
________ _________ _____ ______ __________.
The balance of nature persists via the science of symbiosis
(where every living thing is reliant on the
contribution from every part of our biosphere). There are multiple examples of symbiotic relationships,
which include survival partnerships between trees and insects, where the insect cannot survive without the tree, and likewise
the tree cannot survive without the insect. Also, the simple relationship between bees and flowers where
neither can exist without the other’s existence! This simple lesson teaches that these relationships had to have
been created mature and complete, and could not have evolved through eons of time, due to the biological fact that any mutation
within any given species (which is the very foundation of evolutionary theory) is impossible according to the world’s
leading Geneticists, Barney Maddox and Francis Collins: “A genetic mutation of as little as a billionth of an animals
genome is relentlessly fatal.” —Geneticist Barney Maddox,
1992
Each of the distinct and different
families of life will not allow the slightest deviation through mutation from their uniquely important design to preserve
the balance of nature. Safety mechanisms are built in each species causing the rejection of any reproduction
that does not live up to the standard of its predecessor. This sifting process found in each step of life's reproduction
prevents the slightest mutation, thereby preserving the mutual safety for all life. This is why we see no species in
the living or fossil record connecting any of the families of life on earth. They remain separate and distinct
from one another: to serve one another in perpetual harmony. This is why “birth defects” witnessed throughout
the animal kingdom are never associated with an improvement of a given species, only its weakening and ultimate death.
The genetic difference between man
and the chimpanzee (our nearest genetic relative) has been measured to be forty-eight million nucleotides. Due to the
law forbidding “a random change of only three nucleotides” it becomes obvious that a chimpanzee will forever remain a chimpanzee. This is precisely what GOD teaches through His Word entrusted to man’s study
and care: that the families of life were created in a mature state, in perfect, harmonious balance.
To accomplish this mature balance of nature, a span of six
literal days was all that GOD chose to perform the Creation of Life. In six rotations of the Earth on its axis (as it
is written, “the evening and the morning were the first day”) the power of GOD’S Word spoke into existence
the miracle of life on earth. If men of science,
medicine, and even the church had not determined to disprove GOD’S Sacred Word and Holy Law (established to bless His
children) utopian wisdom would have been gained long ago to remove the needless suffering of life.
In view of the symbiotic laws that direct every part of Creation,
from galaxies, stars, planets and moons to preserve life, we can now safely ask the question: Just how complex is our universe?
A computation has been made by the world's leading astrophysicists, Sir Frederick Hoyle and Chandra
Wychramasinghe, calculating the quantity of information found in living and non-living matter. The sum
total of the information, presently calculated from the non-living material of the universe (all of the known elements with
their complex relationships) adds up to 235 EBI (Exponential
Bits of Information: the term for quantifying
vast amounts of data).
Now, let us turn
our attention to the complexity of life. Today's science would have us believe that the complexity
of simple microscopic life is far less complex than the vast complexity of the stellar heavens. If the
complexity of life is even remotely similar to the complexity of the lifeless universe, the theory of evolution would have
the greatest endorsement possible to substantiate Charles Darwin's atheistic hypothesis as valid. (Keep one thing
in mind: in the days of Darwin it was believed that living cell structure had the complexity of a "ping-pong ball.")
The study of living cell complexity tells a completely different story, however: a story with shattering consequences to the
theory of evolution. The simplest non-replicating protein molecule (the most basic building block of life
that does not reproduce) has been measured to have 1500 EBI. This difference in the complexity between
living and non-living matter is so staggering that it teaches a most basic scientific lesson: no matter what arrangement or
combination is made of the non-living elements of the universe, it is virtually impossible to organize the existence of life
from non-living matter.
Now, let us take
this a step further. One simple cell within the human body contains a trillion little machines. Each
of these living machines depends on each other to survive. They serve one another and rely on one another
to maintain the existence of that cell. The law of symbiosis rules within the structure of that microscopic cell. Just one simple cell of the human body has been measured to
contain 20,000,000,000 (twenty billion) EBI. Remember, this is comparing the entire universe, which spans
the vast stretches of space, to that of ONE microscopic cell of life.
This spectacular difference does not take into account the far greater miracles that many varieties of living cells co-exist,
having symbiotic relationships between themselves, and with the vital organs, muscles and skeleton. The creature then
exists in an eco-system comprising a vast diversity of other creatures; again, relying on symbiotic law to continue their
survival. All of these creatures co-exist in harmonious balance to their habitat, with an inborn strength of adaptability
to meet the dynamics of environmental changes. The margin of change within the environment is minimal enough to perpetuate
all major species of life. The biosphere of earth is maintained through earth's constant position in its relation
to the sun, moon, and planets, which provides minimal deviation in climate through the four seasons of the earth's orbit
around the sun. The constancy of climate from millennia to millennia is also due to our solar system's constant
position in its relation to the stars of our Milky Way galaxy. Even our galaxy's perfect balance among the estimated
200 billion other galaxies—with a margin of fluctuation so low that it staggers the imagination.
In summation, the difference in complexity
between living and non-living matter shows that natural order had absolutely no contribution in the creation of life. Sir
Frederick Hoyle stated: “The chance that higher forms might have emerged in this way [evolutionary theory] is comparable
to the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junkyard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein.” Therefore,
it is academically obvious that there must exist an Intelligent Creator. A Creator whose knowledge is as infinite
as time and whose power is as infinite as space. And most importantly, because benevolence (symbiosis) is the cornerstone
of creation's government, GOD must be a GOD of infinite love. The relationship between GOD and His creation must
be founded on the very laws He established: the laws of sacrifice and love. And for GOD to change or remove any established
laws that govern His creation is to remove the sense of reliance that men need to move forward in their growth in understanding.
All who misunderstand the true
nobility, dignity, and destiny of man, as ordained by GOD, lose an anchorage of hope and happiness that offsets all trial
and temptation. “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Rom.5:5.
8. What is the pinnacle prophecy of the Holy Bible showing
that it is a book I can trust?
Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of ______ ______________ _____
___________ and ___________ Jerusalem unto _____________ the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The timeline prophecy in the book of Daniel 9:24-27 is the apex of proof for the Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.
The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given in the year 457 B.C. by King Artaxerxes of Persia. He
gave the command fulfilling the specifications of the prophecy as recorded in the book of Ezra, chapter 7:11-28: "I make
a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own
freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee" (v.13).
There is an important principle to understand when studying
the Bible’s time prophecies in the books of Daniel and Revelation. GOD established this principle
of prophecy years before when the children of Israel refused to enter the land of their fathers. For the
number of days they spied out the land and then turned away they were to spend an equivalent number of years in the wilderness.
The principle is symbolic of man’s inherent unbelief in GOD’S promises. In simple terms,
the time prophecies of Daniel and Revelation teach that one prophetic day equals one literal year, as it is written, “I
have appointed thee each day for a year” (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6).
So, from Artaxerxes decree in the
year 457 B.C. until the coming of the Messiah (meaning, the Anointed) we span
483 years. These "seven weeks, and three score and two weeks," (or 69
prophetic weeks) brings us to the year 27 A.D., the time when Christ was baptized and was anointed by the Holy Spirit to begin
His public ministry, as it is written, “And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a
dove, and it abode upon him.” John 1:32.
Simple arithmetic (in which a little child can understand) verifies the exact time Jesus Christ should inaugurate His ministry
of healing the woes of men. Jesus Himself confirmed the prophecy when He said, “The time is fulfilled [the 69
weeks specified in Daniel 9:25], and the kingdom of God is at hand [this begins the 70th and final week of the
prophecy]: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mk.1:15.
Where there may be doubt in the mind of the Bible student, the prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 decrees the exact year of earth’s
history when Jesus Christ would die for the sins of the world: the time of His crucifixion in 31 A.D., just 3½ years
into His ministry of man’s reconciliation to “our Father,” as it is written: “And He [Jesus
Christ] shall confirm the covenant [the promise of salvation] with many [the
Jewish nation] for one week [the last seven years of the seventy weeks prophecy]: and in the midst of the week
[in the year 31 A.D., three and a half years into His ministry reconciling man to GOD] He [Jesus Christ] shall cause
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease” [the rending of the temple veil by an unseen hand at the instant of Christ's
death fulfilled the obligation of the sacrificial system first begun with Adam and Eve, and elaborated through the Mosaic
law, effecting its end, as it is written, “the veil of the temple was rent in twain” (Matt.27:51)].
The pinnacle message of the Holy Bible
points to the sacrifice of The Omnipotent Creator, Who stepped down from His Throne in Heaven, (where hosts of holy angels
bowed in adoration before Him, serving His every beckon call). He left the courts of heaven to become a man: a man named
Jesus “the Christ.” He did this to not only prevent the extinction of man but also to restore
eternal life for all the creatures, great and small that He Himself created “In the beginning.”
