R. W. Mills - Truth - Not Exactly: A Book for Truth Seekers and Those They Care about

TRUTH-NOT EXACTLY

A Book For Truth Seekers And Those They Care About by

R. W. Mills

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2004 R. W. Mills

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First published by AuthorHouse 07/08/05

Library of Congress Control Number: 2004097017

ISBN: 978-1-4184-8523-8 (ebook)

ISBN: 978-1-4184-8524-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4184-8525-2(dj)

Contents

CHAPTER 1
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 2
THE SEARCH FOR REVEALED TRUTH

CHAPTER 3
IS EVOLUTION TRUE?

CHAPTER 4
HOW GOD FOUND ME

CHAPTER 5
MORE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 6
IS GENESIS TRUE?

CHAPTER 7
THE MESSIAHS TIMELINE

CHAPTER 8
INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION

CHAPTER 9
A HOLY VISION

CHAPTER 10
THE COMING BEAST

CHAPTER 11
JUDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 12
CONCLUSION TO REVELATION

CHAPTER 13
THE FINAL TRUMPET SHALL SOUND

CHAPTER 14
WAR HAS MANY FACES

CHAPTER 15
WHAT CAN I DO?

There is an important distinction between belief and truth. Truth is not relative, but belief is. Some people think truth changes. However, it never does. What changes are our beliefs. Some people in the past believed that the earth was flat or that the earth was the center of our solar system. Their belief did not change truth. Truth is! If a proposition is true, it remains true whether or not I choose to believe it. If a proposition is false, all the belief in the world cannot make it true. Why? Beliefs are unable to change objective reality, although they do change a persons subjective reality.

In the search for truth, we exercise elementary systems of empirical investigation and logical deductive analysis regularly. We do this subconsciously in our daily lives. This is what is known as common sense.

While many insist that they will not believe anything until they have personally researched and verified it, that isnt practical. Firstly, who has the time? Secondly, who has the resources to check out everything personally? We are forced to depend on the trustworthiness of others. Therein lies the problem. Is everyone trustworthy? Obviously, the answer is no. Then how does one get to the truth?

In this book, I intend to challenge you, the reader, to reassess many beliefs which you have been told are true.

I have chosen not to have someone write a foreword to tell you in so many words how wonderful this book is and what a great author I am. First of all, who cares? You are reading this because you are a Seeker of Truth. I promise not to disappoint you. I do not promise you will agree. However, those who seek truth know the potential danger and are prepared for ideas that could cause them to reevaluate their beliefs. The level of anxiety and frustration will depend on the impact the contents herein have on your core beliefs. For some, this book will be completely freeing, in that they will find out that some untruth was holding them in unnecessary bondage. Truth, when accepted, has a freeing ability like nothing else.

TRUTH NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION TRUTH STANDS BY ITSELF TRUTH IS

CHAPTER 1
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS

OVERVIEW

This book is one that is written to provide the reader with an overview at the macro level of many unknown truths as efficiently as possible. It is meant to get to the point as quick as possible, then proceed to the next and so on. Truth, Not Exactly covers many different subjects and topics that appear to be somewhat related. They work toward one purpose, and that being the revealing of ultimate life-changing truth.

Truth, Not Exactly starts off with the author asking all the questions that we humans ask, especially if we see or experience the unfairness of life. It lays down the ground rules as to what is necessary for a fact to be considered truth. It begins by identifying Revealed Truth given to man by God in a Book. That Book contains what no other book in this world has-the Seal of God. It has it because of two reasons, Revealed Knowledge and Prediction of Future Events. No other book has been attacked by so many untruths over the centuries.

Most of us, including myself, were educated and accepted most of our core beliefs without ever verifying and validating them. This is especially true in the area of religion. It is sad to say that how your parents raised you is probably what you will go to your grave believing. The question is why? Are we afraid? Or do we keep ourselves too busy so that subconsciously we can avoid the mirror test. I took it, and discovered that my core beliefs that I acquired unconsciously were absolutely detrimental to my future.

Once I decided to ask the big questions and then took the next step, what I found changed my understanding and my world view. I share how I uncovered for myself that the Bible was the only book on earth with the Seal of God. Uncovering truth can be done only by you as the seeker. There is no other way to know ultimate truth. I share what I found out about Revealed Truth as recorded in the Bible prior to scientific discovery, incredible prophecy, evolution the hoax, the fact of the resurrection, Bible reliability, the flood, angels, suffering, the spread of religion, the arrival time of the promised Messiah, the Messiahs predictions, almost two thousand years of fulfilled prophecy from the book of Revelation, and the coming final events of this soon ending age. You will discover who the Beast of Revelation is, the time of power, the reduction of power, and the role today. I share what I believe is Americas special role and what dangers face us. This book is meant to challenge us to evaluate our core religious beliefs. I have observed that those who have not done their own research and study as to why they believe a certain religious view, become quickly agitated and defensive when challenged. This is because they received it second-hand and cannot defend their positions and beliefs with facts or logic. Why read a book that you may disagree with? It is the only way for you to evaluate how credible and solid your views are. For most people, choosing a religion is like choosing a flavor of ice creamwe choose what feels comfortable and matches our tastes. The issue is finding truth. Much more depends on this than most want to acknowledge.

I like what John Piper says, Millions of people are going to read. If they dont read contemporary Christian books, they are going to read contemporary secular books. They will read. In airports alone, at any given moment, there must be hundreds of thousands of people reading. One thing we Christians need to be committed to, besides reading, is giving away thoughtful books to those who might read them but would never buy them. The ripple effect is incalculable. Consider this illustration:

A book by Richard Sibbes, one of the choicest of the Puritan writers, was read by Richard Baxter, who was greatly blessed by it. Baxter then wrote A Call to the Unconverted which deeply influenced Phillip Doddridge, who in turn wrote The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. This brought the young William Wilberforce, subsequent English statesman and foe of slavery, to serious thoughts of eternity. Wilberforce wrote his Practical Book of Christianity which fired the soul of Leigh Richmond. Richmond, in turn wrote The Dairymans Daughter, a book that brought thousands to the Lord, helping Thomas Chalmers the great preacher, among others.

I share in the forward of my other book The Final Trumpet the story of buying and giving a contemporary Christian book to my youngest brother Paul. He read it and was impacted by it and became a Christian. This is not as dramatic as the above examples, but this one is the one that matters to me. God has placed each of us in a sphere of influence which whether we understand it or not is our personal mission field for God. We are told that the world will recognize us by our love. We have been commanded to share the truth with everyone we know. Most of us do what we do because it will benefit us later somehow. What would happen if we actually did random acts ofkindness to people we know in our sphere of influence? The question is how much is the soul of a person whom you know worth? One of the best investments I ever made was the giving of a book to a person and planting a seed of truth. It may take years for them to see the Truth that God is and He has a great plan for their lives. Both books have been written to counter this generations second-hand beliefs that can be exposed by reading revealed truth given by a loving God.