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Did God Speak To The World Before Jesus Came?

Did God Speak To The World Before Jesus Came?

Last updated on: October 7, 2026 at 8:50 am by Benjamin Raven Pressley

Did God Speak To The World Before Jesus Came? 2026-10-07T08:50:34-04:00 Benjamin Raven Pressley

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God and Faith Before Christianity

I don’t know about you, but I came up in a pretty messed-up religion. Men weren’t allowed to wear shorts or tank tops. Women weren’t allowed to wear pants or cut their hair. Men’s hair had to be short. We weren’t allowed to dance or even go to a movie. I didn’t even see a movie till I was 13 years old and then it was ‘The Cross and the Switchblade’. Even then I was condemned for going to it. It seemed like everything was a sin, even most toys and TV shows. We were told Barney the Dinosaur was the purple messiah leading kids to hell. And you went straight to hell if you listened to rock and roll or drank a beer. As a result of such strict regulations, when I got into my teens, I was wide open to drinking and experimenting with drugs and other sinful and destructive behaviors. Then something happened in 1975 when I was 19 years old. I had a spiritual experience and an encounter with something real. An experience with a God who loved me just as I was and I became what most religions would call born again. I lost my desire for drugs, drinking and the sinful, destructive lifestyle I was living in. This God I experienced was not the legalistic religious God I came up with. I knew what I experienced was real, and something inside told me that the religion I came up in wasn’t it, and I began my journey to find out the difference between religion and spirituality. I read the Bible for myself and I asked God to teach me what I needed to know. The more I read, studied and talked to God, the more I realized that the Bible was true and that it was a living book and it was religion that was wrong.

One of the things this particular religion taught was that all babies went to hell if their parents weren’t saved. They also taught that all Native Americans went to hell prior to the European missionaries coming to North America. You mean the missionaries that raped and killed Native American men, women and children? The missionaries that sold them into slavery and stole their land and their gold? Those missionaries? Please. (Be sure and read my article ‘Did Christ Appear To The Native Americans?’)

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Well, through the years I have learned a lot. One thing I have learned is that God is real and I can be a follower of Jesus Christ and his teachings without being religious. I have also learned that God did appear to many cultures prior to Jesus Christ coming to Earth in the form of a man and, no, everyone did not go to hell prior to that.

It is utterly ludicrous to me that a loving God has not been involved in the affairs of man since he created them. From the beginning, he walked and talked in a tangible form with Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:8)

There are several references in the Bible talking about Abraham’s faith was counted as righteousness (Genesis 15:6, Romans 4, Hebrews 11:8-19). If Abraham’s faith was counted as righteousness and he lived before Christ came to Earth, why could there not have been others from other cultures to whom this could apply to? After all, God is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11). And what about Romans 2:14-15: “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another.”

Christ came to fulfill the expectations of the ancients

I have come to the conclusion that Christ came to fulfill the expectations of the ancients. Christ does not abolish what came before him; instead, he brings it to fulfillment by disintegrating the false and upholding the truth in the light of his ultimate revelation. Did not he himself say in Matthew 5:17, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”?

Understand that the Holy Bible focuses on the Jews and the bloodline of Christ. And other than the story of Creation, it primarily describes what happened in the Middle East during the time period roughly between 1400 B.C. and the third century A.D. But what about the rest of the world? This article explores that.

I have written a book entitled ‘God B.C.’ or ‘God Before Christianity’. I believe what the Bible teaches: that Jesus Christ has always been. Jesus was not a created being. Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit are one but manifested in these three persons. I use the term B.C. not just as a time designation speaking of that time before Jesus Christ came in bodily form to this Earth, born as a baby, crucified by the Romans and resurrected. But as a time before Christianity became so religious. I find it interesting that the only people Jesus had a problem with while on Earth and who ultimately cried out for his crucifixion were religious people. And contrary to popular opinion, Jesus was not the founder of the religion of Christianity. There were plenty of religions in his time; another religion was not what was needed. He came to break people free of religion and restore them to a personal relationship to the Creator and God he called Father. Jesus called his followers disciples and friends. When the church first started, they were called ‘The Way’ (see Acts 9:1; 18:25-26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). I’m not against using the term ‘Christian’ per se. As a belief system, it has a lot going for it and is the only belief system that admits we need a savior and that we cannot do this on our own and need the help of the Holy Spirit. But let’s face it, historically, as a religion, it has some atrocities like the Catholic Crusades and the way they treated the Native Americans.

I hope you will read on, for this will be a fascinating journey as we take a look at many cultures and their encounters with the true and living God and Creator. This article is not a history of religion. It is about living encounters with God. Sure, there is some speculation, but I really try to document and back up my claims as best I can. This kind of talk will stand some theologians and religions on their heads, but it is an article that must be written. So, open your minds and spirits and travel with me as we explore GOD B.C.

Consider the following quote by St. Seraphim of Sarov, a Russian friar that lived between 1759-1833. I think it really puts the thoughts I am trying to get across in this article and my book in perspective:

“The presence of the Spirit of God also acted in the pagans who did not know the true God, because even among them God found for himself chosen people. Such, for instance, were the virgin prophetesses called Sibyls who vowed virginity to an unknown God, but still to God the Creator of the universe, the all-powerful ruler of the world, as he was conceived by pagans. Though the pagan philosophers also wandered in the darkness of the ignorance of God, yet they sought the truth which is beloved by God; and on account of this God-pleasing seeking, they could partake of the Spirit of God, for it is said that the nations who do not know God practice by nature the demands of the law and do what is pleasing to God (Romans 2:14)

So you see, both in the holy Hebrew people, a people beloved by God, and in the pagans who did not know God, there was preserved a knowledge of God—that is a clear and rational comprehension of how our Lord God the Holy Spirit acts in man, and by means of what inner and outer feelings one can be sure that this is really the action of our Lord God the Holy Spirit and not a delusion of the enemy. That is how it was from Adam’s fall until the coming in the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world.

The more I studied this subject I was fascinated by the similarities of the ancient writers before Christ had unmistakeable similarities with the holy scriptures we have today. As I researched this subject one book I came across and read that was indispensable was Hieromonk Damascene’s Christ The Eternal Tao. What follows in the next few paragraphs draws upon this valuable resource that I highly recommend reading. I was also blown away by Lao Tzu’s Tao Teh Ching. I found nothing in it that contradicted the scriptures. It is also well worth reading.

Lao Tzu

Considerations Of Teachings Of Lao Tzu And Other Respected Philosophers Of Ancient Times

The similarities of the teachings of Christ and Lao Tzu in the Tao Teh Ching are staggering. These writings are estimated to date back as far as 4 BC. When reading it it is easy to catch a glimpse of the spirit of Christ in a downright poetic way. It is pure thought and reminds one of something Christ would say.

“Before the universe was born, there was something in the chaos of the heavens. It stands alone and empty, solitary and unchanging. It is ever present and secure. It may be regarded as the Mother of the universe. Because I do not know its name, I call it the Tao. If forced to give it a name, I would call it ‘Great’. Because it is Great means it is everywhere. Being everywhere means it is eternal. Being eternal means everything returns to it. Tao is great. Heaven is great. Earth is great. Humanity is great. Within the universe, these are the four great things. Humanity follows the earth. Earth follows Heaven. Heaven follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.” —Tao Teh Ching Stanza 25

“The Tao is nameless and unchanging. Although it appears insignificant, nothing in the world can contain it. If a ruler abides by its principles, then her people will willingly follow. Heaven would then reign on earth, like sweet rain falling on paradise. People would have no need for laws, because the law would be written on their hearts.”—-Tao Teh Ching Stanza 32

(Compare to Hebrews 10:16-17 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.”)

When read with an open mind, there are definite similarities. Even the Western spiritual seeker can benefit from it and learn the basics of spiritual life from the Tao Teh Ching, which the churches fail to teach, such as how to be free from compulsive thinking and acquire stillness of thoughts and how to cut off desires and addictions and how to conquer negative emotions. Tao literally translates ‘The Way’. Jesus called himself ‘The Way’ (John 14:6). The early church called themselves ‘The Way ’ (Acts 9:1; 18:25-26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). The Greek word Logos also translates as ‘The Way’ or ‘The Word’. Logos is the word used in John 1:1-5, where John says

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

Compare this to the opening of the Tao Teh Ching:

“The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.”

I believe Lao Tzu sensed the presence of Christ in creation, as did many truth seekers of ancient times. If modern man would learn rather than react to words and ideas programmed into us by the Western mindset, we would return to this simplicity of innocence and direct intuition to truly receive the true message of Christ. Only in doing so will we truly see the undistorted image of Christ. This simplicity is evident among many cultures prior to Christ. This is the basis of what I am trying to communicate through this article and my book God B.C.

Lao Tzu described this same Logos as The Way, Path, or Pattern of Heaven and the Course that things follow. He said it was The Way that “nourishes, develops, cares for, shelters, comforts and protects”.

This was the same Logos Heraclitus and the Tao that Lao Tzu spoke of. To them it was a mystery hidden in riddles, but John brought it into reality: “was made flesh and dwelt among us”. John and the apostles saw Him and beheld his glory and heard the words that proceeded from his mouth. Lao Tzu and Heraclitus knew through intuition, as I believe many ancient cultures did. In Christ we experience it in a tangible way.

Quotes by Lao Tzu

“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”

(Consider similarities to Philippians 4:11 “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”)

“Our path to a true experience of Christ is often long and arduous. We in the modern West have become too sophisticated, too complex. When people talk to us of Christianity, we’ve heard it all before: we’ve already become conditioned to react in certain ways to Christian words and concepts. The reflexes they evoke in us are sometimes connected with an emotional trauma from the past that causes us to either cling to them or rebel against them. Clinging and rebellion are only two sides of the same coin: both are predicated on emotional involvement in words and concepts which claim to be reality itself but are not.” —Hieromonk Damascene

Gi-Ming Shien observed how similar Greek and Chinese philosophers were in their view of the universe.

“In the history of ancient China there are moments when it is absolutely incredible how the same things happened in Chinese life as happened in the West, even though there was no outward connection between the two civilizations. The first of the Greek philosophers—Thales and so forth—lived about the sixth century BC, just about the time Confucius was in China and Buddha was in India. It is as though there really was a spirit of the times.” —Fr. Seraphim

Heraclitus observed and spoke of a Logos, literally ‘Word,’ that worked beneath the surface and was the source of the unity of diverse and conflicting opposites, maintaining a continual balance, a measured, stable pattern of flow and harmony.

Quotes by Fr. Seraphim of Sarov

“The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ’s sake, they are only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God.”

“If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care of him, this is a true and wise hope. But if a man takes care of his own business and turns to God in prayer only when misfortunes come upon him which are beyond his power, and then he begins to hope in God, such a hope is vain and false. A true hope seeks only the Kingdom of God… the heart can have no peace until it obtains such a hope. This hope pacifies the heart and produces joy within it.

Please don’t think that I am trying to prove religious syncretism.

All religions most certainly cannot be fused together, and not all religions are right. That is not what I am trying to do as I write this article. Rather, what I am trying to make the case for is an unfolding of wisdom and truth through time. I believe ancient peoples saw foreshadowings and glimpses that aligned with the Christ to come. The commonality of those who believed in One God cannot be ignored. As Hieromonk Damascene puts it so eloquently, “If we concede that the pre-Christian philosophers did seek the truth, and that they did catch glimpses of it, it only stands to reason that their teachings should bear similarities, like a broken reflection of the moon in water, to the fulness of Truth in Jesus Christ. Therefore, these similarities need not appear as a threat to Christianity; instead, they offer one more proof of Christ as universal Truth.”

Even the Apostle Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 13:12 that even we “see through a glass darkly”. I believe this is also what the ancients were experiencing, even more so, but they did the best they could to understand and seek the truth from the one and only living God. Even they recognized and acknowledged there were not many gods but one uncreated creator of the universe, omniscient, omnipresent, eternal and infinite. And as God promised in the holy scriptures in

Proverbs 8:17 “I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.”

Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Luke 11:9 “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find…”

James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”

How can we deny that ancient cultures also knew God?

There were even references by ancient writers whom you might say were Christians if you went by their writings alone, such as Virgil, who died 19 years before Christ. He referenced the ten virgin prophetesses known as Sibyls of Cumae, who pointed to belief in one invisible God and offered clear prophecies that pointed to the coming of Christ. They predicted that the Messiah would “come down from heaven” and even predicted he would be born as an infant to a virgin and bring in an age in which “all stains of our past wickedness would be cleansed”. They even predicted the time period it would take place in and it indeed occurred as they said. (Fourth Eclogue of Virgil, “The Oration of Constantine” in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1, pp. 575-577)

Even Socrates was praised by Justin Martyr, the philosopher and Lactantius for not paying homage to all the false gods of his time that the state recognized, which eventually cost Socrates his life. Justin wrote, “Christ was partially known even by Socrates, for he was and is the Logos who is in every person” (Second Apology p. 191) and “They elaborated by finding and contemplating some part of the Logos, which is Christ.” Lactantius wrote, “People of the highest genius touched upon the truth, and almost grasped it, had not custom, infatuated by false opinions, carried them back.” (Divine Institutes p. 15). And Justin again, “Whatever things were truly said among the people belong to us Christians.” (Second Apology p. 193). This reminds me of a passage of scripture where Jesus was approached by a teacher in a conversation about which of the commandments were the greatest and Jesus answered, ‘Love the Lord with all thy heart, soul and mind and treat your neighbor as yourself’. The teacher confirmed he understood: “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.” (Mark 12:31-34)

I am convinced that there were many ancients who caught a glimpse of truth and were ‘not far from the kingdom of God’.

Even in ancient Greece, Bulgarian and Romanian Orthodox monasteries and churches today have wall paintings of many respected Greek philosophers, honored as seekers of truth before Christ. Socrates is often called “The Apostle to the Pagans”. St. Nektarios of Pentapolis referred to Plato as “Divine Plato” and acknowledged that they were often “inspired by God” (Christologia). They are recognized, and rightfully so, as having an understanding of the Logos: Christ. And if they can be recognized thus, even more so should ancient writers like Lao Tzu, whose writings are even more profound than those of the Greek philosophers.

Through time, religions have become even more complicated and convoluted, but let us look at some other early civilizations and their interpretation of God and consider how closely it relates to scriptures today and what would be considered revelation of the Tao/Logos/Way.

Egypt is known for its myriads of ‘gods,’ but it was not always so. Polytheism arose in later dynasties, but the first dynasty was a little more pure. Mircea Eliade writes: “It is surprising that the earliest Egyptian cosmogony yet known is also the most philosophical. For [the Supreme God] Ptah creates by his mind (his heart) and his word (his tongue)…In short, the theogony and cosmogony are effected by the creative power of the thought and word of a single God. We here certainly have the highest expression of Egyptian metaphysical speculation…It is at the beginning of Egyptian history that we find a doctrine that can be compared with the Christian theology of the Logos.” (A History of Religious Ideas, Vol.1, p.88)

The same can also be observed in the primal period of Chinese civilization. The Shu Ching (Book of Documents) is the oldest book of Chinese history. It dates to China’s first dynasty, 2300-1700 BC. People believed in one supreme God whom they called Shang Ti, literally meaning ‘Above’ and ‘Ruler and Lord’.

John Ross, when observing this and recognizing how close it was to the Christian understanding of God, said, “the very threshold of what the Chinese critics accept as the beginning of their authentic history, the name of God and other religious matters present themselves with the completeness of a Minerva. We are driven to infer that the name and the religious observances associated with it are coeval with the existence of the people of China. It is therefore evident that the belief in the existence of one Supreme Ruler is among the earliest beliefs of the Chinese known to us. Of an earlier date, when no such belief existed or when the belief in polytheism did exist, we find no trace. Nowhere is there a hint to confirm the materialistic theory that the idea of God is a later evolutionary product of a precedent belief in ghosts or departed ancestors, or that the belief had arisen indirectly from any other similar source.” (The Original Religion of China pp. 23-25). Confucius must be credited with the first to say what we call ‘the golden rule’ when he says, “What do you want done to yourself? Do it unto others.”

Of all the primordial peoples, the Hebrews, Chinese and the Native Americans seem to echo the purest understanding of one God and Supreme Being. Though as the first and second dynasties of China progress, you begin to see a departure as people begin to see the guidance of Heaven as painfully distant and begin to refer to it as “remote Heaven”. The one way is replaced by ancestor worship, gods of hunting and agriculture, spirits of the sky, sun, moon, wind and earth.

The teachings of Christ are the original image of what man’s nature is meant to be and we see it reflected in many of the ancient writings long before it became a maxim of what we know as the holy scriptures. God has always been and he has always revealed himself to humankind, though he is often ignored or his words twisted to suit greedy and selfish men. There is evidence that he was God long before the Holy Bible and Christ becoming a human and dying for our sins. There is plenty of evidence that God has always had a remnant who followed his way and I believe, just like Abraham, their faith was counted as righteousness. They longed for the day that Christ would come.

Remember, He has promised, “I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me” Proverbs 8:17. And John 6:37 “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

All through ancient writings, God was revealing himself gradually for humanity could not have received it all at once. God was constantly interacting with his people and those who sought him, building up to that moment in time when Jesus would come to Earth and beyond that sending the Holy Spirit to lead all people into all truth. But things really began to come into focus and become more personal when God revealed himself to Moses in the burning bush as the “I AM THAT I AM” and in the lightning of Mt. Sinai. Powerful, but leading up to the Tao/Logos/Christ who became flesh and dwelt among man, declaring himself for all time that ‘I am he whom thou hast been seeking.’

Jesus didn’t come to destroy but to fulfill

Did Jesus come on the scene hating and rebuking everyone and throwing fire and plagues down on the people of the day? No, He declared in Matthew 5:17, “Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” In other words, He was declaring that all the belief systems of humankind, and all the religious ideas they had, are now fulfilled and satisfied in Him. He was declaring that no more would we have to seek for a way, truth, or eternal life based on some belief system, but that He was the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). That was a bold statement. He didn’t just come like Buddha or Mohammed and declare A WAY. He clearly said He was THE WAY, as in the one and only way. That’s no misinterpretation. He did not declare His way to be another way but boldly said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. Now most religions acknowledge that Christ was a good man, a teacher sent from God, etc., but when He declared Himself to be the way, the truth and the life, that made Him either be who He said He was or a lunatic! He didn’t say of Himself that He was another teacher or prophet. He said, ‘The buck stops here.’

That should be good news because it clears away all the confusion of thousands of other belief systems that basically say one must do this or that to be saved and have eternal life. I have honestly and objectively considered many belief systems. I don’t know about them all, but I can tell you about many of them and I can honestly say after much consideration that Christianity is the only one that makes sense to me of all of them. Christianity is the ONLY belief system that is honest enough to say we can’t save ourselves, no matter how good we are, that our best is never going to be good enough when considering a God that is so holy and so perfect. Christianity is the ONLY belief system that provides us the way and the only system that admits we need a savior.

1 Timothy 2:5 declares “There is ONE GOD and ONE MEDIATOR between God and man, the man CHRIST JESUS.” That is good news! You don’t have to ‘shop around’ until you find the right religion or person to follow. They are ALL fulfilled in Jesus Christ. People historically have been in search of the unknown god. In Acts 17:16-34, the Apostle Paul came to a town that was very religious and had built temples and idols to every god imaginable and just to make sure they didn’t miss any, they made an altar with the inscription “to the unknown god”. Paul didn’t blast or rebuke them; he just said, “Let me declare and present this God to you” and proceeded to tell them about the only true and living God. That is what I hope to do today for you who are reading this.

So, what is the conclusion of all of this? Mostly that God is bigger than any box humans can come up with to put him in. He is bigger than religion. He is bigger than science. He is far above anything we can think. His ways are far above our ways. He has always been and always will be….So why limit him? I encourage every truth seeker to unchain yourself from your small ideas about him and to tear down all those religious concepts of God and see how mighty he really is and can be in your life. True spirituality, after all, has nothing to do with religion. I think a big part of the problem is the messed-up definition most of us have of what it means. True spirituality has nothing to do with religion or any particular set of beliefs. It is an all-encompassing view of life and not denying that things are more connected than most want to accept. True spirituality carries over into every aspect of your life. It’s not something you have to stir up, pay up or wind up. It becomes as real as the air you breathe, invisible in many ways but so real and vital to you as an individual. True spirituality is something that comes alongside everything you do, every thought you think and everything you see. It becomes a filter through which you view all things on a level that just makes sense.

I guess one of my points in writing all this is to get spiritually minded people out of their religious boxes and realize True Spirituality is more than any one religion can comprehend and explain. Consider this:

If a message is truly the truth then no temple made by the hands of any created being will be able to contain it. Real truth is big enough to cover all of creation. To try to contain truth in a temple or to even try to organize it under one roof or one people or one set of beliefs is like caging a wild animal. It is cruel; it is against its natural design and eventually will only weaken as it loses its wild side and conforms to its captivity, and as a result it would only produce other caged animals. Truth by design should set one free not put one in a cage.—Benjamin Raven Pressley

People too often want other people to believe that God is in their hip pocket and favors them over anyone else. I have news for you: Creator/God is not republican, democrat, gay, Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian…whatever group you want to name and that includes you! Remember the story mentioned in the Bible about Israel’s military leader, Joshua, seeing a warrior on the other side of the river and drawing his sword and asking him, ‘Are you for us or our enemy?’ and he quickly replies, ‘Neither! But as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.’ (Joshua 5:13-15). Basically, he was saying I am on God’s side. I’m on no particular group’s side. God is God. He doesn’t take sides.

In conclusion, I would like to say. True Spirituality is more all-encompassing than most think. It is also more universal than most think. God has been God before the beginning of this planet. God has expressed himself in many dispensations. In that process, he has NEVER contradicted himself. Humans, on the other hand, have basically interpreted these dispensations in ways that very much contradict one another, usually to suit their own comfort zones. Jesus fulfilled all religions and belief systems by becoming the Word made flesh, the way, the truth, and the life (The Tao, the Logos). The Holy Bible records, on a small scale of time and place, universal truths for all time and all places. ALL interpretations and spiritual truths hinge on and are checked by the truths explained in the Holy Bible, chiefly on the teachings of Jesus and as detailed by the apostles. For our modern times and purposes, the line drawn in the sand was Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. There is a reason that all human history is B.C. Before Christ or A.D. Anno Domini, the Year of Our Lord. Our atheistic culture tries to change that time designation, but they cannot change the truth that all time was split in two at that moment before and after Jesus entered our world. On his words hangs all truth and any contradiction of his words is not truth at all. He designed us. He knows what is best for us. We would be wise to follow his design, for to do otherwise is to the detriment and ultimately the destruction of life as it was meant to be.

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About Benjamin Raven Pressley

Benjamin Raven Pressley is an author, teacher and spiritual guide. He is of Cherokee heritage. He has been a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles since 1975. His independent studies include the Holy Bible as well as other holy books of other religions. He is ordained by the Universal Life Church. He is a self-taught naturalist and his love and respect for nature is evident in many of the things he writes. He has authored several books on spirituality as well as a fantasy series and books on survival skills. He does not consider himself to be a religious person but believes true spirituality is an all-encompassing view of life and invites open discussion on matters of spirituality. You can read more about the author here.

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