Title: God and Reality 

Subject: The Feast of Trumpets and Reality
Summary: John Ritenbaugh examines our society's inability to deal with reality, turning instead to media-concocted distortions. By refusing to believe God's Word, rejecting His doctrine, society does not find God to be real (including many church-going people, who pick and choose their own beliefs apart from Scripture). He cannot be real to people who refuse to adhere to His Word, which is a far more reliable gauge of reality than the most observant eyewitness. If we allow His Word to illuminate our lives, we will make the necessary steps to conform to His will, diligently keeping His commandments. We can account for God's seeming delay in His plan by realizing: 1) His schedule is on His time, not ours; 2) a delay allows more to be called, 3) giving us more time to overcome; and 4) lawlessness has not yet reached its peak. What God puts us through is designed to reveal reality to us. Accepting His doctrine without looking for loopholes will keep us true.

Keywords: Advertisements Arrogance Barna report Born again Cartoon Dark Dealing with reality Doctrine Eye witness account God's reality Great tribulation Idolatry Insensitivity Lake of fire Media Mother Goose Motion picture industry Night Parables Perception of events Private chamber (of our minds) Protestant notions of God Reality Resurrection of the dead Scoffers Scoffing Sleep Sleepwalking their Christian lives Unawareness Unreality The Eye of the Beholder Word of God