A Rift in Time Quotes

“Whenever God appoints one to herald truth, Satan increases his attempt to destroy and discredit that truth. Revelation and deception usually arrive hand in hand.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“So you truly think,' I asked him, 'that there is more going on here than merely that one archaeologist named Adam Livingstone has made a few discoveries that are uncomfortable to certain people?' "'Absolutely,' he replied. 'There are times and seasons in the spiritual realm. There are things that happen. There are things that must happen before others can take place. Some events proceed slowly. Others come quickly. And always they follow a preordained sequence. God holds the timetables for all the eras and the keys to unlock the doors to them.'" "What do you mean by keys?" asked Juliet. "Divine signs of indication," replied Rocky. "Mark explained it as the events people look to, for example, as signs pointing to the end times—the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, all the signs mentioned in the Bible." "He thinks such signs are coming now?" "He said we're at a significant historical crossroads. It has been two thousand years since Jesus came, as his birth was approximately two thousand years following God's covenant with Abraham. Though Mark did say," Rocky continued, "that he thinks the signs of the next era will not be so readily visible as what many are looking for. Laurene said the signs that foretell and pave the way are usually misunderstood by the religious people of a particular day. Especially will this be true, she said, for the next season we are approaching.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“And was not Genesis, at root, the story of every man's, every woman's, personal and individual creation, from conception in the womb to the moment when God's Spirit was breathed into them? Did not each man, each woman, have to decide for himself or herself whether to eat the fruit of independence . . . or choose instead to obey their Creator and thus partake of Garden life? Such was the choice before every man and woman. Was not this the meaning of Eden? The Tree of Life had blossomed within Adam's heart. Whatever else he might find was secondary to that single, astounding, eternal fact.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“Our network can trace anyone almost instantly, from a single banking transaction, use of a credit card, a passport, from almost anything involving money or electronics. We can follow checks and telephone calls more thoroughly and rapidly than anyone has any idea. I knew Bowles was in Egypt an hour after he had crossed the border.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“The highest life to which the human species may attain is the life of relinquishment. The life the Creator intended for his creatures, right from the first moment when he placed them in the Garden, was a relationship of divinely blissful childship with God.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“Holy Spirit," she said softly, though in her voice was also the tone of confidence and command, "we thank you for your presence here among us. We join our hearts in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to bind the power of the enemy. May the blood of Jesus cover our every thought and prayer and the steps we take together. Protect us, Lord God. Fill us anew with your power to confront the wiles of the enemy and his legions. For we know that you have already won the victory. Give us courage to stand tall as we wield the weapons of warfare you have given us. Let us not quail in the face of fear but humbly walk in the might of your ultimate triumph. You have promised that the devil will flee when we resist him. In the name of Jesus and in the power of his shed blood, we do resist the devil and command him to be gone from among us. And now, Holy Spirit, show us your truth. Guide us into all truth. Anoint Mark with wisdom as he shares with Rocky about this time of battle that is upon us." A hush fell over the gathering as Laurene's tongue fell silent. Each sensed that the Lord was about to speak important truth to them in answer to her prayer. "About that talk," said Mark at length, "what about if we meet at the church in twenty minutes." He looked toward his wife with questioning glance, to see if her spirit bore witness to the suggestion. She nodded briefly. "We'll”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“Because there had to be a reason he built it. How did he know the rain was coming and that he must construct this ship?" replied Halliday. "There aren't very many ways to answer that question. Then how could he have built it? How could he possibly have known the dimensions and symmetry with which to build a three-story-tall, seaworthy craft the size of a small football stadium, when all around him the only boats he was familiar with were probably little more than hollowed-out logs? The engineering of the thing staggers the imagination beyond comprehension. This boat had to be seaworthy for a year. The technology would seem to be far beyond that of the Pyramids. How could he have done it . . . again, without help? And again, how did he know the rains were coming? It's an enormous mystery if you only look at it from the human point of view. These questions have no simple answers that mere rationalism can spin out.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time

“My father's actual life goes on too. For life is eternal. One part of life may be past—life in the shadowlands, as C. S. Lewis calls it. My dad's real life, the life for which God has all this time been preparing him, has now begun. For already the Father has said to him, "Well done, my faithful son. Come, there's a great deal to be done!”
― Michael R. Phillips, Rift in Time