FAITH

Rudy Reyes

• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781638144885
• eBook ISBN: 9781638144892

Faith is the first published book by author Rudy Reyes. It is based on people's faith throughout current and biblical history (Hebrews 13: 5). It tells the story of President Amanda Jones, and her quest for peace.

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There was unsettlement in the Middle East. Iran had a nuclear weapon and was threatening to use the weapon against Israel. The United States was no longer in the United Nations, and the United Nations was now headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The nations of the United Nations had not tried to quell the tensions of the threat; only the United States tried negotiating a peaceful resolve, but the nation of Iran deterred all talks. President Amanda Jones was the youngest president ever elected, and a huge burden had been placed on her shoulders. President Jones and her Joint Chiefs of Staff had placed defensive and offensive positions in the region to block any threats from Iran toward Israel. The military strength grew for the United States, and other nations feared any US retaliation. The US Military now had laser weapons in satellites that circled the globe that limited the use of military personnel. The satellites had protective shields from other laser earthbound threats. There had not been any wars in decades, and the Iranian threat had become a major problem for both Israel and the United States. However, Russia had ties to Iran, and the United States suspected that the Russians provided the means for developing a nuclear weapon that if used against Israel would start a holy war and Armageddon.

• A young shepherd boy was looking for his lost sheep when he saw his sheep run inside a small opening along a steep mountainside. The opening was not large enough for the shepherd boy to enter, so he coaxed his lost sheep with a carrot for the sheep to come out of the small opening. Once the sheep existed the opening to eat the carrot, the shepherd boy secured the lost sheep with a rope tied to a nearby bush. The shepherd boy was curious as to how large the cavern was to this small opening and if other animals were trapped in there. He tried to squeeze into the small opening; however, even with his small frame, he could only fit his head inside. The shepherd boy could not see anything since the cavern was pitched black. He decided to head back to his flock with the secured sheep still tied to his rope.
  All through the day the shepherd boy kept hearing an inner voice to search the hidden cavern again. He thought maybe there was a hidden treasure from a past king or hidden by bandits. The shepherd boy decided to tell his father about his discovery and that he needed help to enter the dark cave. After telling his father about his discovery, the father saw the plea in his son’s eyes, and he also heard an inner voice to help his son discover what was inside this hidden cavern. When his son showed him the small opening high atop a mountain, he scolded his son for wasting his time. Again, an inner voice made the father listen to his son’s pleas. The father brought a flashlight, thinking he could enter the cavern, but not even the father could squeeze his head inside the opening. Only his son’s head could fit into the opening, but it was too dark to see inside. After removing some loose rocks and debris, the boy could fit his arm and head into the opening. Using his father’s flashlight, the young shepherd boy shone the light around the walls of the hidden cavern. There was nothing unusual that the shepherd boy could see. He was hoping to find a hidden treasure buried for centuries so he and his family would be rich as a royal family. At the far side of the cavern, the young shepherd boy saw under several boulders something metallic reflecting his beam of light from his flashlight.
  The boy yelled out to his father, “I told you. There is a buried treasure, Father. We will be rich.”
  As the boy’s father pulled his son out of the small opening, he asked his son, “What did you see, my son?”
  The boy covered by dust and debris all over his head and arm was gleaming and responded, “I saw a metal box. I am sure it has treasures and was buried centuries ago by a king or by thieves. Let us remove more of these boulders so we can enter inside to see this treasure we have found.”
  The boy’s father responded, “No, my son. It is too dangerous for us to even remove this much of the rocks. A huge boulder could land on top of us, and your mother would never know what happened to us.”
  The father thought, How can we remove these tons of rocks and safety enter this cavern?
  The father told his son, “Do not tell anyone about this. I must pray on what we need to do next. Do you understand, my son?”
  The young shepherd boy said, “Yes, Father. I will not tell anyone.”
  That night, the father prayed on what he needed to do next. If he tried to remove the tons of rocks, he could start a rockslide and be killed.
  He began to pray, “My Lord, I am a poor and simple man. I try to provide food and shelter for my family. Please tell me what I need to do. You have always provided for us my Lord. You showed this cavern to my son for a reason. Please tell me what I should do next.”
  The father pleaded in his prayer. Again, the same inner voice the father heard before told him to seek help from the Israeli government, since the land belonged to them, and they would have the equipment and the means to remove the tons of rock and debris After the father met with local authorities who were shown the opening of the cavern, they, too, could see a metal item reflecting from their beams of light. The officials determined that this was a hidden cavern, and an earthquake must have closed the entrance centuries ago. The local officials decide to contact the Israeli government like the father suggested. After an official from the Israeli government was also convinced that there was something metallic inside the cavern, the Israeli official promised the father and his son, who made the initial discovery, a portion of any treasure that was found. The officials then hired a team of archaeologists headed by the renowned Dr. Michael Thomas. Dr. Thomas and his team were digging throughout the Middle East. Dr. Thomas and his team had the equipment and the means to remove the tons of boulders and debris safety. Dr. Thomas and his team of archaeologists were in the Middle East area for several years to disprove the existence of Jesus and to prove that Christianity was a manmade myth. He and his staff began the careful excavation of the cavern opening that was partially sunken because of an earthquake an ion ago.
  After several days of removing tons of boulders and debris with their heavy equipment, the cavern opening was safe to enter. Dr. Michael Thomas and his archaeologist team discovered the remains of a skeletal giant humanlike form, along with an orb, a wrist bracelet, and a staff of unknown metal composite. The metal wrist band was opened around the wrist of the skeletal remains. Dr. Thomas’ archaeological team measured the skeletal remains, which made Dr. Thomas wonder why these remains were so huge and tall. The archaeologist team recorded the length at 2.14 meters, which made the skeletal remains over seven feet tall. They were in awe that the skeletal remains were intact, and no major digging was required to exam this discovery. Dr. Thomas speculated that a large boulder landed on this giant alien and that was what killed him. The archeologist team also discovered the alien’s spacecraft, fully intact with no damages. This spacecraft was what the young shepherd boy discovered when he shone his flashlight on its hull. The metallic material was superior and durable than any metal found on Earth. Dr. Thomas and his team determined that this archeologist discovery was truly alien.
  After the skeletal remains were removed and stored in a sealed box, Dr. Michael Thomas examined the bracelet and the orb. He determines that the metal orb was dislodged from the staff. He placed the orb onto the staff and placed the wrist bracelet on his right wrist, and he became one with the orb. Suddenly a beacon of light completed a signal that was recorded thousands of years ago. This startled Dr. Thomas, and he disengaged the staff from the orb, and the signal stopped.
  Dr. Thomas yelled, “What have I done?”
  His staff was in awe and was afraid that Dr. Thomas would be consumed by the beam of light generated from the orb. Dr. Thomas quickly removed the wrist band and disengages the orb from the staff. He felt a strange power he never felt before when he engaged the orb and did not want to continue until further study. The next day Dr. Thomas placed the wristband on his right wrist and connected the orb onto the staff.
  He immediately received a telepathic message from an unknown source, asking, “Simon, where have you been all these centuries? We are heading towards your coor...

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