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The Ruins of Rahab
By: Mark D. Harrell – All rights reserved [2009]
-Mortal Instruments-
“I have not slept.
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a Phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The Genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council, and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
The nature of an insurrection.”
-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar-
Prologue
In the tradition of The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, Mark brings you the epic trilogy – the Kingdom of Heaven Chronicles. The first episode of the trilogy, The Ruins of Rahab, thrusts the reader into a fantastical world where fact and fiction collide. Race and his four feisty friends from Missoula, Montana, are on the brink of becoming participants in a forgotten epoch of fire breathing seraphim’s, elves, dwarfs, and giants; while at the same time discovering the genesis of Atlantis, Eden, the builders of the Great Pyramid, The Sphinx and many other archeological and astronomical mysteries.
With time running out on humanity, Race and his tenacious team from Pluto have only one opportunity to compete in the popular, but exceedingly violent, Galactic Pok-a-Tok Tournament held only once every millennia in a time before time. The fifth planet from the sun, Rahab, is the birthplace of the captain of Rahab’s undefeated Pok-a-Tok team – Lucifer, the Anointed Cherub.
Winning this competition is imperative, for the champion receives an amulet made out of stones derived from the four rivers of Eden that enjoy supernatural qualities. There will be little hope for mankind’s future without gaining an understanding of this talisman.
Enjoy a world where fact is truly stranger than fiction!
Mark D. Harrell
The full book [fictional, but with a spiritual truth] will be available in the near future.
Our Recommendation:
I recommend the following process in order for you to gain knowledge of the needed information in a relevant fashion. This recommendation is born out of over 25 years of ministry experience. I highly advocate this course of development. It is the method I used in my training for relevant ministry fourteen years ago.
STAGE ONE:
1. How to Study the Bible: This can be done in conjunction with the Modeling Lessons (Group Setting)
This is a sixteen lesson study (video if desired) that will walk you step by step through the keys that unlock how to understand the Bible.
2. M I (Modeling One):
This is also a sixteen week study that will lay down the foundation with which every believer can build their lives. Once the foundation is laid, one can begin to apply more aspects of ministry equipping provided by V2T Ministries.
3. M I Level II (Modeling One Level Two):
Once you have completed your basic level of discipleship (modeling), it will be necessary for you to learn how to specifically transfer spiritual life to another. This equipping module will only take 6-8 lessons to finish. It is important in order for consistency to take place from person to person – regardless of where one may live in the world.
STAGE TWO:
4. M II (Modeling Two):
Modeling Two is designed to give you everything you can get at a Bible College or Seminary – except we cut out what you don’t need. I’ve been the Bible College route; however, I learned more relevant ministry tools in M II than I could have ever learned in a traditional Bible College/Seminary setting. I have put those ministry principles to practice with great results. There has not been a year in my life that God has not allowed me to bring at least one individual into the Kingdom of God, and I haven’t gone six months without having someone ask me to disciple them. Amen!
STAGE THREE: Ongoing Equipping … beyond stage I and II — “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge…”
V2T provides many areas that are designed to equip people to become relevant as they minister to their worlds of influence. I have used the principles embedded withing the “Ongoing Equipping” modules with great success. These modules will be provided in what I call the “Get Real! Toolbox.” I am designing the lessons so that they can be taken online, via email/facebook, or through the local assembly. The choice is always yours to make.
The online ministry of V2T gives me an avenue to advance relevant ministry around the world – literally! Let’s get started with touching lives for eternity in a relevant way…TODAY, and in your Jerusalem!
Go to: v2tm@rocketmail.com and sign up for the first module today. I look forward to sharing God’s word with you.
Test: Are You A Relevant Christian?
1. What are, specifically, the seven levels of Spiritual growth, and give the characteristics of each?
Why? How can one disciple someone to grow spiritually if one doesn’t know the stages of spiritual growth? There is a purpose to the process of discipleship.
2. What are the mysteries to which I Corinthians 4:1 is referring?
Why? These “mysteries” give you to tools you need to witness to any religion on the face of the earth.
3. What are four goal of discipleship? How do you know – once you’ve taken someone through the lessons – that you’ve developed a disciple?
Why? Only a good tree brings forth fruit that remains (souls) consistently.
4. Do you know HOW the Bible was preserved through history? Can you walk someone through the process of preservation both Biblically and historically?
Why? The Bible is the only source of absolute truth in the Bible; it is being attacked. Either every word is pure…or it is not. We must show people How God preserved His love letter to us. It really is powerful!
5. Do you know the specifics of the judgment seat of Christ? Do you know to what gold, silver and precious stones are referring…specifically? Do you know why the five crowns are so vital to our purpose on this earth right now? Do you know what the end result of those crowns will be?
Why? The judgment seat of Christ is a synopsis of our purpose while on this earth.
6. Can you explain to others, from the Bible, why God allows bad things to happen to good people? Can you explain why God allows the mystery of iniquity to run its course?
Why? The answer reveals God’s plan for this earth, our lives and the universe.
7. How long has it been since you’ve 1) led someone to Christ, and 2) discipled them to lead another to Christ. That is Matthew 29:18-20 in action.
Why? Discipleship that does not lead to soulwinning is not Biblical discipleship.
There are many more questions I could ask, but these seem to be most relevant. They all have to do with fulfilling our purpose; they provide us with tangible tools that can impact lives.
Every Christian should be able to answer these questions with surety. V2T Ministry will help provide the tools for this to become a reality.
Please read the “support letter” to the left of the page and pray about becoming a “Get Real!” Partner for one year – beginning Dec. of 2009.
Thanks,
Mark Harrell
V2T Ministry Support Letter
As most of you know, my name is Mark Harrell. I have been involved in evangelical Christian ministry since the 9th grade (you can read my story at: www.v2tm.wordpress.com). God led me to resign the church I planted (Concord, NC in 1995) in January of 2002 in order to learn what I needed to find out to be a relevant Ambassador for Christ in Today’s world.
I thank God for what He has allowed me to experience in the last 25 years of ministry. It is my desire to share that on a national and global scale. The internet provides such an opportunity – especially with the popularity of Facebook and the interaction it makes available to millions.
I lost my secular job on March 26th, 2009. God has not opened a door for a fulltime job, and I believe he is working on our lives to begin the ministry of V2T (Vision 20 Twenty…out of Acts 20:20) earlier than I had planned. I believe now is the time for those who desire to impact lives for eternity to stand up and take a stand, and I am willing to stand on the frontlines and shout: God is “not willing that ANY should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
Once a person receives Christ the battle is just beginning. We must be able to establish, purposefully, each other with relevant ministry tools that can effectively engage our culture with truth. That is what V2T Ministry is all about!
I’ve been on the inside of Church Ministry for over twenty years; I know what we do well and what we don’t do so well. We don’t equip our people very well (take the test on my website www.v2tm.wordpress.com to see what I mean). My passion is to step alongside the church leadership and provide tangible tools that will help their people make a difference in lives for eternity. I’ve put them to the test; I know they work!
$25 a month support
I am asking my friends to help me lay the foundation for the Ministry of V2T. I will take the next year, with your support, and finish all the equipping modules. I will also begin scheduling to speak in churches who desire their people to be relevant ambassadors for Christ to their worlds of influence. This has already begun — as of May 2, 2010.
I need 60 “Get Real! Partners” in order to go fulltime with the vision God has been lying on my heart for the last 7 years (although He has been preparing me since the 9th grade). I am asking 30 of my friends to support me at $25 a month. I would like for those 30 friends to recruit (1) other person to join them in supporting the ministry of V2T. I am already beginning to line up churches with which I can share this ministry.
Please Email Me Now
Please email me at v2tm@rocketmail.com to let me know that you will help. It will be greatly appreciated by my family and me, not to mention the lives that are already being touched by the ministry of V2T.
For those who agree to become a Partner, the support will begin as soon as you become a “Get Real! Partner.” That will allow me to lay the groundwork of the V2T modules with zesto. Make checks payable to: Mark Harrell, and be sure to put V2T Ministry on the bottom left of the check for tax purposes.
Please go to www.v2tm.wordpress.com and peruse the site to your heart’s content. I am making it more user friendly as we speak.
Blessed with a Burden,
Mark Harrell
(Prov. 13”12)
Get Real! RU Relevant
Synopsis
Have you ever walked into a religious assembly only to perceive spiritual vitality being sucked out of your inner being? According to research conducted by George Barna, this is not a rare phenomenon. It’s what I call – Cotton Candy Christianity.
Over one million people are parting ways from the traditional establishment of the church every year. What is the foundation of this mass exodus? Can it be stopped? If so, are there tangible steps to bring real purpose into our gatherings? Accumulated over the 25 years (and counting) of his experience in Christian ministry, Mark gives touchable answers to these piercing questions.
Having personally led hundreds of people to a saving knowledge of Christ and his unremitting involvement in one-on-one discipleship – Mark has put together, using the Matrix Trilogy as his vehicle of communication, an approach to spiritual growth that will equip individuals with touchable tools they need to become relevant ambassadors of Christ to their worlds of influence. Each chapter begs the question: RU Relevant? This is a must read for anyone longing to – Get Real!
Title: Get Real! RU Relevant
PDF Cost: $5
Publisher Cost: NA
To Order: Email me at v2tm@rocketmail.com to order your copie(s). All proceeds will go to the equipping ministry of Vision 20 Twenty.
What’s The Book About: Coming Soon!
Title: Secrets of the Spiritual Matrix
PDF Cost: $8
Publisher Cost: $23.99
Pages: 472 pages
To Order: Email me at v2tm@rocketmail.com to place your order(s). All proceeds will go to the equipping ministry of Vision 20 Twenty.
The “Matrix Trilogy” provides an incredible backdrop to expose the truth of reality living. We will journey back into the recesses of time and uncover the origin of evil, proceed forward through human history and carve out the keys that unlock the mysteries of life. During our journey of illumination we will be exposed to the difference between fallen angels and demons, the seven stages of spiritual growth, the seven mysteries of eternal success, the judgment seat of Christ pretest, hidden identity of the dragon, keys that unlock spiritual enlightenment, the Secrets of Tomorrowland (a fictional story that explains prophetic reality), and much more! The “elixir of life” that will release you from the bondage of the false reality and usher you into the vibrancy of reality living is reserved and waiting for you. Please choose wisely; it will impact your eternity!
Author Profile
Mark Harrell graduated from the Baptist University of America in 1986 with a B.S. degree in Pastoral Theology. While in college, Mark and his future wife traveled around the country as part of a select musical ensemble (that’s how they met); Mark and Karen ministered in hundreds of churches. Mark ministered in Nebraska, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. His responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Sr. Pastor, Youth Pastor, Minister of Education, Singles Pastor, Athletic Director, Soccer Coach, Basketball Coach, Pre-School Supervisor and Young Adult Pastor. Mark has actively shared God’s Word with others since 1979. Mark’s passion revolves around equipping people to effectively minister to their families, neighbors and workmates. Mark has put together a discipleship process that will develop warriors for truth. This book, and the following book, encompasses many of those principles. Mark and Karen have two children. Andrea is fourteen; Connor is eleven.
