Psalm 119:65-72 ( KJV ) read as follows:
"Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver."
Psalm 119:142 ( KJV ) reads as follows:
"Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth."
Matthew 28:18 ( KJV ) reads as follows:
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."
John 5:26, 27 ( KJV ) read as follows:
"For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man."
John 17:17 ( KJV ) reads as follows:
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."
2 Timothy 3:16, 17 ( KJV ) read as follows:
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
The word "reality" is defined as follows:
"n. pl. -ties 1 The fact, state, condition, or quality of being real or genuine. . . . See SYNONYMS under VERACITY." [ See NEW ILLUSTRATED WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY Including THESAURUS of SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, PMC Publishing Company, Inc., 118 EAST 28th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016, dictionary portion: pages 1-1150, Copyright 1992, by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, p. 806. ]
The word "veracity" is defined as follows:
"n. pl. -ties 1 The habitual regard for truth; truthfulness; honesty." [ Ibid., p. 1077. ]
With all of the above-given information in mind, God has all authority in heaven and on earth and, therefore, God has absolute authority.
Moreover, God's word is absolute truth. Since the words "reality" and "truthfulness" are associated through the definition of the word "veracity," it is abundantly clear that God's word ( the Holy Bible - recall Psalm 119:65-72, 142 and 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, and see 2 Peter 1:20, 21, for example ) is absolute reality. Therefore, we know that God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit, are real ( see John 1:1, 14, John 3:10, 16, and 1 John 5:7, for example ). Furthermore, we know that Adam and Eve were real people ( see Genesis 3:20, for example ), Moses was a real person ( see Exodus 2:1-10 ( especially verse 10, for example ), for example ), and Joshua was a real person ( see Exodus 24:13, for example ), just to name a few more people mentioned in the Holy Bible. I would encourage you, the reader, to study the Holy Bible ( see 2 Timothy 2:15, for example ), so that you will know what absolute reality is.
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