Email: melreed@onegodbookstore.com
How The Legacy of Jesus Came to Be
My name is Mel Reed. I am an African-Cherokee-Caucasian American and my life is a testimonial to the power of God.
1956-59 - In 1956 I left Pine Plains High School without a high school diploma and entered the service. Based on an Army IQ test, I was given training in heating, ventilating & air conditioning. I served a year in Greenland. I was discharged in 1959.
1960-1961 - In 1960, I re-entered the service and based on the same test above administered at Fort Dix NJ. I was assigned to the Army Military Attaché office. Because of my race, a Col Williams immediately re-assigned me to the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for intelligence in the Pentagon. From there I was reassigned to an Army post office unit in Geissen, Germany. After an ugly racial incident in Frankfurt, I was given a General Discharge in 1961.
1962-1993 - In 1963, I was hired by IBM in 1963, resigned to go into my own business and was rehired in 1975, was re-hired and retired on March 31, 1993. During my 27 years with IBM, I held various positions. Job titles included manager, quality engineer and systems and procedures analyst. One of my assignments made me responsible for all field mainframe circuit board removals used in system alterations, worldwide. I earned "consistently exceeds requirements" ratings for 11 of the 14 years I served in a professional level position. My education consisted of a 2 year Associate Degree from LaSalle Extension University I saw on the back of a book of matches and self study, proving that many people can perform in capacities they do not think they are capable of because I am not an "exception to the rule". I am a human being. In 1977-81, I wrote a vocational training program in conjunction with Opportunities for Industrialization Centers, funded by HUD C.E.T.A. title VI funds. In February, 1981, I set out to write about how we started the program with an initial grant of only $75,000. After we enrolled 80 students in classes held in the basement of St Francis AME Zion church in Port Chester, NY; a miracle happened in February, 1981, that changed my life.
In 1997, I was also ordained by Mount Zion Church of God, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since then, I have been consumed with establishing another larger program in Charlotte , NC , and completing this book. As a result of these activities, I've not been an active member of the church and have lost my license.
In conclusion, this site is the product of what God gave me. I do not know why HE chose me, but I am grateful on behalf of all those who suffered and sacrificed for my sake, that HE did!
Regarding the Miracle That Changed My Life
The miracle I refer to above was a *writing I received (see below). After receiving it, out of fear I endeavored to research the Bible and Torah(Tanah), the Quran, the Tao, the Upanishads, The Anthology of the White Pony and others. Therefore, this site is not for ministers who neither understand nor abide in the scriptures of their own faith, yet they freely quote from them. It is to help us understand just how much alike what all believe really is. Therefore, it is spiritual and is not for physically-oriented minds. For the truth of every true faith bids us love one another. Our love for one another needs no words or prayers from those who wish to keep us divided. God made everyone of us... equal!
Please help us make this site a haven for every confused church-goer and non-church-goer and every misled church-goer who yearns to be free of ambitious leaders. For we who love God regardless of our faith, are much esteemed in the eyes of the one true God.
*The words given me began...
Hear these words of the living God.
Hear this prophecy, O Children of God, for herein thy God has spoken to thee.
He that hath an ear let him behold the works of God, who maketh his will known by sight and sound that men may know his plan for the earth.
By the grace of our Father which art in Heaven, in the presence of the Holy Spirit who cometh of the Son are these scriptures consecrated.
Behold, ye are given this work that ye may quench the turmoil wherein the foundation of the world is shaken in this day by greed, self righteousness, by faithlessness and abominations. For you have wounded Heaven and defiled the earth.
Henceforth, for you who hunger for righteousness, read these testaments of the beginning, for herein shall you find your salvation.
Henceforth, for you who are defilors of the word of the Alpha and Omega, read these testaments of the end, for herein you shall find your end.
(Send me an e-mail and I will send you the whole scripture.)
*30A Montclair Townhouse Apartments
The writing I received (written in Pentel), was on my desk next to the kitchen. Prior to this fire, my son said he felt an urge to burn the writing I received. My wife said she felt an urge to pour coffee on it. Either one would have destroyed it. When neither of these worked, a fire mysteriously broke out. My desk was directly behind this wall being sprayed:
