The Midnight Rider Bible by Derek Johnson

If History isn’t written and recorded, not only is it lost, but it will be “rewritten” and told the way those at the helm want their narratives to be told to fit their agendas. Or it will be some grandpa sitting around the living room, who tells a story for so long, that those listening believe it, and it gets passed down, (x) number of times and years, that it’s hard to be broken when they reach adulthood and/or it gets challenged by factual proof.

Before the Internet, culture and societal norms were a lot purer with communication, because those ‘grandpas’ and dads were men who never questioned their manhood and roles, all they had were face-to-face communication and handshakes. Those handshakes were commitments and as good as a paper contract. A man’s word and handshake were solid gold.

Even in the era of lawful contracts… some people will sign a binding contract, knowing what they signed and committed to at the time of creation, and will still try to contest the contract, especially if some monetary figure was attached and it benefitted them more to be out of that contract.

We live in the era where words, promises, and contracts mean nothing to certain people. We live in an era where people will twist the lawful terminology to fit their narrative and agenda.

For those who were raised with a grandpa or a dad from those generations before technology, it’s so much easier to live. It’s so much easier to not focus on materialism, which is one of the driving forces with many people who did not grow up with discipline, structure, integrity, principles, rules, standards, protocol, etiquette, and manners.

One who has Faith, Nation, Family, Friends, first in their life… it’s a much carefree, stress free, and enjoyable life. There’s a big difference in being thankful for what you’ve been blessed with versus always striving for more and more and more of whatever ‘more’ is to you.

My grandfather always said, “I want just enough money I don’t have to worry about my next meal and a means to go pick it up, but not too much money where I have to worry about it and who’s looking after it.”

He always said a rich man must worry about those who oversee it. Which means you’re paying the people and you’re paying for trust.

All those terms and values: discipline, structure, integrity, principles, rules, standards, protocol, etiquette, and manners… must start in the formative years of a child. Every child must receive that formal training or we will end up with untrustworthy people who lust materialism, power, and status, and will do anything to receive it. That is how we end up with a ‘swamp’ in Government. They seek their interests first, which is how their pockets get deep and yours have holes in the bottom.

‘The Midnight Rider Bible’ is the BASIC History of how our Nation formed and how it functions from Article I, Article II, and Article III of the United States Constitution mixed with Military Laws and Orders, the Federal Government, and State Governments.

Not one single person should ever say, “I didn’t know that” and/or not know a single increment of the 3 Branches of Government and our Origin, Foundation, and History.

No one should ever utter the phrases “it just works itself out” or “that’s what they get paid to do” ever again.

Because, no, it does not “just work itself out” and those getting “paid” were taking that pay, and gazillion-toppling that “pay” on insider information, while leaving both sides of the aisle, fighting below over the core values of America: Patriotism, Race, and Religion.

‘We the People’ are the government. Congress works for us. The Constitution was written as a Framework for us to keep them in check with their roles and duties.

If you don’t know the basic functions and operations of your/our government, how can you expect to keep your/our representatives in line and in check?

Treat it like a Bible… keep it close, read, study, and tell everyone about it and where to find it.

(577 pages)