Written In The Stars: The Fate Of America

By Margaret Ann Parker Naylor

Written in the Stars: The Fate of America is the first in a series of books written by the author telling the story of America from Bunker Hill and Valley Forge to the present and beyond. These stories are told by a young soldier who died at Bunker Hill, the first major conflict of the American Revolutionary War, and was granted permission by God to tell America's history from its beginning to the end times. These stories are told as they are lived out by the extended families of American patriots. They are ripped from the headlines of these last days and are based on Bible prophecy, history, and history in the making, and look forward to the Second Coming of Christ and his millennial reign over all the earth!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891127548

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Chapter 1: Biography of a Patriot: A Soldier's Tales

Chapter 2: Written in the Stars: The Fate of America

Chapter 3: Armageddon: A Soldier's Tale

Chapter 4: Let Freedom Ring

Chapter 5: Holy Ground

Chapter 6: A Good Woman

Chapter 7: A Good Man

About the Author

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Written In The Stars

The Fate Of America

Margaret Ann Parker Naylor

ISBN 979-8-89112-753-1 (Paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89112-754-8 (Digital)

Copyright © 2024 Margaret Ann Parker Naylor

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Disclaimer: This story is fiction but is based on biblical prophecies and current events/news. It hasn’t happened—yet. With the exception of recognized historical figures, the characters in this story are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Warning: Rated PG-13 by the author. Some material may not be suitable for younger audiences. Biblically correct, not politically correct, language is used and may offend some readers.

References: All Bible quotations taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.

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To all those who love God, family, and country, God be with you. May his face shine upon you and give you peace and rest with him forevermore.

Chapter 1

Biography of a Patriot: A Soldier's Tales

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

—Matthew 11:28–30

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

—Isaiah 10:27

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth…And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

—Revelation 19:5–16

2050 Christian Era, the Lord reigneth! Blessed be the name of the Lord!

As I stand here in the holy city of Jerusalem and watch ambassadors of all nations as they come to offer tribute to the Messiah, the Holy One of Israel, the Lord God Almighty, King of kings and Lord of lords, the Savior and Redeemer of mankind, the Lord Jesus Christ, I thank God that he has allowed me to tell my story and the story of America as seen through the hearts, minds, and lives of a dozen or so extended families of patriots. These tales, presented as novels and short stories, span the timeframe of American history from pre-Revolutionary War days to the present and beyond, to the one-thousand-year millennial reign of Christ on earth. I thank God for granting me the privilege of becoming a historian, biographer, and storyteller of these tales of faith and family values and of the Judeo-Christian faith that built America.

April 1, 1760

My name is Joseph Joe Jacobs III. I was born in the year of our Lord AD 1760 in Boston, Massachusetts, the cultural and financial center of the New England colonies. I was the firstborn of five siblings (Joseph, Matthew, David, Hannah, and Franklin), born to Joseph James Jacobs II and Margaret Steinholme Jacobs.

March 5, 1770

When I was ten, I witnessed the Boston Massacre, and that became a turning point in my life. After the massacre, my father the Reverend Joseph Jacobs preached a sermon on The Yoke of Oppression. He compared the unfair practices of the British monarch King George to the light yoke laid upon us by God. He quoted Matthew 11:28–30, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. He reminded us that when Jesus returns as King of kings and Lord of lords that he will reign over all the earth, and that his reign will be glorious, a reign of peace and prosperity. It will be a time when oppression will cease, and justice and equity and knowledge of the Lord will fill the land.

April 5, 1775

At the age of fifteen, I joined the Sons of Liberty under the leadership of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere. Then I accompanied my father the Reverend Joseph Jacobs when he joined the militia at Boston Common to fight against the British Redcoats. We joined the Patriot forces and opposed the British when they marched against Lexington and Concord.

April 18, 1775

On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and other Patriot riders on that night alerted the American colonial militia to the approach of British forces, and we minutemen (so-called because we could mobilize our forces at a moment's notice) began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoats. This was immediately before the first engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

April 19, 1775, the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts

At dawn, some seven hundred British troops arrived in Lexington and came upon seventy-seven militiamen gathered on the town green. A British major yelled, Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels! but we American Patriots did not lay down our arms. Our heavily outnumbered militiamen had just been ordered by our commander to disperse when a shot rang out. A confrontation on the Lexington town green at dawn between us Patriots and the British Redcoats started off the fighting, and soon, the British were hastily retreating under our intense fire. When the smoke cleared, eight of our militiamen lay dead and nine more were wounded, while only one Redcoat had been injured. The British then continued into Concord to search for arms, so our militiamen hustled to Concord's North Bridge which was being defended by a contingent of British soldiers. There we engaged them in battle.

April 19, 1775, the Battle of Concord, Massachusetts

At the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, we minutemen made the first forcible resistance to British aggression, the shot heard around the world, the opening volley of the American Revolutionary War! Later that day, following the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British troops laid siege to the city of Boston and the surrounding areas. The Siege of Boston began on April 19, 1775 and lasted until March 17, 1776 (ten months, three weeks, and six days). Two weeks after the end of the siege, General George Washington took command of the Colonial Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

June 17, 1775

During the Siege of Boston, my father and I fought the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill (also called the Battle of Breed's Hill). The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the American Revolution. During this battle for freedom, justice, and the American way, my father and I gave up our lives for the Patriot cause. We both died on June 17, 1775. We were among the first American Patriot soldiers to lose their lives on behalf of their country. I was only fifteen years old, and my father was forty. The battle was fought on a small peninsula at Charlestown, Massachusetts, north of Boston. It was a strategic location because of its elevation and its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The British won the battle but eventually lost the war!

When I appeared before God, I asked him the outcome of the battle and of the War for Independence. I wanted to know if our sacrifice had been worth the effort or if Americans were doomed to live under tyranny for the rest of their lives.

And the Lord said unto me, Son, since you gave your life for your country, I commission you to write out her story from beginning to end—past, present, and future.

And so I have endeavored to do from that day till the present. A story of hope and faith and courage and the triumph of the human spirit over all obstacles, so help me God.

July 4, 2050, America's Independence Day

Now the earth is at rest. No more war; the era of peace is here at last under the dominion of the Prince of Peace! But America, my country, has seen her share of wars and rumors of war. From the American Revolution to the Civil War to World Wars I and II and beyond until Armageddon, her soldiers have fought valiantly for God, country, family, and freedom. In some conflicts she has seen victory, in some defeat, but always she has had God on her side fighting with her to abolish oppression and slavery and ensure the principles of freedom, liberty, and justice for all. Her motto became then and now still is in God we trust. These are my stories of America's greatness and of the men and women who made her so. These are a soldier's tales. God bless America!

Chapter 2

Written in the Stars: The Fate of America

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

—Joel 2:28

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

—Acts 2:16–21

I remember the exact day and hour that it happened. It was a beautiful summer day in mid-July 2017. We were attending a weeklong, five-day Bible camp for teens age twelve to sixteen years old. Our pastor and camp counselor, Reverend Albert Bert Olson, had suggested a picnic lunch in the meadow, beside a fishpond that served as a swimming hole, and we were now relaxing on the bank of the creek that fed into the pond.

I, Eve Evangel Jacobs, lay on my back in the meadow and looked up at the brilliant blue of the summer sky, filled horizon to horizon with thousands of fluffy white clouds. There, I spotted a rabbit, and beside it, a bird in flight. My companions spotted shapes as well.

Nathan called out, Look! That looks like a ship sailing into the west!

That one looks like a horse galloping, with its mane flying, as it jumps over a fence, Josh pointed out.

Raymond said, That weird-looking group of clouds looks like a giant dragon with a long, snakelike tail.

I laughed about it at the time as I watched the dragon move across the sky.

When night fell, we camped out under the stars and watched the moon rise in all its glory. We searched the heavens for the first star to appear and then sat amazed as the skies lit up with a million stars. We told stories about the heavens—stories that had been related to our parents and our grandparents and our ancestors for thousands of years and for a thousand generations.

The Hebrews, later known as the Jews, told stories about the creation of the universe. They based their stories on their heroes of olden times and related them to the constellations, stars, and planets. Thus were the legends passed down from ancient times. In time, other nations adopted these legends as their own, and thus were the myths and legends immortalized as the gods of ancient cultures: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.

I, Eve, told them about the constellation Perseus, the hero. When King David was a boy, about our age, I explained, he faced the giant Goliath, with only a slingshot and some stones, and slew him in the name of the Lord, the God of the nation Israel.

Then Nathan told us about Samson. Samson was the strongest man who ever lived! He slew a thousand enemy Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey, and he killed a lion with his bare hands. Samson even brought down the roof of the pagan temple upon the heads of his enemies the Philistines/Palestinians by pushing against the two central supporting columns of their coliseum. This was after he was betrayed by his girlfriend Delilah, and his eyes were gouged out by those same enemies. He is represented by the constellation Hercules.

Raymond was next. He said, The prophet Elijah, represented by the constellation Aquila, ‘the eagle,' was fed by ravens after he fled from the wrath of the wicked Queen Jezebel and her husband King Ahab of Northern Israel. Jezebel introduced pagan idol worship to Israel and brought eight hundred of her priests to live there, four hundred priests of Baal and four hundred priests of Ashtoreth. Jezebel was furious with Elijah and sought his life because he had bested her eight hundred priests of the idol Baal, the god of thunder, lightning, and rain [Thor], and Baal's consort Ashtoreth, the goddess of fertility, in a contest to decide who was the true God of Israel, Jehovah, the Lord God Almighty, or the idol Baal. God won!

As we sat around the campfire and grilled hotdogs and toasted marshmallows, Lucille told of how her great-grandmother related to her the story of David and Jonathan and their legendary friendship. Jonathan was the son of King Saul and the crown prince of Israel, the heir apparent, next in line for the throne, she said. He was a great warrior, a hero of the people, and a good military strategist. He could make battle plans in his head and carry them out fearlessly in a moment of time. When Jonathan's father, King Saul, became jealous of David and tried to kill him, Jonathan devised a plan whereby to warn his best friend David of his danger. Jonathan took a servant with him out into the fields for archery practice and shot arrows into the woods. He cried out to his servant, ‘The arrow is far beyond you,' warning his friend David to flee far away and thus saving David's life. Later, when Saul and Jonathan were killed in battle, King David mourned for the loss of his best friend. Jonathan is represented by the constellation Sagittarius, ‘the archer.'

Josh's turn was next. He said, "Moses, ‘the lawgiver,' is represented by the constellation Libra, ‘the scales of justice.' Moses,