America’s election was supposed to be a nail-biter. Instead, the margin of victory was so pronounced that, within hours of polls closing, the race was called: Donald Trump, president-elect.

Trump’s victory was not just an impossible political comeback—it was a miracle. After all the pressure, persecution, censorship, lawsuits, assassination attempts and more that this man had endured, some pundits compared his win to a resurrection.

Four years ago, everyone said Donald Trump was finished. Everyone except Gerald Flurry.

Remember how bleak the situation looked after the 2020 election—and remember what Mr. Flurry was saying and writing at that time. He staked his reputation and that of this entire organization on the forecast that President Trump would return. He could not have stuck his neck out any further!

People abandoned him over it. Some left the Philadelphia Church of God (pcg). I hope and pray the dramatic vindication of Mr. Flurry’s position prods them to recognize their error and to repent.

Seeing Mr. Flurry behind the scenes of the Philadelphia Trumpet production made the 2024 election outcome even more dramatic. For instance, I met with him on Sept. 19, 2024, to discuss the strategy for the next two Trumpet issues—one would go to press before the election, the second, two weeks after. Mr. Flurry had said for years that Barack Obama was a modern Antiochus with far more power than anyone realized; by 2024, more people were starting to see that. Yet in a sermon on July 6, 2024, Mr. Flurry said that Obama’s power had peaked and that he was being silenced. In that September meeting, Mr. Flurry told me he thought the 2024 election would go smoothly. That would mean no major lawfare, no congressional or Supreme Court intervention, no riots, no civil war. He said the next phase of delivering God’s prophetic message to the United States could start with that second Trumpet issue.

I was stunned by that statement. I was bracing for ugliness. Anything could have happened in that election, including its outcome being delayed for weeks or months. Almost every outcome would have torn this divided country apart. The only outcome that would hold things together and pave the way for a genuine national resurgence, in fulfillment of 2 Kings 14, was a huge Trump win. That is what Mr. Flurry was anticipating. And that is exactly what God brought about.

Mr. Flurry had no insider knowledge from political contacts. What he had was faith. He had faith that the Bible’s prophecies are sure, faith that his understanding of them was from God Himself, faith that enabled him to proclaim them and act on them—even when, by all appearances, they seem impossible.

And sure enough, he was right. Trump’s decisive victory showed God’s power and validated prophecy. It also confirmed—as have many other events over the past nearly four decades—that Mr. Flurry knows what he is talking about.

God is backing up His man. It is inspiring to see.

An end-time prophecy in Ezekiel 33:33 says, “And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.” God does work through prophets, as Bible history shows. He is working through a prophet now, and people must know it—and they will. The most important people who must know this are God’s people, including the Laodiceans. Others will be called by God and given His Holy Spirit later, many after they die and are resurrected. But for those few who have been part of God’s true Church and received His Holy Spirit, now is their only chance.

We all need to take a crucial lesson from what happened in this election. It should be a faith-building experience for all of us. In fact, one of the major tools God gives us to build our faith is the personal example of Mr. Flurry.

How the PCG Started

I have worked at the pcg (publisher of the Royal Vision and the Philadelphia Trumpet) for more than 27 years, and I have interacted with Mr. Flurry quite a lot. It has been instructive and inspiring to see him lead this Work. I have seen the way he conducts meetings, the way he makes decisions, the way he resolves problems. He works hard to let Jesus Christ lead him. Many examples stand out in my mind of how he walks by faith—Bible-based faith.

When Herbert W. Armstrong died and his successors in the Worldwide Church of God (wcg) censored and suppressed what he had taught, Mr. Flurry refused to go along. God revealed to him Malachi’s Message, which boldly called out the evil that was taking place. He knew he would be fired, excommunicated and ridiculed for it, and he was. But he knew God had given him His message and a commission to do His Work. He went from being part of a Church of tens of thousands with a huge headquarters and operations worldwide to $80 and 12 members. But he had the truth. He had the Bible’s prophecies—and that was enough to show him he was on the right path.

After warning wcg members for seven years about what was happening, Mr. Flurry stepped out in Bible-based faith to begin printing Mystery of the Ages and other books by Mr. Armstrong that his successors had removed from circulation. He risked—and incurred—a lengthy legal battle. It lasted six years. It included winning in district court, losing on appeal, and being denied a hearing from the Supreme Court and heading for a damages trial in which the pcg would be forced to pay the wcg. The pcg was on the precipice of bankruptcy. Yet Mr. Flurry stated, “I prophesy to you that, one way or another, God will provide a way for us to mail that book again.”

Then came the dramatic day in 2003 on which wcg lawyers abruptly capitulated and sold the pcg the full copyrights! That happened on a day that Mr. Flurry had said was deeply significant: the anniversary of Herbert Armstrong’s death, January 16.

What an example of faith in action. Throughout that ordeal, Mr. Flurry simply kept in mind that God had inspired what Mr. Armstrong had taught, and had inspired him to say that Mystery of the Ages, the summary of all the truth God had restored through him, should go to “the largest audience possible.” Mr. Flurry knew this perfectly aligned with God’s Word and the commission He had given His Church. That is how he knew God wants this printed!

‘The Just One’

Throughout the court case, God kept revealing more scriptural reasons why God’s people were in that battle and showing we would win. One of these is in Habakkuk, which foretold this very court battle. The first chapter talks about two individuals, one unjust and the other just. Then, in Habakkuk 2:4, is this statement: “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”

As Mr. Flurry explains in his booklet Habakkuk, “the just” means “the just one.” The “just one” described here is Mr. Flurry. This man lives by his faith.

“This just man must live by his faith,” Mr. Flurry writes in Habakkuk. “He believes God and lives by the Bible. And every one of you should follow that faith—not the man. If you really want to live—if you want God to fill your life with stunning miracles and exciting growth—you must live by faith” (emphasis added).

Think on that statement. Here is an excellent yardstick to measure how much you and I are walking by faith in our lives: Is God filling your life with stunning miracles and exciting growth? He certainly is doing that for this Work! That is because Mr. Flurry is living by faith, and he is surrounded by people who follow that faith.

In our individual lives, if we lack faith, we will not experience miracles and growth. We will be spiritually timid. We will lack spiritual confidence and boldness.

The solution is bold, Bible-based faith! That’s not a natural quality to have or an easy quality to build. That is why this lesson is so important: God knows it’s not easy, so He gives us a superb physical example to follow.

The Apostle Paul wrote about the leaders Christ places within His Church: “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation” (Hebrews 13:7). Whose faith follow. The Revised Standard Version translates the end of this verse, “[C]onsider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.”

What terrific practical advice! Do this, and we will latch on to that example and measure ourselves against it—and God can build faith in us and make us spiritually bold!

God’s one true Church is a work of faith, and it is led by a “just one” who lives by his faith! We need to remember him who has the rule over us and follow that faith of the just one.

If we don’t build faith in our lives, we will be stuck spiritually. But with faith, we can walk through doors and claim promises, just like that man is doing with this Work of God.

How This Work Was Built

This Work is full of examples of Mr. Flurry walking by Bible-based faith.

It didn’t “make sense” to establish a tiny liberal arts college in 2001. But Mr. Flurry was thinking about scriptures on education: the schools of Samuel, Elijah and Elisha. He remembered what God built through Mr. Armstrong. Now Herbert W. Armstrong College has trained hundreds of young people in God’s Church over 23 years!

It didn’t “make sense” to build Armstrong Auditorium. Yet Mr. Flurry remembered specific statements Mr. Armstrong had made based on scriptures like Haggai 2. He did his own scriptural study about the building of the two temples. He looked for guidance from God’s Word, then stepped out in faith to tackle a challenging project.

“[W]hat a vision that building will be!” Mr. Flurry wrote in a letter to supporters at that time. “And what a faith-building project for God’s people. Looking at it humanly, construction costs for that building simply will not fit into the budget. But we must look to God! as Jesus said, ‘with God, all things are possible’!” (Sept. 7, 2007).

Mr. Flurry has followed this pattern over and over: walking by faith based on the Word of God. This Work could never have been built any other way.

Mr. Flurry has bold, Bible-based faith. That is what we need in our individual lives.

How strong is your faith? Would you like more of it? Here is how faith comes: “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). Real faith is grounded in the Bible and its promises.

Mr. Armstrong wrote in The Plain Truth About Healing: “One man expressed it very well: ‘Faith is the assurance that the things which God said in His Word are true and that God will act according to what He has said in His Word. This assurance, this reliance on God’s Word, this confidence, is faith!’ And it is a true Bible definition. This Work of God has been built by putting it into actual practice.”

That is what built God’s Work under Mr. Armstrong—and that is what builds God’s Work today: bold, Bible-based faith.

Our Work in Jerusalem

Another inspiring example is the Church’s work in Jerusalem. Why are we there today? Because Mr. Armstrong was in Jerusalem, and Mr. Flurry has faith that God opened the doors for him to be there. We are there because Mr. Armstrong said their excavation work was physically preparing that place for Christ’s Second Coming, and Mr. Flurry has faith that is true.

Most of all, we are there because of specific biblical prophecies that indicate God’s people are going to have a presence there right before Christ returns. Mr. Flurry has pointed us to those scriptures many times in Psalm 102, Isaiah 22 and 40, and elsewhere. It was these scriptures that inspired Mr. Flurry to begin looking for a door to open in Judah, the Jewish nation in the Middle East today.

On May 6, 2006, Mr. Flurry gave a sermon where he quoted Amos 7. There an end-time “Amaziah” tells God’s prophet, “O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there” (verse 12). “Why to Judah?” Mr. Flurry asked. “Well, I think there are some scriptures that might indicate why, and maybe God is putting those words in the mind of that man about his plan, what he’s going to do with us. …It’s a command, I think, coming from the top political office in the land. … ‘Get out! And go to Judah and prophesy there.’ And we may do just that. … In other words, they’re stopping the commission, it would seem, here in the U.S., and maybe there is a short work to be done someplace else.”

He then connected this to Isaiah 40:9, where God says, “[S]ay unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!” Realize: God’s Church has a growing work in Jerusalem today largely because this verse says someone must deliver a behold your God message to the cities of Judah right before the world plunges into the Great Tribulation and Jesus Christ returns!

At that time, the Trumpet had just published an article about Dr. Eilat Mazar’s excavations in the City of David. Shortly after that sermon, Dr. Mazar’s activities became amplified in importance in Mr. Flurry’s mind. And soon after, God opened that door wide!

Remember, God praised Abraham for his faith. Abraham believed God and acted upon that belief. God told him, Get up, leave your life behind, and move your family to a land I will show you. Abraham just got up and moved.

That is essentially what Mr. Flurry is doing. He is following the direction of the Holy Spirit and using Scripture as his guide. When God makes a promise or gives a command, Mr. Flurry gets up and moves!

The work of the pcg is a work of faith because we have a leader who walks by faith.

Walk by Faith

That is an example we need to follow in our personal lives. God tells us to live by faith—and that faith comes by hearing the Word of God. It is not a warm, fuzzy feeling. Our faith must be grounded in the Bible, like Mr. Flurry’s is.

We have to educate ourselves in what God promises in His Word to know what to have faith in. Then, armed with that knowledge, we need to believe! We must believe that God will reward us if we diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

As we do that, our faith is then fortified when we see God backing up His Word.

Winning the court case boosted Mr. Flurry’s faith. He put everything on the line: If the pcg hadn’t won those copyrights, it would have been a profound blow to this work. But God revealed what the prophecies meant, Mr. Flurry stepped out in faith—and God backed him up in a spectacular way.

God will do the same for you! If God commands something and you just obey, you will see the blessings—and your faith will grow.

What trial do you face? Are you tired or worn down? Do you feel like your trial is going on too long and you can’t handle it anymore? “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13). No matter how long the trial, never allow yourself to stop believing that!

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience” (James 1:2-3). Just do that! Count it all joy, and watch what God does in your life.

Isaiah 40:9, which says, “[S]ay unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!” also says, “[L]ift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid”! We are entering into times when the normal response will be fear. But God says, You can’t have a normal response and do what I’m asking you to do! Don’t be afraid. Don’t be timid. Lift up your voice with strength! He expects all of us to do that as we support His prophet.

Revelation 21:8 says that among those who will burn in the lake of fire—along with the “murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters”—is “the fearful, and unbelieving.” The Kingdom of God will not have faithless, timid God beings.

“[T]he righteous are bold as a lion” (Proverbs 28:1). Righteousness produces boldness: bold, Bible-based faith!It makes us bold as a lion. Revelation 5:5 describes Jesus Christ as “the Lion of the tribe of Judah.” That Lion lives—within you. He is about to return! He is asking each of us, When I come, will I find faith in you? (Luke 18:8).

Build bold, Bible-based faith, so you will be able to answer Him: Yes!