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By Graham Keet
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“Out, Ma, for a walk.”
“With Jason again? I told you not to mix with them.”
“What do you mean by them?”
“You know what I mean – Jason and his friends.”
“Yeah, you’ve told me, the mix is wrong; everything I do is wrong. I’m eighteen, but you treat me like I’m eleven.”
Mrs. Whitely moved closer to her daughter, who moved away before her mother could place a gentle hand on her arm. “I’ve told you that the troubles are starting, and it’s important that you don’t mix with them. Mortals can mix with immortals, but we have no part of those in rebellion. I spoke to the sector leader today, and he confirmed that the rebellion is starting in earnest now.”
“The sector leader – always the sector leader; he can’t understand how I feel – he’s not one of us, he’s not a mortal.”
“No, he’s an immortal, with a glorified body – don’t you think that counts for something?”
“Don’t tell me you still believe immortals are better than us, Ma. You must hear Valentino speak – he makes perfect sense. Why should people who don’t understand us govern us? They don’t know how we feel, especially how we feel about each other. After all, the immortals can’t truly mix with us, they can’t have sex, have babies, and …”
“Enough of that, Carla. The immortals are the Lamb’s representatives – they have been chosen to rule and reign over us.”
“Why should they make the rules? Why was it necessary to keep Valentino locked away all this time? It was totally unjustified.”
“Because he deserved it. He should still be locked away.”
Carla sighed, “Okay, Ma, let’s leave it at that. Jason and I are going to the arena. Valentino will be beamed in this evening, and he has promised to explain how we are to free ourselves from the tyranny of the immortals. The whole world will be viewing him on VisionCast. He has complete knowledge, and all the answers.” Carla slammed the door as she left, but immediately popped her head back. “Oh, by the way, I won’t be going with you on your annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles – Valentino says that’s an unnecessary waste of time.” Then she was gone.
Lorna Whitely went to her bedroom and knelt at the bedside. “Why is this happening to us, Lord? After a thousand years of peace, everything is in such turmoil; much like we’ve heard was the case during the tribulation before the Millennium Kingdom was established. We’ve had a wonderful life under the Lamb’s rule up till now, we love Him, and we love our sector leader who rules so wisely and compassionately over us. Above all I love my daughter; dearly – I just don’t like the crowd she’s mixing with. What’s going on, Lord? I need some answers.”
The voice transmitted telepathically into her spirit was clear: Revelation 20, verse seven onwards. She opened her multi-purpose communication device, and entered the text.
The words of the text were immediately transmitted to her brain, and in that instant she understood exactly why the mix was wrong, and why Carla must leave her new friends. The voice began:
‘When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore… But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur …’
Everything fell into place. In that moment of understanding she realized that Valentino was Satan, now released from the abyss, and that Jason and his friends had been deceived by him. It was vital that Carla should not mix with them anymore, lest she too suffer eternal damnation. She closed her eyes.
“Oh Lord, hear my prayer – only You can work this miracle …”
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