Chapter
IX
The
silence was broken by
the sound of a door opening. A head poked through from behind
the
door. It was the stage hand from the other day who had
brought them the
box lunches.
“We’ve
got
plenty of left over make-your-own fajitas and fixings,” said the stage
hand.
“That
sounds
great!” said Chuck.
The
stage hand wheeled
in a cart laden down with fajita meat, beans, rice, tortillas, and
toppings. The six of them grabbed plates and started making
themselves
fajitas along with helping themselves to generous portions of rice and
beans.
“This
is
good,” said Obadiah.
“You
should have
been here when we had grilled salmon,” said the stage hand.
“Not that farmed stuff, fresh, right out of the Pacific.”
Chuck
extended his hand
to the stage hand, “Hey, I’m Chuck.”
The
stage hand shook
Chuck’s hand, “Yeh, I know. My name’s Greg.”
“Hey
Greg,”
said Chuck, “These are my friend, Dave, Obadiah, Virginia, Evelyn, and
Stuart.”
“Hey,
Greg,”
they all answered in unison.
“Do
you mind me
asking you a political question, Greg?” asked Chuck.
“Not
at
all,” said Greg.
Chuck
asked, “What
do you think of the President of the United States?”
Answered
Greg,
“Don’t tell the director I said so, but he’s Mr. AC for
sure.”
“Thanks,”
said Chuck, “And I’m not trying to put you on the spot, but would
you mind telling us what led you to that conclusion?”
“Love,
to,”
said Greg. “There I was. I’d been praying and
fasting
for three whole days and nights. No food, no water, no
nothing, just me
and my savior, JC. And then it hit me. I had a
revelation!
Just like Stephen Baldwin. It was like the windows of Heaven
opened. He’s Mr. AC all right. When I heard about
Stephen I
said, hey, that happened to me!”
“That
was
it?” asked Chuck.
“That
was
it,” said Greg. “I had an epiphany. Well, and then
him
being Mr.
DC,
sort of cinched the deal.”
“Mr.
District of Columbia?”
asked Virginia.
“Hadn’t
thought of that,” said Greg. “No, what I was talking about
was, you know, DC, Direct Current, Guy on Guy, the whole abomination of
desolation thing.”
“Abomination
of
desolation?” asked Chuck, raising an eyebrow.
“You
know
abomination,” said Greg. “That’s something just
horrendously immoral, disgusting, or shameful. Bet you didn’t
know
there were 69 verses in the Bible with the word “abomination” in
it. Sort of poetic don’t you think?”
“Greg,”
said
Chuck, “You’re going a little fast for me. Although
I
know what “abomination” means.
“Hey,
he’s
right!” exclaimed Dave, who had been off at the side typing
into
his laptop. “There are 69 verses. And when I typed
in the
word “abomination” and the word “man” and guess what
was the first verse? Here, let me read it.”
If
a
man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall
be upon them.
Leviticus 20:13
“That’s
what
I’m talking about,” said Greg. “Well, when I heard
about Mr. AC doing the choir director at his church, didn’t surprise me
a
bit.”
“You
mean, Donald
Young?” said Dave.
“Yeh,”
said
Greg. “But when he had Donald done in, that went too far.”
“That’s
all
conjecture,” said Obadiah. “Not, to be
argumentative.
And yes, I’m familiar with the book written all about it called
“lies, cocaine, sex, and murder”, or something like that. But
are you going to take the word of some guy named Larry who just
happened to
know this Donald, let’s say intimately. Maybe he loved
him.
And then Donald ends up dead. Got to blame
somebody. And then this
Larry just happens to say he’s had cocaine and sex with the president
also? Well, he wasn’t the president back then, just a
senator. But still, come on. How can you take the
word of an
admitted guy like that? Have you ever heard the president
admit
he’s had cocaine and sex? Well, maybe the cocaine part, but
definitely not the sex part.”
“Larry
so happens
to have passed many lie detector tests,” said Virginia.
“How many has the
president passed?”
“I
can see this is
going to be open for debate,” said Chuck. “But what intrigued
me with what Greg said is this “abomination of desolation”
thing. I know there are probably thousands, maybe millions
who believe
the president is who he is because of his, let’s say, sexual
orientation.
I thought it was all because of the verse in Daniel 11 about him not
regarding
the desire of women. I’m still convinced this verse in the
Bible is
not talking about sexual orientation but about the Christian and Jewish
religions, the desire of women to give birth to the Messiah.
But
I’m always open to listen. Greg - I was wondering if you
could
elaborate on this word, “desolation” and what it means to you, if
you don’t mind.”
“Gladly,”
answered Greg. “Didn’t mean to step on anybody’s toes
back there. “Desolation” just means “barren”.
A woman could be barren which is not the normal condition, but a man is
always
barren. Doesn’t matter how you plant the seed, a man is
always
going to be barren. Sorry ladies for being frank.
Chuck, the bottom
line is a man can’t give birth. He is forever barren.”
“Gotcha,”
said Chuck. “Dave, could you read us those verses we had out
about
the abomination of desolation?”
Dave
started reading:
He
will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the
'seven'
he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the
temple] he
will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that
is
decreed is poured out on him."
Daniel 9:27
(NIV)
“That’s
what
I’m talking about,” said Greg. “He’s gonna be
doing that wee willie’s winkie thing in the west wing.”
“You
mean like
Monica and Bill?” asked Stuart, who hadn’t shown that much interest
in the conversation till now, but had started leaning forward in his
chair.
“Yeh,”
said
Greg. Just like Monica and Bill. They did it
throughout the west
wing, didn’t they? That was sort of just a taste of the real
abomination of barrenness thing, if you ask me. I know people
who thought
Mr. Bill was Mr. AC for sure, especially after the sex and
cigar thing.
But you ain’t seen nothing yet. There’ll be rompings like you
wouldn’t believe. ‘Cept there won’t be any women
invited this time. Sorry, sometimes I get carried away.”
“Way
too carried
away,” said Chuck, “But your point is taken. You are talking
about sodomy and sacrilege in the seat of executive power of the most
powerful
country in the world. With the worst kind of sin.
Sin the Bible
calls an abomination. Sin that short circuits God’s command
to Adam
and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. Sin, so severe, it
required
God’s direct intervention instead of leaving it up to man. As
it
was for Pompeii, Sodom
and Gomorrah,
God’s judgment will not be too far behind.”
“Well
that makes
more sense than killing and eating a pig,” said Obadiah.
“What?”
said
Greg.
“And
what’s
wrong with eating a pig?” asked Stuart.
“Oh,
you know,”
said Obadiah, “Some people think Antiochus Epiphanes committed the
abomination of desolation when he desecrated the temple in Jerusalem
by sacrificing a pig in it.
And some people think the abomination of desolation will be when it
happens
again. Course, they need a temple in Jerusalem
first.”
“It
took Solomon
seven years to build the original temple,” said Dave. “Guess
they better get started.”
“And
build it with
wings this time,” said Chuck.
“And
build it
without the Moslems complaining,” said Virginia.
“I thought they
controlled the temple mount anyway? Aren’t there like two
mosques
up there? Isn’t one of them the Dome on the Rock?”
Stuart
interjected,
“I’ve heard a lot of people think the Dome on the Rock is the
abomination of desolation.” “Doesn’t it stand where it
ought not?”
“All
good
questions,” said Chuck. “But Greg, back to you.
What
brought you here?”
“Boy,
when I heard
about your play, “The Lawless One”, I knew I just had to get on
that gig!” answered Greg. “It’s an honor. Except
for that director that gives me the creeps. But the rest of
the cast are
great!”
Chuck
said, “Also
noticed you used the word “epiphany” back there.”
“Well,
I
did,” said Greg. “And I had one.”
Chuck
continued,
“Did you know that the word “epiphany” means to
“show” or to “make known” or to
“reveal”? Did you also know that Epiphany is a Christian
holiday on January 6th? That it
climaxes the Christmas season
counting 12 days from Christmas? It commemorates the visit of
the Maji to
baby Jesus when He was “revealed” as the Lord of Lords and King of
Kings as they presented him with the three gifts of gold, frankincense
and
myrrh.”
“Okay,”
said
Greg.
“But
lately,” said Chuck, “It has been associated with the lawless
one. He has co-opted it. He has used it as one of
his
conversational hypnotic phrases, “you will have an epiphany”
instead of “you are getting sleepy”.”
“You’re
exactly right,” exclaimed Dave, “Here is the quote from the speech
he gave. What audacity, he gave it January 7th,
2008, the day
after the Christian Epiphany Holiday.”
“A
light will shine down from somewhere. It will light upon you.
You will experience an epiphany and you will say to yourself, ‘I have
to
vote for’
“And
then he
actually stated his first name. It says this was a blatant
hypnotic
suggestion to get people to vote for him. His speeches and
the
conversational hypnosis techniques he used made a lot of people vote
for him,
not of their free will. There are pages and pages of
documentation on
this.”
http://www.internet-grocer.net/hypnosis.pdf
“There
are
examples after example of him using the hypnotic trick of “pacing and
leading”. It talks about what he did is unlawful in many
jurisdictions. Well, just like the lawless one you would
think to do
something unlawful. Boy it’s going to take a long time
digesting
all this evidence, which is simply overwhelming. Used to be
you thought
great leaders had charisma. Although they may have been evil
incarnate,
most people thought Napoleon and Hitler had charisma in
spades. Boy, it
could have just been mass hypnosis. As if mass hypnosis makes
it any less
real. So we now have a third false Messiah. What’s
that
verse? Here it is.”
For
false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and
wonders,
to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mark 13:22
“I
noticed it said
false Christs and false prophets. It doesn’t say the false
Christ,
but false Christs, plural. So the Bible shows there are ones
before him,
the final antichrist. Interesting.”
“Hate
to leave but
I’m going have to continue this some other time,” said Greg.
“I’ve really enjoyed meeting you all though, but I’ve got to
get back to work.”
They
had all finished
eating and they all thanked Greg again for bringing them
lunch. Greg
wheeled out the cart and was gone. After Greg had left, the
rest of them
started talking about God’s providence in bringing them another like
minded believer.
“Guess,
we’re not that alone in our beliefs after all,” said Obadiah.
“I
saw a survey
about that a few months back,” said Stuart.
“So
did I,”
said Dave. “Let me find it. Although I must say I
don’t
believe that’s going to happen in the west wing. That’s just
sick.”
Obadiah
said, “I
agree with you.”
Dave
said, “I
found the survey link. Here it is.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/17/new-jersey-poll-33-of-rep_n_289896.html
“It’s
about
a poll taken in New Jersey where they found 21% of all respondents did
not
think he was born in the United States and a full 8% of all respondents
that he
was the antichrist. An additional 13% were not
sure. That means a
full 21% think that he either is or could be the antichrist.
Hey, if you
extrapolate that across the whole United States
with over 300 million
people that would be 3 million people per percentage point.
That would
mean over 3 times 8 or 24 million people, just in the United States
think he is the antichrist. And adding to that 3 times 13 or
39 million
people who think he could be. That’s a lot of
people! And
considering that doesn’t include anyone else in the world, and
there’s 20 times as many people in the whole world as in the United States!”
Chuck
said,
“Let’s make sure we aren’t skewing this number in our favor
when we apply it to every state in the Union.
Maybe New
Jersey
voted primarily against him to begin with.”
Dave
said, “Well,
let’s check that out. Here we are:”
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/
“No,”
continued Dave. “New Jersey
voted primarily for him. Hey look at the
total number of people who voted for him. It’s close to 66.6
million people. In fact, rounding off to the nearest thousand
there were
66,882 thousand that voted for him. Do you see what I see?”
“What?”
asked Obadiah.
“That
number
66,882 is 66,666 plus 216 on the dot!” said Dave.
“Wow!”
said
Evelyn.
Dave
started talking
again. “I realize the evidence we’ve seen the last few days
has been simply overwhelming. I don’t know how anyone with an
open
mind could look at all this evidence and reach a different conclusion
from what
we have.”
“That’s
the
point,” said Virginia.
“How many people now have an open mind? People have been so
brainwashed these days that you can’t find many people with open
minds. The media bombards us constantly to buy a certain
product or think
a certain way.”
“Yeh,”
said
Dave. “They use every trick in the book. But we
know they
aren’t the only ones. We know the lawless one is a master of
it. Although Milton Erickson pioneered the
technique. Let’s
look at that article more closer.”
http://www.internet-grocer.net/hypnosis.pdf
“My
goodness,” said Evelyn. “Looks like a scientific
paper.
Look at all the hidden hypnosis techniques in his speeches.
Over 60 pages
of evidence. It talks about the stern look and his fierce
countenance as
a technique where he scolds us like little children to get us to do his
will. That’s scary.”
“That
fulfills
even more Bible scriptures,” said Dave. “Here let
me
look them up.”
And of the ten
horns that were in
his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell;
even of
that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things,
whose look
was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:20
Whose
look was more stout. Sounds like a stern look to
me.
And couple that with:
And
in
the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to
the full, a
king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall
stand up.
Daniel 8:23
“Fierce
countenance sounds like mean looks to me, scolding us. And
understanding
dark sentences sure sounds like understanding incantations, the power
of the
spoken word, how to influence people through conversational
hypnosis. I
don’t know how the Bible could have described it more accurately.”
“Well,”
said
Chuck, “I can only praise my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for leaving
so
many clues in His word so I can also declare that I was once blind, but
now I
see.”
“Amen,”
said
the others.
“Amen,”
said
Chuck.