Thought that I would be nice and give you a little sample, a teaser if you will of my new upcoming thriller. So without further ado, I give you this small excerpt from my book. Enjoy!
Copyright © 2013 Pam
Funke
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coincidental.
The Kingdom of
Heaven
In the beautiful
courtroom of God Almighty, God sat on His throne with Jesus sitting on His
right hand. Gabriel and Michael were also in attendance, along with other
angels, cherubim and seraphim. They were all quietly watching the events taking
place on the earth. Jesus waved his right hand and they could see various
events play out before them from the past, the present and the things yet to
come. Michael could sense the Lord's displeasure with man. He watched as man
continued to lie, steal, covet, murder and worship false gods. It saddened him
to see so many choose their worldly ways instead of the Father. All through
time, each generation seemed to behave worse than the generation before them.
One nation in
particular seemed to sadden the Father more so than the others. Michael watched
as Jesus seemed to focus more on The United States of America. They watched the
birth of the great nation. God seemed to take great delight in the birth. Here
were a group of men working together to make for themselves a land in which
they could freely worship God without the fear of persecution. Here was a nation
that realized that they owed everything including their very lives to God. God
smiled as they signed the Declaration of Independence. He smiled as they sang
praises and worshiped Him.
Jesus waved his
right hand again and they saw the progression of the United States. They were
now involved in a war amongst themselves. They had forgotten their reason for
becoming a new nation. The equality, the rights of every man, woman and child.
God frowned as He watched them kill each other; not once thinking of turning
the situation over to Him and allowing Him to handle it. Jesus waved his right
hand again and they watched as this great nation fought alongside many other
nations in an effort to protect the freedom of others in a global dispute. When
will they learn to trust the Father completely? Michael shook his head as
they watched a new global battle take place against those that they had
previously fought for. When will it ever end?
Again Jesus waved
his right hand and they watched as horrifying acts of violence erupted and
passed one right after the other. The Korean War, the assassination of the
President of the United States, the
Vietnam War, the legalization of
abortion, the assassination of Martin Luther King, assassination attempt on
another US President, outbreak of the Aids virus, the bombing on Libya, the
Gulf Wars, the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon, the rise of blasphemous cults, riots in the streets, the rise of gangs, the increase of gang
violence, sexual predators, serial killers, bombing of Oklahoma
city, the list went on and on. It was
all very depressing. Why have they not cried out to the Father? Do they not
know that He alone is all powerful? I don't understand them. Michael looked
at Jesus, but said nothing.
Once again Jesus
waved his right hand and they saw the present state of the United States.
Things have not changed for the better. At least, not that Michael could see.
The people of the United States have fallen from the grace of God. They have
completely turned their backs on Him. They have removed Him from their homes,
their schools, their places of work and from their very lives. They return evil
with evil instead of turning it all over to the Master. Each and every day
their sins overpower the good. Michael lowered his eyes in sadness.
He slowly turned
towards Jesus, "They have become like city of Sodom. How long Lord, will
you allow them to continue down this path of destruction?"
Jesus nodded sadly
to Michael and Gabriel giving them authority over the land. "If you can
find 5,000 righteous I will spare the land," Jesus said.
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