The sign of the Son of Man

A chapter from my ebook "Three Days of Darkness and the Coming Flood." Comments welcome.

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The earth lies in deep darkness; no light shines from the heavens. Panic grips the hearts

of men as they dreadfully await the outcome of this phenomenon. No one dares venture

outside; they stay indoors in a vain attempt to ward off the evil they know is outside.

They hear the gnashing of teeth, the sound of mournful cries. Nerves are shattered and

bravery abandoned as they ride out the worst time in earth’s history as they have known

it.

Off in the distance another scream; “Oh my God, no, no, no!” Then just as suddenly,

silence. Somehow as if instinctively, they summarize their fate. Whatever is out there is

hungry for human flesh!

Maybe we should have listened more closely to that raving old lunatic; each one thinks to

his or her self. But that old man sounded crazy, ranting and raving at the top

of his lungs; “Three days of darkness and God’s Devine judgment!” He shouted again,

“You have asked for a sign, a sign you shall receive!” “The sign of the Son of Man

awaits you,” he said.

Surely his words and the present situation had nothing in common. Surely this was mere

coincidence. That old gizzard had claimed to be the prophet who was to announce the

return of Jesus of Nazareth to claim His rightful place as king of the world.

But that was insanity. Still, what if he had been telling the truth all along? Another

scream broke through; “Oh my God, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” The words

stopped. What if that lunatic was saner than the rest of us? Nah, it couldn’t be.

In between the terror could be heard the songs of praise being sung to God for His great

sacrifice of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. How could they be singing at a time like

this? Those insensitive morons, couldn’t they hear the screams of desperation by their

fellow human beings?

Surely a God of love could not have sanctioned such a terrible thing as this. Surely He

would curse any human who could sing at such a traumatic time in the history of the

world. Anyway, where was God in all this? Why if He exists doesn’t He help?

The old fart had quoted from that outdated collection of books he called the Word of

God. He had warned mankind to repent and believe on the Son of God whom he

believed to be Jesus of Nazareth.

Indeed! How could he expect anyone to believe Jesus could still be alive after nearly two

thousand years? Still, he had found somewhat of a following. They were as mad as he

was.

He had said the Word of God declared a time of judgment just before Jesus’ return. He

claimed to know when Jesus was returning. Two thousand years after His ascension

into heaven. When asked why the calendar had passed the year 2000, he sputtered something to the effect that mankind had started the New Testament calendar 33 and a half years too early. He said they should have started it after the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, not at His birth.

Who did this guy think he was, changing the calendar? It wasn’t bad enough when the

new world leader did it. It took some getting used to. Now he wanted us to go back to

the old version, but accept his version that it was off by 33 and one half years, which

meant that this present darkness was the actual year 2000. Who could believe such

nonsense?

Voices could be heard thanking God for revealing these things to the simple and

confounding the wise in their own eyes. Just who did these people think they were,

making merry at a time like this? They were no better than the rest of us.

How had they found a way to keep their lights on when the rest of the world lay in total

darkness? Though their lights could not be seen by the rest of the world, they did have

light or they could not be singing and rejoicing. Who were they to judge the rest of the

world?

The animal noises outside were much more ferocious sounding than any animal ever

heard of. They sounded like something out of a horror classic only all too realistic. The

screams were not fake on the other side of the walls. What, or who, was out there killing

and eating human flesh?

The earth had left its orbit and been flung into darkness due to the nuclear war which

destroyed Iraq. The old buzzard had at least been right about the end results of this

nuclear war. He had said Iraq which he called Babylon would be destroyed by nuclear

war which would send the earth hurtling through space to a place of darkness. How he

knew this was beyond me.

Maybe he held a degree in physics or some such thing. Though that would not explain

how he knew it would be the Kurds, whom he called the Medes, who would destroy Iraq. I could not figure this guy out. He had to be crazy, but still I had to admit he had some things right on the money.

The war between the Kurds (Medes) and Iraq (Babylon) had escalated rapidly and

unexpectedly. The Kurds said they had a Devine decree to destroy Iraq. Ha, they were

as loony as the old man! What was this world coming to? A new beginning with Jesus

as its king if the old man was to be believed.

According to the old guy, after the world saw three days of darkness, Jesus would return to reclaim what Satan had stolen, the Earth. Jesus would return and gather His

Children up into the clouds of glory, he said. This, just before He in a rage, tipped the

world upside down, causing another world wide flood like the days of Noah. This was in

the Word of God as he called it.

This time however, God would not kill everyone due to a promise He made to Noah. God would however, kill all but 10% based upon another promise made to a man named Abraham who asked God if there were ten righteous to spare two cities named Sodom and Gomorrah. The old man had turned this to mean a percentage prophecy for the next world wide flood God would bring upon the earth. Go figure.

Another worldwide flood? There was no proof of any previous worldwide flood.

Apparently, this next flood was in one of those books the old guy quoted from. I believe

he had said it was in the book of Isaiah chapter 13 if I remembered correctly.

Preposterous! Why was I even thinking about these things? Wait! What’s that light?

Could it be the earth has returned to its original orbit around the sun? Oh, no! It can’t

be! Jesus!!!

The previous scenario was one of countless millions which will be played out by those

foolish enough to ignore the prophetic warnings given by the Word of God. I have

purposed in my heart not to allow this to happen to any more than is necessary.

The truths of God’s Word must be revealed to those who will listen. I am the voice of

one crying in the wilderness; “Make straight the way of the Lord (preach truth not error)

the Lord comes suddenly to His temple.” “His winnowing fork is in His hand, the wheat

He will gather into His barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire!”

These are the days of vengeance. The books shall be opened and the dead shall be judged according to their works.  Those who had done the good shall reap everlasting life.  Those who had done the bad go to everlasting shame and punishment.

Behold, I come quickly as a thief in the night (darkness); and my reward is with me. Be

ready therefore with your lamps burning and your wicks trimmed lest coming I should

find you sleeping. I am the everlasting light of light; those who find me shall never know

darkness. Revelation 3:3, Revelation 22:11-13.

Jesus Villalobos