by Evan Ansot
Eddie got up from his chair and asked Youssef if he would like to go for a walk and get some fresh air. Youssef arose and out the door they went. The two Egyptian bodyguards started to follow but were stopped by Youssef who said, “This is private between myself and my father, we have some catching up to do.”
“But, Youssef, what about our dreams?” said Omar.
“I will let you trail behind me, but not too close, we need our privacy,” said Youssef.
Four doors down from them, Shimon, who was watching through his motel room window, noticed Eddie and Youssef leaving the nearby motel room with the other two Egyptians following behind, but not too closely. A certain unease coursed through Shimon’s body. He didn’t like this one bit, two people he was keenly interested in going for a walk while there were two stalkers somewhere, maybe lurking nearby, maybe not. He wasn’t about to take this chance.
“Let’s go,” said Shimon.
Benjamin and himself loaded their pistols and left their motel room. Once Eddie and Youssef and his two bodyguards were a good ways away, they headed into the parking lot and proceeded to follow the foursome. They were all walking down a lane that was coursing its way down the mountain.
“I don’t like this one bit,” said Shimon.
“Me neither,” said Benjamin.
The Egyptian pair of bodyguards were fifty meters behind Eddie and Youssef. The Israeli pair trailed the Egyptians by another fifty meters to make them one hundred meters behind father and son.
“So tell me about yourself,” said Eddie.
“Well,I’m a lawyer who became a politician,”said Youssef.
“A politician? That’s dangerous business,” said Eddie.
“What about you?” asked Youssef.
“I’m an electrician who is becoming a writer,”said Eddie.
They both erupted in laughter.
“I know,” said Eddie. “It’s a strange world we live in. You never know what tomorrow may bring.”
“That’s the truth,” said Youssef.
Eddie was about to say something when a black sedan with two men inside pulled up alongside them. The passenger stuck out his pistol and proceeded to shoot four times in their direction. The first grazed Eddie in his left arm. As Eddie twisted around from the impact, the second shot struck him in his lower back, the third shot missed, and the fourth shot struck Eddie in his left shoulder as he was falling down to the pavement.
Several shots rang out at the black sedan as it sped away from the scene. One of the shots struck the passenger side front tire and made it explode. As it did, the sedan lost control and the vehicle went off into the ditch and down the side of the hill in a rush of exploding flames.
Omar and Abdul were running toward Youssef who was cradling Eddie into his arms. Shimon and Benjamin were not too far behind them, their guns drawn.
“It looks like they got me,” said Eddie. He way laying down, bleeding profusely from three different gunshot wounds and fading in and out of consciousness.
“Hang in there, Father!” yelled Youssef.
Once Shimon arrived at the scene, his training kicked in, and he began shredding his jacket so that he could apply tourniquets to Eddie.
“Get on the phone and call emergency!” yelled Shimon to whoever would listen. That act had already been accomplished as Elizabeth and the twins were running down the lane to the scene of the shooting. While she was running, she was on the phone making the call.
For the second time in his life, Eddie was staring at a swirling black circle known as the abyss on one side and a brilliant circle of light on the other. He moved toward the light as he had done nineteen years ago and at once saw the friar known as Francis.
“Eddie,” said Francis.
“Yes Francis,” said Eddie.
“Eddie it is time to go see the Father,” said Francis. Immediately, the angels Samuel and Thomas led Eddie
by the hand into the middle of the bright light and to the throne room of heaven. As he was passing into the light, he was watching, alongside the swirling lights, his life pass before him. The whole thing is being played out like some kind of movie, thought Eddie. Shown in snapshot increments of his childhood first then his adolescence and into the navy and beyond.
As he was watching this experience, he was reliving and feeling not his own experiences but of those whom he had affected. When he got into a fight at the age of ten at school, he felt the punch he had delivered to the other. When he had ignored a girl who had a crush on him at thirteen, he felt her pain and isolation. He was reliving his life all over again but from the perspective of others and not himself. Eddie was truly learning that what one sends out, one receives.
“Fear not, Eddie, and continue on,” said Francis. He saw images placed in front of him whose lives he had affected—his father, whom he turned his back on; his mother, sister, brother, whom he had all lost touch with.
He saw Sarah Rabin holding a baby close to her bosom and saying, “Thank you, Eddie, for giving me Anna. I will never forget you.”
He saw Sabah Sharif, worried about what others may think but still playing with little Youssef and thanking Eddie for bringing this bright light into her life.
He saw Maria Anotelli struggling with life until she had given in. Then a little child being led by eagle’s wings to the Badia Fiorentina in Florence and being rescued by a caring nun.
Eddie looked at Francis and asked, “Who are these?” “Those are whom you have affected the most. Continue on, Eddie,” said Francis.
Eddie then saw Elizabeth giving childbirth to the twins Jessica and Joan. She had almost died during the process and only the Holy Spirit of the Father had saved her.
“The bloodline, Eddie, you are the key to it all. You began the process of redemption and you will finish it,” a voice said out of the light.
He witnessed an old man sending his son away, never to see him again, only because he was told to. He then witnessed the same old man who had a young child on an altar ready to be sacrificed. The old man had a knife in his hand and was ready to sacrifice the child when he heard a voice that said, “No, Abraham!”
Eddie watched as the old man unbundled the child and set him free. The young child ran away from the old man to his mother, both never to speak to him again. Eddie watched as the old man withered away to nothing at the loss of his wife and only sons.
“But he only did as God had commanded!” shouted Eddie. Tears were running down Eddie’s cheeks at the sadness of Abraham. “He only did what you told him to and for that he lost the love of his wife and his sons. He cast one son away into the desert at your command and then lost his other due to everything you required him to do! It’s not fair! Why did you do this to him? Why did you do this to me?”
The voice of the light said,“You chose all this beforehand, Eddie.”
Eddie then watched a scene play out in front of him that showed Abraham’s younger son giving birth to twins who fought. One prevailed and gave birth to twelve more sons. He watched as Abraham’s older son also gave birth to twelve sons.
Each of the set of twelve sons both rose up to be great nations, hating each other, making continuous war against each other. Eddie heard a voice that said, “Eddie, your children have been at war for thousands of years. It is now time for them to make peace with each other. They are the key to world peace.”
“But how can I accomplish this?” asked Eddie.
“You created it, you can solve it,” the voice said.
“But how, my Lord?” asked Eddie.
“You must wipe away the tears of Abraham by having his children love each other as they once did before you sent Ishmael off into the desert,” said the voice.
“That is not my fault! You ordered me to do that!” shouted Eddie.
“For a reason,” said the voice. “As your children were divided, so shall your children be united. Only then can all things be made manifest.”
“How?” asked Eddie.
“Youssef,
son of Abraham, son of Philip, has already found you. You have a daughter in Israel known as Anna Rabin who lives in Haifa. Another daughter, Gabriella Anotelli, who lives in Florence, Italy. All three must unite for this to be a world of peace. One is Muslim, one is Jewish, and one is Christian. All three faiths must unite for the world to find the prophesied peace. This will be done through your children. As happens often in history, a common enemy is the only thing, which truly unites people. A common enemy will unite this world. But your children must come first.”
“So my children are the key?” asked Eddie.
“They have always been the key, going back to the days when you were Abraham,” said the voice.
Eddie could only wonder at the voice. My children always were the key.
Francis grabbed his hand and led him further.
Out of the light appeared the man called Jesus.
“Philip, it has been a long time since we broke bread together,” said Jesus.
“I have missed you, my Lord,” said Eddie.
“I have news for you to take back to Australia. Tell your son to go find his sisters,” said Jesus.
“Gabriella and Anna?”
“Yes, Philip. He is to find them and protect them from the forces that are trying to destroy all of them,” said Jesus.
“Which forces my Lord?”
“The gates of hell,” said Jesus.
“Is there anything else?” asked Eddie.
“I come soon,” said Jesus.
“Come quickly, my Lord,” said Eddie.
June 3, 2015
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Eddie had been left in a coma for five days after the
shooting with no signs of recovery. He had been shot three times. His left arm had been grazed, which had caused minimal damage. The shot to his lower back had shattered three vertebrae. If Eddie were to live through any of this after the bullet cut into his spinal column, he would never be able to walk again. The last shot had missed his heart by an inch. The massive amount of blood loss at the scene had left Eddie unconscious and barely alive.
The physicians at the Royal Brisbane Hospital had worked for eighteen hours saving Eddie’s life. Three times he had flatlined during this process.
The Australian police had performed an investigation and concluded that it was a random act of violence against Youssef and Eddie from unknown perpetrators. They wouldn’t know who had performed this dastardly deed until dental records could be matched up with the two who had burned to death at the crash at the bottom of Mount Tamborine.
They deduced that the criminal’s real target was Youssef Sharif and that Eddie had shielded him and therefore saved his life. To the Australian police, it all looked like an act of terrorism against an Egyptian politician.
The police were suspicious as to why Youssef was there in the first place, but the three Egyptians had told them that they were all there on a vacation. After all, Mount Tamborine was a beautiful vacation site. The two Israelis had followed suit and told them the same story. The Australians didn’t buy this story for one second, but there wasn’t much they could do about it. They took their identifications and all checked out. The police instructed the hospital staff to alert them once Eddie was to come out of his coma for questioning.
Those holding vigil around Eddie were Elizabeth and her twins, Jessica and Joan; Youssef and his two bodyguards, Omar and Abdul; and the two Israelis, Benjamin and Shimon.
Once things settled down to a routine of watching over Eddie, introductions from the eight members were made. The two Israelis explained to the rest of the gathering the reason for their presence there. This surprised and shocked both Elizabeth and Youssef.
Shimon and Benjamin explained to both about Anna Rabin and her daughter, Miriam. They left nothing out including the visions from the archangel Michael and what was said in those visions.
Youssef took his turn explaining all the supernatural events that led him to Eddie. Needless to say, this was all a mind-blowing experience for Elizabeth. She would look down at Eddie and wonder at just what kind of amazing man she had fallen in love with. This man has touched so many people both far and wide, spending almost all of his life without knowing about any of it.
Youssef told the Israelis about his visit with the Sufi mystic, telling all that was told to him in regard to Eddie being the incarnated prophet Abraham. Rabbi Benjamin Yahuda had thought he had heard it all until this story was told. The father of the Jews, lying in bed right in front of us. This shook the rabbi to his very being. Life turning into the surreal and beyond, the father of three faiths lying not five feet away from me.
Elizabeth shared all the information that she and Eddie had uncovered.
Much information was shared among the faithful attending to Eddie that the whole scene looked like it was taken straight out of scripture. Characters were being listed and prophecy fulfilled.
As they all sat around Eddie chatting on June 3, he finally stirred. It started with his eyes fluttering, and finally they were open to a crowd of people around him looking at him with large smiles.
“What are you all looking at?” asked Eddie. “Haven’t you ever seen a man in a hospital bed before?”
Elizabeth rushed over to him, gave him a big kiss, and said, “I thought I had lost you. Thank you, God, for giving him back to me!”
“Not yet, honey,” said Eddie.
“I’m so glad you came out of it!” cried Elizabeth.
“I can’t feel my legs,” said Eddie.
“I’m sorry,Eddie,but you won’t be able to,”said Elizabeth with a tear running down her face.
He kissed Elizabeth again, “I love you. I always will.”
“And I love you,” she said.
Eddie then motioned for Youssef. “I have something I need to tell you, my son.”
Youssef moved closer to his father and leaned in.
Eddie whispered, “You are to find your sisters. One of them is a nun in Florence, Italy, her name is Gabriella Anotelli. Another is in Haifa, Israel, her name is Anna Rabin. Find them and the three of you are key to having peace in this world. You are all destined and chosen for this mission. But beware because the gates of hell will be opposed to all three of you.”
“Yes, father, I will,” said Youssef.
“It’s very important, my son,” said Eddie.
“I understand father,” said Youssef.
“Find them. Save them. Then come back to me,” said Eddie. He then started crying himself and managed to get out, “I love you, my son. I’m very proud of you.”
“Me too.”
There was not a dry eye in the room at the conversation between father and son. These two men, who had accomplished so much for humanity in the past, were once again asked to give more. Ishmael was being asked by a dying Abraham to go save the world.
“I am Anna Rabin’s rabbi,” said Benjamin to Eddie.
“Then you need to go with him and help keep my daughter safe,” said Eddie.
“Who should I go to first?” asked Youssef.
“Gabriella. The archangel protects Anna and her children, but beware, Lucifer covets the bloodline, so don’t take too long getting there. But go to your sister in Italy first, because you will need her strength in Israel,” said Eddie.
With that remark, the two Israelis exchanged looks with each other.
Eddie continued, “Youssef, you need to go find your sister in Italy and then both of you go to your sister in Israel. She is going to need both of you.”
He then motioned again for Elizabeth. “Honey, you are going to need to finish that third book I began. The one about the bloodline. The first two and that one in particular will take care of all your future financial needs,” said Eddie.
“I don’t know how to write like you. And you aren’t going anywhere!” exclaimed Elizabeth.
“Talk to the spirit. The angels will finish it for you. Just be their scribe,” he whispered.
Then Eddie faded back
off to sleep for good. His last words were spoken.They tried to awaken Eddie but couldn’t revive him. Doctors rushed into the room, desperately trying to save him, but it was of no use, his mission fulfilled.
This man who thought he was a nobody had come into this world and once again had changed it.
Elizabeth screamed, “Oh god, no! Please don’t take him from me! No! No!”
The physicians desperately worked on Eddie for the next fifteen minutes to no avail. The man who was Abraham, Elkanah, Zechariah, and Philip returned home to the Father to await his next mission in this world.
This man, who had never given himself much credit in this life, had returned and had set into motion a chain of events that would once again change the course of history. The man who wondered if he would leave any kind of legacy behind because he thought he was childless would end up fathering five children. All of them prophesied in scripture.
Three days later, on June 6, Eddie Dudley was laid to rest in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Those attending were his lover Elizabeth Dudley, two of his daughters twins Jessica and Joan, his son Youssef Sharif along with Omar and Abdul, and the two Israelis Benjamin Yahuda and Shimon Katz. The good rabbi from Israel performed the services. United States Marines from the American Embassy performed a three-volley salute to honor Eddie’s military service to his beloved country. Elizabeth was given the United States flag that had adorned Eddie’s casket. In months to follow, a tombstone would be made which would read as follows:
Here Lies Edward Ronald Dudley
Born November 21, 1963
Died June 3, 2015
The Father of Three Faiths
Below the line that read The Father of Three Faiths were the cross, the six pointed star, and the crescent moon. The three symbols for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
Also attending to the services were the two angelic beings, Samuel and Thomas, who were there to give homage to the patriarch of the three faiths.
They were escorting him back to the Father once the services were finished, when at once appeared an entire regiment of giant lizard men led by the demon Baphomet along with the seductress Lilith. As Baphomet and his army of demons attacked Samuel and Thomas with flaming swords, Lilith grabbed the now-spirit known as Eddie Dudley and vanished into the kingdom of Tartarus.