Birth of an Age

by James Beauseigneur

  “The human race has tasted the worst of this evil entity’s spiritual oppression and has stood defiant. It is the power of this defiance that has restored my life. It is the power of this defiance that has weakened the enemy. And it is this defiance that will usher in the New Age.”

  Though they still understood little, the people could hold their excitement no longer and began to cheer.

  “Let the calendars of the world mark this as the first day of the first year of the New Age. Let this day mark the beginning of your own liberation from the hands of the one who has tried to crush your spirit and to destroy your soul.

  “Let this date also mark the end of claims to exclusive truth held by backward groups like the Koum Damah Patar. John and Cohen are dead, their self-righteous claims lay lifeless with their bodies. Let no one boast that their way to god is better, for it’s not a god we should seek at all. It’s the power that lies within us. Let us no longer excuse ourselves as being ‘only human.’ Human is all we need to be! It is in our humanity that divinity resides. Immortality is yours to take! To those who follow me, I will give the power to live for a thousand years! Then you shall take your rightful place as evolved beings and shall never die!

  “Worthy are they who work for the advancement of Humankind, for the universe shall be theirs. Worthy are they who have learned first to love themselves, for they shall be able to love. Worthy are they who do not deny themselves the desires of their hearts, for they have understood that to do so is to deny their own nature. Worthy are they who draw their strength and hope from within themselves, for they shall find both. Worthy are they whose spirit is strong and defiant, for they shall be first in the kingdom of the universe. Worthy are they who forbid intolerance and crush that which restricts growth, for they will be called beacons of truth and guideposts to fulfillment.

  “Hear me and believe! Honor truth and growth with your allegiance!

  “To the Koum Damah Patar, I extend the hand of peace,” he said. “Join us and receive amnesty and acceptance.” Then in warning, he added, “If, however, you who are the first to experience the power of the New Age and who have tasted the sweet flavor and experienced the awesome power that already grows within you — if you do not turn from your ways of persecution and intolerance, then you shall be the first to feel the wrath of a planet that has grown beyond its willingness to submit! Humankind stands unshaken before the ill winds of your theistic persecution. We are defiant! We shall not bend the knee to any tyrant!”

  Because of the distance between the crowds and Christopher at the top of the pinnacle, and because of the way the wind blew his robes, few had seen and no one gave much notice to the two objects at Christopher’s feet. Certainly, no one suspected that the items had been taken from the Ark of the Covenant.

  “I have told you of an evil tyrant,” Christopher continued, turning his attention from the KDP and again to his broader audience, “a spiritual entity who has held the world in chains. For many who are listening and watching, it will come as no surprise that the one of whom I speak — the one for whom John, Cohen, and the Koum Damah Patar have inflicted such ruin — is the same one who has demanded that his people offer him the blood of innocent animals as tribute.”[101]

  Christopher paused to pick up the two items and raised them above his head. It still wasn’t clear to the audience in Jerusalem, but it was now obvious on television and online that he held two stone tablets. On the tablets a strange script could be seen clearly as the cameras zoomed in. Christopher was holding the Ten Commandments. A sudden gasp swept across the planet.

  “No longer!” Christopher shouted, his voice now showing his full fury. “No longer shall the senseless dictates of spiritual tyrants have dominion over this planet!” And with that declaration, Christopher hurled the two ancient tablets to the street, 180 feet below, where they shattered into pieces so small most couldn’t be distinguished from the tiny bits of gravel. In Jerusalem, the mostly Jewish audience, which to this point had been largely favorable to Christopher, now stood stunned and motionless in shock. Christopher had just taken a national religious treasure and transformed it to dust. His address had been stirring, but no one expected it to result in this.

  He continued, aware that he must quickly recapture the people’s attention if he was going to win their support. “The things I have promised are real and they are within humanity’s grasp!

  “Earth is not alone in the universe,” Christopher explained. “As has been long suspected, there are thousands of other planets in the universe where life exists. One of those, an ancient and beautiful world circling a star beyond the Pleiades, is known as Theata. Life there evolved long before it did on Earth, and the people of Theata had already advanced to the beginnings of their space age four billion years before the first one-celled animals appeared on the Earth. It is a planet where hunger and fear no longer exist, where death is unknown, where people have taken the final step of evolution and become one in spirit and flesh, a planet whose inhabitants have fully become the god that is within them! It is from this distant, highly advanced planet that life on Earth came. I have come that all that is theirs may be yours!”

  Christopher’s account of the origin of human life on Earth was interesting, but hardly sufficient to cause the people in Jerusalem to ignore what he had just done with the stone tablets brought down by Moses from Mount Sinai. Christopher sensed their unease and realized it was time to give the world a demonstration of his real abilities.

  “The future I offer is a future of power,” he proclaimed. “Including the power to control nature, as Robert Milner has shown you. But power, like the final steps of evolution, cannot be given. For it to be truly yours, it must be taken. Take and it will be given to you!

  “I have ended the reign of terror brought on by John and Cohen; I have ended the plague of madness which threatened the whole Earth; and now I shall begin the healing of our planet!”

  Christopher fell silent and stretched out his right arm with his palm down. For a long moment there was no sound, and the throng quickly began to murmur. Chaim Levin, the high priest, robes torn and covered with mud, saw his opportunity and began to draw their attention. But before he could speak, a stirring at the edges of the gathering distracted the attention of everyone.

  From the recently rain-soaked soil, there was visible motion as, before the eyes of everyone, grass and then flowers began to grow where before there had been none. As if viewing time-lapse photography, the people watched in awe as the Earth around them released plant life of beautiful greens, reds, yellows, and purples. Flowering bushes sprouted from the barren ground and suddenly the air filled with the fragrance of spring.

  But the miracle was not in Jerusalem alone. Christopher remained silent and motionless for nearly five minutes as throughout the world plant life began to spring up and grow. Across those continents struck by the asteroids’ effects, plant life exploded. Many of the smaller plants grew to full maturity in just moments and in the fire-blackened areas, young trees grew to heights of six, eight, and ten feet.[102]

  Finally Christopher lowered his arm and the amazing growth slowed again to normal speeds.

  “I have come that power such as this may be yours!” he shouted. There was evidence of exhaustion in his voice, suggesting that the proof of his powers had required a good deal of effort.

  “Again,” Christopher noted, making his point again, “I do not seek your worship. Instead I ask for your allegiance.” There was no hesitation now as the vast majority of the assembly, along with those around the world, clapped or cheered or shouted out his name.

  Again Christopher raised his right hand, but this time it was to quiet the crowd.

  “Some may ask,” Christopher continued, “what of the billions who have died in Yahweh’s disasters?” He paused to allow the thought to register with his listeners. He knew that while only a few might have that question in mind in the context of his speech, for many it undoubtedly would arise soon after. It
was better to deal with it now instead of waiting for it to be asked.

  Shaking his head sympathetically, he said, “It is not possible for me to restore all their lives. But those who mourn the deaths of friends and family need not grieve. Instead, rejoice in the knowledge that they aren’t truly dead. They will feel the Earth beneath their feet again, for gods cannot truly die. As Jesus told Nicodemus two thousand years ago, ‘You must be born again.’[103] So it is for those who have left us. Whether it is called reincarnation or being ‘born again’ or by some other name, the truth is that a few who died over the past three and a half years have already been born again and are infants and children even now. Nonetheless, as the Hindus and Buddhists teach, the suffering they underwent in their previous lives serves as a stepping stone to higher, brighter futures. So don’t weep or mourn. Dry your tears and rejoice that when they return, they will be born into the New Age, the Age of Ascension for all Humankind.

  “People of the Earth, people of Jerusalem, the time has come to put aside those things that separate us. The destiny of all Humankind awaits the unity of all Humankind. No longer let there be division between races or nationalities. And no longer let there be Gentile or Jew. All of these distinctions are now null and void,” Christopher said. “All people are the chosen people!

  “As such, let this building no longer be a temple to Yahweh, but a monument to the godhood of man. No more shall gentle innocent animals be led here for brutal slaughter to a bloodthirsty god. From this day forward the killing must cease and this Temple shall be open to all!”

  Standing near the front of the assembly, Decker Hawthorne braced himself for what he knew was about to come.

  “If any still doubt,” Christopher said, concluding his oration, “I offer a final proof that I am who I say, and that what I have told you is true. Four billion years ago, it took twenty-three hundred years, traveling at nearly the speed of light, for the crude Theatan space vessels to reach the Earth. Now, in their evolved, spirit form, that distance can be traveled in less than a second!

  “All that is Theata’s is yours for the taking. At this very moment there is a great host of witnesses all around us. They have come to lead, to guide each person of Earth in the way they must go to enter into oneness with the universe.

  “Can you see them?” Christopher cried. “Can you see them?” Christopher raised his right hand in the air, held his head back triumphantly and shouted, “Behold the hosts of heaven!”

  Suddenly the sky was filled with thousands of beautiful lights, some as small as the head of a pin, some hundreds of meters across, some moving slowly, some darting about at incredible speed.[104]

  “Behold the hosts of heaven!” Christopher thundered and then leapt from the pinnacle.[105]

  Study Guide Notes

  The Christ Clone Trilogy includes hundreds of twists and turns that address specific biblical prophecies. The following notes, which are linked to the events depicted in the story, identify the Bible passage (and provide the passage unless it is very long) that is being addressed, as well as any needed explanation. Where necessary to distinguish the author’s comments from scripture, the author’s comment appears in brackets and/or in Arial font (depending on your ebook software). Also included are notes of general interest including source information and brief explanations on matters of science and history related to the events depicted in the story. (Functionality of the links is dependent on your ebook reader.)

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  [1] (back) Revelation 6:14. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

  [2] (back) Revelation 6:12. I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red… [Note that the events described under the fifth seal, described in Revelation 6:9-11, do not occur within the view of those on Earth.]

  Revelation 6:14. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

  [3] (back) Revelation 6:12. I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red…

  Acts 2:29. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

  [4] (back) A misquotation of Ecclesiastes 3:3a. …a time to kill and a time to heal…

  [5] (back) Acts 2:29. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

  Revelation 6:12. I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red…

  [6] (back) Revelation 6:13. …and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.

  [7] (back) Revelation 6:15-17. Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

  [8] (back) Revelation 6:8. I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

  [9] (back) Revelation 6:8. I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

  [10] (back) Matthew 11:12-14. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

  Matthew 17:10-13. The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

  Mark 9:11-13. And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”

  [11] (back) Revelation 7:2-4. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

  Revelation 14:1. Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

  [12] (back) Revelation 8:7-12. [Quoted in text.]

  [13] (back) Revelation 11:3-6. [Quoted in text.]

  [14] (back) 1 Corinthians 13:9-12. [Quoted in text.]

  [15] (back) Genesis 11:6. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”

  [16] (back) Malachi 4:5-6. See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to th
eir parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.

  [17] (back) 2 Kings 2:11. As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

  [18] (back) Daniel 7:7-8. After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully. [The ten horns are the leaders of the ten regions represented on the UN Security Council. Christopher is the little horn — an alternate on the Security Council. He comes to power by uprooting one horn, Albert Faure. The uprooting of the other two horns will be seen in Chapter 1 of Acts of God and further explained there in endnote 22.]

  [19] (back) Ezekiel 33:11. Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’

  Ezekiel 18:21-23. “But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?”