The unveiling, p.22
The Unveiling, page 22
part #3 of Chaos Series
The crowd erupted and rose to its feet.
Salvador Romanero paced the stage from one end to the other like a lion on the prowl, nodding and waving to everyone in the general assembly. He was in no hurry for the crowd to quiet down. He drank it all in. It was intoxicating. It went on for more than 20 minutes before subsiding.
Now at the lectern, Romanero firmly gripped both sides, looked straight into the camera and began: “Citizens of the world! Let me begin by commending both Secretaries-General Ping and Staat, and all others who have spoken, for being so forthright about your collective shortcomings. Such humility is admirable.
“Getting to the point, as formiddable as your organizations were when formulated back in the twentieth century, we need something new; something that will deliver true peace in our streets, not just the promise of peace. And it must begin now!”
The room broke into wild applause.
“To accomplish this lofty goal, we must stop arguing back and forth as to which organization or country is the greatest, which race is the most superior, or whose religion brings them closer to God, and start channeling our energies into becoming a vibrant, global community in every sense of the word! Only then can Planet Earth become a world in which its countries have no borders!”
Romanero shot an almost arrogant glance at President Danforth, like he was hiding some deep, dark secret.
The President felt the full weight of his stare and winced.
First Lady Melissa Danforth noticed and bit her lower lip, sensing something sinister transpiring right before her eyes. Like her husband, she had a strong premonition that she would soon detest Salvador Romanero more than any other person she’d ever known.
Romanero continued: “World leaders have toiled effortlessly for centuries hoping to achieve world peace, yet the world has only known peace without war for eight percent of its existence. What they failed to realize was true peace can only be achieved in the hearts of humanity. This is where the greatest changes must take place. On the inside!”
Romanero paused to let his words sink in. “But let me assure you their efforts weren’t wasted in vain. They helped pave the way for us today. The timing just wasn’t right back then. What happened to our planet last November, tragic as it was, needed to occur for this miraculous merger of sorts to be made possible.
“I wish to commend President Danforth for all you have done to get your country back to its feet so quickly,” Romanero said, without meaning it. His deep brown eyes penetrated the leader of the free world like slimy maggots crawling all over his body. “Just three weeks ago, Manhattan looked like a war zone. Now, mostly thanks to your leadership, the city’s almost back to normal. Keep up the good work!” Salvador gave the American President a thumbs-up gesture.
Light applause permeated the room. Most world leaders were still too incensed with the American leader to give him anything close to a resounding ovation.
Keep up the good work! Keep up the good work! Am I now subject to you? President Danforth clenched his fists with the intensity of a drowning man. His steely-gray eyes wandered the cavernous room, wondering if anyone else understood what was happening. Apparently not!
The First Lady twisted her lips to one side as though something unpleasant rested in her mouth. Feeling this tight constriction in her throat, she let her gaze sink to the floor where it remained for the longest time.
Turning his attention back to the general assembly, Salvador Romanero continued: “If elected to lead this global organization, I will stop at nothing until true, sustainable peace visits each of your doorsteps. I will not rest until poverty is replaced with prosperity—and not only for the select few—but for everyone!
“Apathy needs to be replaced with enlightenment! We can no longer allow our petty differences to divide us. I want to see oneness for all! The time for racism, ageism, sexism, segregation, and unnecessary bloodshed needs to be put behind us. For good!” Salvador pounded the lectern again, as his words slithered into their brains.
The room erupted.
President Danforth was aghast. His worst fears were becoming a harsh reality in front of his very eyes. For someone who was always so sure of himself, the President wasn’t so sure of anything anymore. But one thing was certain: Salvador Romanero was an extremely dangerous man.
After pushing his one-world narrative for nearly an hour, a one-world currency topping his “to do” list, Romanero saved the best for last: “Citizens of the world, in closing, as a token of my commitment to world peace, naturally my first focal point will be the Middle East. I can think of no better place to begin than in Jerusalem, as peace has eluded that part of the world for so many decades.”
Hearing this, everyone rose to their feet where they would remain for the remainder of his speech.
After they settled down, Romanero went on: “I will fly to Israel next Monday to meet with Israeli, Palestinian and Arab officials. Using collective efforts, I am certain we can iron something out that will benefit everyone, not just some! I promise not to leave Israel until a blueprint for peace has been constructed!”
Once again, the room broke into thunderous applause.
Pausing to measure his words carefully, Romanero said, “I know it’s only a few months away, but I would love to have a signed peace agreement in hand for the upcoming Jewish Passover.
“Is there a better time to deliver peace to a country that has never felt safe since its inception back in nineteen-forty-eight?” Romanero scanned the room. “I think not! My dear fellow delegates, I will not fail in this mission!”
Even the Danforths were on feet now. Finally, there was something upon which they could agree. Since becoming President, Jefferson Danforth had painstakingly tried on two occasions to strike some sort of peace accord in the Middle East, without success.
With more than eight-thousand failed peace treaties signed throughout history, what seemed hopeless for the longest time now seemed doable.
Sick and tired of the senseless bloodshed in the Middle East, if the notion of peace really wasn’t a place but a person, most gathered in the general assembly were now convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Salvador Romanero was that person.
Yes, if anyone could bring peace to their tiny region, it was him.
First he accurately predicted that no precipitation would fall anywhere in the world during last November’s vigil. Then he practically solved the out-of-control suicide problem with the help of the world’s elite. Then he promised that children would populate the planet again.
Now this?
Who is this man? The Danforths silently trembled with fear.
Two minutes into his rousing ovation, Salvador Romanero left the stage without uttering another word. The crowd clung to his words of wisdom like manna falling from Heaven.
The young man from Spain made everyone feel that if they just followed his lead, he would deliver peace and prosperity into everyone’s hands, and not just the Middle East.
Who else in the history of mankind was better equipped to accomplish this monumental task?
The answer was unanimous: no one.
Perhaps he really was God?
Was there even a need to cast votes? Who could oppose him? Who would want to?
“IT’S HIM!” CAME THE immediate outcry of new Christ followers everywhere. The one thing that had to happen was just announced.
Aside from someone suddenly usurping Romanero’s power in the coming months and engineering a peace treaty with Israel—which seemed highly unlikely—this proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Salvador Romanero was indeed the long-foretold Antichrist of the Bible.
Christians called, emailed and sent millions of text messages, confirming that they now had the necessary proof to back their claim against him. Though many had come to that conclusion long ago, there could be no lingering doubt for anyone now.
It was exciting to see God’s Word finally coming to pass before their very eyes. It was equally frightening. The good news was that God’s final prophetic time clock before Jesus returned to Earth, to begin His Millennial Kingdom, would soon start ticking.
The bad news was that Planet Earth was really in for it. Only most weren’t expecting what was still headed their way. Fully anticipating “peace and safety”, destruction would come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and there would be no place for them to escape to.
This was just the beginning of their troubles...
“The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god
and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods.
He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed,
for what has been determined must take place” (Daniel 11:34).
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With the entire geopolitical foundation about to be uprooted and reconstructed, will the rift between President Danforth and Salvador Romanero continue to widen, or will they find some way to put aside their differences and join forces?
Now that their puppet was about to achieve the ultimate objective and become leader of the world, how will leaders of the secret society control their Miracle Maker? Was it even possible?
How will God use Clayton Holmes and Travis Hartings to help end times Christians prepare for the onslaught of persecution headed their way?
Will Charles Calloway be invited to join them?
With Brian Mulrooney’s faith in Christ deepening daily, what will become of his relationship with Renate McCallister? Where does Jacquelyn Swindell fit into the picture?
Will Tamika Moseley eventually settle the turmoil of her soul, or will she continue to rebel against her Maker and keep spiraling out of control as a result?
Finally, how will society deal with the promise of millions of babies populating the Earth again in the coming months?
Find answers to these questions and so much more as you continue in this prophetic series. Grab your front row seat to witness mind-numbing events that MUST come to pass sometime in the future.
Each page will give you a panoramic view and bring you closer and closer to the action. You will relate to each character as if you were right there with them. You will laugh with them, cry with them, hurt with them, as they try to survive in a strange, new world.
More importantly, you will rejoice with them...
The first six installments are now available...
Once completed, this series will consist of approximately twelve books.
Patrick Higgins is an Amazon bestseller and award-winning author of The Pelican Trees, Coffee In Manila, The Unannounced Christmas Visitor, and the end times prophetic series, Chaos In The Blink Of An Eye. His book The Unannounced Christmas Visitor recently won the 2018 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Award in Christian fiction.
While the stories he writes all have different themes and take place in different settings, the one thread that links them all together is his heart for Jesus and his yearning for the lost.
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