The Gentile Witness, Enoch Book 1: Enoch

by Samuel David

  “Here’s a local one, Kansas City has released a statement that says that there are over five million people here and that the city is going to not only open up Royals Stadium, but also Arrowhead, and the Sprint Center downtown. This is for the people to see the sermon on Thursday. Seating is on a first come first serve basis. Uh…, the stock market is, still closed until at least Monday, according to the current press releases from the SEC. That’s it.”

  “That’s it, huh? Don, this is more news than I have had in a year of reporting. That is it, huh? Well, in a few days you will not be able to report it all, even if you stayed on the airwaves 24/7. How are we doing on the bomber deal with, Israel? Anything on that mess yet?”

  “No not a word from anyone. It’s like it disappeared from the news, even The Network.”

  “How about the other witness Jack mentioned? Anyone sticking out like Jack did?”

  “No not yet.”

  “Okay, how about this Reverend Marks, or Thomas, as he now prefers to be called? Did he agree to an interview tonight?”

  “Yes, but he wants it to be only about the setup they have done with some of the kids and churches helping in the area.”

  “That’s acceptable. Work up some questions for me to ask. Are all our correspondents on site for the areas possibly affected with the hurricanes?”

  “Yes. They are all there.”

  “Thanks Don.”

  “That’s what a producer is for.”

  Chapter 105

  2:30 PM EST Day three of 1260 New York - Airspace, Jack South’s Private Jet

  We had left New York a few minutes ago in our jet, headed to Kansas City. I felt like talking so I asked Veronica, “Can we talk, now that the plane has been swept?”

  “Yes Jack. We can talk.”

  “Did you find anything interesting from the sweep?”

  “Yes, the entire plane was bugged, and as I expected, a radio bomb was also hidden in the fuselage.”

  “So were they planning on killing us?”

  “No, it was probably just put there to send a message to us I believe, more than anything.”

  “What kind of message?”

  “We never lose in the end, it’s been that way since the Six Day War, always making sure your friends, and your enemies know that nothing is sacred.” She paused, “You know Jack, you are going to have a lot of times in the next few years of being in the same situation as yesterday. The people and governments of the world will not take what is happening lying down. They will fight back and you need to know how to fight back on your own terms, without me or anyone else.”

  “What are you saying?”

  “You could have gotten out of there yourself yesterday. If, you had really, thought about it.”

  “So how was I going to do that, become Superman, break the cuffs with my bear hands, beat them all up, and fly away?”

  “No Jack. Be serious. You have the power to help yourself; you just don’t know it yet.”

  “What power is that?”

  “Power over all that is physical on earth. For example, let us say that yesterday you were all alone in this, no government to help, no me, no anyone. What could you have done?”

  “Pray?”

  “Yes, you could have done that, but what you would have needed to change was your physical environment.”

  “For, example?”

  “Let’s say when you were threatened by their interrogator, you said something like, ‘You really do not look well sir. In fact, I think that inside of you, your arteries have hardened, maybe from too much good food and you look pale. It appears that the stress of having to deal with people like me will possibly cause you a heart attack.’”

  “Okay. I make him feel inferior.”

  “No, because you said it, then it will happen. He would have had a heart attack right then and the other person in the room would have told the commander what happened. They probably would have flown you out themselves. They know you are a man of God and fear of death is exactly that, the fear of death.”

  “So how do you know this Veronica?”

  “Because Shraya has the same power, but he has had over 2800 years to develop it.” She hesitated, and then started speaking again, “Do you remember when you were angry at The Network, and you shouted out the lottery numbers to them?”

  “Yes, I remember.”

  “None of us gave you that information. When the numbers were drawn, those were the numbers.”

  I sat back in the seat and as I looked at her, I remembered saying it. She was right. No one gave those numbers to me.”

  “Are you telling me that if I say it, then it will happen?”

  “Yes Jack. You have that power.”

  “Then the earthquake, the rains, and the hurricanes, are happening because I said it?”

  “Yes. That is right.”

  “I don’t believe it. Why go through all this trouble to give me information from angels or messengers and go on TV when I am the one who had the power all along.”

  “Because you would not have done it Jack. You are too sentimental and caring. In time, that will change also. Here let me prove something to you.”

  She pulled a cigarette out of the pack by me and handed it to me.

  “Now, hold that like you are going to smoke it, but do not light it. Close your eyes and say I want this cigarette to be, lit. Do it now.”

  I closed my eyes and thought I wanted it lit and I really wanted to smoke it. I was nervous. Then as I opened my eyes, I saw the flame on the end of the cigarette. I almost fainted.

  “Jack, your training is now over. There are no more instructions for you. The agenda has been set. You are ready to be on your own as God’s Witness. I will be here with you, so will those you have chosen, and those you will choose.”

  “Who have I chosen?” I asked.

  She smiled, looked at me, and said, “Your friends Jack. You know who they are, your only friends. Now think who they are.” She looked at me as if I was suffering from brain lock, then said, “Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, and now me. Look for the others. They will help you. There will be eight more, but one will try to hurt you and eventually will, just like they did with our Christ.”

  “But I am not Christ. I am a man.”

  “No you’re not Christ. Nor are you God. Nor are you his son. However, Jack, read the scriptures, you will understand. Now we have about an hour and a half or so before we land in Kansas City. I think you need some time alone.”

  I gazed at her as she started towards the galley. Then I called out to her, “Veronica, what is your whole name?”

  She looked at me, leaned her head against the doorway to the galley, and said, “Mary Veronica Magdalene. I go by Veronica by choice. Jack, you really need time alone,” as she went through the cabin door and closed it.

  Chapter 106

  5:00 PM CST Day three of 1260 Kansas City, Missouri - City Center, The Waldger Group Suites

  “David, how did the phone call go?” Aafre asked.

  “You mean to Reverend Marks?”

  “Yes, the one I asked you to make.”

  “It went okay. He would not commit one way or the other to a meeting with us on Friday, but he did not say no either.”

  “In your opinion then, do you think he is receptive?”

  “I don’t know if he is or not. I think he was somewhat shocked that I called. Even when I told him that he was selected to be just like Jack, I thought he would jump, but he didn’t.”

  “Alright then, let’s go to plan B, just in case he turns us down. For unlike Jack, he has some skeletons hidden in his closet. Doesn’t he?”

  “Yes he does. He had some issues with drugs at a younger age and he is divorced. There is a rumor that he is very sexually active with some of his flock.”

  “Any proof?”

  “Not yet. I didn’t go too far into his everyday habits.”

  “Then look and do so quickly. If nothing else, we will use it to convince him to leave
Jack’s little band and join us. Maybe it will work. He is a proud man I see. Moreover, proud men are just that. Most will sell their soul’s to keep being proud.”

  “I will get in touch with my contacts and see what we can dig up.”

  “I know you will David. You always come through for me. Also, do me a favor, when Stevenson gets into town tomorrow, tell him I want to see him please.”

  “Will do.”

  “Thanks David. You can go now.”

  Chapter 107

  5: 10 PM CST Day three of 1260 Kansas City, Missouri - Airspace, Jack South’s Private Jet

  “Jack we are landing soon in about ten minutes or so.” Veronica started putting on her seatbelt and I followed suit. “When we get to the airport, a military transport will pick us up and move us from the airport to City Center, where our rooms are. We are on the same floor with the Reverend, or Thomas as you call him, John Roddenburg, and Luke from Anthony Williams Advertising. We also have another larger room that has been set up as a conference room.”

  “And Jack, they are saying for security purposes they will go and get your family from Independence, and bring them down to the hotel. Their homes are guarded and the area cordoned off, but having you out there is too risky for them and the neighbors. So unfortunately Jack, till you leave on Friday, it is the hotel. You cannot leave anywhere other than to the Rally tomorrow night.”

  “Thanks, just what I wanted to hear. Could be worse though, I could be back in that cell in Israel,” as I winked at her.

  “Funny Jack, real funny.”

  “Well hopefully they still have that Japanese Restaurant there, the one you sit down on the floor and eat Sushi. I would love that. It was very good the last time I was there. Will I at least be able to go there?”

  “I don’t know. We will have to see what the security people say.”

  “Who are the security people?”

  “My people Jack. You should know that by now.”

  Chapter 108

  5:25 PM CST Day three of 1260 Kansas City, Missouri - Liberty Memorial, Anchor Desk

  “John, here are your notes,” the page said as I sat down to the makeshift anchor desk at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. I was looking at the clock; I realized I had only about four minutes to go. The techs were all over me making sure things were right and when they finished, including straightening my tie, I looked over at my producer and he gave me the high sign that I looked okay. I watched the clock. When it hit zero and I saw the camera come up, then I started speaking after the announcer’s greetings.

  “Today we are picking up where we left off yesterday with our special two hour event, including the day’s headlines. As I am sure all of you know, the rains in Northern Africa have been coming down steadily now for the past two days. For an update, we have Chester, our Meteorologist here, to tell us exactly what is happening in the continent of Africa and South East Asia”

  “Chester?”

  “Thanks John,” the camera zoomed into him and the monitor, which displayed the radar from Northern Africa.

  “As most of you know, the rain started Tuesday morning around 4:00 a.m. EST time starting in the Middle East, then quickly spread across all of Northern Africa. Since then, some places have received as much as 14 inches of rain, others, no less than eight to ten inches. The rain itself has now slowed down to about a 1/4 inch per hour over the entire area that was predicted.”

  “Flooding has become rampant in several cities. There are concerns especially in Egypt with the Nile and the Aswan Dam. At this rate, the Nile will flood and continue flooding until the rains stop. If our calculations are correct, a large portion of Northern Africa will be under water. The backside of this is also that the rivers will flood all the way to the ocean and could very well create havoc along the entire course of the Nile, the Tigris, and other rivers in the area, closing ports that are vital to their economy.”

  “The temperature today worldwide has been on average eight degrees warmer than normal. Temperature readings are breaking records everywhere. With the best models we can come up with, at this rate twenty to thirty percent of both pole’s ice sheets could melt if this continues for thirty days, resulting in massive flooding in coastal cities worldwide.”

  As another graphic came up, he went on to say, “Hurricane Alex is picking up speed and according to our models could very well be exactly how the prediction was foretold. A direct hit on the Houston, Galveston area will happen and is, now being, forecast to make landfall early Monday. This is, based on current computer models from the National Hurricane Center. Also, right behind it we have another tropical depression forming, which within 24 hours we will most likely be able to say it is going to be a hurricane and start tracking it on to Mississippi, per Jack’s predictions.”

  “Chester, do you see any chance of a variance from the predictions?”

  “No I don’t, but then I don’t have any way of knowing if this pattern will continue or not. It has never happened before, but the data we have and from the document Jack gave us, there is no variation at all.”

  “Thanks Chester.”

  “Moving on, we have one of our correspondents in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, with a live report.” Turning to the monitor John said, “Eric?”

  “Yes John. This is Eric Kuhl in Cairo. As you can see behind me, the rain is still coming down and has not stopped since yesterday morning. In the footage we took about three hours ago, you will see that the Nile is raging and has filled already with debris from upstream. One of the concerns is whether the Aswan Dam will continue to hold. If not, then the Nile will definitely be out of control and flooding will be even more rampant. Lake Nasser can hold quite a bit of the water, but if this keeps up for thirty days, there is a good chance the dam will not hold and the entire city of Cairo will be flooded.”

  “Eric, are there any evacuation plans that have been announced for the area?”

  “No John, not at this time.”

  “Well Eric, please be safe and we will get back to you soon.”

  “Thanks John. This is Eric Kuhl reporting from Cairo, Egypt.”

  “Now we will go to Bagdad, Iraq, where the Tigris River flows through the city and a few miles away is the Euphrates River. Now let’s turn to our chief correspondent Carlene Roach in Bagdad.”

  “Carlene?”

  “Hello John. This is Carlene Roach reporting from Bagdad. As you can see behind me, it is raining and it has been steadily raining for two days. You will notice by the bridge behind me that the river is rising, and at this rate according to our sources, will start flooding areas within the next twelve to twenty hours. They are starting to move people and assets from the river areas and further inland, but no mass evacuations have been ordered as of yet. Also, in Northern Iraq and Turkey, especially Mosul, the river is rising rapidly.”

  “Carlene, the Euphrates is not far from there and the Jordan on the Israeli Jordan border. Any, word from anyone on conditions there?”

  “Yes John. From Syria, down to Ar Ramdi, to the Persian Gulf, flood watches are in effect and as best we can tell, like the Tigris, eventually they will need to evacuate. Both, in Israel and Jordan, it is also flooding on those borders. On another note though John, we had spoken to some local Sunni leaders here in Bagdad and some of them are forming an idea that since Jack South is an American, he has put a curse on them of some sort and that it is our fault this is happening. How that reasoning may have occurred, I have no idea, but ‘blame it all on America’ is brewing in the area it seems.”

  “Is the source the government, and if so are they saying it to the people themselves or is it just the people themselves?”

  “No, it’s a few of the Sunni Clerics who are putting this claim forth, it seems. They are trying to figure out how to blame us, because the people hear that it is Jack’s Hebrew God, which is doing it. Even though both the Hebrew God and Allah are by some, considered the same, the prophets and salvation are, considered different. Therefore, that leav
es a division between the sects. We are not sure what the outcome or how the blame will be placed in the people’s minds.”

  “Thanks Carlene. We appreciate your input.”

  “Thanks John. This is Carlene Roach reporting from Bagdad, Iraq.”

  “As you can see in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the rains are causing havoc in these areas.” John pauses, “We will be going to Houston, Texas after the break.”

  As I leaned back in my chair to stretch, I could feel my muscles tightening. In a very few days, I would be reporting about my own country going through the same ordeals as what is happening in Africa. I could only hope that the damage would not be as drastic as it seemed it was going to be. Millions were going to die.

  Chapter 109

  6:45 PM EST Day three of 1260 Camp David, Maryland - President Richard Stevenson’s Office

  “Jamal, what do you think of the rains in Northern Africa? We were watching the Bear News here at Camp David.”

  “I can only say that if it does continue to rain like that, the cities along the rivers are going to be totally destroyed or at least close to it. This is very scary, Mr. President, very scary.”

  “I agree Jamal. In a few days, we will be dealing with similar problems just as bad, if not worse. They are used to flooding every few years, but we are not used to what we have in store for us. Yes, we had our Katrina and we failed at that initially, but what is coming is ten times worse, and there is really no way to stop it. We can’t control the weather or Mother Nature, or Jack either I suppose.”

  “Mr. President, I think we really need to do a National Address with the nation on TV after the Friday and Saturday meetings in Kansas City, with The Waldger Group. Which by the way, most people think is an economic summit. Do you think Jack does it himself Richard, and has that kind of power? Or is he really just predicting and warning us?”