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  Title Page

  Prologue to The Christ Clone Trilogy

  The Hosts of Heaven

  A God Who Thrives on Fear

  Signs and Wonders

  The Great City

  Emblem

  Communion

  Hope

  Petra

  Matters of Fact and Faith

  Necessary Risk – The Wisdom of Oz

  Donafin

  Rescue

  Judas

  Red Tide

  Steadfast

  The Fourth Angel

  Darkness

  Home Free

  The Signs

  If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee

  The Demonstration

  Dayenu

  The Gathering

  History’s Penumbra

  The Epic of Eight Millennia

  The Right Place at the Right Time

  Prophecy Cross Reference

  Study Guide Notes

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  The Christ Clone Trilogy – Book Three: ACTS OF GOD

  (Revised and Expanded with Study Guide and Prophecy Cross Reference)

  by

  James BeauSeigneur

  Copyright 1988, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012 by James BeauSeigneur

  ISBN: 9780965694896

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

  Unless otherwise noted, Scriptures are taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

  Scriptures noted KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, incidents, and dialogue, except for incidental references to public figures, products, or services, are imaginary and are not intended to refer to any living persons or to disparage any company’s products or services.

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  About the Author

  James BeauSeigneur is a former intelligence analyst for the National Security Agency (NSA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). As an author, he has worked with the Department of Homeland Security as a participant in Terrorism Red Cells to speculate on possible terrorist targets and tactics. He has been a newspaper publisher, taught political science at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and in 1980 was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress running against Al Gore. He is a member of Mensa and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.

  For Gerilynne, Faith, and Abigail, who sacrificed so much to allow this trilogy to become a reality.

  But most of all for Shiloh, who sacrificed far more. May it serve you well.

  Acknowledgments

  While writing The Christ Clone Trilogy, I called upon the support of specialists in many fields of endeavor to ensure the accuracy and plausibility of my work. Others provided editorial direction, professional guidance, or moral sustenance. These include: John Jefferson, Ph.D.; Michael Haire, Ph.D.; James Russell, M.D.; Robert Seevers, Ph.D.; Peter Helt, J.D.; James Beadle, Ph.D.; Christy Beadle, M.D.; Ken Newberger, Th.M., Ph.D.; Eugene Walter, Ph.D.; Clement Walchshauser, D.Min.; Col. Arthur Winn; Elizabeth Winn, Ph.D.; Ian Wilson, Historian; Jeanne Gehret, M.A.; Linda Alexander; Scott Brown; and Mike Pinkston.

  Sincere appreciation to poet Nguyen Chi Thien for his unfaltering spirit; and to the staff of the Library of Congress; the Jewish Publication Society of America; the Zondervan Corporation; Yale Southeast Asia Studies; and the hundreds of others whose work provided background for this book.

  “Are these the shadows of things that will be, or are they the shadows of things that may be, only?”

  — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

  “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you ahead of time.”

  — Matthew 24:24

  “There’s no place like home.”

  — L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

  Table Of Contents

  Prologue to The Christ Clone Trilogy

  The Hosts of Heaven

  A God Who Thrives on Fear

  Signs and Wonders

  The Great City

  Emblem

  Communion

  Hope

  Petra

  Matters of Fact and Faith

  Necessary Risk – The Wisdom of Oz

  Donafin

  Rescue

  Judas

  Red Tide

  Steadfast

  The Fourth Angel

  Darkness

  Home Free

  The Signs

  If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee

  The Demonstration

  Dayenu

  The Gathering

  History’s Penumbra

  The Epic of Eight Millennia

  The Right Place at the Right Time

  Prophecy Cross Reference

  Study Guide Notes

  Prologue to The Christ Clone Trilogy

  It was the worst of times.

  Twice in twenty years, nuclear war had engulfed large regions of the planet. A mile-wide asteroid struck the Pacific Ocean south of Japan, fracturing the Earth’s mantle, and creating massive earthquakes that killed tens of thousands. Mountain-like tsunami submerged hundreds of Pacific islands, stripped the coastal regions of four continents to bare stone and steel, and left the ocean’s eco-system uninhabitable. The fractured mantle ignited eruptions throughout the “Ring of Fire,” and volcanoes spewed ash and poisonous fumes into the atmosphere.

  And now, a demonic homicidal madness has left one third of the world’s remaining population dead — brutally murdered by their own family members.

  Truly, it was the worst of times.

  Never before had the world been so ready, so eager for a savior.

  And all of it was premeditated 2000 years before.

  Prologue to Acts of God

  The Hosts of Heaven

  Jerusalem

  The immense crowds surrounding the Jewish Temple were distinguishable even from a great distance as the helicopter approached. The several courts were usually a swarm of activity, but now, despite the number of people in the streets, the Temple itself was abandoned. The steps leading to the southern entrance were equally barren, with two exceptions. As the helicopter hovered, Christopher, Milner, and Decker could see two men standing on the steps, both clothed in sackcloth.

  Farther away, about three hundred priests and Levites huddled near High Priest Chaim Levin, who stood at a safe distance in a tableau of mock defiance toward the men on the steps. A little farther back, the crowds watched from behind a line of armed Israeli soldiers and police. Reporters from the international news media, aware that Jerusalem was Christopher’s destination, stood ready to cover the event. The unexpected arrival of John and Cohen an hour earlier and the subsequent clearing of the Temple while Christopher was en route from New York only intensified the level of expectation. Into the midst of this, or more precisely between the line of military personnel and the steps of the Temple, Christopher directed the pilot to set the helicopter down.

  Christopher was the first to disembark the aircraft, his hair and long robes tossed wildly about him in the swirling winds of the helicopter’s rotating blades, paintin
g a striking portrait for onlookers and viewers as he stood unflinching before the challenge that faced him. Looking out as he waited to exit the helicopter, Decker could see that John and Cohen had expected their arrival.

  Once they were all on the ground, Milner signaled for the pilot to withdraw. Standing there face to face with John and Cohen, Decker, who still didn’t know all the details of Christopher’s plan, couldn’t ignore the sudden anxiety that swept over him. Was this feeling the result of animosity borne between him and John two thousand years earlier, as Christopher had told him? Decker wasn’t sure. To Decker’s surprise, despite all else that was going on, Christopher turned to him and put his hand on his shoulder. “It’s all right,” he said, and somehow Decker understood that it was.

  John was the first to speak. “Hiney ben-satan nirah chatat haolam!” he shouted in Hebrew, meaning: “Behold the son of Satan who manifests the sin of the world.”[1]

  “So we meet again at last,” Christopher answered in an ironic turn of the phrase, ignoring John’s comment.

  “You are mistaken,” John replied. “I never knew you.”

  “No, Yochanan bar Zebadee,” Christopher replied. “It is I who never knew you!”

  For a long moment neither spoke, but only stared at each other. Then Christopher dropped his gaze to the ground. “It’s not too late,” he said finally, addressing both John and Cohen. His voice had a sense of pleading, but at the same time the tone indicated that he knew the attempt was in vain.

  John smiled and then began to laugh out loud at Christopher’s suggestion. Cohen joined in. Christopher looked back at Decker with an expression that seemed to say, “this is for both of us.” Then, taking a deep breath and with no sign of anger but every ounce of conviction, he looked back at the two men and then shouted above their laughter, “As you will!”

  Then making a quick sweeping motion with his right hand, at once John and Cohen’s laughter stopped as they were hurled backward through the air at incredible, almost unbelievable speed, their bodies slamming against the wall of the Temple on either side of the southern entrance. The crunch of their breaking bones was loud enough to be heard throughout the vast multitude and left no doubt as to their fate. Their blood splattered liberally on the wall and remained there as witness of where they had struck. As Christopher brought his hand back down, the two lifeless forms fell and, with a sweep, they tumbled down the steps toward the street below, leaving two broad trails of blood to mark their paths.[2]

  Those assembled watched in stunned silence as Christopher, Milner, and Decker swiftly climbed the steps to the Temple while the bodies rolled on either side of them. As soon as the crowd realized that John and Cohen were actually dead, a shout went up from civilians and military alike. A spontaneous celebration began and was soon joined by people around the world cheering the news as they watched on television or online or listened on radio. Members of the media quickly pushed forward to get a better look at the bodies.