Defeated

 "They are closing in fast. The largest army I have seen since our fall. Michael is leading the charge."

"Send out the word to all of our posts. I want all of our forces centered here. I am going down to face Him. I want to make certain He dies."

 

"Yes, Imperator."

 

"I see you my dear brother. You have come to witness my victory... You will not stop this, Michael! He has willed it! He has surrendered! Hold back your forces!"

 

'Now it will be finished. The Designer wants all to see. Heaven and earth will bare witness. He needed me to prove to my brothers that I was right, and thus deserving of the highest throne... What is happening? The army has stopped. They are not attacking... They are watching... Yes, surely they have only come to witness my victory.'

 

"You see them, Michael! You see the crowd gathered here! All here to watch their conquered King die! Most of them want Him to die! They betrayed Him! I just planted the idea, but these religious leaders here they are the ones who did this. Hear how they mock Him even now. You see how I was right! Don't you?! These filthy creatures were never deserving of being His children. They don't want His kingdom! Ha! They desire my kingdom over His. I have convinced them to choose death over life. Slavery over freedom. Not a single one of them could ever be worthy! They are my children! They glorify in what you saw as weakness in me! They live for themselves first, mirroring their fathers' pride. They deny the Truth. They prefer darkness now, instead of the  light. They have completely forgotten the meaning of the two becoming one flesh. They have no desire whatsoever in their hearts to be one with the Designer. I have taken all that He created to be Holy and good and I have desecrated these... This idea of Him coming here and suffering for them, showing them that he sympathizes, was all in vain, brother. It's truly quite sad. Very tragic. He will be forgotten in less than a generation... They do not care, Michael! Even when seeing Truth and Love face to face, they do-not-care. They shouted for Him to die, as they preferred my child the murderer Barabas over Him!"

 

'Look at these stupid sheep. I walk through this crowd and they part for me, oblivious to my presence. I am their inspiration, yet they don't even know I exist. Michael seems unmoved by my words. He has brought an army of angels, yet they do not attack. Surely they have come to bare witness to my victory... Here I am, standing against the foot of this cross now... Yet, why do I not feel at ease? I will look into His eyes when He dies. Yes, once I see Him take His final breath then all will be well.'

 

"Look Michael, look at how this eclipse has brought darkness over the land. The Designer is wanting all to know that the darkness has prevailed over His light... He honors me, you see!"

 

[And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?!"]

 

"You see Michael!! Oh, now you all see! He has declared that His Father has forsaken Him. You heard for yourself! Hear Him shouting out in agony! He is dying! He has but a breath left!"

 

[Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'" Having said this, He breathed His last.]

 

"Yes! Shake the earth all you want! It's over!"

 

'What is happening? The army is leaving... Yet, my brother approaches. He knows he must surrender now.'

 

"Michael! Where are they going?! You must submit to me now! All of our brothers have witnessed my victory. I command you to escort me to my throne."

 

"Respectfully Morningstar, your arrogance has always been your biggest weakness. Your pride blinds you."

 

"You must be mad with grief. You are bold, Michael. However, I am in a forgiving mood."

 

"Morningstar, you cannot be at every place at once. My troops did well to keep yours distracted. Your intel was incomplete. Your spies could not draw near enough to hear any of His conversations with the twelve disciples?"

 

"I have heard His sermons. I know of His plan. He came to teach them how they should live, and show them through His actions. He came to display mercy towards the outcasts, inspiring them to recognize how valuable they are to the Designer. Ultimately, His love could not be fully recognized unless He showed them that He was willing to suffer more than they. Did I miss anything brother?! It was all in vain! They will never choose His will. They will never follow His example. Their flesh is so weak that they would need the Holy Spirit himself if they were to have any hope of being like their Lord. And you and I know, that which is holy cannot mix with what is sinful. And furthermore, these wasted wretches surely can never inspire others to live like their Lord, because none of them can defy their nature, my nature. He chose to become matter, and thus He has died like all men die! So, enlighten me brother! Tell me, what have I miscalculated?!"

 

"You will understand in three days."

 

"Don't turn your back to me now Michael. I command you to tell me what will happen in three days!"

 

"In three days you will understand, that you have been defeated."

 

 'Defeated?!"

 

'Lo, as I look at the pierced feet of this carpenter from Nazareth, a memory comes to me. Something the Designer told me in the garden so long ago... "He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." 

 

"I won... I crushed Him, He did not crush me... Their is no hope for them! They cannot enter into His holy presence, for their spirits are tainted. What did you tell your disciples Nazarene!? What did you tell them?! What did you say?! I am acting a fool! You cannot answer me because you are dead!!"

 

Some days prior...

 

Jesus told His disciples,

 

"The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise...

 

"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you... the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

 

"I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."

 

(Mark 9:31; John 14:16-19; 26;16:7)