#he knows that Judas is gonna tell the romans about Jesus

[hamliet]

Hamliet, can I ask what do you think of Judas Iscariot? I just heard my mom told my little niece so she don't end up like Judas Iscariot the "Traitor". Like I think it's so sad to become doom since birth. But without his actions there would not be crucifixion, right? Now when I become an adult I felt sorry for him.

And as Christian, I'm embarrassed that my Church still support Is**el even until now because that is what the Bible said, like WTF....

Also, I'm glad when I read your meta, that I'm not the only one who think David is bisexual....

To start with, yeah. That's awful. I grew up in a church with similar views. That's a very uncritical view of Scripture, to the point where it denies the authenticity/power of other aspects of the Bible in favor of literalism (and in favor of earthly powers like nation-states, which is all too often at the root of a lot of evil done in the name of not just Christianity, but any religion). The Bible tells everyone to love thy neighbor as yourself and to welcome people. Christian nationalism is a cancer and responsible for a lot of the support for the government of Israel in the US. But that again centers power, not Christ.

For Judas... well. I'm sorry your niece got told that; unless she's threatening to sell your mom or her friends out to the state for the death penalty I don't think that's a fair accusation lol.

Putting under the cut because I'm gonna talk theology!

But to get back to Judas, it actually connects to what I said above a bit--namely, earthly powers. I think Judas was well-intentioned and tragic. When Jesus entered the gates of Jerusalem the week prior to the crucifixion, everyone was shouting "Hosanna!" and laying down olive branches because they believed he was the Messiah, whom they believed would oust the Roman Empire who had been oppressing them. And them wanting the Romans gone was, to put it mildly, very valid.

But that wasn't what Jesus came to do in the Gospels. He came to do more than they could ask or think--instead of liberating them from earthly powers of oppression and moving on to spiritual ones, he started with the spiritual first (the ones we humans cannot hope to counter). He conquered death itself. But to do that, he had to die. As humans, we can't conquer death on our own--it's a natural part of life, and yet paradoxically, everyone who has ever lost someone close to them knows how unnatural death is.

That isn't to say Jesus didn't care about the earthly powers. I think he does. But he gave people the Holy Spirit to help move earthly powers; the sad thing is that the Church has all too often joined forces with them instead of, you know, reconsidering. But power is a very appealing idea, because at the heart of power comes justification and affirmation of the ones in power.

To bring it back to Judas--I honestly think there's a very good chance he was among the people who made the assumption Jesus would liberate them from Roman rule. Actually, it's pretty clear in Scripture that most if not all the disciples thought this, which is why they didn't seem to "get" the fact that he literally told them he was going to die over and over. And so Judas took matters into his own hands and handed Jesus over, hoping that this would jumpstart the revolution. Except it didn't, and Judas regretted it.

I also think it's worth noting that almost all the disciples, including Judas, were under 20 years old. At that time if they were older than 20, they would have been married. Peter is the only disciple who is said to be married; it's also plausible Matthew was older than 20 thanks to being a tax collector. The rest almost certainly were not.

So think of Judas as being like, 17-19 here. Idealist kiddo thinking he knows best and can save the world, who has grown up under occupation and seen the abuses that causes first hand, hopes to not only be liberated (a good hope) but to be in power himself; what's wrong with taking steps to force this to happen? I think it's more than understandable why he did what he did, and thought he was justified. I don't know I'd think differently.

But he wasn't. An innocent man was crucified. Yet from that act, the world was offered resurrection, a chance at a new life. From the evil, God turned it to good. Judas, it seems, didn't stick around long enough to see that.

However, that doesn't mean that Judas is in the deepest circle of hell for ever and ever. We don't know that. There is another verse in the Bible that states that Jesus is reconciling "all things" to himself. And the word for all means all, as in everything, everywhere, every time. I've got to think that means Judas, too.

#ask hamliet #theology #judas iscariot

[nutria--oscura]

Atonement- Anointment- an ointment? Atonyment (tony peperoni?)

~s2 ep 44 spoilers below~

ron and beth business idea? ron and beth business idea

"in fact, the only hard part my be finding someone to share it with" "oh" "..." "..." "ron... what are we?" "I dont know beth... i dont know."

"about 4 teens that got married" "4 teens?" im just gonna pretent anthony is saying it like that cause of hermie and dood

TAYLOR IS A ROGUEEE FREDDIE WENT ROGUEEE

honestly, taylor as a barbarian would have been funny

goofy minmax? fuck yea

NORMAL AND LINK IN THE INTRO (sorry i loved when will and matt did that with henry and darryl)

PIANOOOO

stimming so hard cause of will

... i take it back- normal i love you but what the f-

time to update your normal designs yall

"scary doesn't run errands. she walks them... bitch"

OH YEAH- THE MEMORY--

what the fuck-

"hes[darryl] like a real zaddy" "no hes a daddy, you gotta be realistic here"

so the teens cant go to heaven, cant go to hell, where they gonna go when they die-

HERMIEEEEEEE

scary gets taken "no! my scene partner!" hermie gets taken "no! my future life partner!"

anthonys exhasparated "okay" when beth said scarys gonna look like a meatball is honestly a constant mood-

PIANO

now being a ranger is useful- bhahah

"you know its not gonna be the time out room and its not gonna be good"

"no pwobwem fowwow meee"

"i wanna see if there's anyone who isn't supposed to be in heaven so i can tattle on them" "i feel like tattling as an act immediately drops you into hell" "they love tattling in hell though" "wasn't the bibles most famous snitch, like, kinda vilified for that?" "who?" "judas dude?" "judas my man. my man judas" "wait well, judas wasn't a snitch per se" "yea he was just bad" "he was a betrayer" "he was a betrayer" "he was a business man" "he snitched-" "30 pieces of silver in that economy can go a long way" "no no no no, they're-they're right Freddie. what did he snitch? like 'hey, that's Jesus' like they knew-" "YEA" "like they knew who Jesus was" "do you think the last supper was Jesus being like 'guys alright don't tell anybody don't tell anybody'" "'but we- we've gotta fucking move 10kilos of this, ok? just don't tell the authorities'" "'this is my body, let me see your body- you wearing a wire?'" "oh my god- like the last supper was like a table for 13 but then more people found out about it and they were like 'yea, i had a birthday party, the sweet 33 but you weren't invited' and Judas was like do not-" "'are you Roman? cause if you're Roman you have to tell me'"

yes, i did just sped 15 minutes to copy that section of the podcast on my first listen. yes, i do in fact now know it by heart

anthonys "yea" like "yea, no fucking shit" and then its a mens rights activist who podcasts about spaghetti who is in front of his setup eating spaghetti at the mic and only got into heaven cause he was an organ donor and all his organs saved the lives of great people who were from minorities that the guy did not like, each of which discovered the cure for a different type of cancer

im 23 mins in and ive been sat here listening for an HOUR

"taylor walks by and looks at him asianly"

"so you know how in a chirstmas story they have them say fudge so you don't have to hear the f-word?" "uh-huh" "yeaaa-" "uhhhhhhh-" "where are you going with this bro?" "careful my friend" "hes gonna say: *slowmode* 'oh darn, it's a pppppeeeeeeerrrrrrrsssoooonnnn' and hes going to say a slur, a horrible slur"

FREDDIE ON THE KITARRA

TONY

OH

I GET THE TITLE NOW

FVCKING NEW IT

new narc type - narc on someone to their conscience

THANK YOU ANTHONY FOR REMEMBERING HERMIE

AND DOOD

YES DOOD <3

"do you[normal] really want to give me positivity? or do you want me to say thank you so you feel good about yourself?" "get him get him get him"

HE WAS SO EXCITED FOR MARGHERITA TO BE THERE NO-

"im glad you got into heaven despite everything"

CHA👏RAC👏TER👏DE👏VE👏LOP👏MENT👏

LINCOLN-

JESUS LINCOLN- I MEAN YEAH BUT JESUS

SCARY MY BELOVED <3

ooooo, new item! potentially!

love taylor asking how lincoln is doing cause of his thing with authority when he himself wont process his shit-

normal needs to go feral <3 please <3

HAH- I SHALL RETURN- YOU CANT STOP M-

#dndads spoilers #i shall return! #whispers of the raine

[tired-gay-wreck9]

Kankri Vantas from Homestuck is the Christian God

This is not a shitpost, I have proof. Also, I'm very sorry to religious people who read this in advance.

"But Max", you say, "you fucking idiot, he's Jesus. He's called Jesus multiple times. The Kankri in canon known as Kankri doesn't even have any religious significance." And yes, while he is jokingly referred to as Troll Jesus, he shares more similarities with the Christian God than Jesus.

And to prove that, I'll go over all the shit God was known for, and the J-dog, and compare them. Lets go besties

According to the Bible fandom wiki, where I got all my information, God, personality-wise is known for being a creator of the world we live in, being kinda a petty jealous guy, being a judge and therefore kinda judgy, and merciful.

We never got to see the Signless's character traits besides his determination and devotion to his cause, but we do see how he fits the 'creator' title. He created his religion, and created a new way of thinking, and hope for a future where high and lowbloods lived together in peace. He also likes the idea of mercy and peace.

But we do see Kankri's character traits, and he is very jealous, petty, and judgy just like the Christian God.

(Yes I do know that Kankri and the Signless aren't the same person but he's the closest we've got to whatever the Signless's personality traits are and they do kinda share the same religious symbolism)

He preaches mercy and devotes most of his time to telling people how to be his idea merciful, and acts like what he says is the word of God.

But Jesus is described as having humility and patience. I don't think Kankri does this. At all. Let's move on to actions. The Signless knows what he knows because of visions from a previous life, not from anyone else. He knows of a mirror world that no one else does that guides him towards saving the world. But in the end, he changed nothing, only laying the foundations for others. Kankri didn't even lay any foundations, he just yelled at people.

Jesus didn't do any of that. His problem was that too many people listened to him and he changed too much, threatening the Roman government. But God had to constantly yell at people, and even had to kill everyone because they didn't listen to him.

But my most damning piece of evidence, the final nail in the coffin proving that the Signless/Kankri is the Christian God instead of his son because there is already another character who is Jesus.

What was Jesus's whole thing? What did he do? Why was he important? He was the son of God. And who, in Homestuck is the descendant of someone with religious influence? Karkat.

That's not even the last of my proof that Karkat is Jesus. Jesus said he was gonna bring the end of the world and spare only the worthy. And Karkat played the game that ended the world, even leading it, helping the 'worthy' survive, and his actions directly contributed to the murder of the last of the 'unworthy' trolls, or those who had to die for the game to be won.

Jesus led a group of 12 people. Karkat led a group of 12 trolls. Karkat was betrayed by Gamzee like Jesus was betrayed by Jesus (wow that was a sentence). Karkat had a prophecy about his 'birth' just like the J-man. Need I say more?

If Kankri is God and Karkat is Jesus, what does that make the other characters?

The Condence/Meenah - The only real hero vs. enemy thing we have in the Bible is God vs. Satan, and one of the only real character vs. character conflicts we have is the Signless vs. Condy. She also has giant horns like some depictions of the devil, lives below everyone else in the water, and is associated with the color red.

I already kind of said this, but Gamzee is Judas. He betrayed his friends for the evil people, killing them.

The Disciple/Porrim - Mother Mary, the woman who raised Jesus. Need I say more?

The Summoner/Rufioh - Moses, the guy who led a rebellion that ended with a lot of people leaving. In Moses's case, it led to freedom for his people. In Rufioh's, it mean evil space army.

I could go on and on, but this has gone on long enough. So, to recap, Kankri Vantas is the Christian God because their personalities match and so do their actions and their ineffectual teachings. This makes Karkat Jesus, not only because he's the descendant of Kankri, but he also did a lot of Jesus stuff. Adios

#kankri vantas #karkat vantas #trolls #alpha trolls #alternia #cw christianity #christianity #im sorry religious people #homestuck #religious symbolism

[hallowedblock07]

Controversial: If Jesus had to die for humanities Sins in a painful, horrible way in God’s name, then why is Judas, the guy who made it possible, demonised? God was the one who needed Jesus to die in agony, and Judas did that for him. Why do people depict him in the ninth circle of hell with SATAN???

#Keep in mind that Satan also doesn't really deserve to be down there either but alas #the thing is: #God knows everything #he knows that Judas is gonna tell the romans about Jesus #and he knows Jesus has to die to forgive humanity from being descended from the apple couple #(adam and eve are the apple couple fight me) #he could have easily just made the romans find Jesus before Judas told on him #im willing to bet he just wanted a scapegoat for killing jesus #like #God is cool until you read into the bible and find out he killed the world because angels developed an interest in humans and had kids. #these were nephilim #he didnt like them #he flooded the world #everyone but noah. atrahasis. another noah. a few other dudes and their families died #including the angels and the angel baby giants #duuuude how could you? #christians really pick and choose which God they worship. Would you trust a mass murderer even if they said they changed? not really

[tiktaalic]

I've asked this to someone else before and I still don't understand so now you're blessed with my unfortunate lack of knowledge on christianity and religion. Why did judas kissing jesus lead to him being killed? Were the roman soldiers just homophobic?

oh i’m a great source for this because i ALSO don’t know about religion! we can telephone this back and forth to each other till we get an understanding far removed from the truth. here is what i’m like 80% is the story:

romans hate jesus because. i don’t know actually. religion reasons sounds right. and so they’re like ohhhh we hate his ass but we don’t know who he actually is! so judas (for reasons unknown to me, who is blissfully unaware of bible lore) is like hey i’ll totally betray jesus and tell you who he is and i have this whole scheme so he won’t know  that it’s a betrayal and you’re gonna put nails in him. what i will do. is the next time i am in the group of jesus and his followers. is i will kiss jesus on the cheek. whoever i kiss is jesus. and then you can take him and do fucked up torture to him. 

i think he was conflicted about betraying him but he did so for money or something he was desperate for? also he might have been jesus’s best friend/follower? but that’s why. i am 100% certain that the kiss was a way of nonchalantly id-ing jesus

#were the roman soldiers just homophobic? took me out thank you #anonymous

[apptowonder]

Beautiful City -- A Theological Ramble on “Godspell”-- Pt. I: Jesus Musicals and Christology

So I had a lot of thoughts and F e e l i n g s about the 2011 revival of Tebelak and Schwartz’s musical Godspell and I wanted to share some of them here. This is gonna be a pretty disorganized piece (hence the title), but I hope that whether you’re a fan of the show or a reader of my work, you might find at least one thing that resonates or helps you understand why I feel the way I do about this show. To give my thoughts some structure, I’m turning this into a blog post series. This first piece will be divided into two sections: a longer section on theology and a shorter section on personal response.

1. Godspell vs JCS, and a Brief Diversion on Christologies

So one easy hot take is to compare and contrast Godspell with Jesus Christ Superstar, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that came out around the same time. Conservative Christians at the time were not too fond of either of them, but both found a strong audience among secular theater-goers and (presumably) progressive Christians. Tebelak, fwiw, was gay and a lifelong Episcopalian who had considered the priesthood at various points in his life. Webber is an agnostic who says he finds Jesus fascinating as an important historical figure. These facts aren’t meant to favor one writer over the other (although I will explain below why I personally prefer Godspell), but knowing these facts does do some to explain why these shows ended up the way they did while covering very similar subjects.

The general consensus I’ve heard and would agree with is that Superstar is about the interpersonal relationships of Jesus the man, and especially his relationship with Judas Iscariot. Godspell also brings the relationship between Judas and Jesus to the foreground, but Godspell (true to its name) is ultimately more about the gospel itself. About Jesus’ teachings, about the community of love that he created, and a little bit about Jesus the Son of God.

In this respect, I’d like to propose that these two musicals unintentionally illustrate two historic approaches to understanding the person and work of Christ. Jesus Christ Superstar loosely follows a theology of Christ which is aligned with the historic Antiochene school of Christology. 

A. Antioch

(St. John Chrysostom, famed Patriarch of Constantinople and student of the Antiochene School)

The Catechetical School of Antioch was a loose affiliation/institution of theologians who trained many of the prominent clergy in the Eastern churches. It emphasized the distinction between the divine and human natures of Christ. It was most invested in historical readings of Scripture. While the orthodox Antiochene scholars certainly confessed that Christ was both divine and human, they tended to state that the divinity of God the Son was not always accessible to Jesus in his humanity. Taken to the extreme, some Antiochenes embraced the heresies of Adoptionism* or Nestorianism**. The value of this school, however, was the investment in an accessible, anthropological reading of Scripture, and an understanding of Christ that emphasized the transcendence of the Son of God and the humanity of Jesus as one of us.

Jesus Christ Superstar approaches its subject matter with a mixture of both pathos and cynicism (intentional or otherwise). Taking place entirely during the Passion, none of the theophanic moments of Christ’s life are depicted (eg, the Baptism of Christ or the Transfiguration).*** We see only his humanity, and it is a very pitiable humanity. I say this not as a criticism, clearly the show succeeds at producing a great deal of sympathy and poignancy for its characters. The presence of the divine in the show is nearly absent. The Last Supper in both shows is not given its full doctrinal weight, but Superstar tones down the spiritual significance of it more than Godspell does. In Superstar, Jesus notices the indifference of his Apostles and says “For all you care, this could be my body that you’re eating, and my blood you’re drinking.”

Jesus and Judas both talk to God, and imply that God answers, but we are only shown one side of the conversation. When Judas commits suicide and is singing the titular number to Jesus on the cross, he does so as a disembodied spirit whom Jesus is not able to interact with. Rather than the traditional account of Jesus going down to Hades and preaching to the dead, here the dead preach to a human Jesus who is doing God’s will but may or may not be able to hear them. All in all, Webber (though obviously not himself an Antiochene by confession) is showing us a Jesus who is primarily a glorified human with a relationship to God, who is nonetheless not especially divine in his capacities, outlook or body. Where he is connected to divinity, there is a clear separation between his divinity and his humanity

B. Alexandria

(St. Cyril, famed Pope (Patriarch) and student of the Alexandrian School)

The Catechetical School of Alexandria was the other major center for Christian theological training in the early Eastern Church, located at Alexandria in Eastern Roman Egypt. It traced its lineage all the way back to St. Mark, but was most strongly influenced by the teachings of Pantaenus, Origen, St. Clement and St. Cyril (above). The Alexandrians were invested in allegorical readings of Scripture, and the use of “pagan” philosophy in the service of theology. They also emphasized the union of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ. Orthodox Alexandrians recognized that Jesus’ divinity and humanity were not consumed by each other, but they tended to suggest that Christ’s divinity and humanity were always operating simultaneously and synergistically, that it was impossible to tell exactly where one ends and the other begins. Taken to the opposite extreme of the Antiochenes, some Alexandrians embraced the heresies of Monophysitism (i) or Apollinarianism (ii). The value of this school was an investment in a polyvalent, mystical approach to Scripture, and an understanding of Christ that emphasized the saving power of God’s own divinity taking on our humanity in an immanent way. 

Godspell is more invested in the ethical impact of Jesus’ life and ministry. However, it is more willing to blur the lines between the divine and human world for the sake of its message and framing of Christ. We see the Baptism of Christ on stage, and although there is no explicit depiction of the Holy Spirit or the Father, the scene is preceded by John the Baptist’s messianic song, “Prepare Ye,” and is woven in and around the song “Save the People,” a song where Jesus proclaims the coming salvation that God the Father will work in their midst for the benefit of all. This happens while the new disciples are also being baptized and receive a flower signifying their membership in the community forming organically around Christ. Jesus’ presence is charged with the eschatological promise of God being in their midst, which is a more Alexandrian reading that blurs the line between where Jesus the human ends and Jesus the divine begins.

I argue that we also see in Godspell an allusion (perhaps unintentional) to the Transfiguration. There is a scene where the stage lights are off and the disciples hold wave glow sticks around Jesus in rhythmic patterns while Jesus talks about the light within. Even if this is not an intentional reference, the visual language of the scene lends itself to the light of God being present in the midst of the people.

Before the Last Supper, Jesus sings the ballad “Beautiful City,” encouraging the disciples to continue the beloved community after his death. While it is a secularized approach in some ways, there is again that blurring of humanity and divinity where the promised city is coming, is beautiful, marked by eschatological hope, and is still “not a city of angels, but a city of man.” During the Last Supper, Jesus prays the traditional Jewish blessing over the bread and wine, and then has lines which mirror the words of institution for the Eucharist. Whether one reads it as a memorial or a sacrament, Tebelak and Schwartz choose to frame the Last Supper as an intentional institution on Jesus’ part. The table is also bathed in light and smoke, implying divine energy or grace gathered around Jesus and his disciples.

On the cross, in Jesus Christ Superstar, Jesus’ last words emphasize his human obedience to the Father: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” In Godspell, the words are less literal to the Gospel text, but they lean towards a more divine-human reading of Jesus. He says, “Oh God, I’m dying,” and the disciples respond, “Oh God, You’re dying,” with the dual meaning of expressing despair and acknowledging his divinity. Jesus’ exclamation here is also very in line with Alexandrian theology, which emphasized the idea that if Christ is truly God incarnate, then a part of God did truly die on the cross, and not just a human who represented God or who was carried through his existence by God.

Finally, though both shows are ambiguous on the Resurrection in order to place their emotional cores front and center (iii), Godspell arguably has the more explicit allusion to the Resurrection. While Superstar ends with Jesus’ death on the cross and a final overture, Godspell ends with a stirring reprise of “Prepare Ye,” intermingled with “Long Live God,” again the messianic expectation. Jesus’ body is lovingly carried by the disciples offstage. In the production I saw, they carried him upwards into the house, where a bright white spotlight was shining. Though both the Antiochenes and the Alexandrians would naturally endorse faith in the Resurrection, in a secularized context, the Alexandrian-flavored Christology of Godspell is more comfortable with depicting Jesus’ divinity infusing and breaking into the human sphere of action. As such, Godspell is more comfortable than Superstar with at least alluding to the most awe-inspiring feat of Christ the God-man, his rising from the dead.

2. Conclusions and Pointing to Pt. II

In the end, the earnestness, exuberance and eschatological hopefulness of Godspell won me over, whereas after Jesus Christ Superstar I was impressed but not moved in the same way. The interplay between grounded radical ethics, unironic joy and tenderness, and the sprinklings of luminosity and divinity in Godspell spoke to me profoundly as a queer Orthodox Christian. Watching a filmed version of the stage show, I felt a visceral sense of connection to my faith and my God, one that echoed various points along my spiritual journey where my heart “burned within me” like the disciples on the Emmaus road. Where I was surrounded by friends who were seeking Christ, and the presence of God was an animating energy of love, hope and joy in our midst. In the next part, I want to pick up the Alexandrian lens to begin to talk about what moved me about this musical in particular, drawing on my specific experiences as a queer Christian, as an Eastern Orthodox Christian, and as someone who inhabits both of those identities simultaneously.

*Adoptionism is the belief that Jesus was entirely human at his birth and that the divinity of the Son of God came and inhabited him at his baptism or later.

**Nestorianism is the belief that Jesus had a human nature and a divine nature, but that the two were entirely separate from one another, with the divine nature operating the human Jesus without experiencing any of the human things Jesus experienced directly.

***The Transfiguration is not explicitly named as such in Godspell. However, I will argue later that it does make an appearance.

(i) Monophysitism is the belief that Jesus had one nature which was an indistinct mixture of humanity and divinity. This belief is not to be confused with its orthodox Alexandrian counterpart, Miaphysitism, which is the belief that Jesus has one nature where the humanity and the divinity are united but do not dissolve into each other. The latter doctrine is the belief of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

(ii) Apollinarianism is the belief that Jesus had a human body but a divine soul/mind.

(iii) Jesus Christ Superstar’s emotional core being the pathos of the character relationships, Godspell’s emotional core being the poignancy and ethos of the gospel and the community of disciples.

#Theology of Theater #theology of media #Godspell #Jesus Christ Superstar #queer theology #Antiochene theology #School of Antioch #Alexandrian theology #School of Alexandria #Beautiful City #Pt I #hot take #series #Eastern Orthodox #orthodox theology #eastern christian

[paraclete0407]

1.

That my favorite JLC novel was ‘Call for the Dead’ - a reference for the Black Death

2.

Nora Roberts’ ‘Holding the Dream’ - ‘Project 521′

3.

‘[Japanese word for bouquet] super-cruise

4.

‘Afterburner’ - hands on shoulders

5.

‘Disbelief in math’ - you [stole presence of breast]

6.

‘Why am I so dumb’

7.

Drinking boiling tea on empty stomach till fly, leap weightlessly

8.

‘Mariposa 2016′ - why not be ‘wheeled out’ 

9.

‘Speak while breathing in’

10.

Oxygen from outside not needed; breathing is crutch

11.

Do backflip; test of will

12.

‘Germantown Lake’

13.

Instant respect University School of Milwaukee

14.

‘UW-Milwaukee (once) respected me’

15.

‘The infliction

16.

‘H3B’ - ‘Mutt Riley’ drug-dealer w/ heart of gold (fake stock character) ‘Malaysian Camille,’ fingers intercostal, ‘Liesl,’ point to books w/ furry boot-toes, ‘I want to kick that cat.’  Some kind of gov’t agency.  Girl w/ marmalade hair,

17.

‘Gangster Opera’ - ‘__-ya what _ _ _ _’ - ‘penalty life’ 

18.

‘Flamenco dance-hall poison gas massacre’ - ‘First Love’

19.

‘The Persian Girl’ - NYC container-ship nuclear terrorism

20.

‘Oxygen Girl and Lithium Boy’ - W. Allen ‘Jupiter Symphony’ - Green R-33  - ‘Yeppeo Harkke’ - ‘I’m not Allen; don’t want to know everything; I groom no one; I expect not to live forever; IDC abt ‘sexual awakening’  + doesn’t need to be taught.  Unoriginal sinner, un-special sophistication, ‘nubile’ - well f--- you and praise God f---face

21.

Distributing the apple-baskets to the poor

22.

‘Epipen’ hostess-bar; [fake name spoken by munch-crumple-idiot].  

23.

‘The Coalminer’s Wife.’  Rutgers is Pyongyang; Mason Gross School of the Arts is Pyongyang; spiral staircase, why am I so dumb.  ‘Poetry-writing is like _ _ but novel-writing is like coal-mining.’  The small room, loom / weave.  Sleep in uniform apron / visor.  Blindness.  Hairband.  ‘If you wear this shirt on college 1st day will meet fut. husband.’  

Sitting in subterranean culvert, bride, pink silver white, orange light.  Kneeling in matte white in coal-hill.  ‘The village headman’s daughter.’  Candle.  Roman Catholicism implied.  

24.

Legalistic, fat on health-foods.  Friend is skinny always burning self down, love of pizza.  ‘Sungjin.’  

25.

‘Minister of the Right’ - ‘Scholar Jin and Lady Periwinkle’

26.

‘Eternal Protector YSS his face was white to blacks black to whites spoke breathing in, racist in immutable divine capacity, picking up valuables from ground even if stolen property =/- smashing store-window to steal.  Terrible elephant-trumpet, sinking, PCH will burn me w/ cigarette-tip in Eternity.  

27.

‘Sospira’ - mandatory euthanasia for piano-teacher after ‘genius student’ graduates

28.

‘Man is woman and woman is b _ _.’  ‘Women are floors.’  

29.

The bird says ‘laoshi.’  The rabbit approaches me; my son.  Little kids w/ armored lower legs will crush me.  

30.

‘So tired from writing strip-club accounts by hand shoulder fatigue the RU Aryan Nation (inc. blonde Jewesses) easily bent her arm to make it look like suicide.’    

31.

‘I caused WW3 due to collective hallucination and/or CCP deepfake; casus belli

32.

‘We’ll give you a five-course meal then f--- you up + also plant bomb in stomach

33.

‘I f---ig TOLD YOU

34.

Mom trusted me with absolute trust-ness as we walked; Jew ‘Take your family _____!’  ‘Carlos Park,’ ‘I HATE Jews; they think they’re the only humans.’  ‘At least we can all agree about Obergefell(?!).’

35.

Why Episcopalians sing about Socrates?

36.

Tell parents, ‘Don’t you know how easy it is to generate deepfakes and say anyone did anything?’  They drove away leaving me outside Best Buy.

37.

‘He’s like the Palestinians.’  ‘I really like you.’  Black boy in pom-pom-hat, tooth-smile, tinfoil.’  My Tibetan bracelet, Diamond Gym Maplewood

38.

‘Meta-wolf.’  Painterly resolution of cinema.  Die at piano.  Stab self in right thigh.  

39.

Looking in to the PC screen 2003 I saw the future; at the very end of the _ _ vid the katana right through her mouth and head / brain / skull.  Dads to plan Covid ultra-vengeance.  YSS, ‘I killed my sons to _ _ _.’  

40.

St. Peter in sky

41.

‘Delight of bread; it befits Man’s dignity... Xi Jinping likes _... delight stomach nursing school, orange sherbert, all ight getting beaten

42.

The Black PhD woman wants me to apply lip-gloss(?!), will not expand on educational philosophy of institution - ‘I blah blah blah Harvard, middle class can’t live within means - Shanghai novel ‘What We Were Not Promised’ - ‘

43.

Guidance counselor you f----- it up - incompetent reprobate self-hypermasculinizing crop-hair Jewess man up Derek Chauvin

43.

‘The neural math Yuki Katakura, mirror neurons, decoupling, cannot ride the vestibule, Matt Chai, “Correspondence and Correlation’  Berkeley CA, ‘Catherine Chai’ emerald dress, McDonalds in the days when seats were fixed outside.  Michelle WAi funeral; she played guitar; commanded submarine, assassinated by RPG Arab terrorist.  G-36.  ‘Fantail.’

44.

‘What’s Myeong Hyeongeso up to?’ - I really love my friend Cunningham whose heartrate spikes probably b/c he knows there’s CCP Yakuza assassins somewhere al the time thinking of murdering him

45.

Daejin McDonald’s one night, I start singing ’Star Spangled Banner.’  Kim Jong Un launches missile arcing over cereal grain fields, I start singing ‘Star Spangled Banner.’

46.

Literally 2015, ‘Trinity of Happiness.’  Later ‘finally enter.’  Gold label lite cigarette, ‘I’m gonna have my day!’

47.

I gave the little kid money + he flipped out; he later tried to freeze himself to death as Texas Bill is manning up worried about magazine cliches, contributions to ROKA(?).  Kid quit due to voice but he’s still better than me!  Fire all these people, CDF, ‘Charles David Framingham,’ nuke Milwaukee, I don’t trust his data.  ‘I had so much sex before marriage’ - just die I read your magazine 3,0000 years ago.  I can’t believe anyone wants to be you; my grandfather was B-24 co-pilot, main pilot KIA, landed without landing-training, grapefruit morning, infinite wrist-strength.  I smashed up his house but he didn’t get mad, just stutter.  Dead-eyed f---face shooting every animal in Texas.  

48. 

Very much fear of P2 holiness but holiness-shyness even worse than love-shyness even more blasphemous, I sincerely hope he strangles me very soon

49.

The evillest thing I ever thought, the ‘death of deaths,’ Kim Jong Il, what was he thinking?  I used to toy with TW-1, say word ‘zombie’  ‘How could you do that?!’  I didn’t liquefy girls’ skeletons or sth; it’s like Schindler’s List soundtrack; I just don’t know words for it.  ‘Final Gesture’ - Jesus to Judas ‘friend?’

50.

Iraq War Day trail-running, later cognizance of Noam Chomsky Hiroshima Day.  Wanted to say Op. Olympic noble but in retrospect ‘Bells of Nagasaki’ + ‘swamp of Japan.’  My grandfather’s funeral, dad is, ‘We have all drunk from wells we did not dig.’  Chinese chicken eat, nap, I can run all the way up of the hill w/ African chat.  I like YooA ‘Bon Voyage,’ check CNS high reps, atrial fibrillation.

51.

SHINEE fangirl ‘Stella(?)’ - noli me tangerine I know that stuff is ‘little stars.’  Awed at my gait  ‘If only they had stayed in hot pursuit.’  I wanna believe in all that stuff as well; I am also a dead-ender or last-chancer or last-caller; I admire Mari Iijima, ‘’Uncompromising Innocence.’  ‘Little Heaven’ but that’s Kim Jongilism or I’m worse than Kim Jong Il for thinking about ‘Agents Running in the Field.’  Timothy Keller, ‘I don’t like broccoli.’  I felt it was an innuendo and it made me think of HJ that gave me her number but I didn’t call b/c I’m against prostitution and I felt it’s fake number b/c everything is the Shadowplay.  I made stupid lewd stuff for years despite ‘Anointment’ and ‘When To Care’ - ‘toucan, macaw, demi-bra.’  Everyone thinks I’m a rapist but I’m not pressing my case; I don’t mouth-breath; I don’t spit.  I read ‘Sentimental Education’ and pre-targeted; I gave up; I wish Gen. McChrystal could be President or GWB 3rd term, conscience of Moon Jaein, ‘Weary Head.’  Thought I was ‘all hard’ for reading Natsume Soseki’s ‘Meian’ with ex-girlfriend’s smile at the end but he as dying then I started seeing kisses + wife-smiles and stuff; what’s Francis Chan up to?, does Mike Pompeo know I am real?  I liked 2nd Inuyasha movie, that song was about Mochida Kaori’s unborn niece or nephew, Kinokuniya Edgewater Mitsuwa.  The ‘Many Pieces’ live version ended with bass-note - ‘cantus firmus’ - instead of fadeout and wail.  Stone Lake NK Mountain morning.  Fav. Bible book 2 Timothy - ‘grievous wolves.’  & I used to listen to ‘Arirang’ and hear the Latin, ‘Respondemus’ - my favorite person said that Latin’s ‘quaint’ but it’s the lingua franca of the Roman Empire and that’s the final empire of this world that never went away; but this is a specific era, the great wave Delta and it’s not even the last iteration If I know anything about biological war or Satan.  Unironically fall on your face; ten billion jewel-souls tonight and this terrible fire rolling over.  I just simply pray for mercy on Milwaukee + somebody suspend their infinity-war-dueling over all the ills of yesterday back to Original Sin nd the Fall of Lucifer.  I’m unhappy that I know all this pop-culture; ‘worlds are swaying / someone is praying / please let us come home to stay’ or Kahi’s ‘One Love’ where at the end it uses the word for ‘I’ in the subjective case which is ‘arm confirmed identity’ 

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Could we start again please?

Because I can't seem to write more of the fics I've already started, I've started and finished another fic today. Set at the end of Could We Start Again Please, Peter stops Judas from leaving to go and kill himself. As such, obviously suicide mentions throughout.

@judasisgayriot @therearenobeesontyphon @afaintcloudyhaze

Peter handed the petition back to Simon and sighed. Could they come back to this? Could they ever start again? With Jesus in jail, probably about to be put on trial to be executed, it was looking less and less likely by the second. And with his own sins stacking up against him, the future was looking pretty bleak.

Not as bleak as it was for Judas, though, Peter thought, chancing a glance at the man behind him. He was a mess. His head was on his knees, breathing shakily, barely keeping himself together. He pulled his head up with what looked like a Herculean effort and caught Peter staring at him. He nodded awkwardly, grimacing, and started to move away.

“Where are you going?” asked Peter, stopping Judas dead in his tracks. Clearly he hadn’t even expected anyone to question where he was going.

When Judas answered, he wouldn’t look at Peter. “Nowhere,” he said, hoarsely. “Just away. Taking my toxic presence out of all of your lives.”

Peter stood up, put a hand on Judas’s shoulder to stop him from leaving. Judas tensed up. “Where are you going to go?”

Judas gulped and finally looked up, and the absolute despair and hopelessness and self-loathing Peter saw in his eyes was soul-crushing. “It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about me. You all have bigger things to worry about than what happens to the traitor who ruined all your lives.” He closed his eyes and gulped back a sob. “Please, Peter, just let me go. I don’t want a scene.”

Peter set his jaw. “You still haven’t told me where you’re going,” he said, although he had a sneaking suspicion where that was, and it made his stomach sink and twist in dread and horror.

“If I do you’ll try and stop me,” said Judas. “And I don’t want you to stop me.” His voice was small and sad and scared, like even he couldn’t believe he’d reached this point.

Peter crossed his arms. “I’m trying to stop you anyway, so you might as well tell me,” he said stubbornly.

Judas sighed and threw his arms up in the air, a flash of fire in his eyes that reminded Peter of the old Judas, not this dead-eyed, hopeless zombie. “I’m off to fucking top myself, OK, Peter? Can I fucking go now?”

Collective gasps sounded from around them, but Peter ignored them.

“Then you’re right,” he said. “None of us are going to let you do that.”

Judas cast a cursory glance at the assembled members of the Twelve and rolled his eyes. “Only because you’re all too good for your own good,” he said, snorting.

“No, that’s not it,” said Peter, stubbornly. “You’re a fucking asshole for what you did, but you had your reasons, and we should have paid more attention to you. Looked after you better. And it’s not like I can talk. I denied I ever had anything to do with Jesus.”

“It’s hardly giving him up to the Romans in terms of villainy, is it?” said Judas. “Please, Peter, just let me go.”

“What? So you can go and kill yourself? I don’t fucking think so, pal.”

“Don’t you understand?” Judas said desperately. “I can’t live with myself anymore! I betrayed my best friend! He’s going to die, because of me! Anyway, how are you gonna stop me?”

“I’m not above knocking your lights out if it’s necessary,” said Peter, coolly.

Judas raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Little Peter, who’d have thought,” he said, mockingly. “And the rest of you,” he said, glaring around at the others. “Are you gonna stop me, Simon? You fucking spat on the floor when I walked past you earlier. But you’d rather play with fire and petitions than actually worry about the future. Or Mary? I’ve been nothing but a dick to you, and sure, most of it was undeserved, but honestly? Spending 300 fucking silver pieces on ointment? Are you fucking kidding me?” He stopped, hands braced on his knees, panting like he’d just run a mile. He looked up around them, his eyes those of a wounded animal, lashing out at anything and everything that came near it. “Let’s be honest, none of you really want me around. You’re just trying to stop me because you’re trying to prove you’re all better people than me. But none of you – did anything. And I had to do something, and I fucked it all up, but I was trying to save his life!” Judas doubled over, sobbing, and Peter tried to put a comforting hand on his back, but was shrugged off.

“Judas,” said Mary, very quietly, “we know you're lashing out at us because you want us to let you go, but that's not going to happen. We're your friends.”

Judas looked uncomprehendingly at her.

“Yeah, and if you haven't made us hate you before now, you're just not going to,” Simon piped up from the floor. “And I don't hate you, mate. Sorry about earlier. Heat of the moment and all that.”

“But- but-” Judas took a shaky breath, trying to speak, but just trailed off into a whimper. Peter deemed it safe enough to put an arm around Judas's back, guide him to the floor.

“Look, mate,” he said, rubbing Judas's back in comforting circles, while Judas blubbered and looked up at Peter desperately, like a lost child who would take any kind of guidance he could get. “Jesus wouldn't want you to kill yourself over him, would he?” He heard Mary's sharp intake of breath and wondered for a moment if it had been completely the wrong thing to say; Judas did start sobbing even harder, but he let Peter hug him to his chest, so he took that as a good sign. It was enough for now anyway.

After today, they'd take what they could get.

#jcs #judas #suicide tw #my writing #posting this angst for y'all before I go to sleep bc I'm a good friend like that

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Day 306 / Nov 1

Luke 21-22

21: He sees people donating to the temple and makes an example out of it The poor widow who gave two coins gave more than all the rich men who gave out of their abundance One day, they were talking about the Temple's beautiful architecture Jesus says there will not remain one untouched stone of that temple (i.e. it's gonna be wrecked) They ask him when it'll happen, and thus begins the Olivet Discourse Watch out for the false prophets who preach in Christ's name Nation will be against nation; war, famine, plauge and poverty will be abound The followers will be persecuted, delivered into the hands of men Trust no one in those days and endure When you see the hoardes coming, tell the people to flee into the mountains and hills Woe to the pregnant and nursing mothers, their life will be hard Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, and then the Gentiles themselves will go There will be signs in the son, moon and stars; and men will fear for their lives By the fruit, you know the tree, so by these signs, you know the time The kingdom is near, and there are people alive today who will live to see it Heaven and earth will pass away before the word

22: As Passover was nearing, the priests began to plot how best to get Jesus Satan entered into Judas (note the difference) and he went to the priests and agreed to turn over Jesus for money On Passover, he tells Peter and John to go prepare the feast, and they ask him Where He tells them to go into the city and ask a certain man and he'll guide them Eventually, at the feast, Jesus tells them that he is going to suffer He takes the bread and says it's his body, and the wine his blood, for a new covenant He also says that there is someone at the table right now who will betray Jesus Even though Jesus needs to die, woe to the betrayer He said to them that the disciples will have great reward for following him, the twelve will get thrones to rule the twelve tribes Jesus tells Simon Peter that he will fail Jesus Peter aruges against this, but Jesus says Peter will deny Jesus thrice before the rooster crows He asks them if they lacked anything when they were commissioned, and they answer no Jesus tells them, whoever has a purse, to sell their cloak and buy a sword They said there are two swords, which is enough They leave, and Jesus tells them to stay put for a while while he goes and prays He only prays once (note) and kneeling, asks God for strength that his will will be done After this, he goes to check on them and to his shock, finds them asleep While he was talking, Judas came up to him, and kissed him Out of nowhere, goons come up and get Jesus One of the disciples cuts off a guard's right ear, which Jesus heals He criticizes them for not going after actual criminals They seize him and bring him to the priests, while the multitude scatters Only Peter follows from a distance While he was outside the building, multiple times people came up to him and questioned whether this man was with Jesus He denies them everytime, growing angrier and angrier, and then the rooster crows and Peter weeps In the building, the people mock and abuse Jesus The next day, before the assembly, he is asked whether or not he is the Christ Jesus dances around the direct question and says the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God They ask him if he is the son of God, and Jesus says yes They have everything they need (note)

spoiler: i did not use my weekend time wisely

"For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly sen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse." Romans 1:20 WEB

#Bible #biblebriefly #Religion #reading #luke

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NSFW #15: Melon’s Creed

The Carmel Bunkers on Turó de la Rovir. Stone barriers overlook the great city of Barcelona. John Bishop Church quietly admired the breathtaking view on this day just on the precipice of the sun setting. He leaned over the wall and seemed oblivious to the camera filming him. He had the hood of his light grey jacket up. His boots and the bottoms of his blue jeans were covered in dirt from the hike to this locale. He spoke out into the ether. “Hey.” He spoke in a conversational tone and let that set in before continuing. “This whole thing has been a humbling experience. In this last year, I’ve had the privilege to do what I’ve always wanted to do. And to enter into a partnership that has been absolutely exhilarating to be a part of. Since NSFW’s humble roots, we have scraped and clawed our way to the top. There has been a common thread throughout. Somebody somewhere has claimed that they do what they do for a divine purpose.” He scoffed. “Whether it be the megalomaniacal ramblings of a prophet, the dissidents of chaos …” John sighed, perhaps perturbed at the mere mention of this. “...or the machinations of the melon gods. Such grand proclamations are fruitless in the face of the golden standard of tag team wrestling. Now, Mike …” There was a pause. He pushed off of the wall and turned around - looking to the stairs that descend down the hill. “Mike?” “Dude!” The redhead, backpack over her shoulders and clad in a grey unzipped hoodie over a Carlos Ruiz t-shirt, appeared over the crest of the hill a moment after her name was mentioned, puffing a bit as if she’d started running as soon as she realized how far she’d fallen behind her partner. “My legs don’t know how to be as long as yours, man. Phew…” Catching her breath, the Bronx brawler raised a hand, wiping some sweat off her brow. “Besides, I kinda got distracted. You won’t believe what I found. It’s full of so much crazy shit, I dunno if I can look at the world the same fuckin’ way again.” Reaching back, Mike unzipped her pack and pulled out a large, dirty, ancient looking book, fraying at the corners and tops of the spine. Embossed on the cover, with traces of nearly worn away gilding, are the words ‘ARCANA CUCUMIS’. “What?” Coming the rest of the way up and leaning against one of the curved concrete walls, Mike flipped the book open with care, as not to jar any of the yellowed pages loose. Shifting a bit, she beckons her partner over, holds the tome up, and points at one of the pictures within. “I found this in the catacombs when we split away from the tour group to… when we split away from the tour group. Look at this shit. It’s like, all of the Melon Club’s fuckin’ secrets. I had no idea they went this far back and had their nasty vines stuck in so much stuff.” “Oh no.” John placed a hand on the page, obscuring its contents. He looked at his friend with concern. “This is Leviathan all over again.” “Nah man. This is worse. They’ve been in all of humanity’s fuckin’ key institutions. Look at this for example.” “These fuckers killed JESUS, man. I mean, according to the text here, fuckin’ Judas served him that melon, ironically enough, right before the big J.C. said one of his people was gonna betray him.” John gave the warped portrayal of the Last Supper a once over. “So Judas was part of the Melon Club.” His tone was deadpan and in no way inquisitive. “Exactly. But it doesn’t stop there. Look here.” “This guy, I’m sure you know, is L. Ron Fuckin’ Hubbard, the nutball behind Scientology. According to the book, people have been misunderstanding his writings all this time because of an elaborate cover up. See, Hubbard didn’t really mean Xenu. He meant…” She jabbed her finger at a specific spot on the image. “...honeydew.” John was exasperated in his own diminutive way. “The Melon Club are pulling the strings of the billion dollar multinational religion because?” Mike shrugged. “Power. Control. Y’know, all that shadow ops supervillain shit. And it’s not just the major stuff either. I mean, take a look here. I really feel bad about this one considering week before last…” She flipped a few pages, landing on a classical Grecian image. “The Eternal Circle are unknowing followers of the melon gods.” “Exactly. Sad, but true. I guess they gotta come to terms with that now.” ”Mike.” It was like a plea to come back to reality. “Look. Religious iconography has been changed to suit the needs of whoever used it. I’ve never been much a believer. I mean, maybe something exists. But all along its been the melon gods?” His fingers gestured dismissively at the book. “This … doesn’t make any sense.” “Yeah, I mean, I guess that’s true. But the thing is, it’s not just religion that these fucks have been manipulating. See? I mean, I know you for one are gonna be seriously pissed at this one. See, it looks like around 48 BC, the ancient Roman scholars were on the tail of uncovering the whole Melon conspiracy before it overwhelmed everyone. Luckily for them, no less than the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, was a devotee and he made sure to have the entire library burned to the ground before anybody could find out the truth.” John’s bottom lip quivered slightly upon looking at the image. “All of that knowledge.” But he shook his head. “No. So next thing you’re going to tell me that his assassination was ordered when the Melon Club had no further use for him.” Mike snapped the fingers of her free hand. “YES. Exactly that. And it’s not the only assassination they’ve indulged in either. I mean, Arya herself’s a trained killer, it shouldn’t be that big of a shock that these people have bumped off anyone who was a threat to their fucking organization.” Mike grimaced as she flipped the page again. “They never did figure out who Oswald was working with. Or for. And that one picture of him, people always thought it was altered in some way. Well it fucking was. See?” “The Melon Club assassinated JFK.” “It’s the only thing that makes fucking sense. I mean all this time. All these theories and debates and discussions. The Zapruder film analyzed frame by fuckin’ frame. And all this time, Oswald was a lone gunman cuz only a Melon Club trained assassin could pull off a ricocheting shot like that.” “But… why?” Mike exhaled, then drew a breath in. “Because they fuckin’ can. Because Kennedy’s embargo on goods from Cuba was hurting the fuckin’ melon industry and that’s how they spread their fuckin’ propoganda. All those sweet, juicy cantaloupes, canaries, and watermelons that people gobble up without a second thought, not knowing every last bite is only serving the forces that control their entire fucking lives.” “Mike. I don’t know what to say. Maybe we’ve been lied to.” “You don’t know the half of it. It’s to the point now that they’re just meddling in things just to make everyone miserable. The Super Bowl a couple seasons back. Patriots vs. Falcons. The Falcons had the Pats dead to fucking rights. Brady was getting his stupid handsome face shoved in it and it was glorious. But then after the half they mounted this miraculous comeback that by all fucking rights shouldn’t even have been fucking possible. How? I stayed up fucking nights, man. I had no idea how the rug got yanked out from under the Falcons so utterly. But now. NOW I know. Look at this. The absolute bastards.” “I have no clue what you’re talking about.” “Oh yeah. You probably didn’t see it. Trust me, you’re better for it. It fucking sucked. Tom Brady is an asshole. He’s the absolute fucking worst human being ever shat out onto this sorry planet and the sooner everybody realizes what an overrated piece of crap he is the better.” John closed the book. The pages gave off a fine poof of dust as they slammed together. “Okay. So The Melon Club are zealots who throughout time have manipulated the world in every which way possible.” And then he pointed to Mike and himself. “And acquiring our tag team championships are now part of that great design?” “Sure. Why wouldn’t it be? They have their claws in everything else. Why else would people trained in the fucking deadly arts be getting in the ring with us?” “And so we are the only people standing in the way of a new dark age?” “I mean, I found this thing in a crypt if that tells you anything. We know too much. They’rereally gonna want to take us out now, cuz we know how dangerous they are and we’re telling the whole fucking world so.” Mike glanced at the camera, brows knit in a very concerned fashion. Her fingers twiddled nervously between each other. “They’ve been here for months. Walter and Arya Melon. Mixed results. Between the bouts of tedium and fruit puns, I’ve inclined to tune them out. They win one tag match. Against two teams that chose to not take them seriously.” He placed a hand on the book. “We’re taking the Melon Club serious.” John joined Mike in looking directly at the camera. “Dead serious.” “To be frank, I underestimated you guys. My partner didn’t cuz he’s smarter than I am, but I looked at that three-way and you were the last fucking people I thought we’d wind up fighting. Shit, I’d already done some studying and had to throw it all out the window. The fact you pulled that shit out is proof you shouldn’t be taken lightly, whether or not you guys are part of a giant all consuming conspiracy wrapping the world in melony dominance.” “I thought we were going to have a viking problem on our hands. But instead, two cunning opportunists came away with the victory. And speaking of opportunities, it’s clear that through the facade, you two are students of the game. We know what you see as an opening.” Mike gave a firm nod, reaching up with her left hand. Her fingers were free, but the palm and wrist were done up in a cast, by now liberally covered with the signatures of friend and fan alike. “I’m not gonna pretend to know what you think of us. It’s probably better for everybody’s fuckin’ sanity that there’s no telling what’s going on in those, heh, melons of yours. But like my partner said, I know, we know, what you may be thinking about doing. Let me tell you for one, this hand? It ain’t gonna be a fuckin’ issue. Better people in this business than me have defended titles with far worse fuckin’ damage. It ain’t gonna slow me down.” She twiddled her fingers and then balled them up tight, forming a fist around the covered palm of her left hand. “Yeah. We’re not mind readers but we know what you want. And there is no fucking way in seven hells that you’re gonna get it, not at WrestleFest and not ever. You’re welcome to give it a shot, but a lot of teams have tried, and they’ve all met the same fuckin’ end.” The plaster casted fist slammed into the opposite palm. “Knocked for Six, kneed in the face, Cherry Bombed, put to sleep, and checked by the Bishop and the Queen.” “That’s not arrogance on our part. That’s just what happens. What will happen. And I get it. You two think you have divine providence on your side. What bounty have the melon gods gifted your little club? A middle in the pack finish in the Rumble. Trading victories with Frankie Romono. And now this. An opportunity.” He reached behind him and shoved the book out of the sight of the camera. The focus was solely on Bishop Church, Mike McGuire, NSFW, the EWC World Tag Team Champions. A leveled gaze from Church was directed to the challengers. “An opportunity to be a footnote in our history.” Folding her arms as best she can, Mike gave a firm nod. “We’ve worked too hard and come too far to have it end here and now. Nobody’s found a way to fuckin’ kill us yet and neither will you. No assassins, no kooked out religions, and No Schemes of Fucking Watermelons are going to take us down. But if you really think you can?” Her grim expression melted into a smirk, a brief ‘heh’ slipping from her lips. “Come and get it, ya fuckin’ fruits.” John looked at his partner, eyebrows raised. “Wait, what?”

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John 18:1-19:42

When Jesus was done praying, he left with all of his followers to go across the Kidron Valley. On the other side of the Valley there was a garden that He and his followers went into.One of his followers named Judas, knew that Jesus and his followers went to the garden quite often.  So as he was searching for Jesus that was the first place he checked. He came with soldiers, church officials and lawyers. They all carried torches, lanterns and weapons. Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, so he asked them, “Who are you guys looking for?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.“Yeah that’s me,” Jesus said. When Jesus told them, they stepped back and some of them stumbled to the ground. Since no one said anything Jesus asked them again, “Who are you guys looking for?”“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said again. Then Jesus said, “ I already told you guys that I am Jesus of Nazareth. If you guys really want me then let my followers go.”  This happened so that what he had said before would come true when he said: “I haven’t lost any of the people you gave me.” Then one of Jesus’ followers named Simon Peter, whipped out his pistol and shot the Conference President’s secretary’s right ear off. (The secretary’s name was Malchus.) Jesus commanded Peter, “put your gun down! Do you not want me to go through what God the Father wants me to go through. Then the Squadron of police with their chief and the church officials arrested Jesus. They handcuffed Him and brought him to a guy named Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the conference president. Caiaphas was the one who had told the other church officials that it was a good idea to sacrifice one man for the sake of the rest of the people.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus

Simon Peter and on of Jesus other followers were following behind Jesus after he got arrested. Because the conference president knew who the other follower was, he followed Jesus into his courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside the door of his house. The other follower who the Conference President knew, came back out and talked to the greeter at the door and Peter was let in. “Hey, aren’t you one of Jesus followers too?” she asked Peter.“No i’m not,” Peter said. It was really cold outside so all of the conference Presidents employees and church officials were waiting around an outdoor heater to stay warm, so Peter went over with them to warm himself up.

The Conference President Interrogates Jesus

While this happened, the conference president was questioning and interrogating Jesus about his followers and what He was teaching to the people.“I have spoken openly to everyone,” said Jesus. “I was always teaching in the churches and church courtyards where everyone hangs out, I wasn’t hiding anything from anyone.  So why are you questioning me? Ask everyone who was listening to me, they’ll probably remember what i taught.”When Jesus finished talking, one of the church officials who was listening backhanded Him in the face. “Is that really the way you’re going to talk to the Conference President?” he yelled. “If i said anything that offended you or that was wrong, tell me what I said,” Jesus said back. “But if i told the truth, why did you hit me?” Then Annas handcuffed Him again and sent Him to Caiaphas.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus a Second and Third Time.

While Jesus was getting questioned, Simon Peter was still outside getting warm. So the church officials that were there asked him, “Aren’t you one of Jesus followers too?”He denied them and said, “Uh, no i’m not.” One the the conference presidents secretaries, who happened to be related to the man Peter shot the ear off of, confronted Peter and said, “Didn’t i see you when Jesus when we were at the Garden?”  But for a third time Peter denied that he was Jesus’ follower, and when Peter finished talking a rooster crowed.

Jesus with Pilate

The church officials then dragged Jesus over from Caiaphas to the Roman Governor’s mansion. By now it was morning time and the church leaders didn't’ want to enter the mansion to avoid being unclean for their ceremonies they were going to perform later. So Pilate, the governor, had to come out to them and asked, “What are you guys accusing this guy of?” “Well if he didn’t do anything wrong we wouldn’t have brought him to you,” they said. Then Pilate said, “Take him back to your people and judge him under your own laws.”“But our laws don’t let us execute anyone,” they said back.  When they said this it fulfilled what Jesus said about how he was gonna die. So Pilate took Jesus back into his Mansion and asked him, “Are you really the President of the Jews?” “is that what you think or did other other people gossip about me to you?” Jesus asked. “Am I Jewish?” Pilate responded. “Your people and church leaders are the ones who turned you into me. So what did you do wrong?” Jesus said, “My empire isn’t from earth. If it was from earth, my servants and soldiers would fight to stop me from being arrested. But no, my empire is from somewhere else.” “Oh! So you are a President then!” Said Pilate.Jesus answered, “You can say that I am a President. But the real reason i was born on earth was to tell people the truth. And everyone who believes in the truth listens to me.” “What is truth then?” said Pilate. Then after that he went back out to where the church leaders were waiting and told them, “I don’t see any reason to charge this guy guilty. But since it is a tradition that i release a prisoner back to you guys at the time of this big festival, do you want me to give you guys back this President of the Jews?” They all yelled back at Pilate, “No, we don’t want Him! Give us Barabbas!” Barabbas was in prison for starting a big uprising riot.

John 19

Jesus is Sentenced to be Executed

Then Pilate punished Jesus by having Him tortured. Then guards put together a crown made of barbed wire and pushed it onto Jesus’ head. Then they gave him a nice high quality suit to wear and all came up to him and kept saying, “All hail the President of the Jews!” And they all slapped him in the face. Then after Jesus was tortured Pilate brought him out in front of the Jews that were there and said, “Look guys, I am bringing him back out to let you know once again that i find no reason for Him to be guilty.”  and when Jesus came out wearing the crown made of barbed wire and the fancy suit Pilate said, “Look here He is!”As soon as the church leaders and officials saw him come out, they started a chant saying, “Execute Him! Execute Him!”But Pilate finally gave up and said, “Fine, you guys take him and execute him, but know that i don’t find him guilty for anything.”The church leaders insisted and said, “One of our laws says that anyone who claims to be God must die and this guy is claiming to be God.” When Pilate heard them say he claimed to be God, he freaked out  and brought Jesus back into his mansion. “Where did you come from?” he asked, but Jesus didn’t answer him. “why aren’t you talking to me?” Pilate asked. “Don’t you get that i have to power to kill you or set you free?”

Jesus finally answered back to him, “You wouldn’t have any of your power over me if God above didn’t give it to you. The people who turned me into you are the guilty ones, guilty of a worse sin.” From that point on, Pilate tried hard to set Jesus free, but the church leaders kept yelling and shouting, “If you let this guy go, you aren’t supporting Caesar. Anyone who claims that they are a President is against Caesar.” When Pilate heard them say that, he led Jesus out of the mansion to a place called Stone Pavement and he sat down on the Judge’s chair. 14 At this point it was about noon on Friday of the big festival.“Here is your President,” Pilate told the Jews. But they kept shouting, “Take him away and execute him!”Pilate asked, “But do you really want me to execute your president?”“We don’t have any other president besides Caesar,” the church leaders answered.So finally Pilate gave up and gave in and handed Jesus over to the Jews to be executed.

Jesus is Executed

So the guards became in charge of Jesus. He was forced to carry his own electric chair to the execution chamber which was called the Skull Room. In that room they executed Jesus and two other criminals with alongside him. He had one criminal on either side of him and he was in the middle. Pilate a sign made and posted up above the electric chair as he was executed that said: Jesus of Nazareth, the President of the Jews.  A bunch of the Jews that were passing nearby read the sign because Jesus was executed in a room where everyone could see him, and the sign was written in English, Spanish, and French. The Jewish church leaders got mad at Pilate because of what he wrote on the sign and said to him, “Don’t write ‘President of the Jews,’ he wasn’t actually the president of the Jews he just claimed he was.” Pilate answered, “I wrote what i wrote and i’m not going to change it.” When the guards executed Jesus, they took off all of his clothes and divided them evenly into four piles with his underwear left. And his underwear was all made from one piece of cloth with no seams so there was no way to divide it evenly.So the guards said, “Don’t tear it up, let’s gamble over it to see who wins it.”This happened because it had been prophesied to happen in a book that said, “They split up my clothes between them and gambled for who got what.” So that is what the guards did. Close by to the electric chair where Jesus was being executed his mom, his aunt, Mary Clopas’s wife, Mary Magdalene were standing.  When Jesus noticed that his mom and one of his loved followers was there with her, he looked at his mom and told her, “Mom, this follower is now your son.”  and he looked at his follower that he loved and said, “Here is your mother.” From then on, Jesus follower brought Mary over to his house to take care of her.

Jesus Dies

Later on, since Jesus knew that the prophecies about him had been fulfilled, he told the guards, “I’m thirsty.”  A bottle of old alcohol was in the room, so they soaked a rag in some of the alcohol and held it up on a stick for him to drink. When Jesus took the drink he said, “It’s over.” And he died. It was still on the Friday before the big festival and the next day was the special Sabbath of the festival. Since the church leaders didn’t want people sitting in these execution chairs on their special Sabbath they asked Pilate is he could electrocute them more so they would die quicker, then they could take their bodies away. So the guards came and electrocuted the two criminals who were executed with Jesus. But when the got to Jesus to electrocute him more they realized he was already dead, so they didn’t electrocute him anymore. Instead, one of the guards came up and checked his pulse and felt nothing. The guy who felt for His pulse told them what he felt, and what he felt is true. He knows that what he felt was true, and tells us about it so we that we can believe it too.  All of this happened to prove a prophecy to be true: He won’t be electrocuted to death,”  and another prophecy that says, “They’ll look up at the guy with no pulse.”

Jesus is Buried

Later on, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate is he could have Jesus’s body. Joseph was secretly a follower of Jesus because he was afraid of what the church leaders would do if they found out he followed Jesus. But he got Pilates permission and took Jesus body away.  A guy named Nicodemus came with him too. Nicodemus was the guy who had come earlier to talk to Jesus at night. Nicodemus had brought about 75 pounds worth of makeup and perfumes to put on Jesus body before he was buried.  The two of them took his body and dressed it up nicely, put the perfumes and makeup on Him. This was all part of Jewish customs when someone died.  Near the room where Jesus was executed, there was a garden and in the garden was a new cemetery with new graves. Since it was still the Friday before the special Sabbath and the grave was close by, they buried Jesus body in the grave.

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John Paraphrase

Jesus arrest and crucifixion account paraphrased from the Gospel of John (SAFV).

John Paraphrase 18:1-19:42

Jesus Gets Arrested

1 When Jesus was done praying, he left with all of his followers to go across the Kidron Valley. On the other side of the Valley there was a garden that He and his followers went into.

2 One of his followers named Judas, the guy who backstabbed him, knew that Jesus and his followers went to the garden quite often to hang out. 3 So as he was searching for Jesus that was the first place he checked. He came with a police squadron and some church officials and lawyers. They with AR-15s and riot gear.

4 Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, so he stepped up and asked them, “Who are you guys looking for?”

5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

“Yeah that’s me,” Jesus said. (The backstabbing Judas was still standing with the crowd.) 6 When Jesus told them, “yeah that’s me,” they all took a few steps back and some of them even stumbled to the ground.

7 Since no one said anything Jesus asked them again, “Who are you guys looking for?”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said again.

8 Then Jesus was like, “Well ok, I already told you guys that I am Jesus of Nazareth. If you guys really want me then let my followers go.” 9 This happened so that what he had said before would come true when he said: “I haven’t lost any of the people you gave me.”

10 Then one of Jesus’ followers named Simon Peter, whipped out his pistol and shot the Conference President’s secretary’s right ear off. (The secretary's name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “put your gun down! Do you not want me to go through what God the Father wants me to go through.

12 Then the Squadron of police with their chief and the church officials arrested Jesus. They handcuffed Him 13 and brought him to a guy named Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the conference president. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had told the other church officials that it was a good idea to sacrifice one man for the sake of the rest of the people.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus

15 Simon Peter and on of Jesus other followers were following behind Jesus after he got arrested. Because the conference president knew who the other follower was, he followed Jesus into his courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside the door of his house. The other follower who the Conference President knew, came back out and talked to the greeter at the door and Peter was let in.

17 “Hey, aren’t you one of Jesus followers too?” she asked Peter.

“No i’m not,” Peter said.

18 It was really cold outside so all of the conference Presidents employees and church officials were waiting around an outdoor heater to stay warm, so Peter went over with them to warm himself up.

The Conference President Interrogates Jesus

19 While this happened, the conference president was questioning and interrogating Jesus about his followers and what He was teaching to the people.

20 “I have spoken openly to everyone,” said Jesus. “I was always teaching in the churches and church courtyards where everyone hangs out, I wasn’t hiding anything from anyone. 21 So why are you questioning me? Ask everyone who was listening to me, they’ll probably remember what i taught.”

22 When Jesus finished talking, one of the church officials who was listening backhanded Him in the face. “Is that really the way you’re going to talk to the Conference President?” he yelled.

23 “If i said anything that offended you or that was wrong, tell me what I said,” Jesus said back. “But if i told the truth, why did you hit me?” 24 Then Annas handcuffed Him again and sent Him to Caiaphas.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus a Second and Third Time.

25 While Jesus was getting questioned, Simon Peter was still outside getting warm. So the church officials that were there asked him, “Aren't you one of Jesus followers too?”

He denied them and said, “Uh, no i’m not.”

26 One the the conference presidents secretaries, who happened to be related to the man Peter shot the ear off of, confronted Peter and said, “Didn’t i see you when Jesus when we were at the Garden?” 27 But for a third time Peter denied that he was Jesus’ follower, and when Peter finished talking a rooster crowed.

Jesus with Pilate

28 The church officials then dragged Jesus over from Caiaphas to the Roman Governor’s mansion. By now it was morning time and the church leaders didn't’ want to enter the mansion to avoid being unclean for their ceremonies they were going to perform later. 29 So Pilate, the governor, had to come out to them and asked, “What are you guys accusing this guy of?”

30 “Well if he didn’t do anything wrong we wouldn’t have brought him to you,” they said.

31 Then Pilate said, “Take him back to your people and judge him under your own laws.”

“But our laws don’t let us execute anyone,” they said back. 32 When they said this it fulfilled what Jesus said about how he was gonna die.

33 So Pilate took Jesus back into his Mansion and asked him, “Are you really the President of the Jews?”

34 “is that what you think or did other other people gossip about me to you?” Jesus asked.

35 “Am I Jewish?” Pilate responded. “Your people and church leaders are the ones who turned you in to me. So what did you do wrong?”

36 Jesus said, “My empire isn't from earth. If it was from earth, my servants and soldiers would fight to stop me from being arrested. But no, my empire is from somewhere else.”

37 “Oh! So you are a President then!” Said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You can say that I am a President. But the real reason i was born on earth was to tell people the truth. And everyone who believes in the truth listens to me.”

38 “What is truth then?” said Pilate. Then after that he went back out to where the church leaders were waiting and told them, “I don’t see any reason to charge this guy guilty. 39 But since it is a tradition that i release a prisoner back to you guys at the time of this big festival, do you want me to give you guys back this President of the Jews?”

40 They all yelled back at Pilate, “No, we don't want Him! Give us Barabbas!” Barabbas was in prison for starting a big uprising riot.

John 19

Jesus is Sentenced to be Executed

1 Then Pilate punished Jesus by having Him tortured. 2 Then guards put together a crown made of barbed wire and pushed it onto Jesus’ head. Then they gave him a nice high quality suit to wear 3 and all came up to him and kept saying, “All hail the President of the Jews!” And they all slapped him in the face.

4 Then after Jesus was tortured Pilate brought him out in front of the Jews that were there and said, “Look guys, I am bringing him back out to let you know once again that i find no reason for Him to be guilty.” 5 and when Jesus came out wearing the crown made of barbed wire and the fancy suit Pilate said, “Look here He is!”

6 As soon as the church leaders and officials saw him come out, they started a chant saying, “Execute Him! Execute Him!”

But Pilate finally gave up and said, “Fine, you guys take him and execute him, but know that i don’t find him guilty for anything.”

7 The church leaders insisted and said, “One of our laws says that anyone who claims to be God must die and this guy is claiming to be God.”

8 When Pilate heard them say he claimed to be God, he freaked out 9 and brought Jesus back into his mansion. “Where did you come from?” he asked, but Jesus didn’t answer him. 10 “why aren’t you talking to me?” Pilate asked. “Don’t you get that i have to power to kill you or set you free?”

11 Jesus finally answered back to him, “You wouldn't have any of your power over me if God above didn’t give it to you. The people who turned me in to you are the guilty ones, guilty of a worse sin.”

12 From that point on, Pilate tried hard to set Jesus free, but the church leaders kept yelling and shouting, “If you let this guy go, you aren’t supporting Caesar. Anyone who claims that they are a President is against Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard them say that, he led Jesus out of the mansion to a place called Stone Pavement and he sat down on the Judge’s chair. 14 At this point it was about noon on Friday of the big festival.

“Here is your President,” Pilate told the Jews.

15 But they kept shouting, “Take him away and execute him!”

Pilate asked, “But do you really want me to execute your president?”

“We don’t have any other president besides Caesar,” the church leaders answered.

16 So finally Pilate gave up and gave in and handed Jesus over to the jews to be executed.

Jesus is Executed

So the guards became in charge of Jesus. 17 He was forced to carry his own electric chair to the execution chamber which was called the Skull Room. 18 In that room they executed Jesus and two other criminals with alongside him. He had one criminal on either side of him and he was in the middle.

19 Pilate a sign made and posted up above the electric chair as he was executed that said: Jesus of Nazareth, the President of the Jews. 20 A bunch of the Jews that were passing nearby read the sign because Jesus was executed in a room where everyone could see him, and the sign was written in English, Spanish, and French. 21 The Jewish church leaders got mad at Pilate because of what he wrote on the sign and said to him, “Don’t write ‘President of the Jews,’ he wasn’t actually the president of the Jews he just claimed he was.”

22 Pilate answered, “I wrote what i wrote and i’m not going to change it.”

23 When the guards executed Jesus, they took off all of his clothes and divided them evenly into four piles with his underwear left. And his underwear was all made from one piece of cloth with no seams so there was no way to divide it evenly.

24 So the guards said, “Don’t tear it up, let’s gamble over it to see who wins it.”

This happened because it had been prophesied to happen in a book that said, “They split up my clothes between them and gambled for who got what.” So that is what the guards did.

25 Close by to the electric chair where Jesus was being executed his mom, his aunt, Mary Clopas’s wife, Mary Magdalene were standing. 26 When Jesus noticed that his mom and one of his loved followers was there with her, he looked at his mom and told her, “Mom, this follower is now your son.” 27 and he looked at his follower that he loved and said, “Here is your mother.” From then on, Jesus follower brought Mary over to his house to take care of her.

Jesus Dies

28 Later on, since Jesus knew that the prophecies about him had been fulfilled, he told the guards, “I’m thirsty.” 29 A bottle of old alcohol was in the room, so they soaked a rag in some of the alcohol and held it up on a stick for him to drink up. 30 When Jesus took the drink he said, “It’s over.” And when he said that they electrocuted him a more and he died.

31 It was still on the Friday before the big festival and the next day was the special Sabbath of the festival. Since the church leaders didn’t want people sitting in these execution chairs on their special Sabbath they asked Pilate is he could electrocute them more so they would die quicker, then they could take their bodies away. 32 So the guards came and electrocuted the two criminals who were executed with Jesus. 33 But when the got to Jesus to electrocute him more they realized he was already dead, so they didn’t electrocute him anymore. 34 Instead, one of the guards came up and checked his pulse and felt nothing. 35 The guy who felt for His pulse told them what he felt, and what he felt is true. He knows that what he felt was true, and tells us about it so we that we can believe it too. 36 All of this happened to prove a prophecy to be true: He won't be electrocuted to death,” 37 and another prophecy that says, “They’ll look up at the guy with no pulse.”

Jesus is Buried

38 Later on, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate is he could have Jesus’s body. Joseph was secretly a follower of Jesus because he was afraid of what the church leaders would do if they found out he followed Jesus. But he got Pilates permission and took Jesus body away. 39 A guy named Nicodemus came with him too. Nicodemus was the guy who had come earlier to talk to Jesus at night. Nicodemus had brought about 75 pounds worth of makeup and perfumes to put on Jesus body before he was buried. 40 The two of them took his body and dressed it up nicely, put the perfumes and makeup on Him. This was all part of Jewish customs when someone died. 41 Near the room where Jesus was executed, there was a garden and in the garden was a new cemetery with new graves. 42 Since it was still the Friday before the special Sabbath and the grave was close by, they buried Jesus body in the grave.

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