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As he gave a brief summery of what had happened so far, the view pulled back
to include the Reverend and another man, thin and pale with big eyes and blond
hair. Shire announced: "This is Gary DeLeon, technical adviser from the stel .
. . sorry, I
mean InterStel . . . corporation, who's ship is sending us back live pictures
from space. He's joined us to give us an insider's viewpoint as to what is
taking place aboard the Mary Lee, in orbit above Jerusalem."
"Well, the ship really isn't in orbit," Gary DeLeon said.
"It's having a difficult time right now because its having to maintain a
stationary position above Jerusalem at an altitude far too low for a
geosynchronous orbit . . ." As the technician went on and on about details
concerning the shuttle's maneuvering problems, the view switched back to outer
space. The lights and the moving figures were much closer now, the white hole
filling most of the screen. The swarming figures were now definite shapes;
tiny humanoids with spread white wings, soaring about in effortless, lazy
circles. Some appeared to be chasing each other.
The Reverend broke in and remarked upon this excitedly, then began to mumble a
happy prayer.
"Those are angels," Shire's voice breathed. "I can't possibly think of what
else they might be."
"Oh, this is a glorious day!" the Reverend exclaimed in his quavering voice.
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"Praise the Lord! Praise-the-Lord!"
Shire and DeLeon echoed him dutifully.
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After another break for commercials, the view returned to the scene from
space, with angels darting around at a now comparatively intimate distance.
Details could now be seen: most of the angels were unmistakably children; they
were the ones darting around, chasing each other. Most appeared to be nude.
Other angels, however, were clothed in full, flowing gowns; they were bigger
in size, more calm in their flight --- probably adults. The caressed each
other as they passed, flying with a grace that was hypnotizing to watch. So
far Christ was not visible, or at least He was not distinguishable from His
angels.
This continued for several minutes, with occasional comments from Shire or the
Reverend. Then there was another commercial break, featuring an airline
company offering low fares on round-trip flights to the "Holy Land." When the
break was over the scene had not changed, and Shire announced something about
the
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Pope of the United Church having called to say he was watching and that the
view from space was "spectacular."
"It certainly is!" the Reverend Krishni agreed.
Moments later something new happened: all the angels spread away from the
bright hole in a rush, a few coming quite close to the Mary Lee. Then the
brightness of the hole intensified, and
Shire and the Reverend babbled excitedly as a stream of billowing mist came
spewing out of the hole and went drifting down toward
Earth. The angles, swooping and spiraling, followed closely behind and to the
sides. The mist moved dream-like, with wispy tendrils reaching out before it,
curling at the ends, falling behind as new tendrils shot out. Behind it the
hole faded and dissipated like smoke.
"Jesus is descending!" Shire was shouting, overpowering the sound pickups.
"Jesus is descending!" Beneath the wild sound of his voice the Reverend could
be heard praying under his breath, praising the Lord, almost chanting in his
ecstasy.
The picture jerked as the Mary Lee maneuvered to follow. The descending stream
of mist now appeared to be nothing more than a blob against the colorful
Earth, the angels now too far away to be seen. After about 10 minutes the
scene switched to a ground view, looking up, showing blue sky. Burning in the
sky, right in the center of the screen, was a blotch of bright light.
". . . this is a shot from right up on the studio roof,"
Shire was saying, "happening right now, at this very moment. This is, I'm . .
. I mean . . ." He trailed off, pausing a moment.
"You'll have to excuse me, brothers and sisters, if I keep stumbling over what
I'm trying to say. I am literally speechless.
This is, this . . . I can't believe I'm here, alive on Earth today, to see
this . . . This is undoubtedly the greatest moment in over two-thousand years
of history. Our God, our Savior, has returned to us . . . is descending before
our eyes . . . and I, and I can't . . ."
The view continued showing a bright blotch in the sky; it grew a little in
size but that was all. For 30 seconds the view switched back to the Mary Lee,
still maneuvering in space. Then, shaking a little, the view from below
returned to the screen. The scene stabilized, and something else could be
seen. A small black dot to the side.
That's our JTV air launch up there," Shire was saying, having gotten himself
under control. "Hopefully, with luck, we will soon be getting live pictures
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from it. I've been told, however, that at this point the view up there isn't
much better."
"How far up is that vehicle?" asked DeLeon, the InterStel technician.
"I have no idea. I have been told, though, that we have a new high-tech air
launch on its way --- we'll be getting pictures from that, as well." As Shire
spoke, the view switched to show him sitting in the studio. His hair had
somehow gotten messy. "Until then, as long as the view remains as it is, we're
going to take a very brief time out for a commercial break."
Seven full minutes of commercials blurred past, pacing so quickly and holding
attention so intensely that after they were all over it was hard to remember
having seen them at all. Then the program continued with shaky pictures from
the JTV air launch. The bright blotch had resolved into a large cottony cloud,
billowing downward, surrounded by dim pin-prick flashes of light.
The scene switched to a closer, more stable view; the dim flashes turned out
to be sunlight glaring off the ultra-white angels' wings as they soared and
banked in the air. "Ah, this . .
. this is the view from the Mercedes 4000A air launch, graciously
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Shire cleared his throat.
"Those 4000A's are really slick," the InterStel technician said in a low
voice, a side comment to Shire. "Powered by a high efficiency gravity engine,
capable of going into low orbit----"
"Uh, yes."
"They're really safe."
"I'm sure they are . . ."
"We use 'em a lot out in the colonies----"
"Oh! Look!" shouted the Reverend.
23. COVERAGE 2
The camera angle had swung over to a horizontal view as the
Mercedes 4000A matched altitude and velocity. The scene was frightening in its
visual intensity --- it was taken from quite close, with the frolicking angels
swooping right up to the camera, filling the screen with glowing, silky wings.
They put the cloud into perspective; it was huge, at least 15 kilometers
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