Curse of the Coins by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2014-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

“From a distance Judas saw them raise the cross piece with Jesus nailed thereon, and upon sight of this he rushed back to the temple and, forcing his way past the doorkeeper, found himself standing in the presence of the Sanhedrin, which was still in session. The betrayer was well-nigh breathless and highly distraught, but he managed to stammer out these words: ‘I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. You have insulted me. You have offered me as a reward for my service, money–the price of a slave. I repent that I have done this; here is your money. I want to escape the guilt of this deed.’

“When the rulers of the Jews heard Judas, they scoffed at him. One of them sitting near where Judas stood, motioned that he should leave the hall and said: ‘Your Master has already been put to death by the Romans, and as for your guilt, what is that to us? See you to that–and begone!’

“As Judas left the Sanhedrin chamber, he removed the thirty pieces of silver from the bag and threw them broadcast over the temple floor. When the betrayer left the temple, he was almost beside himself. Judas was now passing through the experience of the realization of the true nature of sin. All the glamor, fascination, and intoxication of wrongdoing had vanished. Now the evildoer stood alone and face to face with the judgment verdict of his disillusioned and disappointed soul. Sin was bewitching and adventurous in the committing, but now must the harvest of the naked and unromantic facts be faced.” –The Urantia Book 186:1.4-6

They couldn’t be sure if they’d finally worn her down, or if she came out of her room to appease them so they would finally leave her alone, but Valery finally opened the door to her friends’ pounding. Her neighbors had even walked out of their own rooms to address the relentlessness.

“What do you want?” she screamed, as the door swung open, revealing Valery. The group was left stunned.

Their Valery was gone, and in her place was a cruel mockery of their friend. She was wild, her hair in a tangled mess around her head, her clothes disheveled and dirty, her glasses thrown, forgotten, on the table beside her bed. They could see her fist closed tightly around something, and they could only assume it was the coin. She stood in the doorway motionless, waiting for someone to answer her and not moving until they did.

“We need to talk about the coins.”

Julie flinched even as she said the words, anticipating that Valery would lash out at her. She couldn’t imagine what was going on in her head, but whatever it was, it was some sort of an illusion. Valery said nothing. Her eyes were glassy, almost as though she hadn’t heard Julie at all.

“Val? Did you hear me? We need to talk. If you let us in and let us tell you what we came here to say, I promise we will leave.

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