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Published: 2005-08-26T12:18:49+00:00

The Day I Was Crucified

“Can you hear him? I believe he is speaking to us. ”

“Should not at least one of us draw a sword?”

“Pray tell what good that would do,” declared another.

“Is this the end?”

“It appears to be more like the beginning. His light is grow-ing brighter.”

The angels began shielding their eyes.

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“Are all of you angels?” he asked.

“It is speaking to us!” exclaimed one of the angels.

“Am I an angel?”

The approaching creature paused and slowly looked around.

“No, I guess I am not an angel. I think I used to be a human being. But oh, look at me!”

“I have never seen such innocence, purity, and perfection,”

whispered one of the angels. “He does not seem to be aware of how beautiful he is or how bright his light is.”

“Where am I? What am I doing here? Who are you? Please, pray tell, what am I?”

“Dare we speak to him?” asked another of the angels.

“You have never seen anything like me, have you?”

“You are the first,” stammered one of the angels, finally, “but…I have an idea you will not be the last. As to who you are…I would be pleased to tell you, but I do not know who or what you are.”

“He told me that I would be here today. Is this today? ”

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The mouths of the angels fell open.

One said, “At last we know who you are! ”

Another said, “That is not possible. After all, remember what he was: He was an old thief. That old, cheating, lying thief.”

“Now I remember!” exclaimed the thief. “And, oh, oh, oh!

He remembered me!

“We know who you are now, dear one. But we are a little surprised, considering what you were this evening.”

“I am a thief. Or was. What am I now?

“You are the first of the redeemed. ”

“You are the handiwork of Christ’s redemption.”

“That is what I am!” exclaimed the former thief.

“I have another question. Am I as beautiful as I think I am?”

“Even more so,” replied the angels as one.

“Am I as bright as you are?” he inquired again.

“No. More so. Much more! We have never been that bright.”

“Never before have I been able to see places which cannot be seen,” observed the thief in wonderment. “Are you sure I am the only one of my kind?”

“Yes,” answered one of the angels. “But we expect many more of your kind.”

“You are the first of your species,” another angel informed him.

“I think I died,” said the thief. “I was on a cross just a few moments ago. Now look at me! Am I in…in…paradise?”

“This is at least paradise,” replied the angel, “and perhaps it will be even more. We will know in three days. In fact, with your 128

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arrival, we are sure this will be much more than paradise—in three days.”

At those words, this child of God grabbed one of the terrified angels, embraced him, and began to dance.

“Angels do not dance,” observed one of the heavenly host gruffly.

“We do now,” smiled another.

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