THE WARNING A Novel of America in the Last Days (The End of America Series Book 2) (30 page)

Office
of the President, The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Office
of the President, Sepah Square, Tehran, Iran

        
“Mahmoud? Vladimir here.”

        
“Salam.
Peace
be
upon you, my friend.”

        
The linkage between the Kremlin and Tehran was totally
secure. Each demanded total security for their conversation and each had been
assured by their respective communications experts that nothing they said could
be accessed by anyone, including agents of Israel or America. Their experts
were wrong as every word was recorded and transmitted back to Jerusalem.

        
‘You just mentioned
peace
.
Peace with Israel has been wonderful, wouldn’t you say, Mahmoud?”

        
“Yes, blessed be his name, Allah has blinded the Jews. They
foolishly
gave up their
land
and we benefit from such stupidity.
Your relationship with the US President proved to be the difference. You were
so right
about his willingness to push
Israel to sign.”

        
“The man has no internal fortitude, except what he learned
as a Marxist growing up. He
is
willing to transform his country’s financial system. Karl would be proud of
that, but he wouldn’t recognize some of what this man says. In any case, he
proved to be what I thought and Israel eventually caved in.”

        
“Yes, blessed be Allah for using such a man to help us lull
Israel into peace. A peace that has led them to lower their military spending
and rely on their peace with us for their security. Peace comes
only
from force of arms, my friend, is
it not true?”

        
“Mahmoud, what do your Islamic leaders say
now
? Have you been granted a Fatwa for
the invasion yet? When last we spoke you were assured that the Fatwa was
coming.”

        
“Vladimir, the timing of your call on this day must come
from Allah himself, blessed be his name. Allah alone knows best. I just
this morning
received a call. The Fatwa
will be in hand by the end of this week. We can select any date after this holy
weekend to begin the attack, blessed be his name. Are
your
forces ready, Validimir?”

        
“Not today, of course, Mahmoud, but soon.
Very
soon. Our forward deployed
armaments are ready in Damascus, along, I believe, with your carriers. We only
need to airlift our troops. I will give the order this afternoon to begin
moving our fighting men to Damascus. May I assume, Mahmoud, that you will
also
begin to move your troops to
Syria?”

        
“Yes, my friend, Allah has smiled on our efforts and will
now allow us to move them into position, blessed be his name. I had no
difficulty with the Iraquis. They were pleased to allow us to transport our
equipment and troops across their esteemed country. As we discussed, let us now
each notify our press offices to announce that we are engaging in a
joint
Russian-Iranian training exercise
in Damascus, which will include several thousand troops. The west’s media
whores will report
anything
we tell
them,
jus
t as we tell them, blessed
be his name.”

        
“Excellent, Mahmoud,
excellent
.
Within ten days we will have
all
of Israel’s
land, not just what they were willing to give to us. We shall meet in your holy
city of Jerusalem.”

        
“Validimir I know you have a slightly lower level of
interest, but we will finally be rid of hundreds of thousands of stinking Jews,
blessed be his name.”

        
“Issue your media release, Mahmoud. Let’s talk Monday for
final coordination.”

        
“Salam.
Peace
be
upon you, Vladimir.”

The
Rotunda of the National Archives Building

700
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC

“There will be violence in
the land

with ruler fighting against
ruler.”

(Jeremiah 51:46)

        
The immediate spin placed by the President’s Press Secretary
on the assault was that it was a well-organized and well-financed effort by
traitors which failed. He announced to White House media that the President had
been secretly moved to a secure location at least an hour before the assault
and bombing of the White House. He further stated that the damage done to the
White House by the bombings and attack rendered the West Wing unusable for the
next few days, as the scene of a crime, which had to be undisturbed for
evidentiary purposes. The Presidential staff chose quite carefully the location
of the President’s first news conference after the aborted assault on the White
House. What could possibly be a better spot for the news conference, they
reasoned, than the room in which the Constitution of the United States, the
original, hand-signed version, was on public display? The President’s
opponents, the press office reasoned, continuously accused him of destroying
the nation’s Constitution, so why not stage his response to their accusations
in front of the document itself.

        
The Presidential seal was affixed to the podium which was in
the Rotunda of the National Archives directly in front of the preserved,
yellowed parchment pages, encased in glass. The media were as excited as anyone
could ever remember them being. They were jammed into the remaining space in
the Rotunda. Normally the large rounded room is dimly lit to avoid further
damage to the nation’s founding documents, which included the Declaration of
Independence. The President’s Press Secretary specifically authorized media to
use klieg lights to illuminate the space for television. A print reporter who
objected to the bright lights as possibly harming the documents thought he
heard the Press Secretary mumble that ‘the boss has never been
real
concerned about those old decaying
documents, so why start
now
’. He
later denied that those were his words.
 

        
Several minutes later than the announced start of the
unusual news conference the President briskly entered from a side room and
mounted the single step platform supporting the podium. He glared across the
room, glanced to see that both teleprompters were working and said, “There is
never
a right in America to engage in
violence to effect a political change in office. The aborted assault on the
White House two days ago was planned, arranged and launched by radical right
wing extremists. It was put together by
the
gun lusters
, who
still
don’t
understand that it’s against the law,
a
felony
, to own a gun in this country.

        
“
Who
did this
?
Who
tried to destroy American government with force of arms? The investigation is
continuing, but it’s safe to say that many
haters
of America
were involved, as we saw in the federal building car bombings.
The religious extremists, the fundamentalists, the anti-women’s rights people,
many misguided veterans, Tea Party fanatics, some who disgrace this historic
document here behind me by calling themselves Constitutionalists.
All
of whom are trying to bring about
their imagined last days by killing off the world’s leaders, including this
President. I am sorry to also report that many of the men who participated in
the assault were veterans of America’s military, as far as we can tell so far,
as some bodies were burned or torn apart beyond recognition. They have
besmirched their prior service to our country.

        
“Before the bombings of the White House some of these
America haters falsely claimed that the federal building bombings of three
months ago perpetrated by conservatives and religious extremists, were somehow
faked, what these deluded people incorrectly called a false flag or a black
flag.
Nothing
could be further from
the truth. But now, we have stark evidence of
a direct assault
on the government of the United States by people
who earlier claimed that no such thing occurred three months ago. They even
claimed that federal agents stole cars from right wingers and secretly blew
them.
Why?
They say we did these
things to give cover for what my government has been very carefully doing since
those earlier bombings,
finding
the
leaders of this armed insurrection,
indicting
them,
convicting
them and insuring
that they receive the correct level of
punishment
.
Prison. Maybe
execution,
depending on
the circumstances.

        
“But now….drone bombings of
my house
? Armed troops, falsely wearing our nations’ uniforms? Now,
there can be
no question
. These are
all
acts of traitors
. Straight up.
They are
traitors
. Let me assure all
Americans that there will be
no doubt
about our resolve as a government to find each and every person even remotely
connected with these assaults on our Constitution-based form of government, the
document we honor here today. When we find them, their trials and punishment will
be
swift and sure
.

        
“Many of you in the media have been understandably curious
as to how
we knew
that the assault
and bombings were coming. Many wonder how I was spirited out of the White House
before the attacks which were clearly meant to remove me from office, maybe
even by my assassination. Let just say that one of the several men recruited by
General Tou….uh….
no names
at this
point….uh….our inside source was a true patriot who is a distant relative of
the First Lady, though at least two family levels away. He didn’t want to see
me hurt or removed from office. His tipoff saved our government from falling.

        
“We will be releasing more as the facts fully emerge. I am
able today, though, to inform you that a member of Congress has been identified
as a ringleader, if not
the
ringleader, of these felonious assaults on my position as your President.
United States Senator Charles M. Quarter
was arrested by federal agents about an hour ago and is presently being
interrogated. The Senator from Nebraska will be incarcerated in our District of
Columbia jail as the crimes occurred, in some part at least, here in our
nation’s capital. The Majority Leader has assured me that the Senate will vote
to remove
Senator Quarter from office by
the end of the week. He has a right to a trial, but I have instructed all
involved that this trial will not become a
political
circus
. If it needs to be behind closed doors then so be it. I expect to
see Senator Quarter and his co-conspirators punished with the
ultimate
punishment for treason. Soon.
Thank you for coming over to the National Archives. We’ll be able to work in
the White House again next week.”

Small
Group Bible Study, Home of Hannah & Gary

Birmingham,
Alabama

        
The small group Bible study, minus four of its members,
gathered in the family room of Hannah and Gary. Tom and Marty were traveling.
Max and Liz planned to participate later by way of a SKYPE call. After those
present had filled their plates with desert and coffee, Scott asked for Beau to
open the group with prayer.

        
Beau nodded, looked around the room and said, “Sure, Scott.
Let’s pray….‘Father….we know that we live in difficult….even perilous….times.
We know you’re not surprised by any of these very scary things that are
happening in our country. We’ve been studying what you told us through your
prophets about the end times. We’re watching some of those things unfold and
happen. We don’t pretend to understand everything….or all the details….but we
know that
you’re
in control. We pray
for Max and Liz as they settle into their new home outside of the country. We
understand
why
they moved….in
obedience to your prophetic verses to flee the Daughter of Babylon. We pray for
Tom and Marty as they are searching in Central America for a place to live. Lastly,
Father, we pray for the six of us. We don’t want to be in disobedience, but we
haven’t
yet
made a decision as to
what to do. Help us, Lord.
Help us
.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.”

        
 
Scott thanked Beau
for his prayer and then asked Hannah to link up SKYPE with Max and Liz. After
an initial dis-connect, the call went through, showing two smiling faces on the
computer monitor. At the same time Max and Liz said, “
Can you hear us
?” Assured that the connection, audio and video was
good, the conversation began with Hannah’s question, “Hi Guys, you both look
great.
Nice tans. How’re you doing?”

        
Liz spoke up in response, “Hannah, we are doing
so well
. The new church that we’re part
of here in Costa Rica is growing like crazy. We’ve run out of folding chairs
almost every Sunday at the storefront we’ve rented. One of the American
families in the church, with two teens, handle the worship on the keyboard,
guitars and drums. Really great worship.”

        
Beau responded, “Liz, that sounds great. How’s the weather,
as if I didn’t know?”

        
Max smiled broadly, saying, “Beau, it’s like the best days
in ‘Bama, except almost
every
day.
Warm, but not too hot. But, Liz didn’t get to finish her report on our church.
We’re not only seeing lives changed, but miracles happening. We’re preparing a
long e-mail detailing what we’re seeing here. Lest anyone wonder if there are
ministry opportunities, people here really are interested in the gospel. Some
of our members are active in a local ministry that trains girls to make jewelry
to help keep them away from prostitution and trafficking. We’ve got a new Bible
study for couples and Liz is teaching a growing discipleship group for women.
You guys would
love
it here. Who’s
gonna’ be
the first
to come see us?”

        
Audrey answered, “Max and Liz, you guys sound and look good.
I’m envious, really. It’s not just the nasty, cold weather we’ve been having.
It’s more that I’m truly worried about
what’s
happening
in our country….
to
our
country. All those verses we studied about Mystery Babylon….I’m seeing them
fulfilled right before our eyes. The media tried to cover it up, but that
assault on the White House sure sounded like what Jeremiah described when he
prophesied that ‘ruler against ruler’ would happen in Babylon. Plus, all the
violence in the streets….and the strangers coming into God’s sanctuaries….I
could go on…but you obviously know what I’m talking about, otherwise you’d
still be here.”

        
“Audrey,” Liz replied, “We watch the news from the U.S.
every night….so we certainly know what you’re talking about. It looks even
worse
from a distance. Things are so
peaceful, even tranquil here. It took us only a few days, not too many, to
de-stress. Maybe it’s the healthy fruits and vegetables. Anyway, we’re very
pleased. Our rent is reasonable. The views of the mountains and the sea are
exhilarating. As we said,
when
are
you coming to see us?”

        
Beau spoke up, “Look….the way the President forced Israel to
sign that peace treaty and give up some of its land, even though God says
repeatedly in His Word not to give up the land….that was the final straw for
me. I read the Bible to prophesy that Babylon will betray Israel, but that
won’t come until the Ezekiel 38 and 39 invasion, which Ezekiel says will happen
once Israel is at peace. Well, guys, Israel
is
at peace
. I’m going into
significant
prayer about moving our family offshore.
Soon
.”

        
Scott asked, “Beau, what are you
saying
? You think the countdown clock started when Israel signed
that American brokered peace treaty?”

        
“Yup,
I sure do
.
Until Israel gave up the land I wasn’t too excited about even thinking of
leaving the good ol’ U S of A. But….now….now….I don’t want to stay here much
longer.”

        
Max, no longer smiling, looked into the SKYPE camera and said,
“I didn’t know exactly how to say this….I wrestled last night with how to
phrase it….but, now, Beau’s comments make it a little easier. What I want to
say to you guys - Beau and Audrey, Scott and Sally and Hannah and Gary,
brothers and sisters in Christ, is simply this….
Pray hard about fleeing
. Fleeing soon. Sally, I know you’ve said
you’ll never move, but once America goes all the way to
stabbing Israel
in the back, we’re toast.
Done. Finished
. You’ve been warned….
Warned
by the Word of God….And told numerous times to flee.
God loves us
, which is why He’s given us
such
detailed prophecies
. How
many times
does God to have to say to
His people
to ‘flee’
before we think
He may actually be
serious
about it?”

        
No one in the family room in Birmingham had anything to say.
Each of the six knew that they had, in fact, been warned.