Chapter 16 - Page 225 - Flying To America

   The voice spoke no more. Jim heard a now familiar humming sound that gradually grew louder. The humming throbbed for a moment, then faded away. The vision was over.

   Jim opened his eyes. He knew that what he'd seen was a vision, not a dream. He remembered reading in the Bible about some of the events he'd seen, but those were written by the prophets in the Old Testament. The things the prophets wrote about had been revealed to them through dreams and visions.

   Am I a prophet? Jim wondered. Why did the messenger of God show me these things? What am I expected to do? Does God want me to write a book? Should I tell the world?

   Jim considered what he'd seen. No, he thought, these things have already been written. The messenger of God wanted me to know Angel Town would be protected.

   As Jim continued to think, he recalled that the book of Revelations described many of the same things he'd seen in his vision, but what happened after new Jerusalem came down to earth? According to the Bible, life on earth would continue for another thousand years. This, Jim thought, would not be the end of the world. It would be the end of the world as it was now known. Many people would die, then the world would become godly.

   Jim felt confident now-God would take care of Angel Town. He rested his head on the back of his seat and fell asleep.

   When Jim awoke, Rhasha and Jackie were already awake. Simbatu had come to terms with his fear and was now sound asleep. Shanha was sleeping across two seats.

   When Rhasha saw that Jim was awake, she clasped his left hand between both of hers and kissed him on the forehead. "Good morning, sunshine," she said, grinning at the ritual, "you have beautiful eyes."