Heathens

“Look, He is coming with the clouds,”

and “every eye will see him,

even those who pierced him”;

and all people on earth “will mourn because of him.”

So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

And so, it began.

The “thousand years” in heaven have ended, to humanity, hundreds of millions of years passed. Humanity’s civilization has changed over time and progressed to a new age. Although, there is still a lot that has never changed; corruption, heinous crimes, despicable deeds, betrayal, and greed still remained with humanity.

As I remembered, it was a rainy day when it happened. I was inside our locked quarters along with a few other children with me. Orphaned children aged 6-12 were bought as slaves to work for cheap labor by these huge corporate businesses. Luckily, they are kept inside these underground quarters to make products for these gigantic companies. Children aged 13 - 18 were sent to do the dirty, harder work, working 14 hours a day.

Lucky for us, we were fed and clothed, however, we were not free. We had limited food to eat, but it was better than an empty stomach. To us orphaned, our lives as slaves were much better than being left in the streets to rot away with rats, diseases, and death.

Well, as for the men and women aged 19 onwards, we do not hear of them anymore. We don’t want to know, even.

I was 15 years old when it happened. The ground trembled like there was an earthquake, we felt our quarters were going to split and our roof would fall at us any minute. The little ones were grouped together by some of the older kids. I can still remember the fear in everyone when it happened.

We saw this ray of light coming out from the sky, though it was peculiar, as it was raining heavily that day. We can see from our little window that a person descended with a voice as loud as a trumpet. Everyone could hear him speak. I have never seen a person so beautiful in my whole entire life. My fear went away seeing this divine being with hair as white as snow. His eyes were like a fiery flame.

His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water. In his right hand, he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.

The beginning of the end is here.

I do remember all this, however, I could not remember my name this time when it happened. I can't recall my first self when all of this happened. I have lived countless times, in different bodies, birthed by different mothers. I have died over and over and over, too many times that it's sickening already. I have lived many lives with many names. Right now, I am called Aliya and I'm fucking sick and tired of dying over and over.