Chapter One
IN JERUSALEM
2798 AD
THE JERUSALEM
COMMISSION ON
RESTORATION OF THE
WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Head Commissioner Raymond Grover nodded slowly to himself as his e
studied Chris Kirk’s report. Chris Kirk was the action guy.The two had known each
other as long time as long ago as the 1960s. In the 1960-90s, they both served as
missionary church Pastors in nation-wide mission, the (SCCM), Small Country
Church Mission.
The churches they had served
usually existed as small church. Chris had served in six churches that had varying
backgrounds of size and denomination. Church meant a collected body of
Christian people. Invariably, if SCCM was called, the church needed help The Mission’s rule determined they must first
leave their denominational ties, but they must also exist on a foundation of
both remaining both Evangelical and Biblical. Both Chris and Ray had served at
least 30 years as pastors.
But
that was many centuries ago.
Commissioner Grover stepped up to the
microphone and called the meeting
to
order.
“As you know, we had received the long known
report of that first primary
response
team.” The whole of the North American Continent had received such high doses of
radiation from the Great Tribulation’s nuclear war that it would be unsafe for
centuries—likely as much as 700 years for mortal human habitation. The deliberate use of certain elements in the
warheads and the deep earth penetration impact of the thousands of small and
large ICBMs brought this 7 century, continent-wide lethal radiation. It also
brought the response of the Lord to stop the madness.
“As
we know, at that time, marked the beginning of our present age: The age which
is
known as ‘The Millenium Age’, and the corresponding governing Messianic
Reign
of the Lord Jesus Christ.’
“On the 1st May of 2798,
Chris led a repeat research and restoration team--the second--going to the
upper waters of the Middle Fork of The Salmon River in Western North
America.
The Kirk Party response team, consisted
of Chris Kirk, the head, and the
assistants: Rand Moad, Sev Singletree, Hollis
Kirk, Cul York, with a fifth, Hans
Erickson. This was the second time since the 2098s for many. The same four
medical specialists, Drs. Carry Moore, Roger Cook, and Kathy Van Meter,
accompanied the party, with a fourth Norma Kirk.”
Grover stopped reading for a
moment, and looked at Kirk--then in the audience.
“Right,” replied Chris Kirk. “Following
the Great Tribulation, our King deemed a trip to the Americas to establish the
levels of radiation and destruction following the nuclear war that took place
in the Great Tribulation. Soon in 2098—this
first trip occurred seven centuries ago— the King’s Government formed groups
for different sections of America. Our group, taking part in this effort, conducted
this trip to the Northwest United States.
As you know, we made a thorough report on our findings.”
Kirk, glancing at Grover, nodded
and sat down. Grover continued speaking and reading the report. “Now, this year, seven centuries later, in 2798,
as you know, we repeated the 2098 effort. Again to determine the radiation
levels, but this time to establish if they have decayed enough for mortal
habitation. The same sitings were used for camping and for samples for the new
finding.”
Grover pausing a moment, commented: “So you used
the same site for
your
camp and for data collection?”
“Sure,” Kirk replied. “Seven centuries,
obviously radically changes forest
environment,
but it worked for our purposes, and determine if the levels of
radiation
had decayed enough for mortal habitation.”
The meeting which Commissioner Grover presided over, consisted
of people the America, and select leaders responsible for the Kingdom’s Western
America. and they were all focused on the restoration of Western America. The
King had personally selected these individuals and groups from across the
entire spectrum of what had been the super-powers.
Before Grover continued, he shook
his head, “Hard-to-believe each of these super-powers had engaged in what they
themselves called ‘The MAD Doctrine’—MAD being the acronym of ‘Mutually Assured
Destruction.’
So
they went ahead anyway, took chances with the bomb, resulting in this of this
engagement, beside the killing of millions, had wiped out
vast
land areas of America, from radiation contamination, The initial radiation
reading taken in for close to seven centuries.”
Grover
paused for a few more minutes for the audience to assimilate his statements,
the war had been so long ago. He then continued reading:
‘“In
the 19th of September, 2098, which is
less than a century after the beginning of the Millenium, the Kirk Party--all
of whom served the Lord in resurrected super bodies--brought this report of the
initial radiation reading.
Their party had reached the upper
waters of the Middle Fork of The
Salmon
River in Western North America. We then set about measuring, testing to find
how livable Western America was. Their party,
the Kirk Party, consisted of the primary response team headed by minister and
research writer Christian Kirk and three senior nuclear engineers and
administration assistants Sev Singletree, Rand Moad, Hollis Kirk, Cul
York, and three medical specialists,
Roger Cook, Norma Hollis, and Kathy Van Metre.
Chris,
do you recall anything major in changes--any event of that visit?”
“You
want me to remember 2098 visit!” responded Kirk, chuckling. 700 years ago--that
was some time ago
“Yes—700 years-- that was some time ago all
right,”replied Grover. “Oh come on Chris--with your 100 % brain power—I can
remember you had to go without your better half.” “Yes,” said Kirk with a
smile. “Yes, but it’s not that I’ve been sitting around loving my wife and
doing nothing else since that 2098 date.”
OUR
WONDERFUL
ETERNAL
LIFE
“That’s
right, the Lord commissioned your team to explore something about some distant
galaxy--right.”
“The
Andromeda Galaxy—yes,” replied Kirk. “We checked out the possible effects of
the collision of the Milky Way with Andromeda. That will happen, but it’ll not
affect anything the Lord plans.”
“No,
we didn’t expect it to,” Grover replied. “I know you flied a lengthy report,
but what did you find out personally?”
“Yeah,”
responded Kirk. “Some beautiful land areas, that Kristi fell in love with. The
Lord has already given us a beautiful mansion, but maybe it’d work as a
get-away place, like in Andromeda. It week away—even at light speed—so we’ll
see,
You
ask about my feelings personally. I’m still amazed at this new life we have. In
the time dimension, 200 years isn’t even a trifle. Another thing like going to Andromeda. Beside the
time, we have the ability--that amazes me. Who knows what future benefits will await
us in a life without death promised us from the greatness and loving care of
our Great Creator.
We’ve
observed places that are more enormous than enormously big and beautiful place!
Along with that, our God must be thinking of humans being as individuals with adventurous
spirit. We have the option of exploring distant planets as living in a settled
community.”
“You’re
saying it’s a big beautiful place?”
“Yes—that’s right.” Kirk paused for moment. “You
know we spent some time—2450 to 2650—about 200 years earthly time--exploring
the more livable paradise planets?”
“There
was a number of couples that went--right.”
“Yeah—we
took the large carrier ship. Kristi and I, and others didn’t really need it or
and, naturally didn’t need space suit paraphernalia and we could have used the
sauser ships to check out different planets, but this was official business..”
“Good
to get back on ‘terra firma’?” asked Grover in a jovial tone of voice.”
“Yeah,”
retorted Kirk. “You mean coming back to assess the ravages of Satan in the
Great Tribulation’?” A cynical tone sounded in his voice. “Plus checking the
aftereffects from centuries of land areas left dormant.”
“Well
that couldn’t be helped from the radiation,” responded Grover.
“Sure,”
replied Kirk. “I know that,” he said, “but why?”“ and he continued in a slightly sarcastic voice. “We found ‘The mountain road
system was still existent in 2098, but largely disappeared in this last
survey.”
“The mountain road system—you found a road?”
Grover said attempting to add humor.
“Sorry,”
responded Kirk, “for my bad spirit,” Kirk said in a quiet voice. “It’s such a
waste.” He paused a moment. “In the early part,” Kirk answered. “In that part
of the high country survey, in the 19th of September, the passes are closed by
snow, but the roads still existed in the mountains at that time in 2098. My
last visit the roads had long gone. Pine and fir trees--some with a 30 inch
DBH—had long closed the system,”
“DBH means diameter breast height?”
“Right—sorry.”
Kirk responded. “We were checking radiation reading s obviously. I believe
something about animals. Sorry, maybe later, I could bring something will come
to me later, but you’ll have to let me reflect on that for a few minutes—I like
to share a little.”
He
paused again as his thoughts went back. His mind clicked on one incident. There
was something that happened—
“This lamphrey had grown extra large?”
“Yes,
genetically altered—I wonder how much that happens?”
Grover paused and moved his papers, to
arrive at his next point.
“Yes,” responded Chris. “Being exposed
radiation for a century.”
He paused a moment and then asked.
“With all the radiation—it must have been very hot.” “Yes,’ said Grover. “Seven
centuries must have some kind of effect. It mus tbe n difficult, finding a camp
spot for your team of both mortals And ortals with water
“Yeah,” answered Kirk, “you’re right
about the water, and a number of
other
things like landing the big helicopter. Finding
the spot in 2098 which had
the radiation levels right for our mortals
made it very difficult--knowing about this
this site from 2098, obviously meant we’d just
return. Our main camp occupied a
campsite that you could land such a
helicopter. We sit on a high gentle sloping
open field--that ran back into a pine
forest. The waters of the South Fork
River
rushed along a riverbed about 50 feet below
us. The access road crossed the just
low us, and river a rocky path dropped down
over the bank from the campsite to
the river.”
Suddenly, everything
seemed to pause, as if the world itself took a breath
and
waited. The conversation dwindled, and for a moment, nothing moved except
the steady flow of the river below.
Back in the early 1960s, I
lived at this place with my family, working as a fireguard for the Forest Service.
At the time, this was a very
ideal get-away place--a large two bedroom log
cabin with indoor plumbing and a wood
range functioning water heater. The water
came from an active spring close to the
log cabin. Also a large log barn existed
on
the site, a handy large cold storage room
had also been built in the ground outside for
storing large game meat.”
At one time,” commented Grover, “the
records say, there was a log cabin on
tthe South Fork that
functioned as the main office for the Payette National Forest.
Kirk nodded and replied, ‘it was a
large cabin with a number of rooms. So later
my family and I lived as a Fire Guard
residence. The Forest Service had torn down the
log cabins, but now, a over 7 centuries
later, I remembered the ground’s location,
alright.
“In your visit in 2098, I remember
you saying the place was still bad for
rattlesnakes, as it had been in the 1960s.”
“Your
2798 report says,”--Grover read from the report—'large game nimals
like deer, elk, and bear had roamed the
woods at that time. In 2798, you say,
‘we found the tracks and other sign in the
snow have tracks of other predators
“Yeah,” responded Kirk and shrugged his
shoulders. “Seven centuries later,
after the tribulation wars and no humans,
lions and tigers and even
elephants
have been freed and have propagated in the centuries, and have
joined the
animal populations.’”
“Sounds like that
Chernobyl place back in the 20th Century.”
“The wildlife just
exploded, and parts of that place are still radioactive.
They tell me nuclear bombs
are not as radioactive and the power plants, but
this place is still radioactive in places, but
like I reported, after 700 years, maybe
some people can live there.”
“It works well for some of our
team. We found most of the radiation fallout
must have been blown pass the deep
canyon. All the wooden structure had long ago
disappeared, but the clean spring water
still flowed, making the site quite
habitable
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