Kingdom Day

A Movie Scenario
by
John Howard Prin

It's the year 2010. A 12 year-old boy in war-torn Iraq prays to Jesus to save his dying mother.

Meanwhile, in heaven, the conditions are very beautiful and serene, at the same time being active and practical. Much is getting done among numerous ministries, efficiently but without hurry, in a realm of ethereal impressionistic splendor combined with super high-tech gadgetry. At one ministry work station, a youthful heavenly citizen, Evangeline, scans her StarTrek-like computer for G-mails (God-mails). She learns of a 9 year-old girl praying for her dying father in Africa. She responds to the G-mail by typing in her prayer answer for the African girl (telepathically, using no hands), urging the guardian angel of the girl to come to her side immediately.

Down on earth, the guardian angel (a see-thru-like being, undetectable by humans) arrives and embraces the grieving girl, who feels a strange supernatural assurance. "Keep praying," whispers the guardian angel. The girl’s eyes close and her lips move silently as her father struggles to breathe.

The headset Evangeline is wearing beeps with a message that the Iraq boy is sobbing because his mother has died. Alarmed, Evangeline urgently dispatches herself to Iraq while giving orders. Gently but firmly, she says to her female assistant (clothed in similar silky robes): "Light-speed me to Iraq so I can help the boy, and yourself to Africa to minister to the girl." As they go separate ways, we see a second assistant, a male, sit in Evangeline's chair to monitor new prayer requests. Evangeline and the first assistant glide toward massive luminous gates. Evangeline is a petite robust 25 in earth years. She "floats" as if on an invisible people mover, like each of heaven's citizens do. A dazzling presence suddenly appears — none other than Jesus himself. Halted by his benevolent light, she looks up into her Master's face with awe — yet there's a spark of relaxed familiarity.

"Off again, Evangeline?" he says in a soft booming voice.

"Another emergency mission, Lord."

"Here, take this with." He hands her a blood-stained scrap of cloth.

She takes it reverently, silently — apparently knowing what it's for. "I'll use this to show them your great love, Lord."

"Good. Remember, you are that love, Evangeline. Let them know that I'm also coming back soon, very soon, sooner than they believe."

"Yes, Lord. Very soon."

He reaches out and blesses her. She radiates gratitude and appreciation, departs, glowingly alive. His light radiates brighter and brighter until it blazes full screen....

In Iraq, the sobbing boy — whose tears drop onto his dead mother’s face — experiences a strange lift as Evangeline appears. (We can see her but the boy can't, although she is directly beside him. Like the guardian angel seen earlier, Evangeline is see-thru). Evangeline whispers softly into his ear, "I do not have the power to bring her back to life, but for you I have this." Evangeline wipes the boy's tears with the blood-stained cloth and his painful grieving subsides. Evangeline whispers, "By his blood you are healed, for he is coming back very soon and on that day there will be no more death or pain or sorrow or tears." Momentarily, the boy's face turns to joy. He turns to an Arab couple hovering behind him, a man and woman holding crosses in their hands, and they see his face. All three rejoice quietly. “Our prayers are answered!” exclaims the man. “The missionaries were right!” exclaims the woman. Evangeline smiles, silently thankful.

In Africa, meanwhile, Evangeline's assistant appears beside the guardian angel and ministers to the girl and her dying father. The assistant whispers something in the father's ear and his death throes subside. The girl appears frightened, thinking he is slipping away, then is greatly encouraged when he awakens and gains strength. His eyes open and the two mortals share a long moment of penetrating, loving eye contact. The assistant gazes upward gratefully and the guardian angel leaps for joy.

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In heaven at headquarters, the second assistant is fielding new G-mails and dispatching various assistants to earthly sites. During a lull, he gets up for a cup of Angel Nectar, sort of like going for coffee, and everywhere around him we see different saints from various eras and countries at computer terminals fielding prayer requests in their respective areas (any calamity on earth imaginable): the likes of Abraham, Moses, David, Nehemiah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Peter, etc., then popes, monks, messianic rabbis, ministers, and scholars, from Aquinas and Augustine to Francis of Assisi and Martin Luther, from Dwight Moody and Mother Teresa to Billy Graham....from all time periods and national cultures. Catholics, Protestants, Messianic Jews, black, white, red, yellow.

The male assistant returns to Evangeline's desk and comes upon the soul of the Iraq boy's mother (an "airy" version of her earthly self). Automatically knowing her name, the assistant announces, "Everybody, this is Azeek-afam." Without another spoken word, dozens gather around the mother's soul, applaud, and lift hands toward her while the assistant prays: "We welcome you to heaven, Azeek-afam, the holy kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father. We know every trial and struggle you’ve faced during your earthly journey and we're here to reward you for your faithfulness." The soul of Azeek-afam brightens. Released from strife and struggle, it literally takes flight, moving freely and joyfully, as if breathing pure fresh oxygen. Looking all around, taking everything in, Azeek-afam 's spirit exclaims, "I'm free! I can stay and never go back! Finally free!"

The onlookers cheer, "Yes! Forever!"

Just then Evangeline returns from earth. She holds an impromptu staff meeting. “Azeek-afam's son in Iraq is grieving terribly, just like we all did when we were down there. I gave him as much comfort as I could." To Azeek-afam, she says, "Perhaps it's best if you make a short trip back — you know him better than we do and he'll sense it's you and your special spirit near him."

Azeek-afam ponders.

"I will go with you," chimes the second assistant. “Nothing to fear.”

Azeek-afam replies, "My older son will be grieving soon too. They took Raschon away and made him an Al-Qaida soldier."

A huge overhead TV monitor shows Al-Qaida soldiers training in a desert — Azeek-afam sees Raschon and gasps. “That’s him!” she exclaims, watching her son, in his mid-20s, listening to a superior officer.

Evangeline says, "Actually, Raschon has just learned of your death and is heart-broken. All the more reason to go."

Azeek-afam sees Raschon frown, saddened. She nods to Evangeline. The second assistant accompanies Azeek-afam as they depart.

Evangeline collapses in her chair. Breathing deeply, she continues the departmental meeting with the remaining 6-7 staff members. (We now get a closer look and note that each young man and woman has the face and demeanor of Evangeline but is an individual in ethnic origin.) "As we all know," says Evangeline, "it's been getting busier and busier as Kingdom Day gets near. With less than six weeks to go, the trials and tribulations of our earth-bound brothers and sisters are getting worse. Much worse."

A staff member clears her throat and interrupts. "This just came in and I think we all need to hear it." She reads a G-mail aloud: "URGENT - TOP PRIORITY, to Evangeline from the Father: ‘Dear Evangeline, I love you so much that I've made a new chapter in your life possible. Depending on how you choose, you may remain here in your ministry until I reestablish my throne on earth, at which time all earthly and heavenly citizens will be governed under one loving and eternal ruler, or you may choose to enter the body of a dying 25 year-old in her death throes. Using the identity of this young woman whom you could replace, your mission would be to preach the Good News of my second coming."

Everybody is stunned. Evangeline swallows, skims the G-mail silently, then grabs her headset and says into the mouthpiece, "Lord, this is Evangeline. How long before I need to decide?"

The soft booming Voice replies, "My little one, she will die in sixteen minutes."

Evangeline looks at each of her staff. One of the males speaks: "We can handle things here, Evangeline. Don't let anything hold you back."

Evangeline remains silent. "But this is where I belong. This is my calling!"

"Yes, of course," says the Lord, now visible as a bright light (off-camera).

"And we all love your great passion," adds another staff member. "But would the Master make a new opportunity possible unless to accomplish something better?"

"What should I do???" Evangeline pleads.

The Lord says, "Be warned, Evangeline. The young woman is a drug addict and a runaway. Her life has been miserable and unfair. But you will be you in her old body — and I will be with you always."

On the huge computer screen above them appears a "live news" scene of the young woman writhing on a hospital E.R. table. Evangeline and her staff stare riveted. The vivid agony of the woman's struggle to survive is heart-wrenching.

"She's dying like I did!" shouts Evangeline.

"Never forget,” continues the Lord, “You and I will be together — I will never leave you or forsake you."

Evangeline is spellbound. "With your love, Lord, I could touch so many."

"Yes, for my will is that all be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth..."

"...And that none perish," Evangeline says, finishing the sentence. She looks at the faces of her staff. Some are apprehensive and some enthusiastic. Looking down, trembling, she says, "My deepest wish...my secret wish before I died on earth — please forgive me for how selfish this sounds — was to know the love of...of a man."

A long pause.

"My daughter, my sweet lovely daughter," says the Lord, placing his hands on her shoulders. "In the course of your mission, listen to your heart for it hears the Holy Spirit. Follow where it leads. Be in prayer. Heed my voice. And you may find even this wish to be possible."

Evangeline looks up, less fearful, straight into God's glowing presence. "Lord! Here I am! Send me!"

Jesus shakes with laughter. "Then you've decided?"

The dazzling warm light gradually brightens the scene until everything radiates fiercely bright.....

On earth in a North American hospital, doctors and nurses are frantically trying to keep the dying young woman alive — "Breathe, Angie! Breathe!" The life support monitoring equipment beeps irregularly. Suddenly, from above the operating room table, we see the same scene in near-silence with mist-like filtered visuals and low-volume sounds. The life-support machine stops beeping and becomes a flat, steady tone. The doctors and nurses work more frantically: "More adrenaline!"

Now, at ceiling level, a filmy see-thru image of Angie's soul lifts from her body and hovers above the clamor, nearly identical in body build and facial features to Evangeline (NOTE: both characters are to be played by the same actress). The chief doctor stops applying CPR and gives up life-saving efforts, ordering everybody to stop. Angie's soul looks down at the medical staff, then turns peacefully and floats right through the ceiling into darkness.

What appears to be a long upward tunnel faces her. Far off, a dim light shines, toward which her floating soul now ascends slowly. Up ahead inside the tunnel to one side, glowing rays of rainbow-colored light pulse, as if drawing Angie. A soft, soothing voice calls to her: "This way, Angie. Over here." Mysteriously, another floating essence travels from the opposite direction — it is Evangeline on her way to earth. The soothing voice repeats, "Over here, Angie, come this way."

The two souls, Angie’s and Evangeline’s, identical in appearance, meet. Evangeline warns, "No, not that way, Angie" then points back toward the dim light, "that way."

"But who are you?" exclaims Angie. "Where am I?"

"Listen closely," says Evangeline, "you have only a few seconds, so head that way."

"Over here, Angie," implores the soothing voice. "This way."

"But...!" begs Angie.

Evangeline whispers more urgently, "Your life has been misery and pain — I know. Now go that way — up there — and you will never know misery or pain again."

The soothing voice gets silkier, more insistent: "This way, Angie. Here is where you can get even."

Angie, disoriented and confused, cannot decide. Evangeline's eyes are warm and inviting...she looks back toward the far-away light and points, then is gone. Angie hesitates, indecisive....

Back in the hospital, a bed sheet now covers Angie's lifeless body. A nurse unplugs various tubes from Angie's life support apparatus. Another nurse rolls away the life-support equipment and mutters, "What a shame."

The first nurse replies, "She deserved better. So young."

Just then the sheet moves. Involved in her routine, the first nurse doesn't notice.

Under the sheet, Angie's face twitches and her eyelids flutter (more precisely, Evangeline's face and eyelids — she has now inhabited Angie's body).* Her nostrils expand and take in air. She opens her eyes and "comes to."

The first nurse hears a groan, spins her head, and sees the sheet moving. "My God! What the??”

Angie sits up, very alive.

The nurse screams.

In the hospital waiting room, a cluster of punk rockers and street people listen to the chief doctor seen earlier telling them Angie has died. Abruptly, the first nurse bursts through the door: "She's alive! She's sitting up, talking!"

....TO BE CONTINUED

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* Reincarnation is not a Christian doctrine and is not meant to be presented as such, rather this is meant as a uniquely creative way God has chosen to work in an individual's healing.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:
We will follow “Angie's” earthly struggles to evangelize her turbulent world and the people she associates with. Transformed now by Evangeline's indomitable love, the new Angie feels holy power flowing through her. Global events turn cataclysmic in the Last Days, as described in Matthew 24 and Luke 21. The changes in persons close to Angie are dramatized — her abusive "old man," her conniving foster mother, her beleaguered yet compassionate parole officer, and eventually Azeek-afam‘s oldest son Raschon — now an ex-Al-Qaida soldier. The shocked surprises, the furious arguments, the genuine transformations that result from Angie's very different attitudes and behavior, serve as a backdrop to the tender love story that grows between Angie and Raschon, both similar in age.

As Angie and her newly converted soul mate spread the Good News to strangers and the masses via TV/radio/ internet/stadium appearances/news specials, the phantasmagoric climax of Kingdom Day erupts. Energized by Christ's return, Evangeline's secret wish plays out in her life. Angie and Raschon rally tens of thousands lost souls who join them in meeting Jesus face-to-face on the glorious Day of His second coming.

About the Author

John Howard Prin worked ten years in Hollywood’s television industry and wrote nine feature-length screenplays. Hollywood is also where John art-directed movies-of-the-week and numerous commercials, and where he met Jesus Christ at the point of drug addiction and suicide in 1977. Since returning to his hometown of Minneapolis in 1981, he has written and published more than 50 freelance articles and served in the corporate world as a trainer giving seminars to a variety of audiences on healthy ways to think, behave, and live. Today, John’s full-time work is in the addiction field as a licensed clinical counselor, lecturer, media consultant, and author of the self-help book, Living Secret Lives.