The Temple's Antechamber Secrets

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+------The Temple's Antechamber Secrets; Zechariah's First Words To The People After The Restoration Of His Speech

Some might brand it
delusion, the thurible-incense’s
opacity as psychedelic; storm
clouds at night blinding the
nighthawk’s lucidity,
obscuring perception. But
I swear…I know, what I saw-
a man radiant as since the
onset of time- an angel,
Edenic, suspended in air
above the altar, his legs
astride tufts of said smoke. 
What he conveyed left me bereft
of speech, incredulous: God
sees our oppression, He
hates Caesar too. That my son
must first come (despite my
age), to prepare the way
…for the Messiah…the usurper
prophesied. That King David’s
seed is set to rule the world again.
(That Rome will fall.)

------Luke 1:8-17
Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”