I Appeal To Caesar!

The entire gathering feels the impact of divine visitation ! One after another, people rise to their feet with hands raised upward to God, the sounds of praise and thanksgiving fill the air!

The words of Isaiah the Prophet find glorious

fulfillment in a needy people who reach up to their God:

“The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing. . . .

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.” * * * * * The dumbfounded priests look at one another in total

bewilderment.

Then… a steel resolve settles into their very souls: “We must destroy this threat of the Jesus People Movement! – or, they will destroy us!”

A declaration of war formulates . . . .