Bared To You
Pastor Emmanuel said, his voice rising gently now, the way Pentecostal voices do when the Spirit moves beneath the words.
"For the believer — death is not a wall. It is a door. And Andrei Sebastiani has walked through that door into the fullness of God's glory, where there is no more pain, no more sorrow, no more parting."
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain — for the old order of things has passed away."
The chapel was weeping now. Even the men in sharp agbadas and tailored suits who had sat down looking composed. Even the ones who had built fortunes alongside the former King and thought themselves beyond the reach of tears.