The Bible 2 Novels & Stories

The mission in France was over. Harper sat by the window, watching the rain wash over the lights of Paris. On her lap was Catherine’s Bible. It was old, leather-bound, with pages worn thin by decades of turning. "Why did she keep this?" Harper murmured. "Mom wasn't religious. She believed in science." "Maybe it was comfort," Braun suggested, bandaging Sebastian’s hand (the crystals had fallen off, leaving raw, pink skin). "No," Harper shook her head. "Mom never did anything without a reason." She opened the book. She flipped through the pages. Genesis. Exodus. Leviticus... She stopped at Revelations.

It feels like I was pushing a huge rock and didn’t make it to move. Anubis smiled in a sinister way. His eyes stare back at me with his black orbs’ pupils. “This isn’t funny for telling me you are meeting some God. Isn’t that insulting?” “What? —” My voice trailed off, “What are you talking about? Why do you keep talking about a God?” I tried to hide anything that he can tell I know a God. But when I think more of it, his name, and his aura. It isn’t just right like a human. “Are you a God?”

“ I woke up an hour ago to pray and study my Bible. I'm alright. I'm just feeling super excited. I honestly can't wait to say I do, to forever with you, Babe. ” Mira blushed at his message. “ What part of the Bible did you study today? And what stood out for you? ” Joseph shook his head, seeing how she had intentionally avoided the last part of the message. I was studying the book of Genesis and chapter 2 verse 18 stood out for me as it says, “ it's not good for a man to be alone. I'll make him a helper out of his flesh. ” Mira ruminates on that verse for a while before typing out a reply. “ God is so filled with knowledge and wisdom, isn't he? ”

Only one site remained on the screen. Olalekan stood up and studied the web address on the screen. It was vaguely familiar. With furrowed eyebrows, he wondered where he had seen this before. The others studied this too. BIBLECHRONICLES.ORG Huh? “Isn’t this the website that owns that famous daily devotional app?” One of the Heads of Department said. “Indeed it is. My daughter uses it every day to conduct her bible reading.” Said another. “I don’t understand why this is here…”

Chapter 16 Ashley frowned. He was holding her boobs as if it was a normal thing to do and she didn't like it. She wanted to hit herself for what was going on in her head. Her mind was a thinking mess, thinking about the things she considered dirty. "Tell me Ash, have you ever read the Bible? Heard it's a key to heaven itself." He said and she hissed. "You can't possibly tell me you've read the Bible Mikhail, who in the world would let a monster like you into the church talk about giving you a Bible?" She glared at him and he smiled, liking the challenge she held up.

"Oh crap! That hurts." The words escaped my lips, a sharp, involuntary gasp. I forced my eyes open, the effort agonizing, and the full, luminous moon looked back down at me from the velvety black sky, a silent, knowing witness. I was still on the grass, the cold dampness seeping into my clothes, but the scorched ground surrounding me, a black circle of destruction, screamed a stark reminder of what I had done. I had just killed two people. Granted, they were going to do goddess knows what with me, rip me to shreds, but still, the finality of it weighed heavily. I had killed them. I tried my best to get into a seated position, every movement a jarring reminder of my battered state, minding my

Beneath it was various other books, none that I recognized except a translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. “I know it can be intimidating and unnerving to think the answers to what you’ve seen these past few days...and to more than you know are mostly contained in this. But trust me. When I finish educating you, it will all make sense.” And there was his hand on my arm again. I knew now this wasn’t his way of flirting, but his way of consoling. I looked at the mound of books. He cracked open the bible to Genesis, chapter 6.

In addition to the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther, their version included the Book of Vashti. At first, the decision to publish a new bible created a major uproar in both the Jewish and Christian communities, but once the artifacts found in the cabin and the book itself were authenticated, many other bible publishers also edited theirs as well. While other publishing houses were being downsized, merging, or going out of business altogether, Steine and Stein was thriving. Anna also decided to keep the company name, even though she shortened Nate’s last name and changed hers to Anna Brave.