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a thrilling Christian audio drama.

This episode. My God, My God And God made the two great lights. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night and the stars. Genesis 116. The light in the

desert sky faded. It wasn't yet fully night, but the sun was gone. In its wake lay a tide of pale

blue and a full moon glowed silver in the east. It was enough to see by, though one sight was

easily deceived. Long shadows crawled across the

desert floor like the tentacles of a kraken, and cacti stood like fuzzy mannequins, tricking one into

believing he was being watched. A breeze moved just enough dust for one to hear it buzzing as it

slid across the ground and whispered through the trunks and

branches of a scrub oak. There were no people in that barren basin save two, a man and his scribe.

The year was 1946, and though it was the desert, the winter cold and lack of sunlight made the air

sharp and biting. Everything felt expectant, as if the world

around the two men was waiting for something profound to happen. The scribe sat on a rock, a short

distance from the man, and opened his pad to record the proceedings. The man drew a circle in the

sand, removed his boots, and stepped inside. He knelt and lifted his eyes toward the moon.

After several focused breaths, he began to chant in

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