Episode 567: Tales of Gabriel: This Man
April 2048
Gabriel arrived on the Skyship
"Today I'm going to tell you about Zordon's final days on Earth" said Gabriel "It all started one Thursday night…"
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Yeshua is praying, while Peter, James, and John are sleeping.
"You summoned me, milord?" Gabriel asked as he appeared
"Yes" said Yeshua "you dropped something a few years ago" and He hands Gabriel His Power Morpher
"I thought Satan still had it" said Gabriel "but you had it this whole time"
"Yes" said Yeshua
"But you didn't use it" said Gabriel
"There was no reason" said Yeshua "and I wasn't supposed to be relying on my own Power. Keep it safe"
"Why wouldn't You be safe?" Gabriel asked
"The time has come for Me to lay down my life" said Yeshua
"No… you can't" said Gabriel
"You knew this was coming, this isn't the first time I talked about it" said Yeshua "now go. You and the other angels must stay away until the appointed time" and Gabriel bows and teleports away. Yeshua wakes up Peter, James, and John as Judas brings the guards to Yeshua…
And so Yeshua was betrayed as had been foretold and he was delivered to the priests. The angels looked on as the priests held a trial in the middle of the night, the cowards knowing they were unable to get away with what they were doing in the daylight.
The priests then take Yeshua to Pontius Pilate
"Are you really the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked
"If you say so" said Yeshua. Pilate then confers with the priests before deciding to let the people decide whether he should release Yeshua or a rebel named Barbaras. Pilate is shocked when the crowd chooses Barbaras and wants Yeshua crucified. Pilate then orders Yeshua to be crucified and washes his hands of the matter
In Heaven, the angels are enraged
"Cowards! Traitors!" said Jonas "they put to death the only perfect man to ever live"
"You must let us do something" Deborah
"This is all part of the plan" said Ninjor, tears streaming down his face…
Ninjor and the angels look on as the Romans prepare Yeshua for the Cross
(In only a moment truth was seen)
Ninjor pulls out three books, titled the Book of Life, the Book of Works, and the Lamb's Book of Life and opened each one. The Book of Life contained the names of every person that had ever lived or would ever live. The Book of Works contained every deed every person that would ever live did or would do, whether good or bad. The Lamb's Book of Life was blank
(Revealed this mystery)
The Romans places a crown of thorns upon Yeshua's head
(The crown that showed no dignity, He wore)
Yeshua is placed upon the Cross along with two thieves. Almost everyone there taunted Him, including both thieves. After a while, one of the thieves changes his mind and defends Yeshua. Yeshua tells the thief that today he'd be in paradise.
(And the King was placed for all the world to show disgrace)
As Yeshua took his last breath He said "It is finished" and died. Only seen by Ninjor and the angels, but unseen by the humans, a wave of gold energy shot out from Yeshua's body, spreading out to the entire universe. Years later, Gabriel would realize that it was identical to Zordon's wave
(But only beauty flowed from this place)
(Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?
Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?)
As Yeshua died, the angels saw mankind's sin be poured out on Him. Ninjor turned away, unable to look at all the sin
(He held the weight of impurity; the Father would not see)
Yeshua's wave continued to spread throughout not just the physical universe, but Heaven and Sheol as well
(The reasons had finally come to be to show)
In Heaven, the angels look in awe as Yeshua's wave spread over the three books. When it hit the Book of Life, nothing happened. When it hit the Lamb's Book of Life, many, many names were added to it. When it washed over the Book of Works, every bad deed done by someone whose name was written in the Lamb's Book of Life was erased
(The depth of His grace flowed with every sin erased)
In Sheol, Yeshua appears. As Yeshua's wave hits Sheol, a portal spins open. Yeshua takes the hand of the thief who defended him and leads him through the portal as others follow. As they emerge from the other side of the portal, they are in Heaven and Yeshua smiles as everyone celebrates and the angels finally realize what this was all about
(He knew that this was why He came)
(Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?
Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?)
(And we just don't know
The blood and water flowed
And in it all He showed just how much He cared)
As Yeshua's wave strikes the Temple, the veil to the Holiest of Holies is torn in two.
(And the veil was torn so we could have this open door
And all these things have finally been complete)
(Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?
Would you take the place of this man?
Would you take the nails from His hands?)
The following Sunday morning, everyone in Heaven is still celebrating when Yeshua breaks away from the group
"Milord" said Gabriel "where are you going?"
"I still have more to do" said Yeshua
"But you said it was finished" said Gabriel
"The work of paying for man's sin is finished" said Yeshua "but my mission has only just begun" and he teleports away. Gabriel looks to Earth to see Yeshua's body get up, causing an earthquake. Yeshua walked away, through the walls of the tomb as Michael rolls the stone away for Mary Magdalene
"…and Yeshua appeared to his followers for the next 40 days before ascending into Heaven" said Gabriel "while this is the end of my perspective of Bible stories, I still have more tales for you. Until next time, Rangers" and he teleports away
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Alex warns the Megaforce of the rising crime and provides a possible solution
