In the act "Holy Soldier," Joshua is transformed into the superhero Holy Soldier. This is only an excerpt from the act "Holy Soldier." Some of the action described here is from prior acts in the production. Following Joshua's Tree show at the club "Crossroads," the angel Gabriel lures Joshua from the backstage area of the club to his truck and through the streets of Hollywood to the top of the central dome of the Griffith Observatory. Joshua witnesses the Rapture take place from atop the central dome overlooking the city of L.A.. After observing the Rapture, Joshua leaves the Observatory and drives through the streets of Hollywood on his way home observing the chaos and carnage caused by the Rapture. When Joshua arrives home, he discovers that his parents are gone having been taken up into heaven during the Rapture. Joshua is completely devastated knowing everything he was taught by his parents his entire life was the truth and now they're gone. Joshua knows about the Tribulation Period and the devastation that lies ahead. At this point, Joshua is in his parents room right after he learns they're gone and is watching a newscast on UNN reporting on the Rapture and its consequences. Joshua is muttering unintelligibly to himself and shaking his head back and forth in disbelief. As soon as the newscast on the television goes to a commercial break, Joshua grabs one of his father's golf clubs in the room and yells.


Joshua:  "Nooooooooo!"-(Immediately thereafter, he smashes the television screen with the golf club. Following this, Joshua continues to shake his head as he walks from his parents room to his bedroom.saying) This can't be happening, this just can't be happening.-(As soon as Joshua enters his room, he begins completely trashing it and yelling) It's happening just like they said it would. Why didn't I listen to them, why, why, why!-(Shortly thereafter, Joshua looks upward with a look of total despair and anger on his face saying) Why have you done this to me?-(After this, Joshua sits down on the end of his bed and slumps over putting his hands over his face, shakes his head back and forth and then lifts his head back up. He reaches into his jacket pocket and takes out a heroin "rig,," cooks up an extra large dose of heroin with the intent of killing himself and draws it into a syringe. He looks back at a photo of his deceased twin sister Faith that's on a nightstand next to his bed and says) I'm sorry.-(Joshua injects the heroin into his arm, begins to nod off  and the needle remains in his arm with blood running out from the injection site. Shortly thereafter, he brings his head back up and falls back on to the bed lying on his back. At this point, we have an overhead camera shot of the entire bedroom with Joshua lying on his bed with a needle in his arm. The camera slowly zooms in until only Joshua and his bed are seen on the screen. As this occurs, Joshua's breathing gets progressively more shallow. By the time the camera stops zooming in, Joshua is no longer breathing and his eyes roll up into his head. Immediately thereafter, his clinched fists relax, open up and we see his mother's cross necklace in one of his hands. The cross is stained with blood from a cut he got trashing his room. Joshua is now dead and lies motionless on the bed. He has the bloody cross in one hand and the bloody needle in the opposite arm. At this point, Joshua slips into eternity and has a vision of his entire life from birth until the present time as the song "Eternal" plays. As the song "Eternal" begins to play, the video footage of Joshua lying dead on his bed is repalced by video of Joshua's entire vision. The video accomanying the song is broken down into segments based on the chronological time periods of Joshua's life and the lyrics of the song. Each video segment is a series of short video clips shown in rapid succession one after the other. You can listen to the song "Eternal"  by clicking on the button below. The lyrics of the song and a detailed description of the video segments accompanying it are below the lyrics as the action continues uninterrupted.)

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Eternal

I’ve been waiting for You all of my life 
Searching for someone to know I’m alive 
Still heart soft voice speak to me so I can see 
That I’m not alone 

I will love You always 
And I will know You 
Now that the darkness is gone 
A light for me this will be 
Eternal 

I’ve been asking for a light to appear 
You are the flame that can conquer my fear 
Inside my heart illuminate me again 
So I’m not alone 

I will love You always 
And I will know you now that the darkness is gone 
You will be the air I breathe 

I’ve spent all of my life trying just to survive 
With nothing but tears left to show 
Oh but now that You’re here I have nothing to fear no

I will love You always 
And I will know You 
Now that the darkness is gone 
A light for me this will be 
Eternal


Eternal

I’ve been waiting for You all of my life 
Searching for someone to know I’m alive 
Still heart soft voice speak to me so I can see 
That I’m not alone

   
  As the action continues uninterrupted, the first video segment starts to play as the song "Eternal" begins. The first video segment plays from the 0-43 sec mark of the song and covers events in Joshua's life from birth to about age 7 as the song plays and first set of lyrics are sung. The first video clip shows Joshua's mother Lisa Wells holding her set of newborn twins Joshua and Faith in a hospital room shortly their births. Joshua's father Steve is standing beside Lisa beaming at his newborn twins. Immediately thereafter, we see a clip of another mother and father in a hospital room next to the Wells. It's their best friends and next door neighbors Saul and Sarah Goldberg and Sarah is holding her newborn son Daniel who becomes Joshua's best friend. Daniel and his father Saul are key players in the "The Unveiling" particularly their roles in the underground known as the "BraveNation." From this point on in chronological order the following video clips begin to play. We see Joshua and Faith sleeping and embracing one another in their crib, Lisa and Sarah walking together with their children in strollers, Joshua and Faith's baby dedication ceremony with their parents at church, Joshua and Faith crawling and playing together on the floor, Faith walking into Joshua's open arms and hugging him as they learn to walk together, Joshua, Faith and Daniel celebrating their birthdays together as they were born on the same day, Joshua, Faith and Daniel playing together at pre-school, Joshua and Faith attending Sunday school and praying together, all three children arriving together for their first day of kindergarten as Joshua and Faith hold hands, Joshua dressed as Batman, Daniel as Robin and Faith as Batgirl as they get ready to trick or treat on Halloween, Joshua and Faith sitting on Santa Clause's lap together, and Joshua and Faith celebrating Christmas together and opening presents with their parents, Finally, we see Joshua, Faith and Daniel playing at recess together in the second grade. The point is to show Joshua and Faith are inseparable to maximize the impact of the next video segment. Joshua, Faith and Daniel are also very close and are known by friends and familty as "The Three Amigos."  It's obvious from the video clips that Joshua was raised in a devout Christian home. Keep in mind, these video clips are very brief and shown in rapid succession so there is plenty of time for all these clips to be seen in the first 43 seconds. At this point, the next video segment begins to play uninterrupted from this video segment as the song and next set of lyrics from "Eternal" plays.



I will love You always 
And I will know You 
Now that the darkness is gone 
A light for me this will be  Eternal


  As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts seamlessly as the song "Eternal" continues to play. This video segment occurs from the 43 sec-1:23 minute mark of the song. The video clips show Joshua and Faith walking home from their elementary school, two middle age men throwing them into a van and driving away, and Joshua and Faith tied up in the back of the van in a remote mountainous area. The two men are serial killers known as "The Grade School Killers" because they exclusively kidnap elementary aged children, rape and kill them. As the video clips continue, one of the killers is behind Faith and has one arm around her upper body and the other holding a knife to her throat. Joshua and the other killer are directly across from Faith in the van and the other killer's hands are holding Joshua's head in place so that he's forced to watch his sister raped and murdered. We don't actually see the rape and murder happen but we witness Joshua's hysterical reaction as this takes place reaching out for Faith. As the video continues, the killers are about to murder Joshua but he is saved by Christopher Gold. Christopher opens the van door and shoots both killers dead with a german luger. Christpher Gold is a 17 year old foreign exchange student from Germany staying at the Well's home for his senior year of high school. He ultimately becomes the Antichrist known as Dr. Gold. The final clips of this series show Christopher holding Joshua in his arms as law enforcement personnel and vehicles swarm the area, the coroner removing Faith's body from the van and Faith's funeral. It's a cloudy and rainy day at the funeral and the Well's are standing next to the Goldbergs. Their son Daniel is standing next to Joshua with his arm around Joshua's shoulders. As this video segment closes, Joshua picks up a rose, walks up to Faith's coffin and places the rose on it. The camera zooms in for a close-up of Joshua's face. He's weeping and looks upward angrily blaming God for Faith's death. This incident turns Joshua against God and changes the course of his life. At this point, the next video segment begins to play uninterrupted from this video segment as the song and next set of lyrics from "Eternal" plays.




I’ve been asking for a light to appear 
You are the flame that can conquer my fear 
Inside my heart illuminate me again 
So I’m not alone


  As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts as the next set of lyrics from "Eternal" is sung. This video segment occurs from the 1:23-1:47 minute mark of the song and takes place when Joshua is between the ages of 7-14. The final video clip from the previous series of clips shows the close-up of Joshua's face at Faith's funeral. This new video segment starts with a series of three video clips each showing Joshua waking up from nightmares about Faith's death as he ages. He sits up in bed in a cold sweat and screams each time and a photo of Faith on his nightstand is visible. Following this, clips show Joshua acting out and getting into trouble at school, refusing to go to church and arguing with his parents at home. The final clips of this series focus on Joshua's introduction into music. The first clip is on Christmas morning when Joshua is 12 years old and it shows his parents opening a door adjoined to his bedroom that has a big red bow on it. When Joshua looks into the room, he's blown away. There's a Gibson Les Paul, a Gibson SG Doubleneck Guitar, a PRS CE 24 Guitar, a 12 String Martin Acoustic Guitar, a Marshall and Mesa Boogie full stack, a massive array of different pedals and effects, a DW drum kit and a fully professional home recording studio. At this point, we see a rapid time lapsed video of Joshua in the studio over a 2 year period of time while he's in junior high school. We see Joshua playing all the instruments in the studio, working with the home recording studio equipment and more and more musical equipment in the studio bought by his parents. Daniel is seen repeatedly in this video hanging out with Joshua in the studio. It's apparent Joshua is learning his craft at a geometric rate and is a musical genius. The large room adjoined to his bedroom is now his recording and rehearsal studio. After Joshua is saved and becomes Holy Soldier, he names the studio "The Bunker." Ever since the death of his sister and the traumatic incident he endured, Lisa and Steve have spoiled him hoping it would help him deal with the trauma and change his bad behavior. However, their actions predictably backfire. At this point, the next video segment begins to play uninterrupted from this video segment as the song and next set of lyrics from "Eternal" plays.  



I will love You always
And I will know you now that the darkness is gone
You will be the air I breathe


  As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts as the next set of lyrics from "Eternal" is sung. This video segment occurs from the 1:47-2:15 minute mark of the song "Eternal" and takes place during Joshua's high school years up until he's 21 years old two weeks before the show at "Crossroads." The first clip of this new video segment goes from showing Joshua alone in his studio from the previous segment to showing his entire band "Joshua's Tree" rehearsing in the studio.  Following this,  we see Joshua arguing with his parents in his room. His father is yelling and pointing at a teardrop tattoo at the corner of Joshua's eye. Joshua is also screaming and points at the picture of Faith on his nightstand signifying he got the tattoo in honor of his deceased sister Faith. The remaining clips show Joshua pouring a carton of milk on Daniel's head who is eating by himself in the high school cafeteria and everyone laughs at him, Joshua hanging out at high school with his band and girlfriend Darlene, Joshua smoking pot and snorting cocaine at high school parties, Joshua defacing the church he was raised in, Joshua at his high school graduation, Joshua starting to shoot up heroin post high school, Joshua shaving his head with a crazed look on his face with tattoos of Lucifer and a pentgram with skulls visible on his arms as shown below in Model 5, the physical effects of Joshua's heroin addiction, Darlene catching Joshua cheating on her, and "Joshua's Tree" headlining the House of Blues two weeks before the show at Crossroads. Joshua is 6' 2" and has a muscular build up until his heroin addiction which causes him to look guant and emaciated with dark circles around his eyes. He also has numerous abscessess on his arms from shooting up that are partially hidden by his tattoo sleeves. Once again keep in mind, these video clips are very brief and there is sufficient time for all of them to play in the allotted time frame. At this point, the next video segment begins to play uninterrupted from this video segment as the song and next set of lyrics from "Eternal" plays.



I've spent all of my life trying just to survive
With nothing but tears left to show
Oh but now that You're here I have nothing to fear

  As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts as the next set of lyrics from "Eternal" is sung. The particular video segment is entitled "Doors" for obvious reasons and occurs from the 2:15-2:36 minute mark of the song "Eternal." It takes place the night of the show at Crossroads up to the present time as Joshua lays on his bed dead from the heroin overdose. As this video segment begins, we see Joshua in his bedroom the night of the show at Crossroads. He has a soft guitar case slung over his shoulder and opens his bedroom door. As soon as Joshua takes the first step outside his bedroom, he's at the front door of his parent's home with the soft guitar case over his shoulder. His parents are having a Bible study on Halloween night and can be seen with their guests in the background. When Joshua opens the front door and takes his first step outside, he's backstage at Crossroads following the show at the back exit of the club as seen in prior video footage. When Joshua opens the door of the back exit of Crossroads and takes a step outside, he's in his truck at the Griffith Observatory just prior to the Rapture as seen in prior video footage. As soon as Joshua opens his truck door and takes his first step outside, he's right outside the front door of his home following the Rapture as seen in prior video footage. When Joshua opens the front door and steps inside his home, he's right outside his parents bathroom door as seen in prior footage. As soon as Joshua opens the bathroom door and steps inside, he's right outside his bedroom door in the vision. After the lyrics "Oh but now that You're here I have nothing to fear" are sung, Joshua's bedroom door bursts open flying off its hinges and the camera zooms in on him lying dead on the bed. Immediately thereafter, Joshua's eyes open up as he comes back to life, he stands up in front of his bedroom window as shown below in Model 2, looks upward and professes His faith in Christ saying "I believe." The conceptual idea of this sequence of action is based upon Revelation 3:20. Keep in mind, Joshua is seeing the action of himself opening one door after another in the vision as the final moments of his life are retraced. By the time Joshua reaches his bedroom door in the vision, he believes in Christ and is ready to accept Him. It's at this point the vision and reality merge and Joshua's bedroom door actually does burst open and fly off its hinges. The vision is now over and the action continues uninterrupted below Model 6 as Joshua is transformed into Holy Soldier during the guitar solo of the song "Eternal." Note: this video segment is simply Joshua opening a door, taking one step, opening the next door and taking another step repeatedly so there's plenty of time for this video segment to occur in the alloted time. Finally, "prior footage"above refers to video seen earlier in the production before the action in this act. 




Model 1-Joshua's home and his truck following the Rapture.








Model 2-Joshua standing in front of his bedroom window.








Model 3-Light from above shines down on Joshua close view as he becomes Holy Soldier.








Model 4-Light from above shines down on Joshua distant view.








Model 5-The tattoos on Joshua's arms before and after his transfomation in his bedroom.








Model 6-Joshua is transformed into "Holy Soldier."




Guitar solo of the song "Eternal"

   As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts as the guitar solo from the song "Eternal" begins to play. This occurs from the 2:35-3:00 minute mark of the song and Joshua is transformed into Holy Soldier. As soon as Joshua says "I believe," the sky above Joshua's home opens up, the deafening sound of a rushing wind is heard which is the Holy Spirit, a bright light shoots downward from the sky and enters Joshua's bedroom shining down on him and literally enters his body as shown above in Models 3 and 4. The light also lights up the bedroom and entire home brightly as shown above in Models 3 and 4. As soon as the light from above enters Joshua's body, his whole body flexes, his drug-ravaged body miraculously fills out and he becomes a perfect physical specimen as shown above in Model 6, the track marks and absesses on his arms from his heroin use disappear, his face fills out and the color returns to it, and the black circles around his eyes vanish. As the action continues, we see light move over his chest under his shirt. The "Holy Soldier" icon is being branded on his chest as shown above in Model 6. However, we don't see the Holy Soldier tattoo on his chest until later action. The "Holy Soldier" icon also appears on the back of his right hand. The tattoos on Joshua's arms change in the following manner. In sync with the guitar solo from the 2:55-3:00 minute mark of the song "Eternal," the tattoos on both of Joshua's arms change moving from the hands upwards to the top of both of his arms. The vine and roses tattoos replace the flame tattoos on both arms at the same time. It's as if the vine and roses tattoos are growing over and replacing the flame tattoos as it moves up both of Joshua's arms. Both the vines(the true vine) and the roses(the Rose of Sharon) are names Christ is known by. When the vine and roses tattoo reach the tattoo of the pentagram and skulls on Joshua's left arm, it's replaced by a tattoo of a cross as shown above in Models 5 and 6. When the vine and roses tattoo on Joshua's right arm reach the caricature of the Satan tattoo, it's replaced by a tattoo of Christ as shown above in Models 5 and 6. The tattoos on both arms have completely changed as shown above in Models 5 and 6. Following this, a blinding bright light shines through the window Joshua's standing in front of and instantaneuosly the house and all the surrounding area peels away. Joshua is now standing on top of Mt. Zion in the presence of God who has taken the form of a blinding bright light above Mt. Zion as shown below in Model 7. The action continues uninterrupted on Mt Zion with the next set of lyrics from the song "Eternal" which are below Model 15. At this point, Joshua has multiple superpowers and has been transformed into the superhero Holy Soldier. Joshua's doesn't know what superpowers he possesses at this time nor does the audience watching "The Unveiling." These powers will be unveiled in critical moments in the remaining action in "The Unveiling.")





Model 7-Joshua on Mt. Zion in God's presence.








Model 8-God's hands holding the gold Les Paul guitar.








Model 9-God's hands bringing the gold Les Paul to Joshua.








Model 10-Joshua grabs the guitar and Holy Soldier outfit appears on him.








Model 11-God's hands moving away from Joshua.








Model 12-God's hands disappear back into the light.








Model 13-Joshua slings the guitar over his back.








Model 14-Symbols logo lowered into the light by Christ's hand.








Model 15-Joshua listening to God address him on Mt. Zion.


"Mt Zion"


http://www.theunveiling.com/eternal.avi




I will love You always
And I will know You 
Now that the darkness is gone 
A light for me this will be 
Eternal, eternal


   As the action continues uninterrupted, the next video segment starts with the lyrics above and takes place from the 3:00-3:45 minute mark of the song "Eternal." The following action accompanies the lyrics in the video from Mt. Zion. Shortly after Joshua is atop Mt. Zion, the hands of God emerge from the blinding light holding a gold Les Paul known as the "Axe of the Spirit" as shown above in Model 8. God's hands move forward until they are directly in front of Joshua as shown above in Model 9. As soon as God's hands stop moving, Joshua takes the guitar out of God's hands grabbing it by the top of the neck as shown above in Model 10. At that exact moment, Joshua's superhero trenchcoat supernaturally appears on him as shown above in Model 10. Next, God's hands move back towards the blinding light and disappear as shown in Models 11 and 12.  Shortly thereafter, Joshua slings the guitar over his shoulder as shown above in Model 13. As the action continues, the camera shot changes so that we're looking at Joshua rather than from behind him. As the lyrics "Now that the darkness is gone" are sung, the teardrop tattoo at the corner of Joshua's eye fades away until it's no loner seen on his face. Following this, Christ's pierced hand lowers the Symbols's artwork into the blinding light, and a dove appears and flies towards the artwork as shown above in Model 14. All three persons of the Trinity are now present in the video; the Father(blinding light), the Son(the pierced hand of Christ) and the Holy Spirit(the dove). Shortly thereafter, Christ's hand pulls the Symbols's artwork upward and the dove flies away leaving just Joshua and the bright light once again as shown above in Model 15. At this point, God begins speaking to Joshua atop Mt. Zion with the bold text below. You can watch a brief avi. movie of the action just described on Mt. Zion by copying the web address in red above, pasting it into the status bar of your "Microsoft Edge" browser and hitting "enter."


God:  (In a loud, deep and booming voice) You are Holy Soldier and music is your weapon. You will write the soundtrack for the end of days and the music will speak to the soul awaking the masses from their spiritual slumber and uniting them in one mind, one body, one Spirit, one hope, and one faith. All the world's your stage and your performances will be legendary. I created the "Axe of the Spirit" with my own hands solely for you. It has 12 inlays each made up of a different precious stone representing the 12 tribes of Israel, the body is overlaid in 24 kt gold and the volume knobs and toggle switch are made of diamonds from Mt. Zion itself. The Axe has perfect tone, will never go out of tune, requires no amplification to be heard, is indestructible and its strings are eternal. Just as Moses performed miracles with his staff you'll do the same with the Axe as it possesses supernatural powers of its own. But only you can play it and unlock those powers as it will only respond to your unique genetic profile. You're armed with multiple superpowers that will be unveiled in the future at key moments. The time has come for the former things to pass and new ones to be revealed as Symbols takes center stage. You will also lead the resistance and form an alliance with another band of brothers to chart the course for the underground, the BraveNation. You will have counsel with angels and the Spirit will be strong within you. This is the mission you're charged with carry it out faithfully like a good soldier. Now you're ready to answer your true calling. Rise up Holy Soldier, wield your Axe and and strike down the enemies of God!-(After God's done speaking, the music of "Eternal" fades out and ends. Immediately thereafter, the blinding light quits shining and Joshua's home and surroundings instantaneously reappear. He is standing in front of his bedroom window once gain. However, this time he's wearing his superhero trenchcoat and has the gold Les Paul he received from God on Mt. Zion.Joshua is blown away by everything that just took place. He's shaking his head back and forth in disbelief, looking at himself in the mirror, down at his new body and at the new tattoos on his arms. At this point, Joshua speaks out loud to himself. Note: "Axe of the Spirit" is a play on the "Sword of the Spirit." Both are offensive weapons God has provided Joshua for his spiritual battles and both weapons draw their power from the Holy Spirit. Note: axe is another name for a guitar.)


Joshua: My god, look at me, (Looking upward) But why me? You shoulda chosen someone else.-(The angel Gabriel instantaneously appears out of nowhere standing behind Joshua. As Gabriel begins to speak, he startles Joshua who turns around and faces him.)


Gabriel:  No Joshua, He's been preparing you for this very moment your entire life,


Joshua: You again, I knew I wasn't seeing things, Who are you and what do you want from me?


Gabriel: I brought the news to Mary that she was pregnant with the Christ-child, foretold the birth of John the Baptist and spoke of these very times with the prophet Daniel.-(As Gabriel speaks, Joshua concentrates trying to figure out who Gabriel is.)
 

Joshua: Gabriel, (Gabriel nods yes, and Joshua shakes his head in amazement.)


Gabriel: I was sent to re-assure you that you're in good hands and the Lord is in complete control.


Joshua: (Shaking his head no)  I'm not worthy of this calling. I'm just a junkie strung out on dope.


Gabriel: You were but are no longer.


Joshua: I think of the life I've lived, the things I've done and the people I've hurt. I'm not this man you want me to be.


Gabriel: Not yet but you know if one truly believes the slate is wiped clean.-(Joshua nods yes)  I was there long ago when Moses questioned his calling as you do now but he answered his call and so will you.


Joshua: (Overwhelmed)  I don't know if I can do this.-(Joshua struggles with his faith throughout the story. Faith is the theme of "The Unveiling"  and with it nothing is impossible. As the action takes place over time, Joshua's faith increases. In the end, Joshua becomes a man of great faith.)

 
Gabriel: You won't have to do it alone. I will notify you shortly and you will go over to the Goldbergs. You'll be reunited with your old friend Daniel and his father Saul. They will brief you on all the details of Operation Last Stand and will take the lead in running the day to day operations of the underground, the BraveNation.-(God brought Aaron into the picture to help Moses and take some of the pressure off him. God is doing the same thing by reuniting Joshua's with his estranged best friend Daniel who is a major character in "The Unveiling"  and eventually becomes the superhero "White Lion.")


Joshua: Daniel will never work with me after what I did to him.


Gabriel:  Everything will work out but my work here is finished for now and I must go.


Joshua: (Panicky) You can't split  yet. I have no idea what to do.


Gabriel: (Smiling) Have faith Joshua, for the Spirit will lead and show you the way. In the days ahead, you will see and do things you never thought possible. I will look over you and from time to time I shall return. (Gabriel places his hands on Joshua's shoulder) Grace and peace to you Joshua Wells until we meet again.-(Right after Gabriel finishes this text, he instantaneously disappears leaving Joshua alone in his bedroom. Shortly thereafter, Joshua looks out his bedroom window and sees a limousine pull up in front of his house. It's his band and the action continues as they discuss the night's events in Joshua's bedroom. I haven't included that dialogue and action in this preview.  Rather I have skipped to the very ending of the act "Holy Soldier" as Joshua and his band wrap up their conversation about the morning's events in Joshua's bedroom )


Ending of the act Holy Soldier:


Joshua:  (Joshua sees DW looking at him shaking his head back and forth) What's wrong dude?


DW:   Can't get my head wrapped around this "Holy Soldier" thing.


Joshua:  (Smiling) I know It's crazy but the truth is there's a superhero in all of us, a supernatural power inside that transforms all believers into Holy Soldiers called upon to fight evil. (Before Joshua continues speaking, he gets up, walks over to his bedroom window and looks outside into the sky. At this point, the camera shot shows the action from Joshua's vantage point looking out the window into the sky. Joshua sees thousands of angels both good and evil engaged in spiritual warfare and he shakes his head in amazement. Joshua continues speaking as he looks out the window) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. There's a storm on the horizon and a great tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will is upon us. (Joshua backs away from the window towards the bed so that he can see his band once again) Tonight was just a preview of the death and destruction that lies ahead. The seals will be broken, the trumpets will sound and the bowls will overflow with the wrath of God. The gates of hell have been opened and the battle for the soul of mankind begins.-(As Joshua says the last sentence from the dialogue above, he grabs a remote that's laying on the end of the bed, points it at a flat screen television mounted on the south wall above his bedroom window and turns on the T.V.. The band stands up and moves away from the south wall so they can see the television and everyone starts watching a UNN newscast. At this point, the camera zooms in on the television screen in Joshua's room until it's the only image on the screen and we watch the same newscast Joshua and the band are watching on the television. Dawn Rivers is the anchor on the television in the UNN newsroom.)  


Dawn:  We will be going live via satelitte to Vatican City momentarily where Dr. Christopher Gold and Dr. Jonathan Silver will address the world regarding tonight's tragic events. Here's the very latest. News reports from around the world continue to pour in to UNN and we now have a clearer picture of the extent of the devastation wrought by this morning's disaster. Although this tragedy has wrecked havoc globally, it seems some regions escaped the full wrath of this calamity while others were completely devastated by it. Reports from our foreign correspondents in Europe, India, China, Japan, North Korea and the Middle East indicate that the death and destruction in these countries is minimal compared to that of harder hit areas in South Korea, Africa, parts of Mexico, and South and Central America. However, nothing rivals the holocaust that has taken place in the United States and brought this superpower to its knees. Conservative estimates put the number of people dead or missing in the millions including several top government officials and there are countless others seriously injured. However, there is one bright spot admist all the darkness. Following last night's events, Dr. Gold launched a worldwide humanitarian relief effort known as Operation Rescue. In a joint statement just released by top officials of the International Red Cross, the United Nations and FEMA, Operation Rescue is being hailed as a modern day miracle, the largest and most successful such plan ever implemented. Most of us knew Dr. Gold was a rising star on the world scene but the true extent of his power, influence and presence around the world had not been completely revealed until now.-(Dawn touches her earpiece and pauses momentarily) I've just been notified we are now going live to Vatican City.-(At this point, we see the inside of St. Peter's Basilca in Vatican City and Dr. Gold and Dr. Silver will address the world concerning the Rapture and its aftermath. St. Peters Basilica and Square are transformed as they captivate the world with supernatural acts as they arrive on the world stage with great fanfare. However, this action is not part of the preview and we now move forward about 10 months in the story to the beginning of Symbols's "U.S. Tour." Click on the "next" button below to go to a preview of  the act "The Final Act")