The Seventh Sign Page #3

Bloodshed in the war

between Iraq and Iran...

...having been raped repeatedly, her body was dumped...

...was apparently set by representatives

of a radical...

Continuing with international news...

...French officials in Paris today announced

they have two suspects...

...in the bombing the restaurant

on the Champs Elysees ...

Abby.

Im sorry.

It's okay. I thought you were away.

I just came back.

No, please.

I just wanted to...

How do you feel?

Im all right.

You know. I thought I saw you the other day,

in the rain.

I wasnt sure if it was you,

but I thought you might need a ride.

You are very kind.

Thats rare.

Were you there?

So much misery.

Man against man.

They kill each other. They have no faith.

I used to think the world would change...

...but it hasnt.

No, I guess it hasnt.

It's sad.

The course is chosen...

...and it cant be turned.

What do you mean, "course"?

Toward death.

I really don't think well gonna blow ourselves up.

I didnt mean that.

I better go upstairs now.

Excuse me.

Im sorry about the baby.

After all your travels, Father Lucci...

- ...youve come to these conclusions?

- I have, Your Eminence.

You have no doubt, no doubt whatsoever,

regarding the signs?

No doubt at all. They were not signs.

Not to try your patience, Father,

but once again:

The snow in the Negev.

Didnt the Israeli Army report that?

I was there.

I saw a freak,

an aberration of convective showers.

Frigid air from the Balkans

was swept into a cut off low.

It created a storm of such intensity,

it literally sucked the freezing rain from the sky.

It turned everything in its path to ice.

A rare occurrence, yes.

It happens once in 100 years.

But a sign from God?

Everything you saw...

...was either scientifically explainable

or a hoax?

Yes, Your Eminence.

My brothers, all these things I saw

were of the natural world.

There have been no miracles.

These were not signs of the Apocalypse.

I will tell His Holiness.

He will be quite relieved.

He has tickets next week to Faust.

"2-29." Thats the baby's birth date.

This doesn't say anything I can even understand.

What about the babys birth date on it?

We don't have a corner on February 29th.

You don't know that's what that means.

What about that strange writing.

Have you ever seen writing like this?

And what about those horrible clippings?

Russell, I'm telling you. Hes here because of the baby!

You think David is responsible

for whats wrong with the baby?

It's that what you're saying.

Abby! Whats wrong with the baby is called

placental insufficiency!

Youre wrong! I told you, it's different!

It isnt! Nobody is trying to hurt the baby.

It's just like last time.

Abby, what do you want me to do?

You want me to kick him out?

Would that make you feel better

if I'll kick him out?

All right. Hes gone.

Ill tell him as soon as I see him.OK?

Yes? Excuse me.

Im looking for Dr. Ornstein.

Rabbi Ornstein.

You stay.

Yes.

Are you Dr. Ornstein, the linguist?

Among other things. May I help you?

I hope so. Im Abby Quinn.

Nice move, lady.

- Whatd I do?

- You touched him.

You don't touch a Hasidic rabbi

unless you're his wife.

- Are you serious?

- No. Im making it up.

It's halakah. It's the law.

- I should apologize.

- I wouldn't do that.

Just leave. He wont see you again.

I have to see him.

I need to know what is says, what language this is.

Thats Melachim.

It's Melachim.

It's a secret form of Hebrew, kinda like a code.

In the Middle Ages,

scholars used it to protect their writings.

And you know it?

I hope so. I learned it from him

when I was nine.

Then you can translate it?

I guess so. It's just

a simple replacement alphabet.

Come on. Theres a book Ill need.

Here it is.

So, what is this?

How does this translate? This date.

Thats not a date.

Of course it is. 2-29. February 29th.

- Have you ever read the Bible?

- Well, yeah.

Well, 2:
29, its a Bible heading.

Chapter and verse.

Chapter 2, verse 29.

Are you sure?

The whole page is a quote from the Bible.

Book of Joel 2:
29.

Can you read it for me?

"Even upon the menservants

and maidservants in those days...

"...I will pour out my spirit.

"And I will give portents in the heavens

and on the earth...

"...blood and fire and columns of smoke.

"The sun shall be turned to darkness,

and the moon to blood...

"...before the great and terrible day

of the Lord comes."

What is "the great and terrible day"?

When God passes judgment

on mankind for its sins.

It's about the Apocalypse.

Come on! The end of the world?

Thats what the portents are.

The sun going dark, the moon turning red.

They foretell the end of the world.

Theres a whole chain of signs,

like a countdown. The Bible is filled with them.

Earthquakes, plagues,

water turning to blood.

All kinds of weird natural disasters.

This things are to happen to tell us that God's wrath

is about to destroy the world.

And thats what this paper's about?

Yeah, the signs of the end.

Didnt at least you go to Sunday school?

Yeah, that was a long time ago. But they taught us

that God was a God of love.

Are you okay?

This doesn't make any sense.

What do Biblical prophecies

have to do with the baby?

Your baby?

Avi, would you translate it anyway,

just to be sure?

Heres my number.

- I guess I could have it for you tomorrow.

- That would be great.

- Bye.

- Okay, Mrs. Quinn.

The Guf, 358.

"In Judeo-Christian mythology,

The Guf is the Hall of Souls.

"Every time an infant is born,

this is where its soul comes from.

"Folklore has it that the sparrows can see the souls

descent and this explains their song.

"But a day will come

when the sparrow sings no more...

"...because there are only

a finite number of souls in The Guf.

"It's when the last soul is used, and

The Guf is empty, that the world will end.

"The first infant born without a soul...

"...born dead as such a soulless child

must be, heralds...

"...the death of the world,

and so is called...

"...The Final Sign."

No. Im trying to get a hold of the governor.

It's urgent.

I told you it has to do

with Jimmy Zaragozas execution.

Russell, its Abby.

Ive already spoken to his aide.

I need to speak to him directly.

Yes, Ill hold. Tell her Ill call her back.

I tried, but shes not at home.

She says she has to speak to you right now.

Alright. Cover for me. Abby, are you all...

Listen up. I was wrong. It's not the baby's birth date,

it's from the Bible.

I knew it hes here because of the baby.

Alright, just slow down.

He thinks its a some king of Bible sign!

Remember, he told us about it,

but not the whole story. Listen to this:

"The first infant born without a soul,

born dead such as a soulless child must be..."

No, its not! He's a religious fanatic!

He thinks if he can kill the baby,

he'll end the world.

- Alright, Abby. Alright. Listen to me.

- Ive got the governor.

Ask him to hold.

Just listen. I want you to go home.

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