The Seventh Sign Page #5

I am Cartaphilus.

Pilates gatekeeper?

The Roman soldier who was...

Cursed to walk the earth

until the Messiah returned.

Cursed to live and never die,

not until it was time for the world to die.

And so it has been for 2,000 years.

For me, theres been no escape

from the misery of life.

But I always knew my sentence

would not be eternal.

I know I could count on men on that.

And so, I win!

An end has come! My death is at hand.

I wont be stopped by anyone.

Not her, not you.

I cant allow it.

You understand, don't you, old friend?

Thank you.

Did you see him?

Im gonna die?

I tried, Jimmy. I did everything I could.

They just... They don't wanna...

They don't understand.

Do you think God will forgive them?

I don't know.

So we've got to stop this death.

Whose death?

I don't know.

It's somebody who's a martyr.

- Thats the fourth sign?

- No, I think it's the fifth.

The last martyr, an earthquake and...

look. I don't know. I can't think anymore.

You should know this!

Thats not my book,

it's the New Testament.

Pull over. Pull over there!

- What are you doing?

- Getting us a Bible!

We need a room!

Thirty bucks.

- Got it. Revelation 5. "A Scroll..."

- Read me the sixth sign.

"And I looked when he broke the sixth seal,

and there was a great earthquake...

"...and the sun became black as sackcloth

and the moon became red as blood."

Eclipse.What? The sun turning black. An eclipse.

It's on my calendar for tomorrow.

Are you sure?

Go back to the fifth sign.

"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw the

souls of those whose been slain for the word of God.

"And they cried, O Lord, how long before thou will judge and avenge our blood on those upon on the earth?'

"They were told to rest until the number

of their brethren should be complete...

"...who were to be killed

as they themselves had been."

The death of the last martyr.

It's someone who dies for the word of God,

dies before the eclipse.

How?

Tortured to death? Murdered?

Executed.

Attorneys were unable to get

a stay of execution for Jimmy Zaragoza...

...the "Word of God Killer,"

whose parents were brother and sister.

He murdered them, he said,

"because it was Gods law."

This morning, Jimmy will die

according to mans law.

Hello?

Abby, where are you?

I've been looking all over for you.

Russell, listen to me. I know how to stop it.

An eclipse?

Abby, I cant stop the execution.

You have to. He is the last martyr.

Please, believe me. You cant let them kill him.

Theres nothing I can do now.

Just tell me where you are.

Abby. Abby, are you all right?

Look. There isn't time.

I gonna meet you at the prison, okey?

No, no, no! You cant stop...

I gonna leave now.

Penny! Thank God! Youve got to

get me in! Youve got to help me.

Okay, breathe, breathe.

Stop!

Somebody stop him!

I did it. It's over.

Somebody...

Somebody help us!

No!

Somebody help us!

It's all right, Abby.

God, no!

Sorry. It's all my fault.

It's all right, Abby.

Breathe deeply.

Relax. Breathe.

All right, push.

- Breathe, Abby.

- Push!

Youre fine.

It's all right. You're doing good.

Deep breaths!

Can you do it one more time?

One more time, Abby.

That a girl. Come on, push!

Hold on! The head is out!

Come on, sweetheart, were almost there!

We've lost the baby's heartbeat.

Will you die for Him?

Will you die for Him?

Yes, I will!

I will die for Him.

I will die for Him.

Hes beautiful, Abby...

...just like you said hed be.

You cant see him...

...but you know.

You always knew.

The Hall of Souls is full again.

It was you, Abby.

Just the one person with hope enough

for the whole world.

Remember it all.

Write it down.

Tell it...

...so people will use the chance

she has given them.

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