HOPE 2

Kirjoita tekstisi **The Tulip Village Celebration**

While resting in the room of peace, Elisa woke up and stared at a picture of the Tulip Village on the white wall [1]. She smiled, feeling her body return to life and the blood flowing in her veins [1]. Her last memory was from when black shadows had covered her on the jogging path, and black angels in tuxedos had kidnapped her in a black van [1]. They had planned to sell her to the witch as a human sacrifice while taking Toivo back to Vladivostok [1].

Suddenly, the door opened, and Toivo entered, smiling and crying tears of joy [1]. "You are okay, my love," he said, and they kissed [1].

The forest in the Tulip Village began to sing; the birds, flowers, and trees created a beautiful, humming melody, and high in the sky, angels sang as the village brightened with

supernatural light [1]. The village suddenly filled with people dancing and joyously

celebrating the victory over the witch who had cursed them, and the return of Toivo and Elisa [1]. The river flowing through the village began to sparkle, with bright golden nuggets shining in the water [1].

**The Vision of the Black Cube**

Suddenly, the Spirit carried them high into the air, and looking down, they saw a forest where the trees were as gloomy as death itself, oozing black sap [1]. In the center of the forest was a black cube temple, into which the black sap flowed like veins [1]. Inside the temple were human bones and skulls, and in the center of a pentagram lay a black stone [1]. Black-robed angels of darkness hovered around it, making horrific sounds as the stone glowed with dark light, communicating with them [1]. Toivo jolted awake from the vision, and Elisa smiled, inviting him to dance at the village festival [1].

**The Tree of Life**

At the festival, Angel-face appeared next to them and said, "Come, I will take you to the holy tree; you need one more thing to fully recover" [1]. John drove them in a white Humvee through the forest until they arrived at a clearing filled with white wood anemones [1]. In the middle of a spring pond stood a majestic tree reaching toward the heavens [1]. The tree's guardian, a Native American named Charlie, called out to them and rowed them across the crystal-clear, fish-filled water in a white kayak [1].

Under the tree hung orange-red fruits, and a wooden sign read: "You must eat, so that eternal life may be carried in your heart" [2]. Upon tasting the heavenly and harmonious fruit, Toivo received a sudden vision [2]. A fire angel lifted him to the heavenly realms with the speed of lightning, where he saw a green stone forest [2]. In the center, he saw his father dressed in a beautiful, glowing green emerald suit, full of life [2]. Angel-face, John, and Charlie were then sworn in as knights of the Tree of Life over the eternal spring, their pearl-handled swords sparking with light as a smiling Messiah appeared in the water [2]. **Nimrod and the Rotting Tower**

Meanwhile, the red-faced Nimrod laughed [2]. His face was blood-red from eating an innocent deer alive, he wore a crown made of human finger bones, and his clothes were crafted from fish and lizard scales [2]. He sat on a throne of bone and human skin, with pitch-black eyes [2]. Through a round dark glass connected to possessed ravens, he spied on the White Hearts [2]. Seeing their glowing temple, he screamed in agony and commanded his hovering, black-hooded creatures, spitting acid onto the floor [2].

Later, Nimrod howled a wolf-like howl from the top of his rotting, black tower, as ravens circled him in the air [3].

**The Fall of the Lord of Darkness**

Suddenly, the sky began to strike with lightning, and the clouds tore open with a flash [3]. Above the clouds rode Jesus on a white horse, wearing a robe dipped in blood [3]. "Come Harri, this is your specialty," the Savior said [3]. A golden river of life burst from heaven, striking Nimrod's tower and beginning to melt it [3]. Riding the river's current on a white log was Toivo's father, holding a golden sickle in his hand [3]. With massive force, he hurled the sickle at Nimrod [3]. The sickle spun and sliced the lord of darkness cleanly in half [3]! Nimrod, his castle, and the hairy, pulsating demons of fear that were with him were swept up by the river of life [3]. They were sucked into a deep chasm that opened in the earth beneath them [3]. The creatures screamed as the ground closed over them forever [3]. A song echoed through heaven: "Evil is swallowed for eternity, now the saints shall rule!" [