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Many of histories scholars have argued over it for years, movies have used it as a plot and for many of us we thought it was just that, a plot not something that would actually happen. It's kind of ironic that the destruction of our race would bring humanity together. We had normal lives once, I wasn't very religious, I didn't believe in gods and demons, I just believed in life and inevitable death. It's ironic that our deaths will come from something so pure and good; I always imagined that they would watch as hell swallowed the corrupt into the raging inferno and spit out the pure so that they could ascend to the heavens. And now as the trumpets sound, we gaze upwards from the ashes of our ruined cities, humanity stands defiant against the very being that created us.
If we had known that it was going to come the signs would have been more apparent. Looking back on it now it seems so obvious, The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the war on terror, the poverty in Africa and the 3 day war. Each of these was carefully being orchestrated by the 4 horsemen unbeknownst to us; humanity viewed these as a natural occurrence, we saw them as our world leaders fighting for the free worlds safety against tyrannical dictators and the plight of a country we didn't aid, no one could link these events to the end of the world and be regarded as a sane man. That was until the 24th November 2032, the day the fifth seal was broken.
For many of us it was a day filled with dread, even if we didn't know the world was going to end before the end of the week. It was the 3rd day of what many people regarded as world war 3, America and Russia, after 20 years of bitterness, reached the breaking point and Russian troops had descended upon America. After intense fighting within the streets of the once untouchable nation it was apparent that Russia had the upper hand. On the 3rd day of fighting the advance halted, many of the soldiers had dropped their weapons and were screaming in fear, the media and the defending Americans were awestruck, until the same fell upon them. The whole planet was gripped in screaming and madness. I remember it vividly; I had visions of withered beings in chains locked in dark cells raising their heads in unison, their white eyes tore into my soul and upon opening their mouths they screamed a thousand screams that shattered my being leaving me numb upon my living room floor. Our leaders blamed the withdrawing Russians of course; saying that it was a new physiological weapon they used and that it back-fired. The Russians said the same thing. We hastily returned to our normal routine taking our leaders words that it was a Russian weapon to heart without little thought; it was of course the only rational explanation anyone could have thought of. Naturally peace talks began between the east and west within the week and everyone started to try to relax a bit more, it was in the hand of the diplomats and pencil pushers to sort things out between themselves.
It was a Tuesday and I was at work when the tsunami hit the American eastern seaboard, it was reported that a huge earthquake in the Atlantic had caused a wave of unimaginable size. Te deaths were in the millions, New York, Washington and Miami were all gone, washed clean by the wave. Of course due to the recent events the remaining Americans blamed the Russians for causing the earth quake. Many of us believed the allegations, it made perfect sense. Sense was not of this earth on this day, across the globe people witnessed individuals collapsing, all at the same time. These people were then picked up like a ragdoll by some unseen force, slowly being contorted into a cross like pose, they remained like this for several minutes and then before and already awestruck audience they screamed in a mixture of agony and fear as invisible spikes were driven through their hands and feet to form a crucifixion. These were the chosen. These were the 144,000.
On the 7th day god is said to have rested after creating the earth and all living things, when the 7th seal was broken god was no longer at rest. Those that were once in pain were reborn, crafted in heavenly armour and weapons, these angelic warriors from the heavens were feared by all but those who followed in the footsteps of Christ. Dam priests could never see sense; they bowed before these heavenly monsters only for them to be the first to be struck down when the trumpets sounded, that was an hour ago. Even thought he created us we will never back down without a fight, it's just our nature. We stand now before a horde of angels armed with stones and guns, this fight we can never win, we were never meant too. And as I prepare for my death I leave this short journal to anyone that happens to find it, it shows how even in the face of god, the being who gave us life we stand defiant.

Jonathan Williams aged: 27

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Many of histories scholars have argued over it for years, movies have used it as a plot and for many of us we thought it was just that, a plot not something that would actually happen. It's kind of ironic that the destruction of our race would bring humanity together. We had normal lives once, I wasn't very religious, I didn't believe in gods and demons, I just believed in life and inevitable death. It's ironic that our deaths will come from something so pure and good; I always imagined that they would watch as hell swallowed the corrupt into the raging inferno and spit out the pure so that they could ascend to the heavens. And now as the trumpets sound, we gaze upwards from the ashes of our ruined cities, humanity stands defiant against the very being that created us.
If we had known that it was going to come the signs would have been more apparent. Looking back on it now it seems so obvious, The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the war on terror, the poverty in Africa and the 3 day war. Each of these was carefully being orchestrated by the 4 horsemen unbeknownst to us; humanity viewed these as a natural occurrence, we saw them as our world leaders fighting for the free worlds safety against tyrannical dictators and the plight of a country we didn't aid, no one could link these events to the end of the world and be regarded as a sane man. That was until the 24th November 2032, the day the fifth seal was broken.
For many of us it was a day filled with dread, even if we didn't know the world was going to end before the end of the week. It was the 3rd day of what many people regarded as world war 3, America and Russia, after 20 years of bitterness, reached the breaking point and Russian troops had descended upon America. After intense fighting within the streets of the once untouchable nation it was apparent that Russia had the upper hand. On the 3rd day of fighting the advance halted, many of the soldiers had dropped their weapons and were screaming in fear, the media and the defending Americans were awestruck, until the same fell upon them. The whole planet was gripped in screaming and madness. I remember it vividly; I had visions of withered beings in chains locked in dark cells raising their heads in unison, their white eyes tore into my soul and upon opening their mouths they screamed a thousand screams that shattered my being leaving me numb upon my living room floor. Our leaders blamed the withdrawing Russians of course; saying that it was a new physiological weapon they used and that it back-fired. The Russians said the same thing. We hastily returned to our normal routine taking our leaders words that it was a Russian weapon to heart without little thought; it was of course the only rational explanation anyone could have thought of. Naturally peace talks began between the east and west within the week and everyone started to try to relax a bit more, it was in the hand of the diplomats and pencil pushers to sort things out between themselves.
It was a Tuesday and I was at work when the tsunami hit the American eastern seaboard, it was reported that a huge earthquake in the Atlantic had caused a wave of unimaginable size. Te deaths were in the millions, New York, Washington and Miami were all gone, washed clean by the wave. Of course due to the recent events the remaining Americans blamed the Russians for causing the earth quake. Many of us believed the allegations, it made perfect sense. Sense was not of this earth on this day, across the globe people witnessed individuals collapsing, all at the same time. These people were then picked up like a ragdoll by some unseen force, slowly being contorted into a cross like pose, they remained like this for several minutes and then before and already awestruck audience they screamed in a mixture of agony and fear as invisible spikes were driven through their hands and feet to form a crucifixion. These were the chosen. These were the 144,000.
On the 7th day god is said to have rested after creating the earth and all living things, when the 7th seal was broken god was no longer at rest. Those that were once in pain were reborn, crafted in heavenly armour and weapons, these angelic warriors from the heavens were feared by all but those who followed in the footsteps of Christ. Dam priests could never see sense; they bowed before these heavenly monsters only for them to be the first to be struck down when the trumpets sounded, that was an hour ago. Even thought he created us we will never back down without a fight, it's just our nature. We stand now before a horde of angels armed with stones and guns, this fight we can never win, we were never meant too. And as I prepare for my death I leave this short journal to anyone that happens to find it, it shows how even in the face of god, the being who gave us life we stand defiant.

Jonathan Williams aged: 27