The Secret Vision

Robert Kern

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A SIGNIFICANT STORY FOR OUR TIME. MAX LUCADO WOULD BE PROUD. IF WE COULD ONLY SEE THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES.
This is a story which takes the reader through a quarter of a century leading up to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
It begins as a love story between a soldier, Luke Champion, and a news reporter, Cindy Manners. The couple marries, and after the birth of their very spiritually gifted twins, David and Dawn, the Champion family encounter one traumatic event after another over the years.
The twins soon discover that God is calling them to embark on an urgent mission which mankind desperately needs. The completion of the purging of those that have lost faith will restore God’s Perfect Vision. Only the children of the world have the power to save souls before Christ returns.

Sujets

• Perfect
• Nueva York
• Secret (disambiguation)
• World (disambiguation)
• Fiction
• New York

Informations

• Publié par: LifeRich Publishing
• Date de parution: 19 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781489742650
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE SECRET VISION
 
 
 
 
 
ROBERT KERN
 
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2022 Robert Kern.
 
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
 
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Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®). ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.
 
ISBN: 978-1-4897-4257-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4897-4256-8 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4897-4265-0 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022912108
 
 
LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 07/13/2022
CONTENTS
Part One
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
Chapter Fifty-Five
Chapter Fifty- Six
Chapter Fifty- Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Chapter Sixty
Chapter Sixty-One
Chapter Sixty-Two
Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Sixty-Five
Chapter Sixty-Six
Chapter Sixty- Seven
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Chapter Seventy
Chapter Seventy-One
Chapter Seventy-Two
Chapter Seventy-Three
Chapter Seventy-Four
Chapter Seventy-Five
Chapter Seventy-Six
Chapter Seventy-Seven
Chapter Seven-Eight
Chapter Seventy-Nine
Chapter Eighty
Chapter Eighty-One
Chapter Eighty-Two
Chapter Eighty-Three
End of Part One
Part Two
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE
T he twins arrived on the planet earth at 9:11 p.m. on September 11 th , 2011. Ten years ago, on this very day, New York and the rest of America suffered the most gut-wrenching moment in the history of the United States. It became the day that the world would never forget yet try not to remember. Mere blocks away from the carnage, New York Presbyterian Hospital was the setting for the second most important birth in the lineage of mankind.
Cindy Champion proceeded to the room where miracles happened. Labor pains are never easy, however, this one was undeniably severe. Luke Champion grasped his wife’s left hand as if she were hanging off a cliff. Pain pierced her abdomen while contractions rattled her insides. Streams of sweat trickled down her forehead as Cindy yelled so loud that the Brooklyn Bridge began to sway. A double birth was nothing to take lightly, especially when a year ago the Champions were notified by their gynecologist that Cindy could not get pregnant because Luke was shooting blanks. Ironic, considering that he was enlisted in the military.
David appeared headfirst through the vaginal canal. With some assistance from the forceps, his tiny head poked through and slid out ahead of his twin sister Dawn, who chose the opposite direction, feet first. The double blessing had been completed. Not even Nostradamus could have predicted the appearance of these exceptional children and the purpose they would serve in the future.
The glow on Cindy’s face spoke volumes as her attention fixated on her recently blanketed twins. As she gazed in wonder at them, she thought to herself, “a miracle on thirty-fourth street.”. Right borough, wrong street, she giggled to herself.
Luke glanced over at the nurse whose smile told him that the kids were fine and healthy. “Congratulations Mom and Dad. “The doctor said jubilantly. “Two genders in one sitting. Nice job!” The shocking part about it was that the early sonogram indicated that there was only one heartbeat thus only one embryo. The nurse placed the babies under their new mom’s right and left arms. Luke seemed mesmerized by the sight of his boy and girl nestled in Cindy’ s bosom.
CHAPTER TWO
L uke Champion was a rugged and charming young man. He grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn during the decades of the 1980’s and 1990’s. His mom and dad worked the toll booths at the nearby Verrazano Bridge (before there was easy pass), which connected Staten Island and Brooklyn. Luke was born in 1981. His parents tried to have more children but could not conceive. They fostered children for a period of seven years during Luke’s middle and high school years. One of those foster children, a black male, age seventeen, passed away from Sickle Cell. Frank and Marie Champion were staunch Republicans and strong supporters of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Each of them volunteered at the Republican Headquarters in Brooklyn. Little Lucas loved military toys such as tanks and missiles. He played with his toy soldiers since the age of five. When the Persian Gulf War occurred in 1991, Luke was ten years old. He was captivated by the televised warfare appearing live in real time. The names Colin Powell and General Schwarzkopf were forever etched in his young mind as heroes. He imagined himself as one day becoming a defender of our nation.
Cindy Manners was an excellent student during her years in public school while residing in Ozone Park, Queens. Some used to call her the teacher’s pet and why not. She even assisted her junior high teachers in grading essays. Cindy was an outstanding writer and daydreamed of starting her own newspaper or tabloid. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, newspapers were still relevant, pre-Internet. Cindy had two siblings, a sister that was three years older than her named Cathy, and a brother two years younger named Charles. When Cindy was eight years old, her sister Cathy and brother Charles were playing around with her near an old railway yard a few blocks from their home. Out of nowhere, a vicious Doberman Pinscher darted straight toward the three siblings. Charles, their younger brother, stepped in front of his two sisters. The young child never had a chance. His face was mangled beyond recognition and his thrashed throat splattered out gushing blood onto his petrified sisters. They say that the mauling took less than a minute, but it must have seemed like a lifetime for the terrorized kids. Cindy never quite recovered from the loss of her brother that day.
CHAPTER THREE
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