MESSIAH

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - Golgatha
2. Chapter Two - Nazareth
3. Chapter Three - The Desert
4. Chapter Four - The Waters
5. Chapter Five - The Table
6. Chapter Six - The Dust
7. Chapter Seven - The Clash
8. Chapter Eight - The Silence
9. Chapter Nine - The Return
10. Chapter Ten - The Fire
11. Chapter Eleven - The Way
12. Chapter Twelve - Saul the Hunter
13. Chapter Thirteen - Paul the Apostle
14. Chapter Fourteen - The Trial of the Temple
15. Chapter Fifteen - The Silence That Followed

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE Golgatha HE COULDN’T BREATHE. Each gasp carved new fire through his ribs, splintered by the wood at his back, the nails through his wrists, the weight of a world that wasn’t his to carry. But he carried it anyway. The crowd below was silent now. Some wept. Some whispered. Some watched with hollow eyes. But none understood. Not fully. The sky was dark. It wasn’t supposed to be dark. It was the sixth hour. He looked out over Jerusalem — his city, their city, Rome’s city — and he saw everything. He saw his mother, sobbing into cloth. He saw John, trying to look strong. He saw the Romans, joking like it was a regular Friday. He saw every lie ever told, and still said nothing....