Where Is The Rewind Button?

By Paulo Brito

Jesus suffers, crucified.

The agony, from the torture that was inflicted upon him, is evident on his face. A crown of thorns rips through his head. He was forced, while being whipped, to carry a wooden beam to the place of his execution. However, his suffering is mitigated because he knows that his death serves a higher purpose. He dies knowing that he is expiating all our sins. Humanity will be saved.

His divine satisfaction is interrupted when he observes, astonished, with his bloodshot eyes, the image of a pompously titanic mushroom: a nuclear weapon of apocalyptic proportions had been detonated.