Heaven, for the second and last time in history, was completely and utterly sad. The first time was when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. The sadness God had felt that His precious creations had sinned had permeated through the air. Now, the angels felt this same thick, depressing atmosphere, but it was unlike anything they had ever experienced. They knew this day would come, but they hadn't expected for heaven to feel so...empty. Every single angel felt some level of sadness. The more cheerful ones tried to keep themselves busy by pruning the Tree of Life. Some of the older angels, wanting to be more industrious, had started making sure there were plenty of rooms available for the huge amount of residents they would be expecting shortly. A majority of the angels could only sit on the clouds, with their legs dangling, or fly back and forth and pace, distraught.
They knew better than to disturb God right now. He was saddest He had ever felt. God is never helpless, but in human terms, this would be the closest word to describing Him right now. His most precious and only Son Jesus, the One had forever existed with Him, was below Him suffering the worst pain imaginable on the cross. The life was draining right in front of His eyes. The pain quivered through every muscle of Jesus' body, and fatigue from the lack of sleep, physical exhaustion, and pain were etched in the shadows of His hollow face. God felt every pain Jesus did, although it wasn't as intense. God wanted more than anything else in the world to snatch His Son right from that cross and place Him safely in His arms. He missed Him terribly. In the very least, He wanted to send more angels down to strengthen Him and remove some of His pain. But God could not do any of that. This was the only way the rest of His dear children could be saved and come into heaven. God missed them just as much. All Jesus had to comfort Him was God's promises, which were strong, but not quite the same. God's heart ached more, and He forced Himself to turn His back on Jesus again. The Lord's cries below echoed in the ears of the Lord above.
The clouds surrounding the Creator grew even darker. The angels shook; they couldn't even see His throne room anymore. Some of the angels couldn't take the grief any longer and began shedding tears that splashed onto earth. Combined with God's intense grief was His growing anger towards those who had harmed His Son and refused to believe in Jesus, to believe in Him. This anger was manifested in the form of an earthquake.
Even though heaven was a scary place for these few brief hours, the angels remembered that this moment was going to lead to something greater than they could possibly imagine. New guests would be coming, Jesus would be with them soon, and heaven would have the greatest triumph over Satan.
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