Gabriel On The Moon

The day came when God told Gabriel to play. Gabe picked up his horn, aimed it at the earth and blew! He continued to blow very hard just the one note that God wanted him to. Soon, down on the earth, all the waters that were above the atmosphere began to fall. It was raining for the very first time on the earth. People were afraid, but they would not give up their evil devices. Gabriel blew some more, and the fountains of the earth itself began to break up, sending great floods upon the surface of the planet. Gab blew and blew for forty days, and then he quit and sat down. He was very sad that God had asked him to do that, since all he could see now on surface of the earth was water. There had only been one continent, and it did not have very many mountains, but it was all gone, and with it, Man was gone too.

So Gabriel went back to his practicing. Some day he knew that he would be not just good, but that he would be the very best trumpet player in all of the universe! He just felt it to be true, so he played and played.

Life, and time passed. Gabe saw Man and life on the dry earth again, and he was pleased with God for giving them another chance. So he watched Man again as his history unfolded. Once in a while God would stop by and ask him to play another note, just a note? Gabe was asked once to play with his trumpet pointed at the Sun, and just for twelve hours. This he did, although he was not sure what it was for. Turns out that Joshua needed an extra twelve hours of light to finish a battle, so Gabriel blowing at the Sun caused Time and Space to sort of stop for a while.

Gabriel, in all those times in between, kept right on practicing. He was getting pretty good. He could play as well or better than all those other Angels around the throne of God. This wasn't pride or conceit on his part, because it was just true.

One day, God announced that he was going down to the Earth himself, and become a Man! Gabriel, along with the rest of Creation was not sure what this meant, but they had long ago quit being surprised by anything God could do, because he could do ANYTHING, after all!

Gabriel watched with great joy as God became flesh, living among Man, and showing his glory to all. He watched Jesus walk on the water and stop the storm. He watched him feed the hungry, and heal the sick and lame. He saw Jesus preach the simple Good News that they were loved by God, and that he was always with them. He saw Jesus heal the deaf and the blind, and even raise the dead! It was wonderful, watching God walk among his Creation, but not all of the people were accepting of Jesus.

At the end of Jesus' ministry, some powerful man were planning to kill him! How awful! Here was the Creator, the Maker of all things, in danger from his own created beings! Gabriel saw them take Jesus late one night, and they continually beat him, spit on him and abuse him with their speech. Gab now knew that Jesus was going to die!

Gabriel felt something inside himself. It was like nothing he had ever felt before. It was ANGER! In all his existence, he had never felt rage and hatred, but now it was rising in him, removing all his reserve and politeness. He stood and looked up at the earth, for by now they had crucified Jesus and were watching him hang there between heaven and earth. Gabriel picked up his horn and began to blow, angrily, at the earth!