JC 2.0

The best part is

the experts had been

wrong.

Within minutes

Jesus went on

international TV

and held

a press conference,

sans interpreter.

After He did a few

magic tricks

to entertain and

convince the crowd,

He explained that John

had been hallucinating

in a jail cell when he

dreamed up

The Revelation,

and that it had been,

like so many other

human communiques,

screwed-up in translation.

The eternal conscious torment

of Hell

was similarly annulled,

and JC 2.0

(as the tabloids would

soon dub Him)

explained that while

everyone sinned,

everyone would have to go

through the fire to be

purified,

but here was where

JC 2.0 blew everyone’s

mind:

the fire didn’t hurt.

The fire was warm

and comforting

and some of the most sinful,

most pained miscreants

lingered in the fire 

far too long,

finally experiencing

something welcoming,

something that wasn’t cold

for the first time

they ever remembered.

JC 2.0 brought

the pure love,

which asked for nothing

in return,

not even faith.

He quickly went viral

and soon all that was left

were the skeptics

and the doubters,

and Jesus eventually won

them over too,

some with magic tricks,

some with genuine empathy

and an outstretched

welcoming

embrace.

Then JC 2.0

commandeered the planet

and set sail for

the far side of the Sun,

where preparations for

The Great Reunification

were already

in full swing.

[Written for the "Out of Standard with Izy"  imaginary garden with real toads challenge.]