The Rapture Page #3

SHARON:

Hmmm. I guess I'm still waiting. I

don't know. I don't know. Everything

just seems so empty. Time passes so

quickly.

RANDY:

Yeah? I think it's kind of slow.

SHARON:

No, I mean, like a day. You know, a

day is always just over ... I don't

know what I'm trying to say.

RANDY:

I think I understand.

SHARON:

Oh really? Why don't you let me in

on my secret.

RANDY:

I think that you are depressed, and

I think that you should see a

therapist.

SHARON:

Oh, that's great. That's f***ing

brilliant.

Cut to:

INTERIOR:
SHARON'S APARTMENT. DAY.

SHARON pulls subscription cards out of magazines. A door

bell rings; then there's a knock at the door. SHARON answers

it. Two men wearing suits, white shirts, and dark ties are

there.

Both are in their late thirties or early forties. In New

York, you would assume they were bankers or painters trying

to look like bankers. They are evangelists. None of the

evangelists in this film sound like TV preachers or have a

hint of the South in their accents.

FIRST EVANGELIST

You understand that these are the

last days. It can't go on like this.

God is coming back. His prophecies

are now being fulfilled.

SECOND EVANGELIST

You have to accept Jesus as your

Lord and Savior.

SHARON:

Otherwise ...

FIRST EVANGELIST

You won't be saved.

She shuts the door. Pause. She opens it again. The men are

still there, still smiling.

SECOND EVANGELIST

We're not trying to scare you.

FIRST EVANGELIST

No.

SECOND EVANGELIST

Do you understand the difference

between righteousness and faith?

SHARON:

Why don't you tell me.

SECOND EVANGELIST

It's only by the grace of God you'll

be saved.

SHARON:

But what if I lead a good life?

Does it still matter if I don't

believe?

FIRST EVANGELIST

Do you really lead a good life?

SHARON:

No.

SECOND EVANGELIST

You have to believe. If you don't,

you go to Hell.

SHARON:

Well, that doesn't seem fair.

FIRST EVANGELIST

I used to think that. But then I met

Him.

SHARON:

Who?

SECOND EVANGELIST

That's what we're trying to tell you.

FIRST EVANGELIST

(from John 3:
16)

For God so loved the world that he

gave his only begotten Son. That

whosoever should believe in Him

should not perish but have

everlasting life.

SECOND EVANGELIST

You can have what we have.

FIRST EVANGELIST

A personal relationship with the

Son of God.

SECOND EVANGELIST

It's hard to believe unless you

believe it. But when you believe it,

then it's easy. You just know.

SHARON:

What?

FIRST EVANGELIST

Him.

SHARON:

How?

FIRST EVANGELIST

Who knows? It just is.

SHARON:

Right. And I'm supposed to buy this?

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