Heiser-The-Facade - Sparkling Eyes

murder?" Mark said angrily."It's possible.""Maybe her visitor was lying," he shot back."Equally possiblebut far less likely."”Why?”"Why not kill her when he had the chance?""Maybe he was wrong—that there is no infiltrator, but some-one on the outsidetrying to torpedo the project and get Melissa; or maybe he's just starting with her and willtry and get the rest of us," Brian offered."I'd say that's more workable, but you're all still missing my point. How does allthis fit into the bigger picture—in relation to the Group, the goal of the project, whatwe've seen, and—""And my dream," Malcolm added to the list, "not to mention what happened inBrian's and Melissa's rooms, and that weird smell.""So doesn't that make any of you the least bit apprehensive?" Andrew asked themas a group. "Doesn't it give you less confidence about the neatness of the package youthink you see? Doesn't it compel you to try and determine if the trees really make up theforest?""I think we can understand your concerns, Andrew," Brian spoke up, "at least Iknow I can. But I think honesty requires admitting that your view is only a viable option.You haven't overturned the other possibility.""What about the attempts on Melissa's life!" the priest insisted adamantly."I think whoever's behind them is obviously serious, and that they want tointimidate us. It's probably someone who doesn't want disclosure of an extraterrestrialreality to occur, not someone who wants to convince us that the sons of God are involved.Melissa's visitor did tell her that the Group is divided over the project. I'm sorry, but thearguments as to who or what Adam is produce only a stale-mate, and I need somethingincontrovertible to move me from what I see as the more reasonable conclusion.""I think you need to start seeing events through spiritual eyes," the priest sparredwith him. "For myself, when there are loose ends to a matter, especially of the variety andsignificance of these, I suspect there's far more than meets the eye going on. I do hope I'mwrong on one suspicion, however," he disclosed, casting a worried eye on Melissa."What's that?" she asked uncomfortably."That whoever is targeting you will try again very soon."283