Some notes-- The story takes place in Gethsemane, an ancient garden outside of the city of Jerusalem where Jesus wept because he knew he would be betrayed and killed. It is not in Scripture that the devil came to Jesus, this is just biblical fiction.
Yeshua: Jesus' name in Hebrew.
Heylel: it means "The Light Bearer" in Hebrew. Translated into Latin, it would be "Lucifer".
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Agony
H. C. Smith
H. C. Smith
“Sin is so heavy. The burden is too great for a mere man to bear.” Heylel leaned over the trembling body, like a vulture over a corpse. The praying man sat beneath the trees of Gethsemane, crying. Was this the one sent to save men from their sin? What a pathetic redeemer.
Heylel’s vaporous robes barely shrouded his nakedness. As if he would ever conceal the flesh that fed his pride. The whore felt scandalous standing in the midst of this supposed king-priest while wearing such revealing robes. It was delicious to the devil.
The weeping man, Yeshua, lifted his head. The once strong face of this prophet was now streaked with tears and blood. The moonlight fell to his thick shoulders and settled upon his dark shaved hair like a silver halo. The king’s body swayed with his sobs. Through shuddering teeth he muttered, “No agony is too great for God.”
Heylel found himself sickened by Yeshua’s confidence. What a fowl man, claiming to be the Most High. Heylel swept down like a crow from his perch to face the God-man. He spat through jagged teeth, “You are not the One, are you? Tell me who you are, you dog!”
“I am that I am.” Yeshua breathed. The king’s smoldering eyes tore into Heylel. The God-man’s gaze was agony to the demon, like fire to frostbitten skin. The devil cowered beneath his stare and fled into the shadows. It appeared Yeshua’s power was greater than any son of sin.
(my first sad emoticon on YWS)