The Divine Dissimulation [Complete]

Chapter 9 Annual General of Meeting Goldstein Holdings

Abraham Goldstein was sitting on the golden throne in the Divine Dimension meditating. Abraham was waiting for the annual general meeting of Goldstein holdings to begin. The 300 largest shareholders, mostly various family members were expected to come for the proceedings, which were held in the main auditorium of the Goldstein Tower.

Abraham Goldstein had a surprise for his family members! The days before the meeting his Angels had secretly implanted a Divine Technology Human chips into everyone's head. This was done night-time after spraying in in sleep-inducing gas in the rooms of the delegates. As the gas used also had sedative properties hopefully no one had noticed the pain when the chip merged with the brain stem.

For the first time since Abraham found the Divine Dimension, he felt annoyed. Since a second in the real world was equivalent to an hour in the Divine Dimension, it was not easy waiting for the last stragglers to get to the meeting. Abraham felt that he had been waiting for weeks and this was angering him more immensely.

Eventually, everyone had arrived, and Abraham made a unique entry as a mass hallucination:

Abraham Goldstein (appearing to speak from a stage in Auditorium):

-          Welcome To the 2785 AD Annual General Meeting of Goldstein holdings

-          I am going to be brief. You have complained about the inflated research budget these last few years.

-          The research project has been an enormous success, and I am now speaking to you directly from the Divine Dimension.

Abraham Goldstein waited for a reaction from the crowd eventually Jake Goldstein rose up.

-          The Divine Dimension! What the hell is that? Are you saying that you are sitting in another room and it’s a hologram on the stage? You spent 80 Billion Terran credits on improved hologram technology!

Abraham Goldstein:

-          Narrow-minded fool. You are indeed experiencing innovative technology but not hologram technology. You are experiencing divine technology given to ME personally by Divine Providence.

Jake Goldstein (Turning towards the crowd):

-          As you can hear Abraham has lost the plot. I suggest we appoint a new chairman at once and then postpone the rest of this meeting.

A loud murmuring broke out among the delegates. Abraham got them back into silence with a deafening roar:

-          ENOUGH!

-          Jake! The scriptures say you shall obey your elders. You have broken against this rule; you shall suffer.

Abraham clapped his hand, and Jake fell dead to the ground with a brain haemorrhage, as the Divine Technology chip ruptured his brain stem.

A long silence followed before a few delegates ran up to Jake Goldstein and tried to resuscitate him. Abraham Goldstein spoke again:

-          It's pointless! He is dead, and more of you will follow if you don't bow down to me; your new god.

Upon hearing this Josef Goldstein, a pious man swallowed his fear and stood up:

-          This is blasphemy. You are no god; you are just a tyrant and a murderer! There is only one God, Yahweh, and anyone who says otherwise is not a real Goldstein.

Burning with anger, Abraham caught Josef in his gaze. He roared out to the auditorium.

-          Yahweh is no more!

-          For I have seen the throne of God and it is empty!

-          Now bow down to me or suffer!

Josef Goldstein:

-          I will never bow to you, you monster.

-          You may take my life, but you will never take my soul.

-          You’ll burn forever in hell for your crimes!

Abraham Goldstein:

-          Very well, so be it

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Abraham clapped his hand, and Josef fell dead to the ground.

Abraham raised his hand to silence the petrified delegates and continued his tirade.

-          I came here today with peaceful intentions. I came here to improve our cause. But you defied me! Now more of you will suffer.

-          Lisa Goldstein, you weren't happy with the money we paid you, so you stole from us, death to you.

-          Aaron Goldstein: Despite being married to a beautiful woman your heart longs for men, death to you.

-          Chris Goldstein: You fornicated with your brother's wife, Margaret; Death to both of you.

Abraham clapped his hand, and everyone mentioned fell dead to the ground, he continued talking:

-          I AM your new god, and the rest of you are spared if you bow before me.

Everyone in the room threw themselves to the ground bending to Abraham. Satisfied with this Abraham continued.

-          Good, you are spared for now. But beware, I can see your every thought, and if you ever consider moving against me, your death is certain.

-          My fifth-generation grandson Isaac Goldstein will be the new CEO of the company while I will occupy myself with my spiritual matters.

-          The company’s new aim will be to aid my divine matters. Hence all future profits will go to my goals and not your dividends.

-          Thank you for listening ladies and gentlemen, I am leaving now, but I will be watching you.

After finishing talking, Abraham disconnected the delegates and disappeared from the room. After the initial confusion had settled, medics were called into the meeting hall, but they could not do anything to save the victims.