'And, lo, the Son of Man did again walk upon the earth, as it was foretold. And on the first day after He was risen, He did go to the temple of chance, and said unto them, 'Verily, I ask of you this. Can I have a monkey on Justin Welby for the Canterbury Stakes at 13-8?’ ” (Pseudo-Apocrypha 2:12-13).
You will forgive this blasphemous imagining of the earliest hours of the second resurrection, for I know not what I write. Yet had Jesus marked his long awaited return this week by rushing to Ladbrokes to back what he knew to be a dead cert, would that have been such a terrible thing?
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