Anne Rice, in her second novel in the Christ the Lord series, has outdone herself. Today I'm overwhelmed by the way she has woven a story that accomplishes something remarkable--namely glorifying the Lord Jesus in how He might have acted in certain circumstances of His earthly sojourn. Rice freely acknowledges that this is not the real Jesus and this is not real history. But knowing Him, knowing Who He is, has allowed her to tell a story of what such a One would do in these circumstances. And she delivers an astounding picture of the immeasurable love and self-giving of our Lord, in such a way that we are not moved toward love for a character in her novel, but toward the real Jesus, Who is even more wonderful than a writer of her staggering talent could ever hope to tell.
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