Overplayed Hand

Under the cover of night, a major mission. The self-assured plot and scheme did not fail because it was not well planned and executed. Nor did the affair backfire due to neglect. The people, dressed in their religion and politics, unified themselves and became partners in crime. Betrayal and manipulation were lovers of the night, as corruption and hate ruled the day. The timing was a matter of providence, and the wicked perpetrators were more blind than they were ignorant of matters most essential. Their spiritual blindness flooded their nobility and orchestrated their failure. The plotters did not know that the death of the accused would be, not the end of their worries about their power and status. Rather, it would be the doom of everything they sought to accomplish. The players were mere mortals being manipulated by a sinister and evil master who OVERPLAYED HIS HAND. I have never heard it better said than this: "Had they known it, they would not have crucified The Lord of Glory"*. 111322PSCtest, Pick-A-Title, Vol. 33, Edward Ibeh Title/Theme chosen: #4, Overplayed Hand. *1 Corinthians 2:8. 2P