The annual celebration of sacrifices to Aloha is coming soon. This is the grandest festival of Salem people. People from all over the world flock to the city of Salem to pray and thank the gods for their blessings. Accompanying the sacrificial ceremony is also a folk carnival, with various celebration activities lasting for seven days.
This celebration originated from a legend in history. Nearly four hundred years ago, when Moses led the ancestors of the Salem people back to their hometown, they were blocked by alien evil spirits on the way and were trapped in the mountains, unable to move forward and without food. Aloha performed a miracle. The droplets on the grass blades turned into small snacks like hoarfrost balls, which were very delicious to eat. Picking up these snacks every day is just enough for the tribesmen to eat.
Moses, who had experienced all this personally, and the miners in Duke Town knew that it was a god who claimed to be named Bakri who was trying to make the miners in Duke Town abandon their belief in the only god Aloha. And believe in him. Moses timely walked down Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments agreed with Araha, shattering Bakri's plot. (Note: For details, see Chapter 186, Faces of Gods, in this book.)
But history has changed to this day. In his later years, Joshua, Moses' assistant and Aesop's friend, collected various information circulated among the Salem people about Aloha's miracles, the history of the tribe, praises to the gods, etc., and also compiled a Bible for the Salem people. , formed the later classics in the Araha Temple. The snacks made of dew beads dripping from the grass blades were the food given to the tribesmen by Aloha after showing his miracles - this is how it is recorded in the scriptures in the temple.
Not only that, when the miners from Duke Town left Aiju, Seth, the main god of the Nine-Union God System, sent his envoys to carry out a series of obstructions, and Moses and others suffered a lot. But in today's temple records, things are completely reversed. The series of "miracles" that blocked the progress of Moses and others have become Aloha's means of punishing the Aiju people and blocking the pursuit of Aiju. soldiers.
People pass on word of mouth to form historical memories, as if only such legends can make their gods perfect. But the adaptation of history has obviously also caused another kind of question. If their god Aloha is really so omnipotent, why did Moses and other tribesmen still suffer so much? The explanation of this by the temple priests was that it was God testing the world. In fact, Am¨¦ng himself had not yet transcended immortality at that time, otherwise it would not have been so difficult to bring Moses and others back to the Duke Plain.
Nearly four hundred years have passed. Every year at the legendary time, people from all over the world will flock to the Araha Temple to thank the blessings of the year and pray to the gods for more blessings. This celebration is also a folk festival. The city of Salem will be crowded with people, so Jesus chose to go at that time.
Peter said: "Our guide, your decision is very wise. When the savior appointed by God comes to this world, he will inevitably encounter all kinds of hardships. Satan will bewitch people to harm you, but there are many people who respect and love you. Those enemies with sinister intentions don¡¯t dare to take action easily.¡±
But Jesus shook his head and said: "I chose to go when there are the most people, not so that everyone can protect me, but so that more people can hear Aloha's echo and witness my appearance."
There were still a few days before the celebration, so Jesus led his disciples across the river and returned to Mary's village in the countryside of Bethany. It was the base where they had stopped some time ago. It was also very close to the city of Salem, making it easy to get back and forth. After crossing the river this time, they took a road farther north than when they came, located among remote wild hills.
In a valley, they met a group of scary-looking people. When they saw someone passing by, these people cowered in the shacks made of tree branches and did not dare to show up. Jesus stopped and ordered his disciples to ask who they were. As a result, those people heard that Jesus, the Son of God, was passing by, so they walked out of the shack and knelt in the valley and begged: "Are you the Son? We have heard of you. Names and deeds, please have mercy on us and pray for your salvation!¡±
It turns out that these people have a weird skin disease, their faces and bodies are covered with terrible scars, and this disease is also contagious. The priests in Salem could not cure them and were worried that more people would be infected with the strange disease, so they ordered them to leave the city and live in seclusion in the wilderness. Those who wanted to return to the city-state must obtain permission from the priests to confirm that their illness was cured. Although the temple priests could not cure the disease, their magical detection skills could determine who had the disease and whether it had been cured.
This disease is indeed difficult to cure. Fortunately, they met Jesus today. Jesus stretched out his hand and touched each person's head. His fingertips carried a faint, imperceptible golden light, which penetrated into each person's body. It was as if a gray mist dispersed, and then those terrible scars scabbed. fell off.
Jesus waved his hand and said, "Now you can return to the city of Salem to see the priest. After the examination, the priest will declare that you have recovered."
This group of people jumped up in surprise, and ran screaming through the mountains and forests towards the north of Salem City. They had been living alone in despair for a long time. If they had seen the priests in the city earlier, they would have been able to escape.?Everyone was so excited and couldn't wait to be reunited with their families.
Jesus stood there without moving, quietly watching the figures of these people disappear into the mountains and jungles. Suddenly, a man panted and turned around and ran back along the original road. He knelt down at the feet of Jesus and said: " Son, Messiah, savior sent by God, please forgive me for being rude and forgetting to express my gratitude to you. I didn¡¯t even leave my name and address. My name is Wel-Fromm, and I live in Salem City. I sincerely hope that you will have the opportunity to visit my home. I will do my best to entertain you and your disciples!"
Jesus looked at him and smiled: "I saved a group of people, where are the others? You are the only one who came back to express gratitude to me, so I also want to thank you." As he spoke, he reached out and helped him up. , "You can go back now. The carnival celebration is coming. On the last day of the celebration, please prepare a dinner for me and the disciples. We need a quiet place without being disturbed."
Weir left feeling overwhelmed and quickly ran out of the forest. Jesus turned to the disciples and said, "I saved that group of people, and that was their gain; but Weir came back to give thanks, and that is my gain."
Judas asked: "Dear Guide, don't you remember those who are not grateful to you?"
Jesus smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It doesn't matter if I hold grudges. I am just saving them. I have no dissatisfaction and am full of sympathy for the suffering they have endured. When I treated a disease, I did not mention the conditions of gratitude. When I cured the disease, After that, they are forgotten.¡±
John asked again: "Then why do you want to thank Weir again?"
Jesus solemnly said: "Not holding grudges does not mean that I will approve it, and not needing gratitude does not mean that I do not accept it. Only by sincerely accepting such gratitude can more people imitate my behavior. Dear disciples , if I leave you in the future, you should also think of what happened today."
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As the celebration approached, Jesus and his disciples returned to the village in the countryside of Bethany. Martha and Lazareth prepared a sumptuous meal to welcome their return and celebrate Jesus' upcoming trip to the city of Salem. That night, the disciples talked and laughed and had a good time. Only Mary was worried and seemed to have something on her mind. After placing the dishes, she returned to the room, carefully packed up her jewelry, and quietly went out.
After Jesus and others had finished eating, Mary came back with a large and beautiful bottle in her hand, which contained the most precious ointment. Jesus was sitting on a chaise longue beside the table, and Mary came to him and poured drop by drop of perfume on the ends of Jesus' hair and on his bare feet. Then she leaned down and used her long hair to gently apply the ointment on the instep of Jesus. The courtyard was filled with the fragrant smell.
This is the ceremony of offering to the Messiah. Mary had done this in public, and Jesus accepted it calmly. Only then did people realize that he was the Son of God who came to the world. And today Mary did this again at home. It seemed unnecessary. Judas couldn't help but said: "This ointment is too expensive, Mary. You should save the money to buy more useful things!"
A look of sadness flashed across Mary's face. In fact, she knew better than Jesus's disciples what was about to happen. She was just expressing her feelings in this way. Jesus said: "Let Mary do this. She is expressing her love and generosity to me, and she will become part of the legend."
Upon seeing this scene, the wise Judas also vaguely guessed what was going on, and asked: "Dear Guide, you should be very clear that your enemies hate and hate you. You once talked about the kindness and forgiveness of the savior. Now I I would like to ask ¨C what kind of person is unforgivable?¡±
Jesus sat upright with his hands on the back of his chair and told a story to his disciples¡ª¡ª
There was once an official who owed the king a huge sum of millions. The angry king ordered: "Sell him, his wife and children as slaves to repay the money owed."
The official knelt down and cried and begged: "Your Majesty, please have mercy. Even if you sell it, I can't pay back such a huge sum of money. Please wait patiently. I will definitely try to repay the debt."
The king knew that he could not afford it, but he felt pity and forgave him. The official walked out of the palace and ran into a servant. He grabbed the servant and shouted: "Where is the money you owe me? When will you pay it back?"
Na Pucong begged: "Please give me a little more time. I will work hard and I will be able to pay it off."
But the official refused to give up. He grabbed the servant and roared: "The deadline has come. You have to pay back the money immediately, otherwise you will go to jail." He arrested the servant and sent him to prison.
After the king heard the news, he said nothing more and ordered the official to be sent to prison.
The story ends here. Jesus looked around at the disciples and said, "I thinkA person who deserves forgiveness for his own behavior but cannot forgive others is unforgivable. "
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