Chapter 46: The Disciples Named Judas
While the humans on the ground were busy everywhere, treating the sick and spreading their own modified teachings, the dark shadow sat on the throne in the underwater temple and watched the human's every move.
Whether it is a dark thing or a black shadow is the random thought of the serpent, and it is precisely because of the different ideas when it was born, its personality is also completely different, if the dark thing is more inclined to use words to influence, and even manipulate and deceive others, then the dark shadow is more inclined to observe, and occasionally affect the behavior of the observed person in the observation.
"Huh? That's interesting. ”
Looking at the man in the suspended screen in front of him, the black shadow nodded with interest.
"Is the Messiah? Is that mortal the Messiah's manifestation on earth?"
Next to the throne, the fallen angel with thirty-six black wings behind him stared coldly at the mortal in the picture, who was trying to explain the teachings to the humans in front of him.
No matter how you look at it, he seems to be just a mortal who is vulnerable, small, timid, and hesitant...... He has all the qualities that human beings should have, and he doesn't see anything that goes along with the word "perfect".
For the fallen angel, the Messiah who had taken his place was undoubtedly the object of his greatest disgust, and he could not understand why God would rather abandon the blameless Messiah in favor of the "perfect" Messiah. If it was really more perfect than it, it would be fine, but in its eyes it was just a weak mortal, and it was impossible for it to kneel down to this weak human being!
"Although there is nothing special about it, there is no doubt that this mortal man is indeed related to the Messiah. ”
In the vast temple, a deep voice sounded, and the answer was only a sneer.
"Not worth mentioning. ”
With this voice, the fallen angel beside him has disappeared, and only the black shadow on the throne has been looking at the human in the picture. It watched as the humans in front of it continued to spread their teachings, and instead of being dissatisfied, it nodded slightly.
"Twisting the will of God with the will of man...... Oh, it's really interesting, O all-knowing and all-powerful, just sit in the audience and watch the end of this chessboard. ”
The dark shadow glanced at the distant past, and the omniscient and all-powerful who had always stayed in the past did not answer it, that there was only eternal indifference in the past time and space, and only when the game of chess was over, he would fulfill his promise to magnify the serpent and set it free.
And that was the moment when God was devoured by a violent monster.
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On the earth, a man named Hana was thirty years old, and in this year there were twelve disciples gathered around him.
Some of these people were relatives and friends of Hanna, and some were followers of Hanna, with different identities and talents, and these twelve people followed Hanna in the region of Galilee, practicing medicine and preaching, and gradually began to gain popularity.
As a result, some began to call him "Joshua," and some said he was a child of God, and it is impossible to determine who first said this, except that occasionally there were suspicions that it had something to do with Judas, the wisest disciple beside Joshua, but the eloquent Jew easily dispelled this suspicion by only a few appearances.
However, Hanna, who is at the center of these public opinions, is very calm, and in his opinion, if he wants to spread the idea of salvation and love in this world, he needs temporary patience, and it is better not to clash with those priests and officials.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, not to abolish but to fulfill ......"
Although it is said euphemistically, the meaning of forbearance is self-evident. The priests of Judaism preached in the cities, and he preached in the villages, and the priests of Judaism paid attention to the wealthy merchants, and he explained the scriptures to the poor countrymen.
Hana was well aware of his weakness, so he avoided it as much as possible, and did not have a direct confrontation with the Jewish priests, and his cousin John, who was a Jewish priest, covered it up, and did not attract much attention.
On that day, Hana preached for his disciples.
"There was a great flood that inundated the land, the fields, and the mountains for hundreds of days, and when the waters receded, only Noah's descendants survived. ”
As Noah's descendants multiplied the earth, they said among themselves what if there was another great flood in the future, and the others felt that it made sense and decided to do something to avoid the flood, and they tried to build a tower that had never been built before. ”
"All the people of that time were the sons of Noah, and they spoke the same language, and they all worked together to build a tower that had never reached the heavens before, and that the tower was so great that it alarmed the gods of heaven. ”
"God was angry that He had made a vow not to destroy mankind again, but mankind did not believe in Himself, just as he was angry at the unbelief of others, and God was angry at the unbelief, so He divided the people of the earth into different languages and skin colors. As a result, suspicion and dispute arose among the humans who could not communicate, and the unfinished tower was abandoned halfway, hence the name of the Tower of Babel. ”
Hana did not like to preach in obscure scriptures, he had practiced medicine for many years, and he deeply understood that the vast majority of people in this world lived in the countryside and had never lived in the cities, and his mind was simple, so he often used various easy-to-understand parables to explain the teachings to his followers.
The disciples looked at each other, and some of them were as clever as Judas and immediately understood what Hanna was saying, while others were as straightforward as Peter, and they were confused.
Judas glanced at Peter, who was scratching his ears and browning his cheeks beside him, and couldn't help but laugh.
He was the most gifted of all the disciples, and he was always conceited of his qualifications, believing that his brothers were far inferior to him in judgment and ability. He thinks they don't see their opportunities clearly and don't take advantage of their situation. The church will never prosper if it is led by these humble people. Peter's impatience and lack of mind led Judas to think he was incapable of far-sightedness.
And looking at Peter in front of him, even Hana couldn't help but shake his head.
"Stones. ”
In this day, Jews were very prone to repeating names, just as two of the twelve disciples of Hanna were named Jacob, so they often gave people nicknames to distinguish them, while Peter's nickname was "Stone" because he was a tough man.
Peter could only touch his head and smile embarrassedly at his brother, but Hana was obviously not accusing him, and the nickname Stone was not his love for Peter. Then Hana said to his other disciple.
"Jacob, tell me what you understand. ”
Among the twelve disciples, there were two Jacobs, the other who was called Jacob the Younger because of his young age, and the older Jacob was Hanna's cousin, and he and the other disciple John's mother were the sister of Hanna's mother, Mary, Salome, who was born into a wealthy merchant family, and was the most privileged among the disciples, but he was very serious about learning the teachings from his cousin.
Looking at the people in front of him, Jacob, who had never spoken much, spoke.
God's punishment is to punish human beings for arrogance and arrogance for not believing God's promises. ”
This was a decent answer, in line with most people's understanding of the scriptures, and many of the disciples nodded in agreement, but Hana was keenly aware that Judas on the side frowned slightly and shook his head imperceptibly.
"Judas. ”
Looking at Judas in front of him, Hana spoke, motioning for him to explain his understanding.
However, Judas did not speak directly, but first bowed respectfully to his own Hanna, and then stood up and spoke.
"O my lord, thou shalt be king over the world. ”
Many of the disciples were amazed, and Hanna was surprised.
And looking at Hana in front of him, Judas's eyes showed a deep fanaticism, if Hana could know the future, he would understand...... This is completely the way brain-dead fans look at idols, and their eyes are full of little stars.
It is said that God divided the language of man so that the language of the earth could not understand it, and thus there was strife and strife, in other words, when the language was restored to unity, that is, when peace was restored to mankind. ”
"There are countless religions, countless peoples, and countless nations on this land, and there are disputes among mankind because of these different differences. O my Lord, did you not come to bring the earth back to the same faith, and under the same faith, humanity would once again be brothers and in harmony as before, and that was not what you desired?"
"Jews, Middle Easterners, Greeks, Romans...... and all the nations of this world shall come under thy rule!"
Excitedly, Judas bowed down again to Hana in front of him.
Looking at Judas in front of him in a daze, Han Na felt a deep joy in his heart, he understood that Judas was the wisest among the many disciples, and he had always been extremely important to Judas, but he didn't realize that he could really understand what he was thinking in his heart......
He had thought for a long time on the battlefield full of corpses, looking at the corpses that were pecked by eagles and beasts, and finally realized that difference is the root cause of all kinds of disputes, and without differences, there would be no strife, and without strife, the world would be peaceful.
Bringing humanity under the same faith is only the first step.
He was born into Judaism, and naturally chose to try to spread the ideas of Judaism, but he soon realized that the excessive isolation and conservative and overly academic atmosphere of Judaism severely limited the expansion of the faith, so he chose to reform the teachings of Judaism.
However, in addition to the joy, there was a hint of uneasiness......
Lowering his head, he looked at Judas who bowed down to him in front of him with complicated eyes, and knew in his heart where this uneasiness came from, Judas was too smart, this is not something that can be done overnight, and it may not be completed in a thousand years.
He did not doubt Judas's reverence for him, and Judas would remain loyal to him as long as he lived, but when he died, who among the disciples could restrain him? When he died, in order to accomplish the great cause of the same faith, and to expand with all his might, where would Judas take the sect he had founded with his own hands? What would become of this sect that had originally tried to advocate love and forgiveness......
In my heart, a trace of worry flashed.
But the worry did not last long, for a believer hurried into the sermon and shouted urgently.
"Joshua, John, ......"
After listening to the statements of the believers, Hanna's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and his mind buzzed, and his eyes went dark......
"Lord!"
At the last moment of losing consciousness, it was the panicked and eager gaze of many disciples......
John, his cousin and godfather, was imprisoned for mocking King Herod to his face, and was about to be beheaded!