Story
2 – Relentless Pursuer
Everyone in the town came to the
gates. They watched as the King approached them alone with his snake and dove.
“Look at this fool who approaches
us by Himself,” one of the rulers said.
This kingdom and its allies have
been at war with the King for several days. Many of their allies have fallen
with little to no casualties on the King’s side. Still, the alliance of kingdoms
stands firm against Him.
“What is that You want?” one of the
guards said.
The King points to the gates of the
town.
“You want to enter?”
The King shook His head to say yes.
“If you want to join our alliance,
then take off Your clothes and prostrate Yourself before us. Otherwise, if You
want something from us, then You have to take it Yourself.”
The King walked towards the gates.
A squad of archers launched a barrage of fire arrows at Him at the command of
their ruler. The arrows hit the King, His snake, and dove and pinned them to the
ground while the arrows burned them. They thought they killed Him and cheered.
Their victory is short-lived as King rose and took the arrows out of Himself
and continued to walk forward. Afraid, but unshaken, the soldiers then pour oil
and fire on Him as He neared the gate. The fire didn’t stop Him either as He broke
down the gate with His bare hands.
Inside the town, the citizens
trembled at the sight of the King who stood firm and unfazed by fire. Among
them, He touched them and cleansed them of their sins and sickness. The others
were burned to ash as the snake and dove went through the town burning it down while
the King looked for a specific person. This person ran out of their burning
house. With the target in His sight, the King ran after He who was after. The remaining
rulers tried to block the King’s path with deadly blockades manned by their
finest soldiers, but the King ran through them breaking both the blockade and bodies
of those who stood in His way.
His target saw that he couldn’t
outrun Him, so He hide in a mansion hoping to lose Him in it. The King broke
down the walls and doors of the mansion in His pursuit and kept pursuing His
target up the many stairs of the mansion. On the very top floor of the mansion
was a maze of bookshelves that one could easily get lost in. The King’s target
tried darting his way through the maze to lose the King, but the King walked
threw the walls as if they were nonexistent. Finally, on the roof with nowhere
to go, the King cornered His target.
“Don’t come any closer! I’ll jump!”
the man said.
The King extended His hand to the
man. The man then saw that there was no way else to live as the mansion and
town burned around him, so he took the King’s hand.
“How are we going to escape?”
Before the man knew it, the dove
took the King from the roof while the snake held onto the man to keep him close
to the King. The dove landed the two on the ground where the other purified
citizens were. With the person He came for plus some extras, the King left with
His precious possessions. On another day, one of the King’s servants was taken
while he was traveling. This servant spent his days in jail evangelizing for
the King to his fellow prisoners. Few listened to him while most ridiculed him
and beat him since they thought he was mad.
“Some king you have,” one of the
prisoners said.
“He let one of His own go out into danger
without any protection. How irresponsible of Him.”
“How could He possibly save you now?
This is the most well-protected prison in the world.”
As they were talking, the King
arrived at the grated windows of the prison. He had climbed all the way up to
the window where they were without alerting the people in the prison. The King
removed the grates of the window and held out His hand to His servant. Once the
servant was on His back, the King held out His hand to the others who were
evangelized.
“Will you really rescue us too?”
one of the evangelized asked.
The King continued to hold out His
hand.
“How will you carry us all out? Won’t
we all fall?”
The King kept holding out His hand in
silence.
“Okay. I trust in You.”
The evangelized took the King’s
hand and were taken either by the dove or by the snake. He then left without
alerting any of the guards. When the guards of the prison came to see the
prisoners, they saw the open window and assumed they were trying to leave. For
their supposed escape attempt, the remaining prisoners were executed. The evangelized
prisoners that the King took became some of the King’s greatest servants in His
Kingdom.
Once there was a woman who ran away
from her family. She couldn’t handle the pressures of her job and the responsibilities
of being a mother. Three of her children were already lost to accidents and she
took this as a sign of her being unworthy of being a mother, so she ran away
the King’s Kingdom and her family. She started a promiscuous life in another
kingdom and sold herself to whoever made her feel happy. One day, a man
invited her to stay with her. He said he had to go run out to get something and
gave her his servants to keep her preoccupied. She was fine until she heard that
the King was coming this way. After hearing this, she tried to leave the house
only to be stopped by the servants.
“Stop! The King is going to give the
master of this house and us redemption and a better life.”
“I don’t want it!”
The woman then found her way out of
the building, stole a horse, and ran as far away from the kingdom as possible.
Her life progressively got worse as she did whatever it took to keep herself
happy. She sold herself or killed those she sold herself to for profit and
possessions. This life obtained for her many slaves who would do her bidding.
The King again came looking for her. She knew His power and left all her slaves
to die for her as she ran away.
She then found herself trapped by
her old lovers who mutilated her so that he could keep her. The woman became
paranoid as she was stuck with nowhere to go. In time, the King came, destroyed
the man who kept her and went into the room where she was kept. She did her
best to cover her decrepit appearance but couldn’t cover much.
“Why are you here? Are you here to
kill me? Mock me? I’m a worthless pig now. Surely there’s no use of me anywhere,”
she said.
The King held out His hand.
“Why? Why do You still come after
me even after everything that I’ve done?”
The King continued to hold out His
hand.
“I’m not worthy to even be in Your presence
and You still hold out Your hand? I’ve hurt so many people. Look at what’s
happened to me because of my actions! You knew this would happen and You let it
happen to me…I guess I deserve it. I’m not even sure if I can back.”
The King still held out His hand.
“Okay, fine. I’ll take Your hand if
You stop looking at me like that.”
When the woman took the King’s
hand, she stood up instantaneously as if her legs were never removed. Along the
way back, the people who held grudges against the woman tried to assassinate
her, but they were killed by the King. The woman arrived back at the King’s
Kingdom to find her husband, children, and friends waiting for her. They embraced
her and told her how much they had prayed for her safe return. When she looked
at herself, the woman saw that she looked the same way she did before she left.
Thankful to the King, the woman dedicated
her life to Him and promised never to give up on Him and herself. They then
celebrated her return with the greatest day-long feast they’ve ever had.
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