Story 3 – Righteous Justice
Among the people in the King’s Kingdom, there lies a band of traitors. The King went into one of His many Churches and tore the place apart. All the expertly made statues, paintings, and architecture were torn apart to reveal drugs, pornographic material, and other funds that the traitors made on the side to make themselves rich. The King then broke apart the floors to reveal a hidden stairway that led to a basement where the products were made. No one was in the basement as they heard that the King was on to their evil deeds, so they left before He arrived. When they came back, they acted as if nothing happened.
“What happened here, my King?” one of them asked.
With one swipe of His sword, the King cut down all five of the traitors. A few hours later the guards that the King tasked in finding more traitors brought Him four guilty people.
“My Lord, I have done great things for you. Surely, you can excuse-” the priest said before he cut down.
“Just execute me. I know what I deserve,” the man said before he was killed as well.
“Please! I didn’t do anything wrong! You’re just mistake-” the woman said before she was cut in two.
The last man knelt silently.
As the King held the sword over the man’s head, he said, “Let thy will be done, not by my word, but thy word.”
The man’s words gave the King pause. The King then put away His sword, forgave the man of his crimes, and then gave him a penance to pay for his sins. Most of the traitors were dealt with except for the ones that escaped the Kingdom, but they were far from justice. The King’s dove flew after them and decapitated them. Some of them sought shelter under caves only to realize the King’s snake was hiding in their supplies and products and made quick work of them. Four out of every five sets of customers of the traitors’ tainted products were executed once they were all rounded up.
Another story of the King’s justice happened in a recent war between two kingdoms. One was favored by the King while the other wasn’t. The kingdom that was favored was explicitly told not to involve themselves in the practices of the other kingdoms nor were they supposed to bother with their philosophy other than using the King’s wisdom to prove that it was false. Curiosity got to them and the kingdom involved themselves with the other kingdoms and even became friendly with them. Despite the number of messengers that the King sent to them to tell them to stop, the kingdom refused.
The kingdom went to battle one day with another. On that day, the King’s army joined the battle, but it wasn’t to help, it was to destroy both armies. After that, the King destroyed both kingdoms and their allies. None survived. None were saved. The burning and noxious regions where the kingdoms stood are testaments to those who choose to actively disobey the King of Kings.
In contrast, there was a war were the enemies of the King submitted themselves to Him once they realized who He was. The allies of the King took advantage of their penitential status by heavily taxing them, not paying them enough for their labor, and even taking whatever people they wanted to either be their bride or groom. Those who took advantage of the penitent were strongly punished as those who were in power became powerless and those without power became powerful. As a result, the kingdom who was penitential became one of the King’s most trusted and formidable allies while the others who took advantage of them in their time of need were cut off completely.
There are many examples of sinners trying to get away with their sins. On one occasion, there was a holy man who was about to die and go to Heaven, but he thought he could think a lustful thought and get away with it. Once he thought it, he killed his soul and was immediately sent to Hell with no witness in Heaven who could excuse his action. Another woman thought her good deeds could excuse her behavior towards an unfortunate woman who just entered the Kingdom. This unfortunate woman was allowed in and didn’t know how to get to the King’s castle because of the many streets and how expansive the Kingdom was, so she asked a woman for directions.
“How may I get to the castle? I’ve just arrived and would like to talk to the king,” the unfortunate woman said.
“Go straight, take a left, then go straight ahead. That street should lead you straight to the King’s castle,” the other woman said.
“Okay, thank you so much for your help!”
Unfortunately, the path the woman took lead her to a waterway within the Kingdom with no other path forward. Before she could turn around, the woman she took directions from pushed her into the waterway.
“I know you, trash, from the outside! You should learn your place and stay out of here!” the woman said.
The unfortunate woman was swept away by the waterway that pushed her out of the Kingdom and into a lake. As she struggled to pull herself out of the lake, the King found her and pulled her out. She was brought to the King’s castle and given a place in His castle while the uncharitable woman was deprived of all her possessions and her penance was to be her servant for a set number of years. In another case, there was a proud man who loved how good he was at following the King’s law. He went to confession only once per month, unlike most others who had to go once per two weeks. He went to daily celebrations for the King and did several devotions for Him.
A wandering man was allowed into the Kingdom and came across the proud man. It was obvious that he had just repented from his sins and was seeking help. Knowing how repentant sinners are valued more than the proud, the proud man feigned to help the repented man by teaching him false lessons, so when the repented man talked to the King, he talked sinfully. Both the repented man and the proud man were punished as a result. For their penance, they were to make something for the King with the materials they were provided. Since the proud man was educated, he made an eye-catching gift while the repented man made something simpler but filled with love and appreciation something that the proud man’s gift lacked. The repentant man’s gift was accepted by the King while the proud man’s gift was destroyed. Enraged by this, the proud man used parts of his destroyed gift to try to attack the repentant man, but as he attacked, the King stopped his hands, which made the man’s arms fall off. The proud man was left in jail to do penance while the repentant man was given his possessions, his job, and more.
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