A GRIM FAIRY TALE

(Once upon a time)

Thus saith the Lord God:

Once upon a time in a very dry and thirsty land not so very far away, there was a man who wanted to live forever: So he prayed to the Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true. The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true, heard the man who wanted to live forever. The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true, started to talk to him about how he had to play a game from that time on if he wanted to live forever, but he had to play by the rules. The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true, granted the man`s wish, and gave the man a “Holy Commandment” to go and tell others how they could live forever too, because he wasn`t the only one who wanted to live forever. The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true, told the man to tell others the “good news” and to let The Great God of Heaven and Earth run things from now on if they wanted to live forever. The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone, and who makes everybody`s wishes come true, also gave the man a book of rules and instructions on how to play the game, telling him not to add or take away any of the rules of the book, but to teach the people exactly what was written in the book, and that they had to follow the rules of the book if they wanted to live forever.

So off went the man very happy and started to do what he was told, and, to his surprise, he found that as he told others the “good news,” they started to follow him as well because he was doing exactly what The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone and who makes everybody`s wishes come true had told him to do; however, after a little while, the people started to complain to the man, that the rules in the book were very hard to do, so they persuaded the man that they could do some of rules in the book, but not all. Also they didn`t understand what a lot of the rules mean`t. They told the man that they would not be able to play the game if he didn`t change some of the rules and make it easier for them to play, for instance; the people found it very hard to accept that they probably had to be poor and be happy at the same time: “Do we have to do this” they asked? They also found it very hard to accept that they probably were going to suffer pain and be laughed at and become very unpopular if they follow the rules of the book which said they were to dress and look different from those that were not playing the game; and they couldn`t handle the fact that they were told to give up everything and bow down to The Great God of Heaven and Earth only: “But we like our teddy bears and dolls and trains, planes and automobiles” they said, “they are so much fun to play with, they make us sing and laugh and be happy, can`t you find anything in the book that says we can keep these things?” So the man went in to the book to search, and pretty soon he found that by looking at some of the rules, changing the meaning of some, and leaving others out, he was able to tell the people what they wanted to hear, and to his amazement, he also found that because he changed the rules of the game and made it easier to play, many more people decided to follow him and play the game as well once they saw that they didn`t have to give up any of their toys. “Boy, that must please The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone and makes everybody`s wishes come true,” he thought.

The people were very happy with the new rules and said “that`s not too hard to do, we will keep following you and playing the game as long as you keep teaching us these new rules, and we will continue to share our toys with you so you can go on doing what The Great God of Heaven and Earth who never does anything bad to anyone and makes everybody`s wishes come true told you to do, that is, to tell others about the game.” So in celebration of this great event the man made a “golden calf” for the people to see, every day reminding them of this wonderful compromise, that they now had a set of rules that they could do easily, thus they all deceived themselves into thinking that by playing the game to the new rules, they were all still going to live forever even after The Great God Of Heaven And Earth had told the man NOT TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY any of the rules of the book but to teach the people exactly what was written in the book. The man, however, reassured them continually, that they hadn`t lost their reward when some of them were concerned after they read the rules, and they knew that they were not keeping them. So everybody decided not to worry about it and just go on playing the game the way they had been playing it; and so they all thought they were going to live happily ever after.

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“THEREFORE SPEAK I TO THEM IN PARABLES: BECAUSE THEY SEEING SEE NOT; AND HEARING THEY HEAR NOT, NEITHER DO THEY UNDERSTAND.

AND IN THEM IS FULFILLED THE PROPHECY OF ESAIAS, WHICH SAITH, BY HEARING YE SHALL HEAR, AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND SEEING YE SHALL SEE, AND SHALL NOT PERCEIVE: FOR THIS PEOPLE`S HEART IS WAXED GROSS, (“pachuno”, meaning, to make fat, to become gross, dull, callous as if from fat: Rev. 3/17), AND THEIR EARS ARE DULL OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD SWEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND SHOULD BE CONVERTED, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM.” MATH. 13/13-15.

“THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET, SAYING, I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN KEPT SECRET FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.” MATH. 13/35.

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