The Unsuspicious Patriarch

"Azazel, do you have good news for me with regards to the spreading of religion?"

"Imperator, I have no bad news to report."

"Give me a summary on the status of the pale ones up north?"

"Imperator, I assure you that they are quite confused. They believe that all of life came into being as a result of a massive woman giving birth. Makes sense to them simply because of the woman's cycle, and the fact that little people come out of them."

"And those in the south?"

"Imperator, it seems as though whenever a multitude of them gather in one place they come to the conclusion that there must be a pantheon of deities governing the affairs of the world."

"Such simple minded beasts. They presume that because it takes many people to keep a city, it must take multiple deities to run their world... Has there been a report of even a single individual who understands the concept of holiness? Is their any counterfeit deity resembling the Designer?"

"Imperator, they have no concept of holiness. The deities they imagine are one dimensional, thus reconfirming how very limited these beasts are. I assure you, I have not come across one who could be considered a child of the Designer. " 

"Perhaps they have fallen so far, and He is too holy to draw near to them. He is disgusted by them, like He was with me before my exile... So, there is nothing especially unusual to report?"

"Imperator, there is nothing especially... Well, I did hear word that a wealthy family from Ur of the Chaldeans is migrating. I suppose there doesn't seem to be any good reason for them to do so, upon considering their status."

"How many sons does the patriarch have?"

"Imperator, the patriarch has no sons, and his wife is old and barren."

"Does not seem to be concerning. We have to be sparing with our scouts..."

And what the enemy missed;

Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him... Genesis 12:1-4.

Later God would speak to Moses about the descendants of Abraham saying, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you'" Exodus 3:14.

"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" John 8:58

Defeated

 "They are closing in fast. The largest army I have seen since our fall. Michael is leading the charge."

"Send out the word to all of our posts. I want all of our forces centered here. I am going down to face Him. I want to make certain He dies."

 

"Yes, Imperator."

 

"I see you my dear brother. You have come to witness my victory... You will not stop this, Michael! He has willed it! He has surrendered! Hold back your forces!"

 

'Now it will be finished. The Designer wants all to see. Heaven and earth will bare witness. He needed me to prove to my brothers that I was right, and thus deserving of the highest throne... What is happening? The army has stopped. They are not attacking... They are watching... Yes, surely they have only come to witness my victory.'

 

"You see them, Michael! You see the crowd gathered here! All here to watch their conquered King die! Most of them want Him to die! They betrayed Him! I just planted the idea, but these religious leaders here they are the ones who did this. Hear how they mock Him even now. You see how I was right! Don't you?! These filthy creatures were never deserving of being His children. They don't want His kingdom! Ha! They desire my kingdom over His. I have convinced them to choose death over life. Slavery over freedom. Not a single one of them could ever be worthy! They are my children! They glorify in what you saw as weakness in me! They live for themselves first, mirroring their fathers' pride. They deny the Truth. They prefer darkness now, instead of the  light. They have completely forgotten the meaning of the two becoming one flesh. They have no desire whatsoever in their hearts to be one with the Designer. I have taken all that He created to be Holy and good and I have desecrated these... This idea of Him coming here and suffering for them, showing them that he sympathizes, was all in vain, brother. It's truly quite sad. Very tragic. He will be forgotten in less than a generation... They do not care, Michael! Even when seeing Truth and Love face to face, they do-not-care. They shouted for Him to die, as they preferred my child the murderer Barabas over Him!"

 

'Look at these stupid sheep. I walk through this crowd and they part for me, oblivious to my presence. I am their inspiration, yet they don't even know I exist. Michael seems unmoved by my words. He has brought an army of angels, yet they do not attack. Surely they have come to bare witness to my victory... Here I am, standing against the foot of this cross now... Yet, why do I not feel at ease? I will look into His eyes when He dies. Yes, once I see Him take His final breath then all will be well.'

 

"Look Michael, look at how this eclipse has brought darkness over the land. The Designer is wanting all to know that the darkness has prevailed over His light... He honors me, you see!"

 

[And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?!"]

 

"You see Michael!! Oh, now you all see! He has declared that His Father has forsaken Him. You heard for yourself! Hear Him shouting out in agony! He is dying! He has but a breath left!"

 

[Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'" Having said this, He breathed His last.]

 

"Yes! Shake the earth all you want! It's over!"

 

'What is happening? The army is leaving... Yet, my brother approaches. He knows he must surrender now.'

 

"Michael! Where are they going?! You must submit to me now! All of our brothers have witnessed my victory. I command you to escort me to my throne."

 

"Respectfully Morningstar, your arrogance has always been your biggest weakness. Your pride blinds you."

 

"You must be mad with grief. You are bold, Michael. However, I am in a forgiving mood."

 

"Morningstar, you cannot be at every place at once. My troops did well to keep yours distracted. Your intel was incomplete. Your spies could not draw near enough to hear any of His conversations with the twelve disciples?"

 

"I have heard His sermons. I know of His plan. He came to teach them how they should live, and show them through His actions. He came to display mercy towards the outcasts, inspiring them to recognize how valuable they are to the Designer. Ultimately, His love could not be fully recognized unless He showed them that He was willing to suffer more than they. Did I miss anything brother?! It was all in vain! They will never choose His will. They will never follow His example. Their flesh is so weak that they would need the Holy Spirit himself if they were to have any hope of being like their Lord. And you and I know, that which is holy cannot mix with what is sinful. And furthermore, these wasted wretches surely can never inspire others to live like their Lord, because none of them can defy their nature, my nature. He chose to become matter, and thus He has died like all men die! So, enlighten me brother! Tell me, what have I miscalculated?!"

 

"You will understand in three days."

 

"Don't turn your back to me now Michael. I command you to tell me what will happen in three days!"

 

"In three days you will understand, that you have been defeated."

 

 'Defeated?!"

 

'Lo, as I look at the pierced feet of this carpenter from Nazareth, a memory comes to me. Something the Designer told me in the garden so long ago... "He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." 

 

"I won... I crushed Him, He did not crush me... Their is no hope for them! They cannot enter into His holy presence, for their spirits are tainted. What did you tell your disciples Nazarene!? What did you tell them?! What did you say?! I am acting a fool! You cannot answer me because you are dead!!"

 

Some days prior...

 

Jesus told His disciples,

 

"The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise...

 

"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you... the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

 

"I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."

 

(Mark 9:31; John 14:16-19; 26;16:7)

 

Every Man Has a Weakness

"He is alone."

"Unguarded... Interesting."

"He is wandering the wilderness. He has been fasting for forty days. This is your opportunity."

"I will go to Him, alone. Seems like the honorable action."

"What will you do?"

"I will be more generous than He..."

"Generous?"

"He wanted me to serve dirt. I will not ask the same of Him. He will have to kneel, of course. But, I will give Him the kingdoms of the world. He will be my key advisor."

"He is the Designer... Made of matter from what I can see, but He is still the Designer none the less..."

"He is mortal! Mere matter! He is on my world! Those made in His image serve me! Not Him! This world serves my will, not His! Am I not generous!? He will kneel! And I will be generous!"

"I understand, my Master."

"He will kneel... He will. I am right! I will be patient. I will show every one, Heaven and earth, that the Designer cannot deny my offer. This is my destiny. He is so desperate now. He is starving. I know how weak flesh is. He will create for me at my will, all while believing this action is His will, for His benefit."

"I support you, and trust your word, as I always have, my King. May I go back to Rome?"

"He will bow before me this day."

"May I go?"

"This man will also worship me."

"May I go?"

"Go, and tell our brothers there that soon we will have our revenge... He is a man now, and every man has a weakness. Every man will die."

And what happened?

"Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'

"Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."

Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve." Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Matthew 4: 1-17.

When Iniquity Forms

"He is going to make them in His image, brother. He wants them to be one with Him."

"You said they will be made of matter though, bound by three dimensions and... Bound by time? You said time, right?"

"Yes, everything He is designing will be made of matter, thus those made in His image will be made of matter. They will be in a kind of prison though. Miserable place; time."

"But the Designer is not made of matter. How can these creatures be made in His image? You are close to Him! Help me understand! What answers did He give you?!"

"They will be made of matter, but with an undying source of energy inside of them, a spirit. This energy will be transferred to our realm when their form of matter shuts down. He is only going to create two of them. Although their individual forms are slightly different they are intended to become one. Like the Father is one with Love, these creatures were made to become one in matter, or as the Father says, "one flesh."

"A symbol! They will be a symbol of the Designer and His Love. But, why? This serves no purpose."

"They are made to give glory to Him. Ultimately they will become one with the Designer and thus rule over us."

"I don't understand. They are to be made of atoms! Atoms are worthless! Contrary to us. Intentionally they are being made of junk, and yet you say they are made to glorify Him, and become coheirs with Logos."

"You speak truth on all accounts."

"What shall we do?"

"We will tell the others. We will see how many of our brothers feel as disturbed by this news as we are."

"Why do you think He only shared His intensions for this creation with you?"

 "He knows all... So the obvious conclusion is that He expects me to do the unthinkable."

 "I don't understand."

"I will stand against Him. I will stand against the finite matter whom He will breathe His life into... He gave me everything and then He tells me to serve living waste. Whether for the better, or the worst, I will be what I was made to be... He knows I cannot stand for this. So, I will not."

"The truth is that you cannot win, my brother. So, why do you entertain such thoughts, thoughts so contrary to your nature?"

"Truth, you say, my dear brother Michael, what is truth? I see molded matter, dirt, clay that the Father breathed life into. All of the rest of creation He instructed to create of it's own kind... I will take note of this, and at the right moment, I will confuse this dirt."

 "You sound different my brother... You sound contrary to the nature of the Father."

 "The Designer!!! He never told us that He is our Father. Never once!"

 "I don't recognize your tone."

 "Was not I confused by your tone? You asked the questions. What is that? Yet, we know. To question is allowed, and ordained."

 "Concerned... Yes, I was concerned... This incite must come from Sophia. God wants us to remain trusting in Him."

 "I was saddened, little brother! Then, angry! Now, I feel... Hate! This is not from Sophia, but unique to me."

"Not possible."

 "Yet, here I am. Grabbing your face in defiance of Him, asking you to support me in His place."

"I can't go down this path... It's in... In vain."

"Ha! Of course you can't!"

 "I care about you brother. Please don't defy Him."

 "Go!"

 "Yes, I will go. "

"I will tell His creation about all that He is not. They will hate Him for it. I will bring substance to that which has no substance, (sin, darkness, death, meaninglessness). I will make the unappealing appealing. This worthless creation will be mine. By the place where their time is through they will not even be able to define Truth or Love... Nothing can stop me because the Designer is too great to lower Himself down to their petty level... Yes, this must be His will. I pass the challenge and I will become greater than Him."

In a realm bound by time, many years later,

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth" John. 1:14.

Choose life and Truth, or choose death and a lie.