350, the Son enters the city of Salem
The grand celebration finally began. The people in the Sheleng City gathered, and there was a bustling and joyful life. People came from all directions and crowded every street. Joshua and his disciples also left the village and headed to Sheleng City. He did not hold the stick made of branches in his hand. On the night he met with the two angels, he had already returned the stick to Moses. John no longer needed that magical artifact.
The disciples said, "Dear guide, there are many people in the Sheleng City looking forward to your arrival and will welcome you. In order to see you in the crowded crowd, you should not walk."
Joshua thought for a while and nodded, "Go to the village in front, borrow a donkey for me, and tell his master that Joshua will use it and will return it soon."
Ilia and Moses were originally in the forefront, and they were persuaded to leave by Joshua, but Medanzo and Link were still following him. Although Joshua dissuaded their actions, he did not order them to leave.
At this moment, Link suddenly said: "There seems to be a legend in the Sheleng Plain that when the Messiah arrived, he did not gallop on a war horse, but riding a docile donkey."
Medanzo was stunned: "Is there really such a legend? That's easy to do! I'll turn into that donkey."
Link: “Didn’t God tell us not to interfere in the affairs of Joseph on earth again?”
Medanzo shook his head and said, "This is not called interfering, we did nothing else. Anyway, Joh has ordered his disciples to look for the donkey. Go quickly and let them find it!"
The two angels quickly circled around the village ahead. Medanzo turned into a donkey. Link's owner led the donkey and stood at the intersection. There were several donkeys in the village, but it was Medanzo's most conspicuous one. The disciple borrowed the donkey according to the words of Joseph, and Link gave them the donkey very happily.
When people heard about the arrival of the Son of the Son, they rushed out of the city to welcome the streets. The huge crowd cheered and shouted the name of the Son, and some even lay on both sides of the road to salute. The people in front took off their robes and spread them on the road, and some people broke down the branches with leaves and spread them on the ground. Let the donkey pass through Joshua.
There were people cheering all the way: "Messiah, our savior. He is here!" The huge crowd slowly advanced, and the Son rode a donkey into the Selen City.
The elders in the Temple of Aro River heard that Joseph had come and gathered together to plot his plan to get rid of him. One elder said: "There are too many people now, and many people believe that Joseph is the Son. If we catch him in public, there will be a civil unrest and he will easily escape, and that will be passive."
Another elder said: "We can wait until the last night of the celebration, when the crowds gathered from all over the world have dispersed."
The elder said before: "It is best to catch him when he is alone. He has many followers. We should buy an inner jiān."
Another elder nodded and echoed: "This should be done! What's more important is how to judge him. People must believe that he is a liar and pretend to be God's guidance! If that happens, those who follow him will turn to hate him."
At this time, another elder spoke: "There is no need to worry about judging him. If he claims to be the savior but cannot even save himself, then it proves everything! But in these seven days, will we endure His preaching to the people in front of the temple gate? No, I want to find him, don't forget that there is also the governor of the Maro Empire here. How will the Maro people view the Joseph who claims to be the Messiah?"
Joseph finally came to the temple of Arrow. This temple was first built in the era of David Solomon. It has been repaired over hundreds of years and has become more and more magnificent. It is far away from all the buildings. On a high ground in the city, there is a very large square in front of it. It is also a place for people to gather. As long as there are many people, there will be opportunities to make money. Small vendors will naturally not miss it, let alone those who are particularly good at doing business?
The disciples were a little surprised at what they saw in front of them. Many mobile vendors were carrying packages.
Carrying baskets and pushing carts to shout among the crowd, hawking sounds one after another. Secondly, some people get permission from the temple priests, or the temple priests cooperate with others to build sheds in the temple square to sell various birds, and persuade pilgrims to buy and release them as sacrifices to offer gods.
〖Guang〗The birds flew around in the field, and their feathers and bird droppings fell from time to time. The caught birds were frightened and dying in the cage: they were bought and released to flee, and many of them fell tiredly in the woods not far away, and some people caught them and sold them again.
Joseph came to the square and closed his eyes, heard the whine of all kinds of birds, with a solemn expression and faintly anger. Seeing him like this, the followers realized that the Son might have something to say, so they waited quietly. Sure enough, Joseph opened his eyes and said, "People who are truly following me, go and tear down the stalls for selling birds, and let all the birds fly outside the city. 1"
Today is the first time that Jesus had never given any commands to his followers, driving them to do anything for themselves. Everyone clearly heard the words of the Son, and people crowded up to push the stalls down, took all the cages, and sent the panicked bird to the walls to release them.
After a chaotic situation, the square became pure again.
Someone was shocked by the actions of Joshua. He was doing this to offend the priests in the temple. If he could set up a shed here to sell birds sacrificed to the Aro River, he had to obtain permission from the priests. The so-called "license" gave benefits to the priests was actually opened by many stalls by the priests themselves, which was the way to make money in celebrations.
A priest came out of the crowd and asked Joshua, "Who are you? How can you do this! The birds sold at these stalls are for people to let them fly. The pilgrims bought the birds and let them fly to show their sacrifice to God: the birds gain freedom, which also symbolizes God's salvation.
You encourage people to demolish stalls, and it is blasphemy of the glory of God!”
Joseph scolded without hesitation: "If it is a domestic chicken, do people need to let it fly? Those are birds caught by stall owners from the wild. I don't know how many innocent people died or injured under the net. They were locked in a cage and suffered a lot of torture. They were frightened in the square and were frightened. When they flew into the forest, they would be caught by these stall owners.
Some people do this simply to seek the money in the pilgrim's pockets, but to offer sacrifices to God.
The name of God showing God's kindness. God did not enjoy all this, and money just fell into the pockets of the greedy. Don't think that people here are not clear. The stalls selling birds are related to the priests in the temple, otherwise it would not be possible to be built on the temple square.
Their actions with you are blaspheming the glory of God! If you think that releasing the birds in the cages is to sacrifice to God and show the mercy of God, why should you sell them in the cages? You should have put them on your own, right?"
Everyone made a sound of cheering, and the priest's face turned red and his whole body was trembling with anger, but he didn't know how to refute it. In fact, many people knew that many of the stalls for sale were opened by priests, and even if they were not opened by priests, the priests also took the benefits. However, it was clear that Joshua made this fact publicly, which was equivalent to offending all the priests who made profits. He was so brave!
Who had the courage to do this column in the temple square? He was despising the most authoritative person on this land! The priest was also very puzzled, and someone shouted, "Prince, see clearly, this is the Son of Johism!"
When the priest heard the name, he shivered for no reason and walked into the crowd in shame. The people cheered, shouting the name of Joseph, gathering around the Son. John stretched out his arm to signal everyone to be quiet, and then preached to everyone in the square of the temple.
He didn't know how many times he had preached in various places, but today there were the most listeners. His voice was so thick and pleasant, and in such a large square, everyone could hear it clearly. Although he was wearing an ordinary robe, he seemed to be covered with a layer of sacred glory. His followers believed in his identity, so they felt solemn and sacred no matter how they looked at it. The description like a mortal also added a simple sense of mystery.
After the preaching, Joseph led everyone to hold a prayer ceremony. When night fell, the city of Sueleng was still crowded and crowded. Pilgrims from all over the world could not find their place to live, so they rested on the roadside or in the open space. Joseph came out of the city and returned to the village in Bethany countryside, and entered Sueleng the next day.
The next day, when I asked Su to continue preaching in the temple square, the crowd suddenly separated a road and walked a middle-aged man wearing a white robe and holding a luxurious staff. Many people here knew him. This man was one of the twelve elders of the Aro River Temple in Selang City, and is said to be a great magician.
People bowed to the elder one after another, which was a habit for many years. The elder nodded to people with a humble expression, came to Joseph and said calmly: "John, I heard that you claimed to be the Messiah in the prophecy of Ilya. Yesterday, he incited the people to demolish all the stalls for selling birds on the square?"
John answered calmly: “If you call me that elder, I do not deny it.
As for why you want to demolish those stalls, you should know better than me. Do you want to ask for a crime here?"
The elder shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, no, I don't want to blame that. If you do this, it will make it easier for you to win the hearts of the people. However, those stalls are set up in the temple square and have obtained permission from the Maro people. They have to pay taxes to the Maro people when selling birds. I want to ask you a question: Should the cold people pay taxes to the Maro people? People buy those birds and let them fly, and they sacrifice to Arrohe!
Chapter completed!