Chapter 342
This question is very confusing and even insulting. Maria replied excitedly, “although the elders call us Samaritans and despise us at ordinary times, we also believe in God. My brother has always believed in Aloha.”
Jesus breathed a sigh: “that’s easy. Maybe I can save him. Maria, take me to his graveyard. If you delay, I’m afraid it will be too late
He wanted to take Maria’s hand. He stretched out half of it and then retracted it. This was a subconscious habit branded in the soul imprint. When he called her name, he was like calling the old goddess of Isis temple, so he did not touch her, but took Vivian’s short bear’s paw.
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Both the Salem and the Samaritans followed the same tradition. After death, they wrapped their bodies in white cloth and placed them in tombs made of stone. Then they built sand on the stones for tombs.
News of Jesus’ arrival reached the village, and many people rushed to the cemetery to watch the excitement. Jesus stood in front of Lazarus’s grave with a light smile. He could sense the faint trace of life in the grave. Lazarus did not really die, but he had stopped breathing and his heartbeat was too weak or even hard to detect, which made people think he was dead.
Amun had seen this kind of transient shock death in the battlefield. Jesus raised his stick and pointed to the grave and said, “Maria, your brother is not dead yet. Open the grave and he can return to the world.”
As if he understood Jesus, vivi ran to dig the sand with his claws and tried to remove the stones from the tomb. When Jesus picked up his walking stick, the stones and sand naturally flowed away from each other. Vivien rolled down along with the sand and stones. Lazarus, wrapped in white cloth, appeared in the sun in the tomb.
This scene took place in broad daylight. People saw the tomb suddenly separated and exposed the body. They retreated in horror and hid in the distance to watch.
But Jesus went to the tomb and waved. A leaf came from the air and landed on Lazarus’s white face. Then he took off the skin bag on his waist and spouted it out with a mouthful of water. A water mist fell on the “corpse” and the leaf, and the leaf moved slightly. There was a weak voice below: “God, where am I? Why can’t you move? ”
The nearest onlooker heard the voice and exclaimed in horror: “my God! Jesus made the dead speak
Maria and her sister Martha had already rushed forward, reached out to untie the white cloth that wrapped his brother, and helped Lazarus, pale faced, out of the tomb. The young man looked very weak, but in the sun, he did live!
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News of Jesus’ miraculous power to bring the dead back to life quickly spread around Bethany. Although Jesus told Martha and Mary sisters that Lazarus did not really die, it was just a temporary suspended death. But people don’t understand this and still prefer to believe the “facts” they see with their own eyes.
Jesus is really in broad daylight, let a buried dead alive from the grave. He can’t explain it to everyone, and it’s not clear. The so-called fake death, in people’s eyes, is also a kind of real death. Otherwise, sister Ma could not accept the fact that she buried her living brother in the cemetery.
Those who follow Jesus, who thank and respect Jesus, are naturally more willing to preach such miracles and bring the dead back to life, which is more amazing than saving a person who has not yet died. It was on this day that more and more people began to believe that Jesus was appointed by God to save them from suffering. This unexpected event made Jesus obtain unprecedented sensational influence and huge folk reputation.
Mary lived in a village on the outskirts of Bethany, across the river from Bethlehem, the hometown of Jesus, and further north was Salem. Jesus led his disciples to stop the continuous Trek and live in this village for the time being, so as to preach the true faith guidance of Aloha to the people.
Jesus tried to awaken the power of the source for those who had faith, and told all the people the way to heaven or heaven. He openly read the Bible of the Salem in the village hall. At the same time, some people are more and more reluctant to listen to Jesus’ preaching and to see Jesus appear.
Especially the Salem priests, who had made various rules to restrain people, were the last to see people like Jesus. Because Jesus told the people, “the way we treat others is much more important than how we wash our hands and what we eat.”
The priests of Salem forbade Jesus to explain the Scriptures in the synagogue, so he went to the wild to teach the disciples and the people, and Mary became one of his most devout believers.
On the other side of the river is his hometown, not far north is Salem. Why did Jesus stay in this village outside Bethany? The disciples didn’t know what the guide meant, and Jesus was accumulating his strength. The so-called strength is not to be strong enough to defeat anyone, but to make the belief he spread as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as much as possible. At the same time, he also hopes to stay with Maria as much as possible.
When Jesus saved Lazarus’s life, he actually agreed to Mary’s request at the well. Mary asked Jesus how to repay him? And Jesus said with a smile, “I want you to give me a gift.”Maria said sincerely, “no matter what kind of gift you want, just tell me, I will try my best to find it and present it to you.”
Jesus still said with a smile, “you have given it to me. Do you remember Vivian’s package? The blue cloth is your turban. Can I keep it
Maria quickly replied, “of course.”
After answering this sentence, Maria withdrew from Jesus’ place and went to no one else’s place. Her face turned red and her heart was pounding. What kind of metaphor and implication does an adult man ask a girl for her headscarf as a gift? If you change to someone else, Maria will naturally have a normal reverie.
But she did not dare to think of Jesus like that. In the eyes of his followers, Jesus represents the existence of God and preaches the faith of God. A Samaritan woman like Mary did not dare to touch him easily. She could only look up to his glory with a devout heart.
Mary is indeed a very loyal follower. She often asks Jesus various questions, and Jesus will answer them in public. One of the most famous questions and answers is about how people should pray? And this question and answer actually has something to do with the bear named vivi.
Jesus often leads the people to pray and meditate after his preaching to purify the soul with concentrated introspection. This is also a kind of awakening ceremony of power. Only those who are gifted and have good faith can be awakened to their original power. Vivi couldn’t understand these complicated sermons, but he was one of the most loyal listeners. At this time, he would kneel down and hold a pair of forepaws on his chest to make a pious prayer, and even became a scenery around Jesus.
Jesus’ preaching was able to make a bear listen so devoutly, which became one of the “miracles” he was preached. Many people looked at it with admiration. Then they were moved by Jesus’ preaching and became his followers.
In fact, the ritual of prayer in Salem’s temple is more complete and complicated, which is much more solemn and sacred than the way Jesus held it at will in the wild. When the priests in Bethany heard about the bear story, they laughed at people and said, “Jesus is just a magic wand. Does he want people to become as ignorant as bears when they ask people to pray like a bear?”
Others said, “let a trained bear pretend to pray to attract people to his sermon, but is that prayer meaningful? Yue Su is like a monkey salesman
When Mary heard the news, she couldn’t help asking Jesus, “Dear guide, how can we pray? Is it possible for Vivien to be guided by God if he only prays? ”
Jesus laughed, stood up and said something that surprised everyone: “actually, it’s more important when you don’t pray.”
Jesus explained, “what is the purpose of our prayer to God? It’s to purify your soul! It’s not telling God – how devoutly you believe in him. The result of purifying the soul is reflected in what you say and do, and how you treat others. What kind of person you will become means whether you really believe in God.
You don’t have to imitate Vivian, but you shouldn’t laugh at it. Your prayer is just your prayer. Vivi may not understand what we are praying for, but it took him three days and three nights to find me with food in his mouth to save his adoptive benefactor and invited me here. This bear treats himself as a human being and knows better than most people how to treat others
Jesus answered the question calmly and sharply, so that the believers could understand what the real prayer was. The news came back to the priests in Bethany, who were alarmed and more angry. An elder said, “Jesus must be stopped. If it goes on like this, everyone will follow him.”
Another priest said, “it’s better to get rid of him or imprison him, but what kind of accusation or excuse can be used?”
Another priest said, “Jesus has the power to bring the dead back to life. No magician has ever shown him. He must be the incarnation of Satan! Tell people that Jesus will awaken the dead from the earth to the world of living people in the sun. No one will be frightened when hearing this news. Strangers will stay away from him and stay away from him. ”
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