Pivot of the Sky

The soldiers waved their weapons towards Joseph, and Peter pulled out his sword and stood in front of Joseph, waving his sword to cut open half the ear of a soldier. Joseph stopped Peter, walked over and brushed the soldier's cheek, and the sword wound was miraculously healed. By that time, the soldiers had come around with chains, locking Joseph down and taking him down the mountain like a prisoner.

Joseph was brought to the house of the chief elder and high priest of the Temple of Aroho, the high priests of the Temple, who decided to interrogate Joseph here even at night, although it was late at night. Before the carnival in the city has completely dispersed, if the results of the interrogation are in their favour, the crimes of Joseph will be announced before dawn so that all will see what happens to Joseph; if the results of the interrogation are not in their favour, Joseph will be held in secret until the pilgrims have left.

John and Peter, the disciples, followed the soldiers in the night to the house. John knew the maid of the high priest, but the maid did not know that he was Joseph's disciple. John entered the courtyard through the side door, and he said to the maid, "Will you let my friend in? ”

“Yes.” The maid nodded and looked at Peter in the light, “Aren't you the disciple of the man just caught? ”

Peter replied, "No, I'm not. I don't know him. ”

He suddenly felt cold and couldn't help but walk to the fire heap in the middle of the courtyard. A lot of people suddenly arrived at night, mostly servants of the priests, a little messy in the yard. A man next to the fire looked at Peter and frowned: "You look like a follower of the criminal just caught. ”

Peter shouted, "No, you've got the wrong person. I don't even know him!” As he answered, he listened to the sound of interrogation in the house.

After a while, a servant of the priest looked at Peter and said, "I saw you in Temple Square, and you are the follower of that criminal! ”

Peter denied, “I've told you, I don't know that man, I don't know what you're talking about! ”

Just as the voice went down, a cocktail sounded, and the eastern sky filled with fish bellies, Peter suddenly remembered what Joseph said yesterday at dinner: "Before the cocktail breaks tomorrow, you'll say three times you don't know me. ”

Peter was still defending himself in his heart - he pretended not to know Joseph to come in and spy on the situation, and at this moment he was awake and the tears immediately came down.

When the door of the interrogation room opened, Joseph was taken out, and he saw Peter in the fire, his eyes flat and seemingly carrying a power to comfort his soul. Peter couldn't stand it any longer, feeling that he had failed his most esteemed guide, running out of the courtyard and crying in a secluded corner.

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Just past the night, Joseph was interrogated. At first, the process did not go smoothly, and the priest charged Joseph with many crimes, including charges against Socrates or Iso - blasphemy, corruption and poisoning of the people's beliefs.

They summoned a number of people who had listened to Joseph's preaching in the Temple Square, but none of them proved Joseph's guilt. Joseph can recall every word he says, not even a single syllable, and the response in the court is impeccable.

Finally, the high priest, Jaffa, decided to question him personally, and he asked, "Carpenter of Nazareth, repeat the blasphemous words in public. Please tell me —— you are the Messiah of the prophecy of Elijah, the legendary son and savior of the Salem. ”

For the first time, Joseph looked directly into the eyes of the High Priest and answered publicly in a clear and clear voice: "Yes, I am! ”

The High Priest drank: "This is your sin! God did not send down the Oracle in the Temple. Criminals bewitched by Satan always claim to be gods. ”

And Joseph asked, “Have you ever known that temple, God has sent down an Oracle? ”

The point is, since David Solomon demolished the Temple of Amon in Salem City and built the Temple of Aroho, Aroho has never sent down a divine message in the Temple. And Amon's final message came to the priests through the great temples of Ecu.

The High Priest avoided the gaze of Joseph, unable to suppress the anger in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "How can you prove that you are the Messiah, that you, locked in chains and interrogated, can save your destiny? ”

And Joseph asked, "Why should I prove it to you? Actually, I've proven that you just ignored it! Who here is entitled to issue an instrument for the identification of the Messiah? ”

That statement was remarkably sharp, and no court in the world could provide such proof, even the high priests in the temple, who were not qualified to do so. And Joseph slowly said, "It's not about who I call myself, it's about what kind of guidance I disseminate. The lights were right in front of them, and those blindfolded were blind. ”

The high priest stared again at Joseph: "Well, I give you a chance to argue. Are you the king that people expect? Will you give food to every Saroon, lead them to a mighty kingdom, free from the reign of Maroon, to conquer the heavenly pivot? ”

If Joseph says yes, he breaks the law of Maroon, but the priests do not necessarily dare to hand him over to the Maroons, because doing so would provoke all Saroons. But if Joseph says "no," then he is trapped by the High Priest, who denies the identity people expect.

"No, I'm not such a king. ”

When the High Priest's eyes lit up, he drank aloud and asked: "What have you brought? ”

And Joseph answered, "Gospel, only the Gospel of God. ”

At that time, the interrogation room was a little messy, and people shouted —— “He's a liar!”, “a tempting mystic stick! People like", “should be executed! ”

“Except for the King, only the Governor of Maro has the power to pronounce the death penalty, and it is the greatest irony that he should be sentenced to death by the Maro people," another reminder said. ”

Others shouted: "Governor Marrow dared not resist the will of the masses if they all believed that Joseph should be executed. Send him to the soldiers to march on the streets and let those bewitched ask him personally - if he is God's savior? When he retreats from the halo, wears shackles, and cannot save himself, people will wake up! ”

The high priest turned around and waved his hand, saying nothing more, and Joseph was taken out by the soldiers. It happened to be dawn, and there was a chicken chirping from afar.

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Pilate, the governor of the Maro Empire in Salem City, was woken early in the morning by the priests who came to see him. The priests said to the Governor: "There is a man named Joseph, who says evil things to confuse people, prevents people from paying taxes, and says he is king of Salem. ”

If those allegations were true, Joseph would undoubtedly be sentenced to death. But it is clear to the Governor that these are fabricated charges, because he heard the name of Joseph a long time ago, and even sent a servant to the square to hear the propaganda of Joseph.

Pilate used to pray to the Olympus gods - how to deal with this? Zeus, the Father of the Gods, sent down the Prophet and told him not to intervene as John the Baptist did back then. So Governor Marrow doesn't want to meddle, he wants to pretend to be deaf and dumb and try to escape.

But that was when hundreds of people came from all over the Governor's house, waving their fists and shouting, “Execute Jesus and crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify him!” And there are more and more people coming together.

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The priests ordered the soldiers to take Joseph to the Temple Square and let a group of servants surround themselves as people, where they drank aloud and asked, "Joseph, tell us —— are you the Messiah? ”

And Joseph answered calmly and clearly, "Yes, I am. ”

They asked, "Will you give food to every Salem, lead them to a mighty kingdom, free from the reign of Maroon, and conquer the entire heavenly pivot?" ”

And Joseph answered truthfully, "No, I'm not such a king. ”

And they shouted, "What did you bring us? ”

Joseph looked at the people and looked at the mercy, still calmly answering: "Gospel, only the Gospel of God. ”

These are the questions and answers that he answered during his interrogation, as the priests had instructed, to be heard by all in the city of Salem. Not only do people drink and ask about Joseph in public in Temple Square, but they also run to every corner of the city state, pretending to be high priests and Joseph, drinking and answering each other, revealing to people the "true face" of Joseph. ”

The news spread quickly throughout the city, and pilgrims who were about to leave gathered again. Those appointed by the priest roared in the crowd - “Everyone saw and heard. Joseph was a liar, and he could only delude the people!”, “he can't give us anything. The savior of Elijah's prophecy is not him. He can't even save himself! ”

The crowd became angry and began to march in the city of Salem with Joseph, initially only a few hundred men appointed by the priests, but then more and more people were stirred up by them, and people came together from all sides, like a tidal wave.

On the eighth day of his entry into the city of Salem, Joseph did not preach the gospel of God to all the people as a Son. He became a disgraceful criminal, swallowed up by tidal resentment, and his voice rang everywhere demanding his execution.

The human heart is so amazing that the falling of the Son in their minds may be just a moment of reflection. When Joseph stood in the square of the temple, preached and worshipped by all the people, it seemed invisible that there was a divine light; but when he was marched in shackles with soldiers, he was a despicable liar.

The man who thought he had been deceived was shouting: "God, he deceived me, and I knelt down to such a man!” People's hearts couldn't help but get angry and shout slogans behind the team.

* * (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com) and your support is my biggest motivation.)