The parable of the prophet and the stick

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 The parable of the prophet and the stick 

Is the kingdom of God like this?

the prophet and his stick
in better days

The people-lost-in-the-wilderness complained to their prophet that they had no water to drink. And the prophet went aside and spoke to the God of the Wilderness, of the Air, the Earth, and the Sky, “The people have no water, and they are complaining: ‘We must find a way home, or we will die, and our children and our animals with us,’ they say.

     “They are getting ready to stone me,” the prophet said.

And the God of the Wilderness said to the prophet, “Take this stick” - and there was a stick. “Take it and the people to the rock at Horeb,” the God of the Wilderness said, “and cry out to the rock, and water will come out of it, enough for the people and their children and their animals as long as they are in the wilderness.”

     And so it was. The prophet cried out to the rock and struck it with the stick, and there was water. And the people and their children and their animals drank.

Seasons came and went, and the people lost in the wilderness were found, but their prophet was not, for he had not only cried out to the rock, he had struck it.

Those who have ears, let them hear.  

 08.29.17

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 * From Numbers 20 (TRV). For links to other stories from the TRV (Ted Riich Version), 

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