“Population rise and fall and rise and fall and rise. Honor and integrity, discipline and self control. Key points for growth, and analysis, and understanding in a society that wants freedom. If they want Honor they must serve. Liberty, due to our mature now, cannot be obtained without sacrifice. In Jesus that sacrifice is done. The rehabilitation is begun, the Gifts flow as they should. As Rehab continues and sanctification proceeds the Glory of God through them shines brighter and brighter. If each one allows it and they are not distracted by the enemy, then the light floods the whole earth.
“Islands rise from nothing out of the ocean, and collections of sand and plants built on coral reefs sink and are washed away.”
The petition confused the Patriarchus Invul. It was his brother who spoke, before the entire court. Before today his brother has a lisp and a bad stutter, yet now his words flowed like warm honey. The meanings of what he said were both clear and elusive.
“Beloved brother” Invul began, “your words show wisdom, a clarity of thought, they have a strength and power I have never heard from you before.” Invul held his hand up to silence his brother, “Help me to understand, for meaning does elude me. I remember being told you wished to speak on the education of our young children of the kingdom. Perhaps I misunderstood?”
The buzzing and bubbling going through the court at his brother’s words had only dimmed to he slight degree as the king spoke, hoping for his brother to calm the coming chaos. The rage at his brother’s audacity was palpable. To mention—that name—after so long, after so much struggle removed it from the island chain. The repeated purges to remove it, ban it, punish people from using, worshiping that name, to say such a thing. Here. Not just in the King’s court but to hat King himself! It was beyond boldness or audacity. IT was madness. It approached a wish for death to speak that name here. No matter the wonders done in the Name.
“Patriarchus Invul” the King’s brother began, no one would acknowledge his choice to change his name but could not insult him by calling him by a name he himself had cast aside, so be became “King’s brother” (He chose Saul), “Please forgive my bold words. The subject remains as you remember. A Island hat comes from the ocean and is stone is a stronger foundation that lasts through the storms. An island of sand on a reef will be washed away and move easily sink in the saves, for nothing can have deep roots on such land.”
The king nodded his understanding of the point. The court was silent “This is part of the teaching. Our children cannot learn lasting things if what we have, if all we have to teach is a reef understand. How-“
The out burst from the court was violent and immediate. Despite the king’s shouts of order and silence. Invul was forced to watch his last living relative have his head caved in in one blow. What happed to his brother’s body after that the king refused to contemplate or reflect on. The blood never fully came out from the floor. Odd. Every other bloodstain did. In the years since his brother’s death, no matter what was done, even replacing the floor, the stain came back.
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