It was a black bear with a crescent-shaped symmetrical white imprint on its chest. It was kneeling there like a human being. It was very strong and as tall as the people around it stood up. Its eyes are slightly closed, and it looks very focused and pious, but a bear imitating people's prayers on this serious occasion seems funny no matter how you look at it. What's interesting is that there is a blue cloth package beside it, which seems to be carried by the black bear himself.
At this time, someone reminded his companion in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, it is a bear raised by a man named Lhasa Road on the outskirts of Bethany Town on the other side of the river. The children are being bullied." Only then did the frightened people breathe a sigh of relief.
Jesus looked at the bear and said softly to everyone, "Don't worry, it doesn't think of itself as a bear at all. Maybe it doesn't understand what we are doing, but it is also praying like us."
Until it got dark, the bear maintained a prayer posture from beginning to end.
It was finally completely dark, and all the townspeople had dispersed. Only Jesus and his disciples were left under the tree. The surroundings were silent, and the moonlight silently shone through the shadow of the tree. The bear finally stood up, wrapped up the blue cloth with its slightly stubby forelegs, walked upright like a human with a pair of big bear paws, and came to Jesus.
It put the package on the ground, bent down and pulled it open with a pair of front paws. There were several sheets of bread and three apples inside. The bear is an omnivore. If it was a bear raised by humans, this should be its food, but at this moment it was dedicated to Jesus.
Jesus looked at the bread and apples, and asked calmly, "Did you offer me your own food, do you have something to ask for?"
The bear couldn't speak, but seemed to understand what Josu meant. He kept nodding his head, raised his front paw and pointed in the direction of the upstream on the other side of the river, with a pleading look on his face.
The disciples were all bewildered. But Jesus put away the package on the ground, stood up and said, "It wants to invite me to a place, let's go with it."
Many people have asked Jesus for medical treatment, even in remote villages, but this is the first time for him to walk with a bear in the middle of the night. Isn't he afraid of danger in the middle of the night
The disciples knew their leader was fearless, and their curious followers asked Jesus to come to the river. I saw that big bear walked into the river, stretched its limbs and swam to the opposite bank, stood up on the bank and shook its fur all over, apparently waiting for Jesus and the others to pass by.
Jesus looked down at the blue cloth package in his hand, and found that there were obvious teeth marks on it. The bear should have swam over from the other side of the river with its head held high, and the food in the package was not wet.
Then something even more miraculous happened. Jesus stepped onto the water with his cane, and said to the disciples, "Follow me." The road surface was still slightly turbulent, and everyone walked over like this.
The bear turned around and walked upstream along a small path, walking upright under the moonlight, staggering, neither fast nor slow, just enough for Josu and the others to keep up.
One of the disciples frowned and said, "That bear is really strong. Isn't it tiring to walk like this? If the bear put its front paws down and landed on all fours, it would run much faster. Since it is giving us Lead the way, why don't you go faster?"
The speaker was named Judas, a name Jesus gave him, but no one knew why Jesus gave his disciples such a name. Hearing the question, Jesus smiled and replied: "It's night, and it's a black bear. It doesn't dare to walk too fast, for fear that we will lose it... Besides, when you ask why it walks standing up, don't you yourself stand upright?" Are you walking?"
Judas was taken aback for a moment, and said puzzledly, "I'm human, so of course I can stand and walk."
Jesus laughed again: "People can and can walk standing up, but newborn babies know that crawling is easier than walking. I said that the bear didn't think of itself as a bear at all. Thinking of itself as a human being, people stand and walk, and of course it has to stand and walk."
Judas scratched the back of his head and said, "It's really interesting, how could there be such a bear?"
Jesus patiently explained: "I heard that a baby raised by wolves in the deep mountains will not be able to speak when he grows up, and his behavior will become like a wolf, because he does not know that he is a human being, and no one has taught him to do so. How does he behave as a human being? And this bear should have been adopted by someone since he was a child. He has never seen other bears, and thinks that he is the same kind of human beings, and all his behaviors are imitating human beings."
Hearing this thought, Judas seemed to have received some kind of inspiration. He changed the topic and asked again: "I'm afraid not all bears will be like this after being raised. Not only is this bear very smart and docile, but also It depends on how it is treated, in fact, people are the same.
Dear Guide, I have been thinking about one thing today. While in town, everyone hears the same preaching you have, but they take it out differently, understand it and react differently. Some people will appreciate you, but others will hate you and even want to harm you. Walking on this road, I seem to have seen the future. "
Jesus is still smiling, and his expression at this moment is a bit like Aesop back then. He used a story to make a metaphor——
"God sent a farmer to sow the seeds of all things on the earth. Some seeds fell on the thorn bushes and could only grow in the cracks, carefully avoiding the thorns on the thorns, and they were swallowed by the thorns before harvesting; some Seeds fall on shallow soil covered with gravel. If there is enough rain to moisten them, they can also germinate, but if the environment is a little harsh, the new shoots will wither; some seeds fall on fertile and suitable soil. It is worth cultivating. I may be the farmer, and you, the disciples who follow me, are the most fertile fields. But God sprinkled the seeds on the whole land, with the hope of harvest, and did not favor anyone. As I preach to all."
Judas nodded, understood what Jesus meant, and couldn't help admiring the wisdom of the guide in his heart.
However, under the night, Jesus sighed again: "I have been to the far east, and I have heard a saying spread in farther places. That is Kunlun, which is farther than Tianzhu I have been to. There is a lady named The people in the world said, "The world is not benevolent, and everything is a humble dog." I told you so much just now, but he understood it completely in just one sentence. I have not yet reached that level, and I am still searching. So I can only talk to you about my own feelings."
Hearing the words, Judas was thoughtful, and he continued to follow the bear beside Jesus. The night was getting darker, and after a while, he seemed to think of something again, and couldn't help but said: "Dear guide, yesterday and the day before yesterday You should be clear about what happened in that town. The appearance of the wounded person and the criminal was not accidental, and it was clearly arranged by someone to make things difficult for you. You have not been made difficult by them. You have stuck to your beliefs and moved you. But in this way, some people will hate you even more, you are like a thorn in their hearts, your existence will torture them to sleep and eat."
Jesus looked at the back of the big bear with a smile all the time, and he made another metaphor to his disciples: "We came to this world. Everything is strange and unknown. From strange to familiar, people have various relationships while dealing with each other. .If there is such a kind of person, you never hurt them, you do your things, and you never hinder them. They don’t want to accept what you say and the stories you tell, but they feel that it hurts them I don’t want you to show up, and I don’t want you to speak your own words, what should you do?”
Judas thought for a while and said: "When you say that, I think of many things. There are really such a kind of people in the world! Not only because of the reason you just said, they don't want to see you appear, not because you hurt What are they, even the simplest and funny reason. Maybe you didn't act the way they wanted, but you achieved your own achievements, so when you think about you, you feel uncomfortable, and when you see you, you feel inexplicably affected. Some kind of stimulation."
Yue Jesus, who is always serious, also said in a joking tone at this moment: "Then let them get excited or disgusted, thinking that they have found a kind of orgasm! The tingling of the soul is what they asked for, and you don't have to escape or change because of it. Myself. My appearance is only to guide those who are willing to accept guidance, neither come nor leave because of their wishes. To be honest, do you think I would care? If such a soul is not stimulated by me It hurts, and I feel sorry instead."
Judas blinked his eyes, carefully pondering what Jesus said, and said nothing along the way.
Just that night, in the town on the other side of the river, the priests in the temple were already a little bit annoyed. When they heard that Jesus had crossed the river, they unanimously decided to send someone to the elders of Salem immediately, accusing Jesus of using the power of Satan to deceive people.
Jesus didn't know about this, but Mei Danzuo and Link who followed secretly knew it clearly. The two angels muttered in secret, and Mei Danzuo said: "Are these priests looking for death? They live in the holy vision of A Luo He, and they actually want to use the name of A Luo He to frame A Luo He who came to the world." !"
Link said: "It seems that Jesus doesn't know about it yet. Since the two of us meet, we have to take care of it, right?"
Mei Danzuo replied: "Don't worry, after the messenger left, we captured him halfway. Throwing it to Jesus together with the secret letter he sent is also a reminder."
Of course, Jesus, who was on his way, didn't know the plan of the two angels. At this time, it was getting brighter, and they followed a black bear that walked upright, trekking for a whole night! One of the disciples said, "Why is it so far away, where is this bear trying to take us?"
Jesus shook his head and said, "I don't know where it's taking us, but obviously, it traveled a long way to find me. It's not easy for a bear!"