A Story For Daniel…continued
(A story for children by Elizabeth Poulsen)
Chapter 5
Danni watched the boy from Africa as he continued.
Some of the people who believed the words of the Son stayed with him every day and night. They knew Him for who he truly was, the Son of Father/King. They learned many things from the Son. They learned how to see from their inside eyes. They learned how to love and be kind. They served the Son with great love but they knew the evil servant wanted to stop Him and they were sometimes afraid.
Sometimes they were afraid they would also be killed, though they were willing to die for the Son if it had to be. Even though this was beginning to seem dangerous for them and their families, they trusted the Father to protect them. They knew the Son had great power from his Father. They hoped He had a plan to keep them safe.
The Son realized that his Father had given Him twelve special friends who truly loved Him and truly believed all He had told them. Father had opened their eyes to understand who He truly was. They also knew that the Son only did what His father told him to do. They did not understand the very special plan but they knew this was the true Son of their creator.
As more and more people came to know the truth and were freed from the evil servant’s power, the Son knew He would need His special friends to take care of these children for Him when he returned to His Father. They needed someone to continue to teach them, for the evil one would try to destroy what the Son and Father had done. Some had already turned away.
Finally the special day had come. The day when the evil servant thought he could win the greatest prize, the Son of the Father. He gave the orders to his head servants.
That night the Son stayed in a special Garden. This was the night He and His Father had planned so carefully. Tonight His Father would let Him do something no one else could do.
He stayed in the Garden a long time.
For the first time He was all alone.
He knew he would have to trust His Father to take care of Him in the darkest place; a place where He could not see His Father nor talk to Him. He knew He was about to feel great pain and sadness. He also knew His friends would not be able to help Him.
Long ago He and Father had decided that when the moment came, it would be as though the Son had been the only one who had believed the lies of the evil servant. This way, He would be the only one who was punished. He would take the punishment for the day Adam and Eve believed the lies of the evil servant as well as for all their children.
He would take the punishment for all the wrong things every child did.
“ It would be as though He had made all the wrong choices we have made,” said the boy from Africa. Then he went on.
The Son would become the Way for all children to be set free for all time.
But, for this to be so, it would mean He had to be separated from His Father just as Adam and Eve and all their children. Was the son willing to endure so much pain so that we could be free to be with our Father again? Would He be able to take all the punishment for everyone? How could one person take that much?
The separation from his Father was the greatest pain He would ever feel.
The Father and Son were One. They thought the same way and felt and acted the same way. Both their hearts were filled with love, joy, peace, willingness to suffer, kindness, faithfulness and goodness as well as self-control.
To be separated from all that the Father was, all that He loved, was the worst thing anyone could ever experience but for the Son it would be the beginning of a pain that could not be explained. It would be like being torn in two.
The children of Adam and Eve could never understand this pain for they had not been with the Father and they did not understand his perfect love. They did not know how happy this kind of love would make them.
The evil servant did not understand the Father’s plan either but knew that he would rather have the son of Father/King than all the children of Adam and Eve. He thought he would become even more powerful than before if only he could imprison this Son. If he could end this life, surely the evil servant would have even greater power. He must act quickly, he thought to himself. Everything is in place. The time is now.
And then they came. Soldiers, who did not know who He was, came to the garden. They took Him to a prison. They beat Him with whips. They did not realize He was the Son of Father/King, the only one who could rescue them. They too had believed the lies of the Evil servant.
The Son let them hurt Him for He knew it must be so. He let them laugh at Him. He let them spit on Him. It was all planned a long, long time ago. The Son knew it was almost over.
The evil servant worked night and day with all his servants to torture the Son. It was a very dark and very sad day for all those that loved the Son of the Father.
At last He knew the time was over. He cried out to His Father as He felt His time ending, and said, “It is finished! I give my spirit back to you.”
The Son had done all He was asked. He had paid the great price for the children of his Father. He closed his eyes and breathed a last breath.
The evil servant laughed for He thought the victory was his. His lies once more would build His kingdom and all those the Father loved would belong to him.
As Father/King’s friends watched they longed to rescue the Son. However, they knew their King had ordered them to wait for his command. They must obey their Father’s will. They must trust Him.
Suddenly, the earth shook. Darkness covered the world as the evil servant shouted in triumph. Suddenly he felt a change. Where was his power over the people?
Why were Father’s servants coming over the earth?
Had he not watched the Son breathe his last breath?
Was not this one HIS prisoner? Had this Son of the Father not become the one to be punished?
Was there a mystery that he did not understand from long ago?
As Danni waited to hear the answers to these questions, his heart longed for the Son of Father/King. Danni knew that he also had chosen many times to do the wrong thing. He realized that he was one of the children that the Son had come to rescue. His eyes felt strangely moist as he listened. Deep down inside was a new sense of who he was. For the first time, Danni knew why he lived in such sadness much of the time. He wanted his life to be free. He wanted his family to be free.How could it happen?
What could he do?
To be continued……..
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