| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: The salvation is the blood shed for us by the only son of God,
who gave himself up to torments for our sake. His sufferings, His
blood, will save us. Brothers and sisters," he said, again with
tears in his voice, "let us praise the Lord, who has given His
only begotten son for the redemption of mankind. His holy blood
. . ."
Nekhludoff felt so deeply disgusted that he rose silently, and
frowning and keeping back a groan of shame, he left on tiptoe,
and went to his room.
CHAPTER XVIII.
OFFICIALDOM.
Resurrection |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Zechariah 14: 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
Zechariah 14: 14 And Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
Zechariah 14: 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague.
Zechariah 14: 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14: 17 And it shall be, that whoso of the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.
Zechariah 14: 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, they shall have no overflow; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14: 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14: 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the basins before the altar.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft: steamer to a place up the Delaware river, where our
new and dear friend met us with his snug little
cart, and took us to his happy home. This was the
first act of great and disinterested kindness we
had ever received from a white person.
The gentleman was not of the fairest complexion,
and therefore, as my wife was not in the room
when I received the information respecting him
and his anti-slavery character, she thought of
course he was a quadroon like herself. But on
arriving at the house, and finding out her mistake,
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom |
