Flash Fiction: The Dreams of Thieves: A Short History of Various Things
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned; but the spiritual discerns all things, and he is discerned of no one.
God’s First Letter to the Church at Corinth through His apostle Paul 2:14,15
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They do the things you should have done when you said it– if things were the way they used to be. If you were what you used to be: one of them.
They are a mirror and don’t mind making it obvious. In fact they can’t help it. They do things you used to do when you first encountered the same thing God just said through you. But you can’t do first things any more. You tried for a while to hang on to the nifty feeling whenever it hit and do the expected new thing again to prove you are a harmless novice at life.
But the fear of men is really gone. You can’t even fake it any more.
Then, in the middle of nodding and smiling to what they say in reply it hits you: You are old in more than one thing. You’ve got a history of multiple things; of being multiple beings even though you are only one now. They are reflecting you then (at various points—the you stretched over time from before) and thinking it is you now. They are being one with who you used to be and true in that solidarity. They are both honest and dishonest, in that truth is truth and everything else isn’t. They have perfect intentions according to what you used to think was truth. They have taken who you used to be for a friend and missed you completely.
It makes them smile, wave you over to a cushion and offer you tea.
You get the definite feeling this is all scripted. No one speaks the other guy’s words, (not really) so it’s all hand signals/body language and eye contact; almost like a meeting a girl for the first time all those years ago.
Except they aren’t women.
You wonder if it is the same for them and how to connect with them and how you’ll get through it without somebody pulling a trigger. Nobody is very far from their weapon; everyone sits as casually as weapons can sit.
You’ve been Spoken to by God and He crossed you over to the other side in Christ. Yet your body looks the same; only older. You still drink and eat.
Right? American? Tea? Water? Beer? We have Bud Lite.
Nod. Shrug.
Every body is wondering what to say.
Merhaba. The old man speaks without smiling.
Absolutely. Let’s do it, whatever it is we’re doing in addition to what we think we’re doing. Destiny is not a goal or a job. You can’t get there and yet can’t escape. It’s a process that is real to be Life. It’s God Himself.
Turn down the sugar. Accept the tea. The old man smiles for real on looking in my eyes and looks at his friend.
He thinks he understands. He thinks he knows me.
All I know is how alone, with all the tea, wine, cakes and carpets Jesus , the Spirit and the Father were in the midst of being crowded, sitting in the honored spot of men as they, as best they knew, gave Him their own hospitality: He knew it was the enemy and they did not. They thought he was about to give them ‘more’ Controllable Inspiration that they could turn on and off as Power; the Dreams of Thieves.
They want what they call information.
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John 2:23-25 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. 2 Kings 18:25
Anti-Christ tried the lie that God had sent him to conqueor Jerusalem through the Assyrians. But God says to the worshipers of demons who hate Jesus Christ and Israel: "But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me." 2 Kings 19:27