AND I SAW
I saw a man, a diseased man carrying a GOLDEN BOWL.
And I asked the wise old man. Who is he? The wise old man called him and he came. “Open the bowl” said the old man, and lo! The bowl was opened.
“Look inside” he said to me. I looked inside alas! I saw the LIFE of A MAN
neatly wrapped in A GOLDEN POT been carried by a diseased man.
Old man I pray tell me. What this mean? I asked. My little boy, that is the POT/BOWL of PRESTIGE of MAN been carried by a diseased man”
“Look out” he said.
I looked out and lo what I saw is amazing. Men crowding over something.
Old man I pray thee to tell me?
He replied
That is the life of a woman that men are fighting over (woman of Babylon)
Then he took me to the market, and I saw the diseased man give the pot of PRESTIGE to a baby.
Old man why the baby and not an adult? I asked
His reply
The baby showed LOVE.
But the adult did not. Later we went further and we saw him give it to a market woman, who used THE POT OF PRESTIGE to do things of lesser value to the POT and her children even used the POT as playing material.
Then I saw fire. And someone wanted to use the POT OF PRESTIGE to get water but another used it to get kerosene.
And I asked “Old man what do we do?
His reply
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THIS DISEASED MAN AND YOU SHALL HAVE THE POT OF PRESTIGE.
And I thanked him as I left his house. I saw some people crying and others making fun of those crying. And when crying fell on the fun makers. It had no end. And lo! At the moon they looked it was black, at the stars they gaze, it was dark. And there was no end to their tribulations.
And I saw the country burning and only four people escaped with their hands on their head lamenting.
(AN ENCOUNTER WITH ANGEL GABRIEL FEBRUARY 23, 1992)
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