The Light of Truth — Page 173
PARABLE OF THE CHRISTIANS AND THE ATONEMENT 'Hasten quickly to your homes so that you may be rewarded for this obedience. Bring to me what money you do have left, as well as any gold or silver from your jewellery, and any jew- ellery of your friends and neighbours. Do not leave anything behind and hurry back to me. I shall recite an incantation over them and will continue to do this for a few hours. As a result, a sudden distinct change will occur within the jewels and each of them will grow and grow and the increases in them will be apparent-until the jewellery becomes a hundred times its original size. Blessings in their entirety shall descend upon it, and it shall amaze the onlookers. 'Do not be astonished by this statement, for a secret lies within it akin to the secret of the Trinity, and do not ask me for proof like philosophers. This work is wondrous, and the time is near, after which you shall become an affluent people. So they were duped by the word of this lying mis- chief-maker, and assumed this work to be like the Trinity in terms of its mysteries, for they had been kicked by the donkey of ignorance and gashed by the sharp sword of covetousness. And so, their earlier errors led them into another error, and one darkness gave rise to another, and they inclined towards him the way they had inclined towards the beliefs of the Christians. They declared: 'We shall neither break the pact to obey your command, nor stop expressing our gratitude to you. You have come to us from the unseen like the angels of deliverance. So they hastened to their homes with thoughts of their sus- tenance and transforming their desert into a lush and verdant garden. They neither doubted him nor tarried; rather, every one of them rushed home to bring him their gold. They scurried to increase their wealth, intoxicated by their greed, like madmen. When they exuberantly entered their homes, they greeted their families with 'Good morning!' and then proceeded to relate 173