FIGHTER
Then came the turn of a young man. As he progressed towards the entrance of the chamber, his chest swelled and grew enormously in size, so it was impossible to enter through the gate! He struggled to get in, but without success. He made loud noises, to invite us to help him. Then came the two men in red who ordered him not to bother us. Then they seized him. The young man protested but he was severely beaten and driven toward the ponds.
"He was a great fighter, a fierce killer, and this was his wickedness!" explained my companion.
WIFE BEATER
Then I saw a man coming who was humming a song, rejoicing. When he approached the enclosure whose door was opened to him but six women escaped from the pond and blocked his way vigorously protesting against the fact that they had opened the door. They said, "It would be an injustice for him to be saved and that we, we suffered only punishment! Since he is the cause of our loss, let justice be done!"
The Lord asked me, "Do you remember the woman who came here?"
"Yes," I replied.
Then He explained, "She is the wife of this man. They were poor during their marriage. My servant has often begged Me to help her. I answered her prayer by filling her life with good things, and she became very rich. However, despite her riches, she did not abandon Me. Her husband, the man you saw enter here, confiscated all her property and appropriated them. Full of wickedness, he divorced her to marry those that you saw! Although she was divorced, my maid kept imploring My forgiveness for her husband, and that he comes home to her. Following interventions by his wife, all the anger I had against this man had subsided (Matt. 19: 4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female.)
Mocking Me, he met my servant and told her he was ready to take her back as his wife, provided she is willing to share the marital bed with her six rivals, something my servant could not accept for fear of sharing sin (1 Cor. 6:16 What? know you not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, said he, shall be one flesh.)
She is left alone until her death, rejected even by those of her family because they did not understand why she did not live with her rivals.
In response to My servant, those concubines had advanced the reason they could not abandon their children. It was not true, because, in reality, they were the ones who could not get rid of the life of ease that they had with their lover. Indeed, this man was exceedingly rich. The horror of poverty, love of money, honor and luxury, had hardened their heart to cause their loss (Matt. 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.)
Those six women died in their turn. The man did not convert either! He continued his disorderly life. But seeing death approaching, this man asked My ministers to preach the Good News, and he repented before his death. I forgave him, but he is still responsible for the fate of these women.
Mocking Me, he met my servant and told her he was ready to take her back as his wife, provided she is willing to share the marital bed with her six rivals, something my servant could not accept for fear of sharing sin (1 Cor. 6:16 What? know you not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, said he, shall be one flesh.)
She is left alone until her death, rejected even by those of her family because they did not understand why she did not live with her rivals.
In response to My servant, those concubines had advanced the reason they could not abandon their children. It was not true, because, in reality, they were the ones who could not get rid of the life of ease that they had with their lover. Indeed, this man was exceedingly rich. The horror of poverty, love of money, honor and luxury, had hardened their heart to cause their loss (Matt. 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.)
Those six women died in their turn. The man did not convert either! He continued his disorderly life. But seeing death approaching, this man asked My ministers to preach the Good News, and he repented before his death. I forgave him, but he is still responsible for the fate of these women.
LISUNGI MBULA 7
