«I would not examine Him any further. His wisdom is greater than the wisdom of grown up people and is really surprising.»
«No. He said that He is capable of understanding also the symbols. Let us hear Him».
«First, let Him say a psalm, the blessings and the prayers.»
«Also the precepts.»
«Yes. Repeat the Midrasciot.»
Jesus repeats a long litany of «Don’t do this… don’t do that…» without any hesitation. If we were still obliged to keep all those limitations, rebels as we are, I am sure that no one would be saved…
«That is enough. Open the roll with the green ribbon.»
Jesus opens it, and He is about to read.
«Further on, yes, further on.»
Jesus obeys.
«That is enough. Now read and explain it, if You think there is a symbol.»
«In the Holy Word it is seldom missing. It is we who cannot see and apply it. I read: Fourth Book of the Kings, Chapter twenty-two, Verse ten: ‘Then Shaphan, the secretary, informed the king saying: «Hilkiah, the High Priest, has given me a book», and Shaphan read it aloud in the king’s presence. On hearing the contents of the Law of God, the king tore his garments, and gave the following…’.»
«Read after all the names.»
«“…the following order: ‘Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s wrath that burns against us because our ancestors did not obey the words of this book, they did not act in accordance with all that is written in it’…”.»
«That is enough. This happened many centuries ago. Which symbol do You find in an event of ancient history?»
«I find that time cannot be related to what is eternal. And God is eternal and our soul is eternal, and the relation between God and our soul is also eternal. Therefore the thing that gave rise to a punishment then, is the same thing that gives rise to punishment now, and the effects of the fault are the same.»
«That is?»
«Israel is no longer acquainted with the Wisdom, which comes from God. It is to Him, and not to poor men, that we must apply for light, and it is not possible to have light if there is no justice and loyalty to God. That is why men sin, and God, in His anger, punishes them.»
«We are no longer acquainted? But what are You saying, Child? And the six hundred and thirteen precepts?»
«The precepts exist, but they are mere words. We know them but we do not practise them. That is why we are not acquainted with them. This is the symbol: every man, in every period of time, must consult the Lord to know His will and comply with it to avoid drawing His anger on himself.»