CHAPTER FOUR
THE
AFFLICTION OF GOD
This comes from the scroll
of Kerobal Pakthermin who wrote, "The forbears of all the nations of man
were once one people, and they were the elect of God who delivered all the
Earth over to them, all the people, the beasts of the field, the creatures of
the wasteland and the things that grow. They dwelt through long ages in lands
of peace and plenty."
"There were some who
struggled harder, were more disciplined; because their forefathers had crossed
the great dark void, their desires were turned Godward, and they were called
The Children of God".
"Their country was
undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. There
were great mountains to the East and to the West, and in the North was a vast
stony plain."
"Then came the day
when all things became still and apprehensive, for God caused a sign to appear
in the Heavens, so that men should know the Earth would be afflicted, and the
sign
was a strange star".
"The star grew and
waxed to a great brightness and was awesome to behold. It put forth horns and
sang, being unlike any other ever seen. So, men, seeing it, said among
themselves, 'Surely, this is God appearing in the Heavens above us'. The star
was not God, though it was directed by His design, but the people had not the
wisdom to understand'.
"Then God manifested
Himself in the Heavens. His voice was as the roll of thunders and He was
clothed with smoke and fire. He carried lightings in His hand and His breath,
falling upon the Earth, brought forth brimstone and embers. His eye was a black
void and His mouth an abyss containing the winds of Destruction. He encircled
the whole of the Heavens, bearing upon His back a black robe adorned with
stars".
"Such was the
likeness and manifestation of God in those days. Awesome was His countenance,
terrible His voice of wrath, the sun and moon hid themselves in fear and there
was a heavy darkness over the face of the Earth".
"God passed through
the spaces of the Heavens above with a mighty roar and a loud trumpeting. Then
came the grim dead silence and black red lit twilight of doom. Great fires and
smoke rose up from the ground and men gasped for air. The land was rent asunder
and swept clean by a mighty deluge of waters. A hole opened up in the middle of
the land, the waters entered, and it sank beneath the seas".
"The mountains of the
East and West were split apart and stood up in the midst of the waters which
raged about.
The Northland tilted and
turned over on its side".
"Then again the
tumult and clamour ceased and all was silent. In the quiet stillness madness
broke out among men, frenzy and shouting filled the air. They fell upon one
another in senseless wanton bloodshed; neither did they spare woman or child,
for they knew not what they did. They ran unseeing, dashing themselves to
destruction. They fled to caves and were buried and, taking refuge in trees,
they were hung. There was rape, murder and violence of every kind".
"The deluge of waters
swept back, and the land was purged clean. Rain beat down unceasingly and there
were great winds. The surging waters overwhelmed the land and man, his flocks
and his gardens and all his works ceased to exist.".
"Some of the people
were saved upon the mountainsides and upon the flotsam, but they were scattered
far apart over the face of the Earth. They fought for survival in the lands of
uncouth people. Amid coldness they survived in caves and sheltered
places".
"The Land of the
Little People and the Land of Giants, the Land of the Neckless Ones and the
Land of Marshes and Mists, the Lands of the East and West were all inundated.
The Mountain Land and the Lands of the South, where there is gold and great
beasts, were not covered by the waters".
"Men were distracted
and in despair. They rejected the Unseen God behind all things for something
which they had seen and known by its manifestation. They were less than
children in those days and could not know that God had afflicted the Earth in understanding
and not willfully, for the sake of man and the correction of his ways".
"The Earth is not for
the pleasure of man but is a place of instruction for his Soul. A man more
readily feels the stirrings of his Spirit in the face of disaster than in the lap
of luxury. The tuition of the Soul is a long and arduous course of instruction
and training".
"God is good and from
good evil cannot come. He is perfect, and perfection cannot produce
imperfection. Only the limited understanding of man sees imperfection in that
which is perfect for its purpose".
"This grievous
affliction of man was another of his great tests. He failed and in so doing
followed the paths of unnatural gods of his making. Man makes gods by naming
them, but where in this is the benefit to him?" "Evil comes in to the
midst of mankind spawned by the fears and ignorance of men. An evil man becomes
an evil spirit, and whatever evil there is on Earth comes either from the evil
of spirits or the evil of men".
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