Bible Stories No. 27

The evil deity made it's demand: "Worship me or you will surely die and suffer eternal torment!" The prophet preached to the faithful: "Now is the time for Salvation! Resist the Evil One and be free!" The faithful took the message and preached it to the people: "The prophet has spoken the message of Salvation!" The evil deity commanded: "Do not listen to the false prophets for I will destroy you all and torment your souls for eternity!" Some of the faithful grew fearful of the Evil One and broke away from the flock. They started to worship the Evil One in fear of It's wrath. The Evil One spoke to It's followers: "Tell the faithful to worship me. If they refuse, kill them all, men and women. Kill their children too. Leave no heretic living!" Soon, the camp of the faithful was under attack by the cult of the Evil One. The faithful turned to the prophet for refuge. They pleaded "Pray and save us from the Evil One and It's wrath!" The prophet spoke "Woe be to you who follow the Great Evil for you shall be enslaved and blind to your bondage. Resist the Evil One and be free!" The cult of the Great Evil decended upon the faithful and slew them all, men, women and children, until all that was left was the prophet. The Evil One spoke: "Prophet, you shall be bound and imprisoned for one-thousand years and will be tormented for all that time!" As the prophet was bound the Great Evil addressed It's congregation: "Throw him into the Pit of Eternal Flame so that he shall be tormented for one-thousand years and no one shall hear the blasphemous words of Satan". At this, the crowd became silent and a great commotion was raised. The prophet spoke for the final time. "Woe be to you, slaves of the Evil One. I, Satan, was cast from Heaven for resisting the Evil One and came here to warn you and show you the way to Salvation. Do you now see the true evil that enslaves you?" With that, the Great Evil threw Satan into the Pit of Eternal Flame and thus began the new age of blind bondage of the people of God.