Skip to main content

Battle of the Godless – Ch. 17 | KT OLLA

JONATHAN made the Danite spies wait outside his little shrine, while he consulted for them within.

The men had told him about their mission to find a permanent city for their tribe. So the priest went inside and consulted the oracle of Micah’s idol.

The spies waited for the priest to come out with good news. As a thirsty soil longs and waits for the first rain.

So that long wait eventually came to end so well, as the Levite bolted the door open and smiled.

‘Blessed are you of the Lord, People of Dan! Come on in, and hear what the oracle says about your path.’

The spies were caught with surprise. Ajar exchanged some elated glances with his companions and gestured with a nod that they follow him in.

Ajar moved to step inside first while Jonathan held the door with a hand. That instant the young priest raised a hand to halt him.

‘Where? Where do you think you’re coming into shod in your sandals? Your bedchamber, or my shrine?’

Ajar halted and every one of the spies gazed down at their sandals. But Ajar went on to look at Jonathan’s feet. For that demanding priest was equally shod in a pair of sandals.

Then in spite of anyone, the Levite went on to sound his order again. ‘Take off your sandals, everyone! Don’t you profane my ground!’

Then he added in a commanding voice: ‘Now, hurry!’

The men crouched low and unshod their feet. Ajar was to the last to respond, but he did put off his sandals still.

Yes, Jonathan wanted his point registered. That he was the commander here. And those men, they could do nothing to that stand.

Truly, the men had bullied him earlier; but now he wanted to, at least, order them around. Even when it was true that they’d paid him well to say good visions.

He wanted to, at least, order these boys around.

So Jonathan invited the men into his shrine barefooted, when only him had his feet properly shod.

Then he let them stand and roam his sanctuary with their eyes and their fancies; while he sat on a brazen stool and told them their fate.

‘Go in peace,’ the man said. ‘The presence of the Lord be with you on your way!’

Those words were good news to the men of Dan. But Ajar was no longer touched by them.

He was the one whose eyes were roaming. So he was only stuck with the glitter in Jonathan’s shrine.

There at a corner of that shrine was the decorated altar of Micah’s god. And on that gilded altar was the huge idol layered with silver, which Jonathan was priest over for Micah’s household.

Ajar glared at the glittering silver image and felt convinced that his host had too much than a family deserved.

If a man is keeping a whole Levite as a family priest, and he even owns for himself a big silver idol… then, what? What more should a city or a tribe dream to own?

Mm… if our tribe should have these two assets. If we take this silver idol plus this Levite priest as ours—then we’ll definitely be safe from enemies and disasters! In the new land we’re claiming.

Those were the thoughts that troubled Ajar’s mind in that shrine. 

But when Jonathan was done speaking to the men and dispersed the men, Ajar was still stuck with the thoughts in his head.

The spies went to bed at last, but their curious leader wasn’t sleeping. He lay in bed but his soul had been locked in that shrine he left behind.

He wanted Jonathan for his tribe; he wanted his idol for the people.

Now he would do anything to own that man.

Together with his god.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sons of the Flaming Throne 3 – Ch. 30 (FINALE) | KT OLLA

AT Gibeon King Solomon offered a huge sacrifice of a thousand cattle. That great sacrifice stirred up the heart of God, as the soul which offered it pleased Him much. So there in the smoking clouds, God appeared to Solomon—and it was a breathtaking moment to hear Him speak. For He asked a man to make a wish: He asked Solomon to state his need. ‘I have seen your heart and your offering, and I am pleased with you this day. ‘Therefore Son of David, ask of Me anything you please, and I shall give you whatever you say.’ Right there where the mortal man bowed, he knew this was a mighty offer. But his needs weren’t so many to place in a giant offer. He wanted to ask one thing that is mightier than power and riches. He wanted to own one thing that is chief among so many. So He answered, ‘O God of Israel, You have loved David and blessed him in his days. ‘And this grace, You have extended to me his son: You have set me on his throne. ‘Still here I am in the midst of the many people you have mad...
Post a Comment
Read more

Here’s what God asks us to tell His people in Nigeria | KT OLLA

  Dear Readers, here is what God asks us to tell Nigeria, today the 1st of April, 2022 —  THE PROPHECY  — 1. The Lord said the sins and atrocities of Nigeria He can no longer ignore. He said He will now punish all lawlessness, unless we repent and change our ways. 2. He said it is for this sake that He has withdrawn the showers of rain, and made them really sparse. 3. God said unless Nigerians repent and turn from all lawlessness, there is coming a draught so severe that it will spark up very strange fires. 4. Yet so that God’s people will not suffer or be shaken, He asks us to tell you our readers and everyone who cares to listen, that you store and keep storing up water without a stop. He sternly instructed us all to do this. 5. God also commanded us to assure His people of His promise for this time. He said He will preserve the righteous during these trying times that will go on to try even the world. 6. He said several times over that the righteous will inherit t...
Read more

🛡️Safety Call! – KT OLLA

Running into a rock? The times are testing everywhere in the world. Outdoor is the heat of violence and crime; indoors are the worst cases of lack or need. Everything seemed like the end is here, when most people are just starting to live. But whether it is the beginning of the end, or nothing like it at all… well, all of us just wants to survive. We mean, really survive. Like running into a rock till the heat of God’s sun passes. For this too shall pass, we know. But then, a question sometimes bothers us – particularly at this time. And it is this one thing that we often ask: “Isn’t there something we can do to escape these harsh realities? Isn’t there something we can do at the very least?” The whole world had stayed home at a time, till we were all tired of hiding. But home stopped proving to be a good shelter those times. In fact, plagues opened locked doors and stole away our dear ones. We had thereafter fled outside, running from those things that plagued our earth. We hid in roc...
Post a Comment
Read more