The Childhood and Youth of Jesus · Part 1 · Chapter 85

Joseph's advice about trust in God and the prophecy of the end of Ostracine. 4 December 1843

01] And Cyrenius continued: "O friend, in truth, it is difficult to give a good advice here!

02] If you can give any advice from the living heart of your truly divine wisdom, please share it with me!

03] For indeed, the more I think about this issue, the more critical and entangled it gets!"

04] And Joseph replied to Cyrenius: "Listen to me, most noble friend! It is very easy to help you out of this predicament!

05] I will give you a good piece of advice, which will show you what is the right thing to do on this occasion.

06] See, in your heart you are now a part of my living faith and you love and honour with me the one and only true God!

07] But I tell you: As long as you are anxious, God will not do anything for you!

08] But if you surrender all you worries to Him, and only concern yourself with finding out how to recognize and love this true God more and more,

09] then He will begin to help you in everything, and all that appeared to you as crooked today will be straight tomorrow!

10] Therefore let this city be cleared of debris only in those places where people are still buried beneath it, which is now being done.

11] But let all the other temples under whose debris you will only find at most a few crude, worthless, broken idols remain as ruins!

12] For what the elements have destroyed, is seen by these blind people to be the work of the gods themselves.

13] That is why none of them will take the initiative to rebuild these temples,

14] since they are afraid that this is against the will of the gods, and could draw a great retribution upon them.

15] And there are no priests left who, on the basis of a fictitious decree by the gods would have taken it up to their own advantage through the hands and the means of the people, –

16] and the ones that are still there will never build temples for idols!

17] So, you need not worry; the Lord of heaven and earth will bring about what is best for you and for all people!

18] Anyhow, more towns will suffer a similar fate in our time; they will be buried here and there, so no one will notice it when this old town becomes a complete ruin within ten years!"

19] This speech of Joseph consoled Cyrenius, and he cheerfully returned to the house with Joseph.