One day Jesus decided he just wasn't able to spread
his message effectively without help. He recruited 70 messengers and gave them
some very specific instructions on how to spread the influence of his
teachings.
Step One:
Go to a city and walk to the center of town.
Step Two:
Wait to see if people feed you and give you a place
to sleep.
Step Three A:
If you were given food and a place to sleep, heal
the sick and let everyone know the Kingdom of God is about to arrive.
Step Three B:
If you were NOT given food and a place to sleep; let
everyone know the Kingdom of God is about to arrive, then brush the dust off
your feet to let God know which city he should destroy. Think of this as you
would a special forces guy pointing a laser at the city. Then think of God as
a laser-guided missile.
Step Four A:
If you were given food and a place to sleep, move on
to the next city.
Step Four B:
If you were NOT given food and a place to sleep,
enjoy the show as God destroys the city.
To help programmers better visualize this sequence of events, I've taken the liberty of preparing some c++ code.
//This simple program helps determine if a city should
receive
//the blessings of God, or should be destroyed.
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{int salvation;
cout << "Enter the city and wait for two hours." << endl;
sleep(7200000);
cout
<< "Did people in the city feed you and offer you a place to
sleep?" << endl;
cout
<< "Enter 1 for yes and 0 for no: ";cin >> salvation;
cout << endl;
if(salvation
== 1)
{cout << "Heal the sick and say to everyone," << endl;
cout << "\"The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.\"" << endl;
}
else
{
cout << "Walk into the middle of the main street and say:" << endl;
cout << "\"Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us," << endl;
cout << "we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure" << endl;
cout << "of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.\"" << endl;
cout << endl;
sleep(30000);
cout << "Perform \"Feet Dusting\" ritual." << endl;
}
return
0;
}
Moral: God keeps an eye on things and kills everyone
that doesn't do the "right" thing without being told.
Ref: Luke 10:8-12
And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the sick that are herein,
and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into
whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the
streets of the same, and say, even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth
on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the
kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more
tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
