September 2, 1983

September 2, 1983

Globe, Arizona

Aka is here.

“Good evening, Aka. Where is Ray?”

Soul Ray stands with God.

Yes, we see thy needs. And we shall answer in this manner and in this way. Glory be the name of the Lord, thy God; glory be the name of His children, forever and ever.

Now we should say unto thee this parable.

For we shall tell you of the story of [the] three young men, who lived upon a fine land. Yet there was an ocean that was all around and about them. And each day they came to the edge of the ocean and [they] looked upon it and wished that they knew what was on the other side of the ocean.

One day one of the young men suggested that they build a craft that they might sail through the ocean and find the land that lay beyond the horizon. And so they did this. And they built a mighty ship. They did outfit it with provisions of all kinds, and tools of all kinds.

And then came the day that they should depart. And as the ship left its dry dock to enter the water there were mighty cheers. The three young men, not looking back, sailed off into the horizon.

It didn’t take them long to realize that they had lost sight of their own shoreline, so there was only horizons beyond them in all directions. They sailed for forty days and forty nights.

And one day they came upon this great land, and they did disembark upon it. And here they built their home, and here they grazed and made great fields, and captured many wild sheep and goat, and some cattle. And they thought, this land is but the land of the most bountiful of the world. So they made ready to depart.

But as they were making ready to depart, a company of men entered into their village and hailed them. To their surprise, they knew of these people, and they said unto them, “How did you come to this place?”

And they laughed and said, “We thought you [were] lost at sea. No one has seen you for a very long time. No one knew that you had sailed to this part of the land.”

They said unto the others, “What do you mean?”

And the others said unto them, “It is quite simple, you have never left the land you originally dwelled upon.”

They said, “Look. But look at the different fruits and vegetables. Look at the wild sheep that are now domesticated and multiply. Look at our cows. Look all around us.”

And the men who came said, “Yes, we know of this; we have known of this place for a long time. We come here to hunt and gather food. We take it back to barter.”

After much confusion they had made their mind up that all would go aboard this ship, this mighty ship; staying close to the shoreline, they would go back to the land that they lived. So they all took their great wealth and they did enter the great ship.

But in the middle of the night, the ship was caught in a mighty storm. And they sailed again for many, many days. And they found another new land. And so there they took those things that they had brought with them, and planted them, and yielded from the land, and yielded from the forest and trees, and the heavens above and the streams and the oceans.

And then one day, more people wandered into their camp. And they knew them too. And they knew right away they had not entered a new land, but it was more of the same. And so, they made the decision once again to board the mighty ship, one and all, to depart.

[Now] this time they had decided that they would make a type of compass, that it would allow them to guide themselves in the navigation and bring them back to their homeland. So they went to work, and worked, as you would say, long and hard. And then one day they decided to depart once again. Only this time, they decided that one person would remain on shore, following this one along, calling out to them, that they may always hear the other voice, and therefore, could not become lost once again. So they boarded the great ship and once again set out to conquer a new world.

Now in the meantime, this friend of friends who lived in another land had built many things great, and many things that were of superb nature for all to see. They decided to take these things with them, and this time all did return home. Each had his own tale to tell. Each had the greatness of power of the story to be told.

There were many there who laughed at them, but there were many there who listened to their stories, and contracted with them to go and live in the different parts of this on their own land.

Now we say unto you, you have passed upon the land you live many times, and though you think you have seen it and experienced it all, if you look with new eyes, you shall see it each time you pass, anew. And you shall find new things within it that you have not seen before.

You have many questions, ask.

“Yes, Aka. Thank you. I have a question that was submitted, that asks, ‘Why was the lighting fixture taken from the church, and was it taken by the same people who took the stones from the spring?’”

We should say unto you that that that is missing shall return, but it shall not be the same, for the original was broken.