It was a black bear with a crescent-shaped white mark in front of it. It was kneeling there in a human form. It was very strong and as tall as the people around it. It closed its eyes slightly, and looked very focused and pious, but a bear imitated people's prayers on this serious occasion, and it felt funny no matter how it looked. Interestingly, there was a blue cloth package next to it, as if it was brought by the black bear himself.

At this time, someone whispered to his companion: "Don't be afraid, it is a bear raised by a man named Lhasa Road in the outskirts of Bethany Town across the river. He is raised like a human, has a good temper, and is often bullied by children in the village." The frightened people breathed a sigh of relief.

John looked at the bear and said to everyone, "Don't worry, it doesn't treat itself as a bear at all. Maybe it doesn't understand what we are doing, but it is also praying like we are."

Until it was dark every day, the bear kept praying from beginning to end.

The sky finally turned completely dark, and the townspeople had dispersed. Only Joshua and his disciples were left under the tree. It was quiet all around, and the moonlight passed through the shadows of the tree silently. The bear finally stood up, wrapped it with its slightly thick and short front limbs, walked upright like a man, and came to Joshua.

It placed the package on the ground, bent down and pulled it apart with a pair of forefoots, which contained several bread and three apples. The bear is an omnivorous animal. If it is a human-raised bear, this should be its food, but it is dedicated to Joshua at this moment.

John looked at the bread and apples and asked calmly: "Do you have something to ask for when you give me your food?"

The bear could not speak, but seemed to understand what Joseph meant. He kept lit his big head, raised his forefoot and pointed it upstream from the other side of the river, with a pleading face.

The disciples were all confused. But Joshua put away the parcels from the ground, stood up and said, "It will invite me to a place, and we will follow it."

Many people have asked Joshua to treat him, even in the remote villages, but it was the first time he followed a bear in the middle of the night. Isn’t he afraid of danger in the middle of the night?

The disciples knew that their guide was fearless, and they followed him curiously to the river. The big bear walked into the river, spread his limbs and swam to the other side, stood up on the shore and shook the hair all over his body, obviously waiting for Joshua and the others to pass.

John looked down at the blue cloth package in his hand and found obvious tooth marks on it. The bear should have swam across the river with his head raised and his bag in his mouth. The food in the package was not wet.

What happened next was even more magical. Joshua stepped onto the water with a cane and said to the disciples, "Follow me." The disciples followed Jesus carefully. The water on the Jedan River became a road surface that could be stepped on. With a slight movement, everyone walked over.

The bear turned and walked upstream along a path, and his feet were staggering in the moonlight, neither fast nor slow, just so that Joshua and the others could keep up.

A disciple frowned and said, "The bear is so strong. Isn't it tired of walking like this? If the bear puts its front paws down and puts its limbs on the ground, it will run much faster than this. Since it is guiding us, why not walk faster?"

The speaker was named Judas, which was given to him by Joseph, but no one knew why Joseph gave his disciples such a name. Hearing the question, Joseph smiled and replied, "It was night, and it was a black bear. He dared not walk too fast, for fear that we would lose it... Besides, if you ask why it was walking standing, don't you walk upright?"

Juda was stunned and said in confusion: "I am a human, of course I will walk while standing."

John smiled again: "People can walk while standing, or stand, but newborn babies know that crawling is easier than walking. I said that the bear does not regard itself as a bear at all. In its consciousness, it thinks it is a human being. When people walk while standing, it must also walk while standing."

Judas scratched the back of his head and said, "It's so interesting, how could there be such a bear?"

John explained patiently: "I heard that babies raised by wolves in the mountains will become like wolves when they grow up, because they do not know that they are humans, and no one has taught them how to be humans. This bear should have been adopted by people since childhood. It has never seen other bears, and thought they are like humans, and all behaviors are imitating people."

When Judas heard this, he seemed to have been inspired by some kind of inspiration. He then changed his tone and asked, "I'm afraid not all bears will be like this after being raised. Not only is this bear very smart and has a very docile temper, but it also depends on how it is treated. In fact, people are the same.

Dear guide, I have been thinking about one thing today. When I was in town, everyone heard your same preaching, but their gains were different, and their understanding and reactions were different. Some people would feel you, but some would hate you and even want to harm you. Walking on this road, I seemed to have seen things in the future."

Joseph still smiled, and his expression was a bit like Aesop of the past. He used the story to make a metaphor—

"God sent a farmer to sow the seeds of all things on the earth. Some seeds fall in the bushes and can only grow in the cracks. Carefully avoid the thorns on the thorns, and they will be swallowed by the thorns before harvest. Some seeds fall in shallow soil covered with gravels. If enough rain is nourished, they can also germinate, but the environment is a little bad, and new seeds will wither; some seeds fall in fertile and suitable soil, which is most worthy of cultivation. I may be that farmer, and you, the disciples who follow me, are the most fertile countryside. But God sprinkled the seeds on the whole earth, with the hope of harvest, and did not deliberately favor anyone, just as I preach to everyone."

Judas nodded, understood what Joseph meant, and couldn't help but praise the wisdom of the guide in his heart.

However, under the night, Joshua sighed again, "I have been to the distant East and heard a saying circulating in a farther place. It was Kunlun farther than the Indians I have been to. A man named Taishang said, "Heaven and earth are not kind, and treat all things as straw dogs." I just said so much to you, but he realized it completely with just one sentence. I am not yet in that state and am still seeking. So I can only talk to you about my own feelings."

Judah thoughtfully when he heard this. He continued to walk with the bear beside Joh. The night became deeper. After a while, it seemed that he had thought of something again. He couldn't help but speak, "Dear guide, you should be clear about what happened in the town yesterday and the day before yesterday. The appearance of the wounded and the criminal was not accidental. It was clearly someone who arranged to make things difficult for you. You were not made difficult by them, and you stick to your beliefs and moved more people. But in this way, some people will hate you more. You are like a thorn piercing into their hearts. Your existence will torture them to sleep and eat."

When John looked at the staggering back of the bear, he smiled. He gave a metaphor to his disciples: "We came to this world. Everything is strange and unknown. From strange to familiar. People have various relationships while dealing with each other. If there is such a person who has never hurt them, and you have never done your own thing, and they have never hindered them. They are unwilling to accept what you say and the stories you tell, but they feel that it hurts their thoughts, so they do not want you to appear or say your own words again, what should you do?"

Judas thought for a while and said, "After you said this, I remember a lot of things. There are such people in the world! Not only because of the reasons you just said, they don't want to see you appear, not because you hurt them, or even the simplest and funny reason. Maybe it's because you didn't act the way they wanted, but you achieved your own achievements, so when you think of you, you will feel uncomfortable, and when you see you, you will feel inexplicably stinged."

Joseph, who has always been serious, also said in a joke in a joke: "Then let them be excited or disgusted, thinking that they have found a kind of*! The sting of the spirit hun is their own, and you don't have to escape or change yourself because of this. My appearance is just guiding those who are willing to accept the guidance, and not coming because of their hopes or going because of their hopes. To be honest, do you think I will care? If such a spirit hun is not stinged by me, I will regret it."

Judas blinked, carefully savoring the words of Jesus, and no longer spoke along the way.

On that night, in the town on the other side of the river, the priests in the temple were already a little angry. When they heard that Joseph crossed the river, they unanimously decided to send someone to send a letter to the elders of Salem, accusing Joseph of using Satan's power to harm the hearts of the people.

John was completely unaware of this, but Medanzo and Link who were following him secretly understood clearly. The two angels muttered in secret, and Medanzo said, "Are these priests looking for death? They lived in the holy thought of Arha, and actually wanted to frame Arha who came to the world in the name of Arha!"

Link said, "It seems that Joseph doesn't know yet. Since we both meet, we have to take care of each other, right?"

Medanzo replied, "Don't worry first, after the messenger sets off, we will take him down halfway. It will be a reminder to throw it to Joh with the secret letter he sent."

Of course, Joseph did not know the plans of the two angels. At this time, the sky was getting brighter. They actually followed a black bear walking upright and walked all night! A disciple said, "How could it be so far? Where did this bear want to take us?"

Joshua shook his head and said, "I don't know where it is going to take us, but it is obvious that it has gone a long way to find me, how difficult it is for a bear!"
Chapter completed!