David and the Jackal
David calmed the Jackal and the baby elephant.
When David was brought to the city of Memphis, he felt his true power surge and realized his destiny.
Excerpt from The Leper Messiah:
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A caged Jackal snarled as a baby elephant raised its trunk in the air: a group of slaves barefoot and chained walked towards the marketplace. They chanted a slow sad song while their wild eyes looked at the great city of Memphis which united upper and lower Egypt.
David, with his newfound powers, was able to control the beasts in the marketplace and was able to see past his death in the desert. He understood that the desert was his place of rebirth, where he left the sleepy town of Bethlehem and became a citizen of the world.
Psalm 44:19:
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of the Jackal and covered us with the shadow of death…and we have forgotten the name of our God….doest God see that and know what is in our hearts.
David’s unshaken belief in God is what separates him from others and gives him this great power: he is no longer cunning like the Jackal. His selfishness and ability to prowl unseen at night and hide by day has been burned away by the heat of the desert. He has no need for the high country or wilderness: he no longer needs to hide from his many enemies but can live openly in the day.
Further, all the animals understand this is some basic instinctive way: he no longer needs the cunning of the Jackal and now has the power of the lion he killed below mount Gilboa.
David is the King!
Excerpt from The Leper Messiah:
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The caged jacket stopped his awful crying, the baby elephant stood with its trunk in the air, smelling something magical and sweet as the sad song of the slaves continued in the background
Here in the marketplace of Memphis, David understands his destiny; he sees that the scorpion has know become his right arm and protector. The Scorpion is now his servant.
Excerpt from The Leper Messiah:
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My little Scorpion, I am the one your dead Moab priest calls Davooowd. Kiss my hand and know your master.
The baby elephant trumpeted his joy.
Robert
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