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The next day, John, Peter and Jacob continued their journey. They went to Ephesus Church, Pergamum
Church, Sardis Church, Philadelphia Church, Smyrna Church, Thyatira Church and Laodicea Church, to
find leaders who can translate the Evidence Scrolls. John, Peter and Jacob went to those seven churches and
told them about their situations and asked them if they could translate those scrolls for them. But none of
the churchmen would like to offer them help, because those Evidence Scrolls were very important to them.
The young missionaries don’t know what to do, so they prayed to God for instructions and wisdom.
In a dream, the church leaders heard from a voice, “They were loyal Christians, they had done everything
for me, you should believe them and let them borrow the translation copies.” So the churchmen gave the
translated scrolls to John, Peter and Jacob and said “We believed our God has spoken to us in a dream last
night to instruct us to lead you the Scrolls. Here, you should keep this as a secret, because when the people
know that the scrolls are gone - the most powerful and meaningful documents of the churches are gone,
they would crumble in fear and lost faith in God, so you should not let anyone know about this.” The
young men were excited to hear of the news, but unfortunately, the rebels had also arrived outside the town
walls of the churches, waiting for opportunity to abduct the missionaries.
John, Peter and Jacob took those seven translated Scrolls secretly and carefully from the churches’ leaders. As
they leave the town, suddenly they heard of a group of men armed with knives shouted loudly, “These
three men have taken the Scrolls from our caves. We must capture them at once!” John, Peter and Jacob
were shocked from seeing the situation they were in, they were tied from hands to knees without realizing
what had just happened. The rebels were looking at the three men and smiling sinisterly. Peter wanted to
say to the rebels that these Scrolls do not belong to them because they have asked the permission of the
seven churchmen to borrow the Scrolls, but suddenly he remembered one of the churchmen said they need
to keep it as a secret, so he swallowed his words.
The rebels took them to a cave in the Dead Sea Mountain Range and locked the three young men there. In
the cell Peter, John and Jacob were very scared, but they kept praying because they believed God will help
them. In the midnight of the day, an angel appeared, and the cell was filled with light, so brightly that all the
rebels’ guards have temporary lost vision. The angel tapped John, Peter and Jacob on their shoulders and
their chains fell from their hands at once. Then, they followed the angel out. They passed through the rebels
who were guarding the gates. Jacob stopped, turned around and said to Peter and Jacob, “God has sent his
angel to save us, we shall finish the mission.” So they were planning to go back and retrieve the copied
Scrolls. But the angel said, “It is the actions that come from faith that brings people to God, not words or
Scrolls. Human heart need no evident apart from act of love itself.” Then the angel disappeared.
John, Peter and Jacob suddenly felt enlightened by the words and left Israel.
As they went back to the town in China, they pondered on the words of the angel and want to know
exactly what it means. In this journey they have been through many difficulties, but because of this, John,
Peter and Jacob saw how mighty God is and He will always listen to prayers. The three young men shared
the story from their journey with the people in their town. Many town folks were amazed by their story and
had become followers too. The missionaries in the monastery were excited to see the changes in the town
folks, “Even though we did not bring back the Evidence Scrolls, we have something more powerful to
prove our faith, come,” said Jacob as he turned to Peter and John, “We still have the ‘Boxers’ to share our
story with.”