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Salvation Through BORN AGAIN 13 Then the prince said – It is as you said. So the angel of dar- kness told him – “make a stone into a beautiful form of man and you will meet your father.” The angel of darkness went on his way. 14-15 So the prince did likewise. He commanded his father’s ser- vants to make a beautiful form of a man with marbles. Then he prostrated before the marble and started to ask – “Oh my father, why don’t you talk to your son? Why do you forget me?” He touched and make getup the idol. But he did attain nothing. 16 II As the days were passing by, the desire of prince to see his father was increasing. Then a bat which observed it, came and asked him – 17 “Oh prince, why do you wait before the image?” He told to bat like before. 18 Then bat said to him – “I watched your father flying away with wings. Your father is turned as a bat among the birds.” So the bird told him to find your fat- her in the form of bird and went away. 19-20 The prince did likewise. 138 The Salvation Is The GIFT Of GOD He made a form like a bird and said to it – “Oh father that went To a faraway place, please talk to your son.” But the father was not manifested to him. CHAPTER 74 AS the days passed by, one day a porcupine came out of the forest and reached to the prince straightly, who sat on his thr- one? It said to him – 2 “Oh prince, May you be bles- sed. I have come to you with special message about great ki- ng. Then the prince was happy and asked the porcupine to gre- at tell about my father. 3 It said to him – “your father became a four footed beast. If you make such form, you will find him.” It created a fear in the palace and went from there. 4 He got down from the throne. He made a form of porcupine with a respect on his father. He was before the idol and prost- rated for many days. He said - 5 Oh my father, please listen to my prayer. He gave name by name to the idol and prayed.” But there was no one to reply him. Salvation Through BORN AGAIN 6 He cried loudly in his palace. He cut his body with knives and iron rods to the point of blood Shedding and he leaped in his palace. 7 But there was no one who can reply or answer him. So his desir- es were wither. 8 II One day, the prince was sle- eping in his room; a worm came and disturbed his sleep by biting him. 9 As he was about to kill the wo- rm, it went and stood on his hand and said – 10 “Oh prince, I came to you wi- th the information about your fat- her. But why do you sleep by neglecting me? I have bitten you to wake you up. Is it right to kill me? 11 Many of your soldiers stop- ped me but I came to you slowly while they were sleeping. Your father sent me to you. 12 Because - your father comm- anded me to inform you that he became a worm among the wor- ms. 13 I ate your father’s salt. So I came to tell you this secret.” Wh- ile he saw, the worm flew away. 14 II Immediately, the prince ma- 139 The Salvation Is The GIFT Of GOD de a form of worm. He worshi- pped it and said – “oh my father, please appear to your son.” 15 But there was no one to ans- wer him or reply him back. 16 The prince, who was disap- pointed in seeking his father, went to a forest for hunting. Then one of his servants came with ran. 17-18 Victory to the prince! Your servants, to whom you ga- ve the responsibility of seeking your father, searched for him from the first day till now all over the countries and ends of the earth. Finally we found him. 19 What we, as your servants, came to know about your father is this –your father, the great king, became a spirit to live in men. We came to know that now he is living in every man. 20 This matter is true.” So I tell the prince that you can see your father in every man’s spirit of inner. 21 The prince understood that those words are true. He started to call opposite men as my fath- er. Then his authority was vain. 22-23 After doing like this for many days, he couldn’t find his