Ch. 10 - Late Afternoon - As the Father sent me
Taken from The Things He Said
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The Things He Said - Part Two - Late Afternoon
Chapter 10
As the Father sent me, so I am sending you
The last piece slots into place. The final turning of the lens. The evening of the first day draws to a close. Darkness falls. But its demons are cast out. Its fears vanquished. It can no more envelop the world. Its terrors are spent. ‘Peace be with you,’ he says again. And then words of dreadful, and at the same time joyful, intent: a commission; the beginning of the beginning; a story to be told to the ends of the earth; a story with a thousand parts to play: ‘As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ ...
Taken from The Things He Said by Stephen Cottrell
Published by SPCK