The story begins with TOM who is worried of his missing friend James. On his way in search of James ,Tom discovers many mysteries and truth during his search for James and the true reason for James to be missing.
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*Each chapter contains : 400-500 words.
*Author :  Avashi
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Chapter 5
The sweet taste of hypocrisy
 
Texas was a fine place to eliminate morons from the human experience. But first, a final test to see if he was correct about his powers. 
Nom was driving a stolen car. He needed to get off the road and get some sleep, before he was forced to test his powers against the might of the Texas Highway Patrol. He saw the glowing sign of the Grand Hyatt ahead. It was next to a municipal airport. 
How perfect. He thought. I'll dump the stolen car in the long-term parking lot, get a rental, and then check in for some sleep. Who knows? Perhaps I will find an ideal lab rat along the way.
Nom pulled into the parking lot and rented a luggage carrousel. Loading his gear, he left the lot ticket in the stolen car, and walked into the airport. Conveniently, a trash can by the door accepted the keys to Tripp's father's car. 
Thanks to the Patriot Act, Nom knew that he wouldn't have a choice but to register the rental in his own name—a convincing fake ID would take too much time. The woman at the counter for Enterprise Rental quickly had him on the road in a late model Ford Fusion. Since Nom was from another state, it was easy to claim he had just flown in for the week. Why, if the feds checked out his little fib, they would see that he did have cousins in the area. The flight bit could be seen as an oversight by an airport worker.

 

Nom knew he would need to do a number of experiments to get even a basic idea as to the scope of his powers. He could kill, but could he simply maim? Could he reverse one of his wishes, or alter it? Was there a range limit to his gift? His efforts to study that last one with Tripp had not exactly been precise. Could he eliminate multiple people at one time, or could he only effect one? Was there a limit on how gruesome a death he could inflict, or on how slow of a death?
The irony was that the power of death made Nom feel alive for the first time in years. Probably since around the time that he had lost his faith and become an atheist. The old saying, ignorance is bliss, is only true if you are ignorant of your ignorance. 
Nom had once been ignorant of the fact that there was no god. In his upbringing, Nom had been taught that the King James version of the Bible, and it alone, was the answer. Whether it be the pocket copy he carried, or the study Bible on his night stand, that book was literally the user manual to the universe, written by the coder who had engineered everything, and who was actively in control to that very moment. 
Any answer he needed was simply a Strong's Concordance search, or a browse through the Spurgeon or Scofield Commentary away. What need was there to know anything, or even think for himself, when it was all just a few pages away?
Christianity was easy: simply blindly believe. Reject the information reality fed you, and obey regardless of the consequences. After all, the afterlife was the real life. Atheism was hard, the consequences were real, and the answers had to be won rather than simply given. Faith was easy, just be a good little robot, and do what the bronze age myth told you to do. Knowledge and reality had to be studied and interpreted through reason. It was back breaking never ending work. 
Nom put in a reasonable start and effort at being a good atheist. He obsessively self-educated himself. After getting two undergrad degrees, a masters, and studying for a second one, he admitted to himself that he was miserable. 
What was the point? What could he possibly accomplish, regardless of his credentials? Nom's great dream was to start a national movement to finally crush religion through its greatest weakness, children. Nom wanted a law, one that made it so that no child could ever be brain washed into a cult as he had been. True freedom was not freedom of religion, but freedom from religion. All children would be legally entitled to a public, secular education, regardless of their parents' wishes. No child would even be exposed to religion until they were an adult and could legally consent. In Nom's mind, religious educators were worse than pedophiles. They did not only defiled the bodies of children, but they destroyed young growing minds.
It was a task that Nom threw himself into. For a while it seemed that the American people were ready to potentially embrace a change of this magnitude. The Affordable Care Act was passed, the first black President of the United States was elected, and for the first time in US history almost a quarter of the population identified as non-religious. In those moments, it actually looked as if the modern political dark ages of the US, started by Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, were at an end. Nom took a minor civil service job to support himself while he completed his education. He would need government experience before he could found the non-for profit he dreamed of using to spearhead his vision.
Then the walls came tumbling down. For years the most ill-educated and moronic fools that the GOP could muster rallied the forces of the TEA Party. Behind the scenes, using their demented senior citizen activists, they managed to take over most of the municipal level governments in the US and use that power base to take over state level and national governments. 
Their average budget proposal called for a slash to social welfare programs for the neediest of Americans. Why should the US Government feed the people it impoverished? Mass incarceration, slashed regulation, gutted unions, an unlivable minimum wage—if this caused poverty who cared? After all, that same money could be spent on a wall. One that would remove twelve percent of the economy by deporting innocent people. Even better, it could be spent on new military toys, like aircraft carriers. The US already spent more than all of its allies and enemies combined, what was a bit more waste? Then they could take the rest, and give subsidies to corporate profits through tax cuts. 
Funnily enough, many of the Republican voters were themselves beneficiaries of the very programs they elected Republicans to eliminate. When newly elected Republicans tried to do exactly that, suddenly, their voters were in the media spotlight protesting. 
If the American populace could manage to vote in the most regressive regime since Herbert Hoover, what hope did Nom have of achieving his wish in even ten lifetimes? He could have gone to his grave a happy man knowing he had simply started the ball rolling on protecting minors from religion, but to work already knowing that the bet was a loser? Who could do that?
One of the turning points in his evangelical faith had been when he had discovered that having the faith of a mustard seed did not mean that he could literally levitate mountains. Most modern Christians would claim that Bible verses were metaphorical, but Nom had been raised to literally interpret the Bible. It was a soul crushing revelation that God was not a genie, with the Bible as his lamp. The election of 2016 crushed his faith in saving mankind just as thoroughly.
In many ways Nom had been slowly coming to the conclusion that the only way to save humanity was to cleanse it. The world was overpopulated, polluted, and corrupt. Morons bred like rabbits. The natural forces that had restrained the human population since it began had been curbed thanks to modern technology. In the US, Nom's native country, a cult had long existed that worshiped the common man. That same cult cursed learning and intelligence. The folk wisdom of a plumber about economics was somehow more valuable than someone with an actual degree in the subject.
What the US needed was an apocalypse. Nom was sure if the rest of the Western World would benefit from the same. The same trends that had destroyed the US were now appearing in Europe. The UK had voted to succeed from the EU, racist and anti-immigrant parties were on the rise in central Europe in a wave not seen since the 1930's, and regressive conservative parties were winning election after election. It was building to the same crescendo America had seen only a few short years before.
The woods around Nom's childhood home in northern Michigan were occasionally set on fire by the DNR. The native bird, Kirtland warblers, were only capable of breeding in the aftermath. Not that they needed ash and desolation; they needed a specific species of pine tree. Those trees were short-lived, and had a problem: their pine cones had a coating that had to be burned off before they released their seeds. No fire, no trees. No trees, no birds. 
Nom was convinced that the same must be true for humanity. He was not sure if he needed to burn down the whole forest, or just a grove, but humanity needed to lose a lot of stupid people so that its best and brightest could flourish without all the dead wood. 
Taking his rental car to the Grand Hyatt Nom checked in and decided to start experimenting…

Death, a Biography, is a fictional horror novel. It is crass, violent, profane, and not meant for the light hearted reader. Imagine living in a world surrounded by fools. For years your frustration grows, and no matter what you try to do you cannot free yourself from the preverbal ideocracy. Nom DePlume is just such a man, only one day he is granted the dearest wish of his heart. Nom, a grad student working as a truck driver is: intelligent, well educated, and the sort of person who always can find a reason to have a chip on his shoulder. One day while driving in Texas he finds that he has the ability to wish death on those he hates. Being scientifically minded, Nom proceeds to experiment searching out the scopes of his new found powers. He begins in Texas, a state he despises. As he moves on from each experiment, he picks his prey to match some facet of modern western life that he hates. Each receive a fate customized to match what Nom feels they did wrong. Nom then travels home to Michigan after initially defining his new role in life. In Michigan he uses his powers to settle a few old scores and family business. A run-in with an old friend convinces him that he is being selfish for not using his god like powers to better mold humanity. The end of the book sees him taking on the leader of the free world. Nom now personifying Death, learns that he has a true foe, Life.Nom will return.

"Dollar?" The woman recognized the person hovering in front of her.
The Extreme King were quite full of themselves, and since they always thought themselves superior to others, they didn't participate in the Geno Being Scroll. They did, however, keenly watch the fights that unfolded there.
That was especially true of the Marquise fights. The woman had watched each and every one of them. She recognized the gold armor Han Sen was wearing.
"I will be keeping this. You can go now," Han Sen stated, turning the Destroyed Bible over in his hands.
He had used Little Invisible to hide himself so he could follow Bai Lin, but he had waited until now to make a move.
He hadn't wanted to take action while they were inside Six Star xenogeneic space, but as he followed the fox sisters, he noticed the Extreme King woman was pursuing them as well.
This would probably be his best opportunity to steal the Destroyed Bible while pinning the crime on the Extreme King woman.
Since the fox sisters had made their escape, everyone would soon learn that the Destroyed Bible had been stolen by the Extreme King. No one would believe that someone had actually confronted one of the Extreme King and stolen it back, so Han Sen would likely be safe from accusations.
Even if people believed that Dollar ultimately claimed it, that wouldn't matter. No one had a clue who Dollar really was. So, Han Sen was safe.
He originally planned to launch a sneak attack, but the woman had discovered his presence before he had the chance to. That surprised him.
"In the eyes of the Extreme King, achieving first place in the Marquise Geno Being Scroll is nothing more than a joke," the woman said cockily, with a snarky tilt of her head.
With no hesitation, she threw a punch towards Han Sen. The incoming strike was far harder than the one he had seen before.
The space around him seemed to get compressed by the overwhelming force of that punch. Spacetime itself looked like it was going to freeze and shatter.
Although she pretended that Dollar was beneath her notice, after seeing Dollar fighting Evil Eye and Lone Bamboo, she knew he wasn't a foe to be underestimated. She was well-aware that he would be a difficult foe, so she poured all of her strength and power into that punch.
Seeing the woman's punch coming for him, Han Sen used Super Spank with his left hand.
Pang!
When their fists collided, the force of the Extreme King's punch disintegrated into little more than dust and echoes. The woman's face paled, and she retreated with haste.
But it was still too late. Her gauntlet had shattered, and the disintegrating power continued up into the rest of her armor. All she wore was turned to dust. She was left completely naked.
The Extreme King woman's implacable face heated with embarrassment. She summoned another set of armor to clothe herself, but by the time she turned back to look for her opponent, Dollar was gone.
"Dollar, I'm going to kill you." The Extreme King woman was very angry, and her teeth gnashed. Try as she might, though, she was not going to find Dollar that day.
Han Sen had returned the punch he was owed. She had sent Han Sen sprawling on Planet Blade, and he had destroyed her armor. He was only getting what he was due; they were even now.
Han Sen headed to the Six Star xenogeneic space. He needed to return and let everyone know that the real Han Sen was still there. That way, he could eventually leave without raising any more suspicions.
And in regards to the Extreme King woman, he had no interest in killing her. He headed back to the Six Star system immediately to avoid wasting any more time with her.
After all, as long as she was left alive, Han Sen could frame her for the theft. If she was killed, that would be more difficult. The Destroyed wouldn't be the only ones investigating her death; the rest of the Extreme King would also want to know what had happened. Having them descend on the investigation would be bad.
Han Sen returned to Six Star xenogeneic space and met up with Little Angel.
All of the races participating in the search had confirmed that the escaped woman was a shapeshifting fox. There was still hope, however. The lockdown on the Six Star xenogeneic space was yet to be lifted, so Kings finally went in to look around for themselves.
But they quickly came to the conclusion that the shapeshifting fox had managed to escape successfully. Two days later, when all was done, the lockdown on the Six Star xenogeneic space was lifted. Han Sen then took his companions back to Narrow Moon.
In the base on Planet Eclipse, in a secret room, Han Sen happily ran his finger along the spine of the Destroyed Bible.
"A deified treasure. That was a pretty good gain."
After a while, though, Han Sen's joy turned to frustration. No matter what he tried, he couldn't unlock the Bible or make use of its power.
Han Sen combined his light and dark powers, but even so, he made no progress in casting the powers of the Bible.
Han Sen couldn't even open the d*mned book or get a glimpse of its contents.
Han Sen tried a myriad of different elements, but nothing seemed to work.
So, Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura and Purple Eye Butterfly to inspect the Bible. After a time of careful observation, Han Sen noticed that it was actually created through a combination of light, dark, and chaos powers.
"Genes are insufficient; cannot absorb deified gene."
Han Sen kept hearing that announcement, telling him he was unable to absorb it. The Destroyed Bible was a deified xenogeneic gene, so he couldn't absorb it since he was still just a Marquise. It was the same as with the Sun Gold Bird.
"I can't eat it, and neither can I make use of it. It's useless in my hands, even though it is deified. Unless I make it up to the class of deified, it can only be cast with light, dark, and chaos powers. Light and dark powers are already hard enough to simulate, and I can't simulate chaos powers at all. Unless I learn all three and combine them well, I won't be able to tap into its power." After thinking about it for a while, Han Sen decided to give it up.
Han Meng'er pushed open the secret door and stuck her head in, then pointed at the book. "Father, can I have this book?"
"You want to have a look?" Han Sen turned to Han Meng'er with some surprise. She had never asked for anything before.
Han Meng'er nodded. She looked at the Destroyed Bible and said, "That book seems to resonate with a power that is familiar to me somehow."
Han Sen handed Han Meng'er the Destroyed Bible and thought to himself, "It is possible, I suppose. Meng'er's blood is complicated. But I do remember the Sacred leader possessing a light power. Her mother had the power of death, and my blood..."
As Han Sen mulled all of this over, Han Meng'er took the Destroyed Bible. The book had shown no response while Han Sen held it, but it suddenly caught fire when she touched it. Flames wreathed the stone book, then spread to consume Han Meng'er's entire body.
Three different lights began to shine from the stone book's triangle. The white was light power, the black was dark power, and the grey was clearly chaos power. Each color correlated with a specific element.


In the magnificent interstellar era, mankind has finally developed teleport technology, but when trying to teleport, they are not sent to the future, the past, or any land known to men...

This mysterious space is called God’s Sanctuary, where lived numerous unknown creatures. Here, humans will make the greatest leap in their evolution to create the most glorious epoch in history.

"Sacred-blood creature black beetle killed. Beast soul of sacred-blood black beetle gained. Eat the meat of sacred-blood black beetle to gain 0 to 10 geno points randomly."

In space, a person can be seen floating looking towards a green and blue planet .

James: is this really Dxd when seen through outer space. This body really feel nice I should thanks ORIGIN for the gift now where I should go according to ORIGIN now in this time except God no human being are born so I should just tour around the world.

when I enter the sky unexpectedly I saw a big castle like thing in the sky with my curiosity when I reach the place I saw man in mid thirties seeing me with curiosity.

James: Hello is this place built by you. Why the way I am James Lucifer can know who are you.

(Biblaic God POV)
When I was watching over the world I saw some one descend from space. When looked carefully he can be described a tall young man with well toned body which is unknowingly releasing a strong pressure which is more stronger ophis . he had a handsome which can make any valkary in Asgard fall in love him.
(POV END)  #I WILL CALL BIBLAIC GOD AS BIBLE.

Bible: Hello, myself Yehowah! nice to meet you. I had been living for long time are you new here sir I had never seen in you in this world sir.

James : well you can say that this world is made by friend . I m a Traveller so I thought it can make good place for travel. you can call me universal God.

hearing my answer cold chill run down in Bible god's body but he somehow remain in his poker face.
Bible: sir it is my honor to meet you what this planet have nothing to watch only some animals and humans . they can't gain interest to come here sir.

James: Bible you should stop calling me sir just treat me as your brother and still I want remain here to enjoy a care free life.
thats how I and Bible met each other.

TIME SKIP

after sometime I and Bible become good friends we travel every where in earth . he also teach human about church and God presence I never interfere his teaching as I don't want future to change completely. We meet other faction like in Japan, Shinto ,yokai . in Europe Norse faction really Thor and Loki really cute naughty children this I even become their best uncle.

first reaction of these faction that they got scared of my power they even wanted to surrender to me to which I politely decline and declare I don't want come into their affair they also gladly accept. 

Bible also made angels, archangel even give her second daughter Lucifer upon my name I was really happy that time. cute children every where 😍.

one day Lucifer and Gabriel came to me wanting show them my wing to which I gladly accepted.who can reject two cute lolis hehe..

James: now don't be impatient let go to Eden there I will show you. a few moments later

both girls are now having stars In  their eye seeing my beautiful God wings .they really like when sky turn red when my wings appeared they even ask Bible why there is no such phenomenon happen when display their wings.
hehe it really fun to spend time with young Lucifer and Gabriel.

the most shocking moment when one day ophis and great red both came to heaven to talk to me. it really don't similar how great red and ophis fight each other which was shown in series I think this is due to newly born great red who does not disturb ophis.

(Ophis in her cute loli form ask MC)
Ophis: what are you ? You feel familar but different and your power is above anyone i have seen ??
what is the reason you have come to my world are you trying to steal my Home??

(Hearing this I and Great Red facepalm ourselves! Great Red also looking towards me for answer.)
Great Red is also in her mature female form having a sexy curvious body which is cannot by one word i really think why Ophis who born 1st is less mature than Great Red who act more mature well whatever they both have there own charm. 🤤🤤

James: Hello I am James Lucifer or universal God after your father or creator. For some reason i will living here . so Take care of me 😇 say this i can seen different reactions from future wives.

(after listening me they replied at same time)
Ophis/GR: You know our father but how father had left our world long time ago. 

James: well your father or ORIGIN we are actually friends and I want to live an interest life so I get his permission to come . so now you knew I don't want to steal your home can you just stop staring me so intensely.

Ophis : ohh, what why father never after leaving. also this baka red had disturbing my  peace dimensional gap can you help me drive her away.

GR: Hey Ophis don't be that ride I am just touring around dimensional gap. I can't be sleeping all the day that is boring…

James : now now don't fight in heaven just for some small problem now anything I can do for you two beautiful lady's.

after both ophis and great red return to dimensional gap my rest of the day pass normal. some playing with Lucifer and Gabriel . training Michael, azzeal, Uriel etc.

@it is fandic but due to some error its type is change to novel.

All the credit for cover goes to artist! I don't own the cover.

DxD novel's is property of it's original author. all rights are reserved to him only ! except my characters!

our MC traveling through black hole which accidentally leads him to house of ORIGIN(creator God) who later become friend with him and Grant his wish to live in Dxd world. travel with OP MC in his adventurous life.

Even though James wanted to try to sit on the throne, but he held back his impulse as he was not the King yet, not officially. After another couple of minute to admire the throne room, he and Madison left.

They continued their tour in the vast Lannister Palace. As their tour was ongoing, the more shocked they became. The Imperial Garden with an array of fascinating flower, the Harem palace complex, and many more.

Yes, the Harem palace complex. As the founding King Zhang Yong was from  Tang Royal Family, he had many concubines on his arsenal. He built another palace complex separated from the main palace where all of his concubines lived.

The Harem practice continued generation by generation, and even Zhang Kui had seven concubines under his names. A pity all of his concubines already died and didn't leave any descendant. Even though Western culture heavily influenced the Kingdom of Lannister, but as the founding King was a Chinese people, the Chinese culture still dominated.

After 1 hour of their small tour, James and Madison decided to stop as they were already exhausted. They headed to the huge dining hall they were visited earlier and found it was already lively with people. All the people quickly give their salute when they saw James and Madison.

"His Highness, please sit. We already a special lunch for you and your sister arrival." A middle-aged man dressed in a butler suit said politely. 

James already knew this man as he was one of the people that picked him up from China. According to the introduction, his name was Oliver, and he was the chief butler of Lannister Royal Family. His family had served the Lannister Royal Family since King Zhang Yong era.

"Do you know where Zhou Huang and Joseph, Oliver ?" James said as he sat at the main seat.

"Prime Minister Zhou Huang busy with the daily affair of the Kingdom while I don't know where His Grace Duke Joseph is." Oliver answered politely.

James contemplated for a moment before he dismissed his thought to search for the two old men. Then he ate the sumptuous lunch prepared specially for today occasion. All kind of cuisine placed on the table, Chinese, Western, Middle-East, you say it.

Even though there were many foods placed on the table, but only James and Madison were eating them. After eating to their full, not even a quarter of the food was consumed. 

"Oliver, how do you deal with the leftover food ?" James asked Oliver, who stood not too far apart.

"We usually throw it away. Why you ask this, Your Highness?" Oliver asked.

James felt it was a terrible waste of food. Even though he was technically a Royal now, but he was just an ordinary person in essence. Even with the Emperor memory in his mind, but it still couldn't change who James was.

"In the future, don't throw all the food away. You can eat it if you want, or give it to all the guards and maids." James said as he wiped his mouth with a napkin. 

Oliver got a little bit surprised by James decision, but he quickly developed a good impression on James. 

"Your Highness, Her Highness, please let me show your living quarter." Oliver said.

James and Madison quickly followed Oliver, which led them into another palace complex outside the main palace. 

"Your Highness, this is the Crown Prince living quarter. You will be living here until the day of your coronation." Oliver said as they stopped at a 'mini' palace. 

Of course, the mini here was compared to the main palace. From James's point of view, this palace was almost as big the Buckingham Palace in London. 

"Her Highness, please follow me. Your living quarter is not far from here." Oliver said to Madison, who always hid behind James.

"Brother, I don't want to be separate with you." Madison said as she looked at James with her teary eyes.

James hesitated for a moment before he said, "You see, Oliver. My sister always lives with me since her childhood. Especially now we are in a foreign land, I can't bear to leave her alone. So I think she should live with me for now."

"But... She can't live with you, Your Highness. She must...." Before Oliver could finish his sentence, James stared at him with his sharp eyes.

"Who says she can't live with me ?" James asked sternly.

Oliver gulped his saliva as he felt James stare was too sharp, but he quickly replied, "It's the Kingdom rule. It stated the prince and princess couldn't live together unless it's a special circumstance." 

"Isn't this a special circumstance? Anyway, she lives with me for now." James overbearingly said. Joke, his sister Madison always lived with him since their parent died in the crash that year. She couldn't sleep properly if no one slept beside her at night. Maybe it was because their mother always slept with her since she was a baby.

Oliver couldn't say anything at this moment. But what could he do? He was just a butler, whereas James was the Crown Prince soon to be the King. So he could only let James and Madison and left to inform Zhang Kui about their situation.

James Zhang, a Chinese-British mix, found that his life changed dramatically. The Goddess of Luck seemingly took pity on his dull and ordinary life as he was suddenly got a cheat like system. 

"What?!! Do you tell me that my grandfather is actually a king and I'm his sole descendant?!!"

Since then, the whole world changed in an unknown direction. An unknown feudal monarchy country surfaced its face again on the face of Earth. 

See how James turned a backward, weak, and small country into the superpower that surpassed the United States. 

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This novel placed on the parallel world. If there was anything in this novel that was the same as our world, it was purely coincidental!!!

Also, if anyone feels familiar with the setting of this novel, it was because a Chinese story inspired this. But it was only the idea, not plagiarism!!! If you already read my fanfic before, then you know what I'm talking about.

The cover is not mine, I'm just taking it from google :)

A crescent moon was hanging over the night sky, accompanied by stars.
A group of black ceremonial guards were gathering quickly.
Not just the ceremonial guards, even the horses they rode were black and the Warren royal family emblem was changed to black and white, at the moment.
Donning a black dress and a funeral hat, Mary walked among the group. Beside her was Kieran and behind them was the coffin of the late king, James VIII.
There wasn't a body inside, just some personal belongings and some clothes.
There were no complicated rituals or prayers either.
After the group gathered, they moved towards the tomb outside Riverdale.
The royal tomb of Warren had been situated behind the palace since King James III's time, but as time went by, more and more deaths in the royal family filled up the small tomb and it was no longer able to hold any more. 
During the reign of King James IV, the royal family built a new royal tomb outside Riverdale.
The group went out from the palace gate, moved through the inner city and entered the outer city.
A lot of civilians appeared on the street.
All of them were in black clothes, voluntarily wanting to send off King James VIII.
The king that "combined" the Crown Raven and James VIII wasn't a good king from a traditional viewpoint.
But, he wasn't all that bad either.
He didn't rule in tyranny, nor did he kill innocents. Quite the opposite, as he would try his best to lower taxes each year.
Though the civilians didn't know much, they did remember that the lowered tax rates had helped them survive through a couple of harsh winters.
Therefore, they were grateful to the late king.
More and more civilians gathered on the street to send off the king.
They prayed softly. Some even sobbed.
The atmosphere quickly tainted the solemn ceremonial guards and the others in the group.
Mary, who had been holding it in, had tears in her eyes as well.
Then…
They slowly rolled down her cheeks.
The young princess didn't cry out loud. She didn't have that deep of a relationship with her father.
She didn't allow herself to cry either.
'Remember to be strong when you take up responsibility!'
Her mother's teachings were branded in her heart at all times.
Even with Kieran as her backer, the young princess would choose to be strong and persistent.
Kieran, who walked beside her, saw the strong persistence in Mary, and his eyes showed admiration and praise. He always admired a strong person, just like himself.
Perhaps, because of that, both of them quickly blended well together after their first meeting.
The group continued forward.
After the outer city area, they arrived outside the city. They moved along the small paths blanketed with black cloths and slowly moved towards the royal tomb.
The guards that guarded the royal tomb were 200 fully armed soldiers. Even when an emergency transfer occurred during a war, a sufficient amount of men would be left behind to guard the tomb.
Tomb raiders existed in every time period, especially before an obvious target.
Eldar, who was also in black, stood in front of the tomb, waiting patiently. When the group entered the tomb, the elderly duke didn't speak, instead quietly following beside his friend's coffin.
For the elderly duke, the things inside the coffin were like his friend.
Kieran glanced over at the man. Within a few days, the elderly duke managed to look even older. His back was hunched and he even walked in a stagger.
Obviously, the news that night had left an unimaginable impact on Duke Eldar.
But Kieran was helpless against it.
Since the things had already happened, it wasn't something that could be turned around with his own will or anybody else's will at all.
James VIII's chamber was diagonally behind James VII's chamber. In front of them was the other kings before them, James IV, James V, James VI. The first king of Warren, who founded the kingdom, appeared in statue form at the front of the tomb. The statue was covered in moonlight, like a god protecting the later generations, regardless of whether they were the living ones or the dead ones.
The last part of the ceremony began.
With the knights as escorts, the coffin of James VIII slowly entered his chamber.
Other than those who were moving the coffin, only Mary, the heir, was allowed to stand beside and watch while the others formed a circle and looked outside.
The place where Kieran stood coincidentally allowed him to have a look at the statue of King James I. He looked up and stared at the statue.
Despite being carefully looked after, the statue had a lot of marks of time.
However, even with the marks of time, one could see the intricate image of the statue from back when it was first finished. It was very lively but one question baffled Kieran.
"Are you curious about why there isn't a statue or chamber of James II and the queen here?"
Duke Eldar, who stood beside Kieran, suddenly spoke.
"Um." Kieran didn't conceal his burning thoughts.
Based on Kieran's understanding, the reason for Warren owning its current land was inseparable from the queen back then.
The late queen didn't just make vigorous efforts to turn the tides, she even expanded her conquest and united three small kingdoms that were originally on the land as well.
In simple words, this queen had a lot more celebrated achievements than King James I.
And based on that, the queen should have been respected by the generations to come, but in fact, she wasn't.
It wasn't just the royal tomb; the queen was rarely heard of in other places as well.
Kieran had his own guesses before but he tended to listen to professional opinions and the old duke beside him was undoubtedly one of the best professionals.
Looking at the nodding Kieran, the old duke smiled suddenly.
He said, "I won't tell you!"
Kieran was stunned. And when Kieran looked at the old duke with a strange gaze, the old duke spoke again.
"The light of dead silence, pierce the sky and land. This is what those bastards wanted to know. Now that I've told you, my mission is complete. Don't need to thank me, don't be grateful, I am just doing what I should."
The old duke then turned around and left.
Kieran turned around and watched the old duke walk towards James VIII's tomb chamber.
The coffin had already been placed in the chamber and it was sealed shut from the inside.
The ceremonial guards gathered again and saluted to their late king.
The old duke walked upfront to the tomb chamber under everyone's gaze and took out a bottle of wine and glasses.
Pop!
The cork flew and the old duke poured the wine into the two glasses.
"To freedom!"
A loud cheer later, the old duke finished the wine in his hand.
"To death!"
Another loud cheer later, the other glass of wine was poured in front of King James VIII's chamber. Then, the old duke faltered and leaned on the chamber's sealed door. His eyes stared at the sky, the light in them fading away, followed by the signs of life.
He had completed his mission.
He had completed his task.
He would now… go ahead and search for his time.
In that said time, there would be memories that belonged to him.
In that said time, he would be surrounded by a group of friends who shared the same ideals.


Welcome to a virtual underground game with no protection, full of lurking players who seek survival, power, and fortune. Kieran chose to enter this VRMMORPG game without hesitation, because he knew this was the only way for him to escape death’s grasp. Can he escape death in real life though, or will he end up dying inside the game? 

Finally arriving back at the city, Ben made his way back to the mansion where his generals, Hal, Cloey and his family were waiting. 

"You're late." his mom said, giving him a glare. 

Ben laughed but didn't reply. 

Hal came over and handed him some armour. "Put this on." 

Art looked at the armour and was surprised by its beauty. I was made from black leather but intricate designs were carved in the leather. There was also gold inlaid in the leather, giving it a royal appeal. 

"We worked on it the last few days. We need to properly represent our city and I won't let you wear that ratty old armour." Hal said, pointing at Ben's chest. His armour was worn out in some places. 

"Fair enough." Ben said, taking off his old armour and replacing it with the new. 

Hal helped him with the strapped and gave him some bracers that matched. 

Placing his sword on his back, he checked himself in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction. The armour looked good and though he found the gold a little excessive, he admitted Hal did a good job. 

Ben noticed that Hal was dressed in silver armour that made him look like a king while Cloey had on a beautiful white robe that hugged her body. She also had on a tiara that looked like it was made of ice. 

They both seemed to take this meeting very serious and dressed for the occasion. 

"Deke, did you get dressed up as well?" Ben asked, looking at a shadow in the corner. 

Deke emerged from the shadow and Ben was surprised to see that he had on a new black cloak with black leather armour underneath. His greying hair was combed to the side, making him look respectable. 

"They even got to you, eh? Hahaha." Ben laughed, adjusting his armour again. "Well everyone seems to be ready, so let's go meet the leaders of the new world." 

"Take this seriously, would you!" Katherine chided, slapping the side of his head. 

The generals chuckled but soon turned serious again. 

"If anything happens, contact us. We will bring the entire army if needed." Lance said, his voice grave. 

"I owe those pompous jerks an ass kicking anyway." Colton added. 

"I will. Take care of the city while I am gone." Ben said patting Lance's shoulder. 

Lance nodded and left the other generals. 

Turning to Hal, Cloey and Deke, Ben asked, "Let's go shall we?" 

"Yes lets." Hal said, clapping his hands together. 

The four of them made their way towards teleportation portal. 

"Camelot City, four people." Ben said to the system. 

[Request accepted.] 

A flash of white light appeared and the four of them all disappeared. 

… 

A man in a golden robe with a crown was staring out a window. A man in black armour emerged behind him. "The last person is here, your Majesty." 

"The last ten leaders of Earth are all gathered… in order to survive we need to form an alliance." he face darkened, "Anyone who threatens our survival needs to be destroyed." 

The black armoured man nodded his head but didn't say anything. 

"Let's go meet earth's only hope." the golden robed man said.

---

Arriving at Camelot City, Ben and his entourage were greeted by many soldiers and were guided to a large mansion. They entered a large circular room where a circular table stood, eight people were seated at the table, each with three people behind them. 

"Sorry I am late. Traffic." Ben joked badly, taking a seat. 

He saw Adam and gave him a nod. Nia behind him gave him a wave, causing Ben to laugh. 

"Tch!" 

A man with white armour with a cross carved in the chest plate glared at Ben and his crew. Ben ignored him and glanced around at the rest of the people sitting down. What caught his attention was an asian woman wearing a red dress. She had three men behind her, who were wearing azure, black, and white armour. 

'Four mythical beasts: Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise.' 

Sensing his gaze, the woman in red glanced at him and flashed him a smile. 

Soon a man dressed in golden robes entered the room. His dark blonde hair was short and his features were gentle but his green eyes sparkled with intelligence. Ben used his eyes and found out his class. 

James Lvl. 91
Royal Mage 

'Royal Mage?' Ben wondered what that entailed. 

"My name is James and I am the ruler of this city. I have invited you here today in hope to form an alliance to strengthen humanity's hope of survival." James spoke with a confidence that made people want to follow and listen to him. 

"And you wish to be the leader?" the white armoured man asked. 

"We will make decisions as a council." James said. 

"I have a problem with a few people on this council." his eyes narrowed on Ben and then to Hal and Chloe. 

"Shut the hell up you bible thumper." a man dressed in black spat. 

His eyes were red and he had long black hair. 

Thomas Lvl. 93
Fallen Angel 
Lucifer's Blessing 

'No wonder they are at odds.' Ben smiled, glad someone said something. 

Roberto Lvl. 92 
Angel 
Michael's Blessing 

Roberto stayed calm but a hint of murderous intent shot out of his eyes. "This is a council to ensure humanity's survival, not them." 

He pointed at Hal and Chloe which caused everyone to shift their gazes to them. 

Ben slowly stood up and spoke, "My city accepts anyone who can help us survive. Humans, elves, demons, beasts, and giants, it doesn't matter to me as long as they can help. If that is something that this council can't accept then I have no business being here." 

"Blashemphy! They are invaders of our world and should be eradicated." Roberto yelled, slamming his fists against the table. 

"You are welcome to try but… I will kill you and your entire city." Ben said coldly, his gold eyes slightly glowing. 

Roberto pointed at Ben, "See? He will pick his demons over humans! How can he be apart of this council when he will put them above the needs of us humans?" 

The council seemed to listen to him and seemed to be swayed. 

"I also have demons in my city. I won't kill them because of a crazy man's opinion." Thomas said, a mocking smile on his face. 

"I have beasts in my city. Plus my city is in alliance with Bens." Adam spoke up with his deep voice. 

The Chinese woman spoke up, "Our blessings come from beasts." 

Wang Xia Lvl. 89 
Vermillion Bird

Almost half the council was on Ben's side so Roberto had an unnatural look on his face. 

"The way each of you run your city is of no consequence to the others. We are here to form an alliance, not criticise." James spoke up. 

A dark skinned man spoke up, "Can we just get this over with?" 

Jason Lvl. 88 
Earthshaker 
Poisiden's Blessing 

An indian man also spoke up, "I have no problem with other races being on our side." 

Rajesh Lvl. 99 
Cloud Rider 
Indra's Blessing 

"Me either. Let's continue with this meeting." an man with an Australian accent. 

Lachlan Lvl. 85 
Stone Warrior 
Nargun's Blessing 

"Good. Now I know that the next wave of attacks with be a bug army. It will be difficult for any of us to defend against them." James said, laying out sheets of paper for everyone to read. 

Grabbing the paper, Ben read over the contents before handing it to Deke. It detailed the bugs army and the different kinds of insects.  

"How did you get this information?" a Japanese man asked. 

Katsu Lvl. 92
Shaman 

"One of my soldiers has a god's blessing that gave him information. Now I am giving it to you to prepare." James said. "We need to prepare our troops and assist each other when the time is needed."

A Supreme Being is unsatisfied with Earth's evolutionary progress and decides interfere, throwing the planet into hell. 

Follow Bennett as he tries to not only survive,  but thrive in this familiar yet different world.

James and mercury and other planning to steal the shell from the monster, but they have to face that gigantic monster which is very huge and they can't effort to lose, they also know, they don't want to lose life against them.

But they rest for the day and now new plan they are ready, but they also preparing their plan for this mission, they know that, they can't get help from them. But ask some weapons and help from the king, but they never understand it, this is really dangerous for them, someone could die here,

James also worried about, he want to contact madam sofiya, here this is really a very difficult situation for us, and this world is very difficult against them, it difficult for them to battle underwater. James just worried about them.

Ima and mercury planning on something, they plan, that they were distracting it, they just want to monster will not come in there way, they just waiting for them, they also escape

Caron said, how huge it is, it totally cover the city even we are like a small ants in front of him, so we will find a way to escape, if that creature swallow all of us, so what will we do?

James said, you all stay here, I will bring that for you, if you come with me, I feel like, you destroy our plan, so stay here and rest. I will take care of it, don't need to battle with local peoples.

Ima said, if you die, I think you madam will kill us, so please don't go alone, your madam will love you

James said, do you think that? She really like me, that you saying

Caron said, she really love you otherwise she never jealous when we said, we steal you away from her, we just making jokes in this matter.

Kanima said, you just don't die, we just don't want to answer about you death.

James said, I will not die easily, I will die by madam hand, and I am fine with it, but now in that creature mouth, let's go, I already provide the some weapons and diving suits, we can sustain a long term battle against them.

Let's go and we will ready now go and wait outside now, they already prepare for the journey, 

King and other person were, so much worried about it, they already know, they will soon go there for searching. King helping them.

King provide submarine and send them there, one the way they moving from light to darken place they move deeper and deeper, where light reaches is very, whole crew was scared.

Crew said, I will take you to the entrance, but after that, you will go by yourself, we will not helping you from there.

The whole area is very deeply dark, you can't see anything here, so make sure, don't get in other creature mouth, we never go there, sometime, and we feel danger when I see it.

We waiting for you here, please don't die here, we will not find your body in that darkest place, make sure, don't get caught by them, it will eat you.

All of the came out with torch and looking outside, but the find them very weird, but some small creature also there, but they also looking scary for them.

Caron said, I think, I will stay with fatty crew, you all can go, I don't want to die here, please you can go

Kanima and mercury grab him and go inside, all of them wearing blue diving suit and transparent helmet and flash torch attached with them.

They move toward them, but ima find suspicious, she saw that and said, this is not a cave, this a big eyes of someone big, 

Creature open it eyes and look at them and open it mouth, caron trying to swim away but, she is not able to move forward

Ima said, we just want that shell, after that, we will go back, please our friend need that shell, this shell carry a parts of powerful sword, after that we will return to you.

Okay! I will give it you,

James and other shocked and said, how we can hear his voice, it hard for us to listen it, we can listen it

James look at creature big eyes and said, you will really give it to us without any problem, please repeat it, you are not eating to take away that part,

Yes! You can take it, but you have remove that shell from the teeth, that shell is you looking for. That shell was stuck in my teeth, if you remove it, you can take it.

Mercury said, this must this creature plan for eating us and digest it, do trust them

James said, you stay here, I will go there and looking for it, gigantic creature show his direction, James were able to understand the direction because of the dark and their huge size.

James find the shell, but the teeth is 100 time bigger that his size. James tool hour to search for real teeth where shell located and he pull the shell out and blood were pouring out from tooth, when it completely pull out the shell. The creature close it mouth

Creature said, if you want to return it, please return to king of world, I just protect them, you have to return it, otherwise, I will come to take it (dense voice)

Mercury said, finally we are not dying here, but look at caron, she is unconscious, we need to take her to submarine, she will drown here, take here. Hey ima!

Ima said, yes! I am coming to help you, wait there, she really scared of dark

James said, thank you, 

Creature said, say hi to sofiya from me, she helping me a lot, you should rest her

James reply, I already see her as my madam, so don't worry I give that message

jenny born from great witch family, who has one son and one daughter, jenny is third child, jenny want to freedom from magical realism but she has follow the magical law and become a servant of non- limit sealer. her mother is famous witch, but her ego is higher for love of daughter, jenny was limit for magic power, because of the magical war, human effect by them, some human also effect by them, but some evil magician hunt limit sealer., as for the law 3rd child of magician alway an limit sealer. but jenny was attack by black witch.

The entire crowd went into a dead silence. 
They didn't see clearly how she broke the plate, nor how the pieces shot into the man's body. 
Shen Ming got a sudden scare. Mu Changfeng's daughter… has she practiced the Five Treasures Bible? 
Villa Head Nie blackened his face and whispered to Shen Ming, "Brother Shen, there's gonna be a problem now." 
"The problem might come later…" Shen Ming also had a bad feeling. 
Ming Shu rested her hands on her crossed legs and maintained a smiling face. "Now, is there anyone who wants to find it?" 
Shen Ming suppressed his inner fidgeting and went up to feel that person's  pulse. They were still alive and bleeding heavily, but they wouldn't die. 
This woman…
Shen Ming ordered people to take the injured for treatment first, then he and Villa Head Nie discussed for a while. 
"Okay, we'll search the villa. But if it's not found, Leader Mu, you will not walk out of Half Moon Villa today." 
Ming Shu smiled and kept silent. 
If she couldn't walk out of the villa, she could always kill herself and get out. 
...
Villa Head Nie scattered the people to search. 
Then he took Shen Ming back to his study. 
"Mu Changfeng's daughter, is she coming back for revenge?" Villa Head Nie walked back and forth in the room anxiously. "I sent the news to you, but why did you bring so many people here? There are so many people now…" 
Shen Ming's face looked unhappy as well. "I didn't send news to them. They arrived at the same time as me, it must be your villa that revealed it." 
"Impossible, I ordered…" But Villa Head Nie suddenly remembered something. "It's them." 
The man who slept with Nie Shuang, he told him to go back and prepare for the marriage, so he was the only one that left the villa recently. 
"As for how the news was spread, we should put it to the side first. Not many people know about that matter so there's no need to worry. What's important now is the Five Treasures Bible. The initial news about it said that it was taken by your daughter. Do you really have the Five Treasures Bible in hand now?" 
Villa Head Nie shook his head. "I have never wanted to see Five Treasures Bible in my whole life. I asked Shuang-er, she said she was framed by Mu Ling. Mu Ling came at Half Moon Villa from the very beginning, perhaps she… has known something." 
"Since you don't have anything in the villa, just let them search," Shen Ming said. "I don't believe that if she really had the Five Treasures Bible, she would hide it in the villa and allow these people to grab it." 
Then, Shen Ming patted Villa Head Nie's shoulder. "Even if she is Mu Changfeng's daughter, she is no more than an ignorant girl." 
Villa Head Nie's eyes darkened and then he nodded slightly. 
The two discussed in the study for a little longer before leaving. 
The corridor outside was in chaos, which made Villa Head Nie very unhappy. But Shen Ming signaled him to hang in there for a while. If he didn't let these people search, there was going to be a real trouble. 
The entire villa was searched through by these people. Servants stood to the side trembling and watched these bandits rummaging through boxes and closets. 
"Brother… what's going on?" Nie Shuang looked at the people in her room and furrowed her brow heavily. 
Nie Bin touched Nie Shuang's head. "Nothing special, it'll be okay in a minute. You people search quickly, my sister is not feeling well." 
The people finished the search very soon but found nothing. They walked out and looked at the front. "Is there a room over there?" 
Nie Bin nodded. "That's my second younger sister's room, she's not been in the villa recently." 
"Go search." 
"Brother, what are they looking for? Did the villa offend anyone?" 
Nie Bin didn't intend to tell Nie Shuang, but Nie Shuang's expecting eyes just made him speak spontaneously. "The leader of Five Treasures Immortal Clan said that the Five Treasures Bible is hidden in our villa, so those clans want to search the place." 
How could the Five Treasures Bible be in the villa? 
Did that woman think that it was on her, so she came to Half Moon Villa? 
Seeing Nie Shuang's face became a little pale, Nie Bin hurriedly asked, "Shuang-er, what's wrong?" 
"Brother…" Nie Shuang grabbed Nie Bin's hand. "It's a good chance, we can take the opportunity to leave here." 
"But, Father…" They were in the midst of such a big matter, how could he leave? 
"Brother, if we miss this opportunity, father will definitely exert greater control over me, until that man comes to marry me. Do you want to stand by and watch me marry another, then never meet each other again?" 
Nie Bin had some inner conflict and then said, "Pack up your stuff and we'll meet at the back door." 
...
Villa Head Nie and Shen Ming came back to the hall. Right now the hall was occupied only by leaders of several clans who were looking at different directions. The atmosphere was a little odd. 
As they came in, a quick shadow darted to Ming Shu's feet and jumped onto Ming Shu's slightly open palm. Then Ming Shu turned over her palm and the shadow tucked itself in her sleeves. 
Little Beastie spotted a comfortable place in the sleeve and lay down, then accurately imitated the conversation it had overheard to Ming Shu. 
Ming Shu looked in the direction of Shen Ming and Villa Head Nie thoughtfully. 
The entire villa was turned upside down and no one had found any trace of the Five Treasures Bible. 
Poop-picker, are you not afraid that they will hide it when they find it? 
"They won't recognize the Five Treasures Bible, how will they hide it?" Ming Shu sneered in the bottom of her heart. "Do you think 'Five Treasures Bible' is printed on its cover?" 
Little Beastie was confused. Is it not? Then what's on the cover? 
"Guess."
I will not guess. 
Little Beastie grunted and complained. I knew the poop-picker wouldn't really be so kind to let these people find it. 
Insidious!
Don't forget my Man-Han full banquet that you promised. 
As expected, those people didn't recognize Five Treasures Bible. They took all the books that they thought were the Five Treasures Bible back and presented them to the clan leaders to look over. 
Soon the hall was piled with many books. 
Ming Shu just sat there calmly and she even asked Villa Head Nie to prepare tea and desserts for her. 
"I've searched all the villa and found nothing." 
"I found nothing…" 
Disciples came back to report constantly, but no one had found the Five Treasures Bible. 
"Devil, what else do you have to say now?" 
Ming Shu finished the last sip of tea and stood up while holding the tea cup, walking to the book pile. "You didn't find it because you're stupid." 
She reached out and picked out a slightly old book from the pile. The other books collapsed immediately. 
Ming Shu raised the book in her hand. "Thank you for your help, everyone." 
Everyone looked at the book in her hand, on which it read—"Cookbook."
Cook! Book!
Two big Chinese characters. 
"Devil, can't you read? Even if you can't read, the Five Treasures Bible is three words, but this is two words, who are you kidding?" 
"Kidding you." 
"You…"
Ming Shu took the book and sat back down. Everyone saw the cover font begin to fade and the two golden words of Five Treasures reappeared on it. 
No "Bible," only "Five Treasures." 
Ming Shu deliberately held the book high for them. "I told you that this thing was definitely hidden here, but you didn't believe me, so I'm not the one who should be blamed."
It was really the Five Treasures Bible. 
Shen Ming looked at Villa Head Nie. 
Villa Head Nie shook his head. He really had no idea that the Five Treasures Bible was in Half Moon Villa. 
Some people became irritated, especially those who found the cookbook and read it. "But you didn't tell us the Five Treasures Bible is a cookbook!!" 
Ming Shu sounded very innocent. "You didn't ask." 
Everyone: "…" Who the hell would have thought that the Five Treasures Bible is a cookbook? No one said this before. 
Even Shen Ming and Villa Head Nie didn't know this. They once saw the book from afar and the eye-catching golden name of Five Treasures was easy to recognize. 
Who'd have thought that it changed… 
"Where was it found?" Someone kept his voice down and asked this. 
"In Second Young Miss Nie's room," the one who found the book answered with a complicated expression. 
"Why was it in Second Young Miss Nie's room?" 
"…"
How would he know? 


Imagine having the opportunity to be able to enter different worlds created by numerous novels and stories. Which kind of role would you like to play? 

Do you want to be the illustrious protagonist, either good or evil; or just be a supporting role standing behind the protagonists? 

Our villain boss Ming Shu would, however, choose none of the above. Claiming missions from the Harmony System, and driven by her endless passion for snacks, the world traveler, Ming Shu, embarks on the path to make the mission target hate her as much as possible by gaining Hatred Points. But it turns out she is not alone on her journey… 
 


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WELCOME 

Have you ever read the entire Bible at least once? If you have, share how this experience affected your relationship with God & others. If you have not share what hinders you from doing so & what will you do to overcome that starting this week.

WORD

Acts 17:1-15 New International Version (NIV) says

In Thessalonica

17 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah," he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[a] 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus." 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

In Berea

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

One can make an eternal impact in the lives of others by studying the Bible, applying what you learned & teaching this to others.


2 Timothy 3:16-17 New International Version (NIV) says
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

that all Scripture is inspired by God & is useful teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be equipped for every good work. This is why we need to study God's word, not merely for knowledge but for transformation.

STUDY GOD'S WORD

As we continue to study the Book of Acts, we follow Paul into chapter 17 where he engaged with all kinds of people that he encounters in his travels. The first place that Paul often went to in different cities was the synagogue. Here in Thessalonica, he gives an account of the Messiah, the promised deliverer of the Jews. Paul refers to the Old Testament to create a 'dialegomai'(Greek) or dialogue from the Scriptures. He explains that the Jesus Christ had to suffer & rise again, as written 


in Isaiah 53:5 New International Version (NIV) says

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.


& in Psalm 16:10-11 New International Version (NIV) says
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Obviously, Paul studied Scriptures & knew what it says about the promised Messiah. Paul related ancient prophesy from Scripture to the historical event of Jesus death on the cross & His resurrection. Paul proclaimed Jesus with boldness & trusted the Lord for the outcome. Indeed, Paul would preach in the synagogue & would get beaten up after, yet he would do the same thing in the next city they would go to. He was not discouraged even if he faced opposition. He knew what his calling was, to preach the good news first to the Jews & then to the Gentiles. His calling was sure & getting beaten up & opposed to his face did not stop him from continuing on his mission. When you have an impact, you will have an uproar. In the things you are doing for God, are you experiencing an "uproar"? Doing God's work  might mean facing hostility from the very people you are trying to reach out to.

APPLY GOD'S WORD 

We must also check our eagerness in approaching God's word. Do you find the Bible bland & boring? Are you excited to encounter God in His word? 


Psalm 1:1-2 New International Version (NIV) says

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.

Though the Bible does not promise a life without problems it is a deep source which God uses to guide you in making wise decisions as you face life's difficulties & challenges. Apply what you learn from the Bible in your life even before you attempt to share it with others!

TEACH GOD'S WORD  

The next group of people that Paul engages within Acts 17, were the Bereans who were more open to Paul's teaching compared to the Thessalonians. In matters of discernment, we must be like the Jews in Berea who not only studied the Scriptures but also used this to examine what was being preached to them. In listening to preachers, we must have an unbiased eye & be opened to the truth that a preacher teaches but always go back to Scripture & check for ourselves what we heard from the preacher against what the Bible says. Is this how we view the speakers we encounter? With an unbiased eye but a discerning spirit? We need to be careful because there are many false teachers & many more will arise. Like Paul, are you willing to take a beating for something you believe in? It is so hard to teach what you do not believe in, so make sure that you know why you believe what you believe & teach. One of the greatest hindrances to God using you to teach others about the Bible is your unwillingness to apply God's word. Have a self-check, is your Bible knowledge making you arrogant? Beware that it does not, as 


1 Corinthians 8:1 New International Version (NIV)

Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols

8 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

As one grows deeper in the knowledge of Christ & the Bible, one should be more understanding, loving & humble. Is this true for you? The Thessalonians did not accept Paul's teaching the first time & yet even with the initial resistance, a church was established in Thessalonica. Paul's commitment to teach God's word no matter the personal consequence to him, eventually bore much fruit. The Thessalonians became an example of how lives surrendered to Jesus can become a vibrant church. We too can be an example of how a surrendered life that studies, applies & teaches the Bible can be transformed because of Jesus Christ.

DISCUSSION QUESTION (PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANYMORE HERE YOUR PAST EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOW AT THE PRESENT TIME)

1. Which part in this process you excel in & where you need help to improve on? 

Mia's answer: In this process I excel in teaching God's word, I need to help to improve in my studying God's word

Kathy's answer: I would excel in encoding in QuickBooks and Excel.  I also excel in issuing invoices.  I also excel in following up dues from the customers or clients.  I need to improve my character skills.  I should be more patient towards other people.  I should learn to control my emotions. 


2. How will you apply our lesson STUDY, APPLY & TEACH  to your next week of your life? 

Mia's answer: i will apply our lesson to my next week of my life

Kathy's answer: I would apply my lesson to my next week of my life by first reviewing my lessons and then study what's my weaknesses and strengths so I could improve them. 


3. To whom will you teach the Bible this week? 

Mia's answer: I will teach the Bible this week to the workshop I will volunteer

Kathy's answer: I would teach Bible to my online network in Toluna PH and webnovel by sharing our own ideas in this Devotional Time Session.


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