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QUEEN LEGALISTIC

Once there was a Queen that ruled a great city in the land of many waters. This Queen ruled her kingdom with an iron fist; covered with a scarlet colored velvet glove. Her name was Queen Legalistic, but as for those that had escaped her iron fist they called her Queen death!

Now this Queen Legalistic had gained her great power over her lowly subjects by offering them freedom from death and convincing them they were more righteous than all other kingdoms on earth.

This tool the Queen invented had so much power over the people that it blinded them to the name of their city called “Defiled of Conscience”. Blinding them to the busy streets of people of their city carrying heavy yokes on their necks from all the rules of Queen Legalistic, which she named “Yoke of Organization”.

However, many of the people of the city of Defiled of Conscience believed their blindness was caused by the Queens own palace standing at the center of her kingdom. The impressive pillar that supported this grand efface were named “Pillars of Truth” by the Queen.

Thus, for a person to enter into the Queens Palace one had to pass between these awesome pillars called Truth. Once inside the palace there were found a body of faithful men to the Queen’s Kingdom called “Administrators”. These Administrators were granted great power over the people to answer all questions concerning the peoples conscience regarding a Great King they all professed to love and obey named “Undeserved Kindness”.

The people believed this King Undeserved Kindness had set up their kingdom of Defiled Conscience. And the Administrators were directly appointed by him. This giving them such great power over the people that they all lived in fear.

So these Administrators made up rules for every facet of life, and the people accepted these as coming from King Undeserved Kindness. These rules were called “Us and Them” they separated these people from all other kingdoms on earth.

The people of the kingdom of Defiled Conscience wanted the blessing of king Undeserved Kindness more then anything else in the whole world. Because you see, it meant to them they would gain everlasting life. So the people obeyed the rules of Us and Them with a fiery zeal. And unlike any other kingdom on earth they worshiped the Administrators rules as the very world of God!

Deep within the Queens palace were great vaults called “Traditions” these vaults were full of books and records of the Administrators, dictates for every question regarding the human conscious toward their King Undeserved Kindness.

Some of these question presented to the Administrators about King Undeserved Kindness were so hard to answer the Administrators would search the vaults for months, even years sometime in order to find the perfect code of conduct for the people.

Now Queen Legalistic had convinced her subject that if they did not obey the rules of her Administrators they would become unclean and defiled of conscious ship wrecking their faith in King Undeserved Kindness.

The Administrators were convinced that all the other kingdoms of the earth wanted into their city of Defiled of Conscious. Living in fear they adroitly built a huge protective wall around the entire kingdom they named “Abject Submission”.

The gates to the city were extremely small way to small for a person to walk into; these gates were called “Works of Law”. So all those that enter into the city from these gates called Works of Law had to abjectly dedicate themselves to all the laws of the kingdom in Defile of Conscious. If they did not they were not allowed fellowship with its citizen.

And once inside the kingdom the person was never to go out of these gates of Works of Law again! No! Not even for family or friends and certainly not for love of neighbor.

Furthermore, after entry into the Queens kingdom they were allowed no other knowledge from any other kingdom accept the Queens palace. Any person breaking this supreme law was to be thrown over the cities wall without family, or friends to die in the moat surrounding the city. Because this was such a fearful thing the people named this moat “Gehenna” meaning the second death.

The people of the city of Defiled of Conscious also lived in great fear of a machine the Administrators had built called “Apostate Grinder “! This machine was made from the hardest substance found on earth called “Law without Mercy”.

Everyone knew in this city that once the machine Apostate Grinder started it could not be stop until it ground up everything in its path. That is, families, friends, young or old it did not matter; spitting them over the cities walls never to be seen or heard from again.

To appease the great crowd after one of these cruel and ugly grindings the Queen had the elders build a huge ladder outside the cities walls called “Mercy”.

However, its wrung were so far apart it was almost impossible to climb it – let alone have the strengthen to put it against the wall of the city to climb back over.

But for those that could muster this impossible feat they could receive a form of forgiveness called “Public Legalistic Repentance”.

The rules were clear for uses of the ladder Mercy if the person wanted Public Legalistic Repentance they must by themselves put the heavy ladder against the wall and climb over the huge wall of Abject Submission back into good standing.

Now age, or health did not matter all were treated the same. Thus, if a person could not muster such strengthen to perform this impossible task; it was proof to the on looking great crowd safely inside the city walls that it was not God’s will, and thus, divine justice had been served.

One day a lowly and broken slave found himself in this position. He had been left for dead, and forgotten in the moat Gehenna after a life time of faithful service to Queen Legalistic.

After struggling for some time to get out to the moat of Gehenna a meek and humble man appeared on the shore and said: “give me your hand and I will pull you to safety”.

The slave of the Queen stuck out his hand, and to his great surprise the man pulled him from the moat with great power and ease!

Then the man looked into the slaves eyes with the deepest kindness expression he had every experience. The man said:

“Please let me remove the heavy yoke from your neck called Organization or perhaps next time you will drown in the moat called Gehenna”.

“But sir the slave said I can’t the yoke has been divinely placed upon me; I cannot live without it – there would be no light or eternal life without it”.

Now, the mans eyes turn into white hot flames as he melted the iron yoke off the slaves neck. The slave fell as dead at his feet – the man said:

“Stand! I am here to strengthen your heart and give you true freedom – at last”.

The slave’s eyes filled with tears of joy and said: “who are you Lord?”

“I am he King Undeserved Kindness”. “But sir I am unable to put the ladder against the wall and climb back over the wall of Abject Submission”.

I can’t live up to all the rules, my conscious in defiled – please depart from me Lord I am unworthy of your Undeserved Kindness”.

King Undeserved Kindness eyes now filled with tears and he said: “I’ve been with you all these years and yet you do not know me? Please brother I know this city not, only the little ones within. I am the gate to my Fathers Grand City you need no ladder you need only my Undeserved Kindness to enter forever”.

The slave of the Queen now said: “Forgive me Lord I know not Undeserved Kindness – my heart is as hard as stone from all the laws of the Queen, I have no spirit left in it”.

Now the Lord Christ Jesus reached his hand out and touched the slaves’ heart and it melted into sweet love. The slave fell to his knees weeping bitterly for all his foolishness.

Then the slave said: “Lord what is this peaceful feeling?” The King replied: “That is God’s Undeserved Kindness”.

Then within a twinkling of an eye the slave enter into the city having real foundation, New Jerusalem above, the city of the living God. Who within an instant gave this slave a new name and eternal life saying these words:

“I bestow on you the free gift of Undeserved Kindness no works of law can purchase my free gift. You have received it because you love me. I have invited you from the beginning to come out of her the Great City of Queen Legalistic, but your love of yoke and men was greater than for me.

So I had mercy on you and forgive your great sins freely so that you might see the truth and gain real freedom owing to Undeserved Kindness.

Written by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus
January 14, 1995