VISION: GILT OFFERINGS

VISION: GILT OFFERINGS
1st March 2008

I saw two brothers. Both had been Called to come before the Lord.

I saw that to both had been given an over-abundant supply of seeds, and vast tracts of land to sow those seeds.

Both had been told to prepare as a famine would soon come.

Now the scene in the vision divided before my eyes.

To the left I saw that the brother had taken his over-abundant supply of seeds and had sold all in the market for a handsome price. The vast tracts of land he and his family converted into housing estates, and gated properties.

They rented them to their admirers, telling the new tenants that if they paid an exorbitant rent, they being their landlords would supply them with food all their life long.

The tenants were delighted. What an amazing deal!

It seemed a win-win contract. The tenants would get a free supply of food, without having to work the fields and the brother and his family would get rich from this scheme. The man and his large family were ecstatic with these riches. They felt doubly blessed.

No matter where they went, the members of this family were saluted and felicitated.

With their money they purchased fancy cars and homes and novelties such as others who lived in the world enjoyed.

Life seemed like one long celebration. They partied all day long.

Every Thanksgiving day, these rich folk would spend vast amounts of money and build a gilt edged altar upon which they would place a large gilt box, filled with currency notes and light a fire to the offering.

The were convinced that God was Pleased with their Gilt offering. They had so much gilt to burn.

NEXT:
To my right I saw that the other brother had taken the seed to the vast tracts of land, and he along with his family worked night and day, to ensure that the seeds were sown and the crops harvested and stored before the famine commenced.
They had eaten to their full and the abundance they had harvested they stored in barns.
As they labored in the fields, none stopped to felicitate them or salute them. If anything, they were criticized by others for doing nothing but work their fields.

Next:
I saw that the famine had long begun. The rich brother had called his family to him and said, “Look, we have all the money we need for exactly such a time as this. Lest the tenants revolt, go buy some food from the market-place”.

The servants were dispatched to the market to buy food. The food they purchased was unhealthy, nonetheless the tenants and the rich family ate it.

When the food in the market became scarce, the black marketeers adulterated the food even further.

Soon there was no food left in the market-place. Not even adulterated food.

The people were starving. There was nothing left to eat.

They accused the rich landlords of breach of contract.

It appeared that no amount of money could buy food, as there was none.

The rich folk had a lot of money in their coffers; they brought out the currencies, the gold and the family silver which had been purchased by selling the seeds and renting the tracts of lands.

They were too proud to ask for food from their relatives who had stuck to ploughing, sowing, and harvesting the fields as the Lord Had Instructed.

When the rich folk and the tenants tried to eat the gold and the silver, their teeth broke.

NEXT:
I saw that some of the tenants, (but none from among the rich folk) made their way to the farmer brother’s field. They were near death from starvation.

A barbed wire divided the two brothers.

The farmer brother and the family welcomed them and placed before their visitors a simple fare.
The dining area was a narrow area, and none could see the rest of the fields from where they sat.
Some ate their food silently and did not grumble. Others remembered the taste of the market food and yearned for it. Though they were sick and could barely walk, many ate and left the table, grumbling. They thought that with their pockets full of money, they could yet go search for some spicy and tasty food. This simple fare was far too bland for their taste buds. So they left, murmuring and grumbling.

But those who stayed, such were invited to the far side of the field and to their amazement a handsome banquet was laid out there. They could eat as much as they liked and take as long as they liked eating it. The food on the table would remain ever-fresh, no matter how long they took to try every delicacy.


Bombay-India
Swarna Jha