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Mark 2:20

First Nations Version

But the time will come when he is taken from them. Then they will be sad and go without eating.” They still did not understand, so he gave them a wise saying.

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He then said to his message bearers, “In the time of trouble ahead, you will long for the days when the True Human Being walked among you. Those days will be no more.


Then one of the seven spirit-messengers who had the seven smudge bowls that were filled with the seven last disasters came and spoke to me. “Come,” he said, “and I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”


“Dance for joy with glad hearts and give honor to the Great Spirit, for the time for the wedding ceremony of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.”


My hands have been worn to the bone with hard work. On many nights I have gone without sleep. On my journeys I have been hungry and thirsty, often without food, with no blanket to keep me warm.


I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from the Great Spirit. For I have promised you in marriage to one husband, the Chosen One, to give you to him as pure as a maiden who has never been with a man.


So do not deny each other unless you both agree for spiritual reasons such as prayer. Only deny yourselves for an agreed-upon time, then renew your relations with each other. In this way, if you lack self-control, then Accuser (Satan) cannot tempt you.


They chose elders to watch over every sacred family gathering. After praying and going without food, they dedicated them to our Honored Chief in whom they had put their trust.


He has gone up into the spirit-world above to remain there until the time comes when Creator will restore all things. “Creator spoke of these things long ago through his holy prophets.


As he spoke these words, he was taken up and went into a cloud where they could no longer see him. His followers bowed down to honor him, and then, full of wonder and awe, they stood there looking up into the sky.


“I am returning to you now. But while I am still here, I pray for my followers, so they may share in my joy.


“Since I am returning to you, I will no longer be in the world, but my followers will still be here. O Father of all that is holy, watch over them with the loving care that we share with one another. In this way, they will also share the love that makes us one.


You now believe that I came from the Great Spirit. Yes, I came into this world from the Father, and now I am leaving this world and returning to the Father.”


I speak from my heart, it is better for you that I go away. If I remain, the one who will guide you will not come. If I go, I will send him to you.


“My little children,” he said to them, “my time with you is almost gone. You will look for me, but where I am going you cannot follow. This is the same thing I said to the other Tribal Members and I now say to you.” His followers lifted their heads up and looked into the face of their Wisdomkeeper.


The bride at a wedding belongs to the groom, and like the best man, a friend who stands with the groom, I am glad to hear his voice.


“This very night all of you will stumble on the path and turn away because of what will happen to me. The Sacred Teachings have made it clear, ‘Attack the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.’


We have been beaten, thrown in prison, and faced uprisings. We have worked hard, spent nights with no sleep, and have gone hungry for days.


You can help the poor anytime, for they will always be with you, but I will not.”


“Do you expect wedding guests to be sad and go without eating when the groom is hosting a feast?” he asked. “The time will come when he is gone. Then they will be sad and go without eating.


“Do you expect wedding guests to be sad and go without eating when the groom is hosting a feast?” he answered. “No! As long as the groom is there with them, they will feast!


“No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch an old garment, for it would shrink and make the tear worse.


“The time will come when he is gone. Then they will be sad and go without eating.” They still did not understand,





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