#9 “THE ‘ORIGINALS’ ”
The Lost Lottery ticket
Many, many years
ago, a Mr James won the lottery, produced his ticket and had
forty million put into his bank account.
However, a complaint was laid by another fellow called Mr Pope, who claimed he had the winning ticket.
“Oh” said the
Lottery Office “we may have made a mistake! Mr Pope please show us your
ticket.”
Mr Pope replied
“I can’t! I’ve lost it!”
“Oh” they said
“never mind … when you find it … then you can show it to us. You have as long
as it takes.”
So Mr Pope set
about trying to find this missing ticket … and now remember Dear Reader, this
has gone on for a long time now.
He searched high
and low … he’d been to the beach the previous week and so he got out his Ticket
Detection Kit … suitable for finding lost tickets … sort of like one of
those metal detectors you see that gold prospectors use … but with the dial
tuned to Paper Detection.
Anyhow, it took
Mr Pope several weeks that ran into months … as he combed every inch of the
beach.
Anyhow, the long
and short of it, was that he uncovered a ticket to a Rock Concert.
He knew it was a
fake but he thought he would try it on.
So he went along
to the Lottery Office where the Chief Judge of Tickets was … only to be
sadly disappointed.
“Mr Pope” said
the judge “this is a fraud isn’t it?”
So then Mr Pope
searched every nook and cranny in his house … and guess what? He found another
ticket … and guess where? … in a wastebasket in a room he hadn’t used for
years.
He said to
himself “I didn’t know I had this!”
In fact, it had
been his son’s unsuccessful ticket from another lottery.
Once again, the
Chief Judge was not impressed.
But he said to
the Judge “But look … but this ticket has got TR printed on it … that
stands for Ticket Replacement!”
“I am not
amused!” replied the Judge.
And so over the
years Mr Pope has made numerous trips … with a complete waste of everybody’s
time … to the Lottery Office.
But here’s the
thing … it hasn’t stopped Mr Pope looking for his winning ticket.
He’s tried all
sorts of tricks as well … even printing his own ticket for example!
Mmmm! Dear
Reader, does this remind you of anything?
It should!
Mr James has
been enjoying the fruits of his 40 million for many years now … he has peace,
security, joy … and the list goes on.
Mr Pope on the
other hand … has been reduced to ‘rags and rubble’, having squandered his money
looking for this mythical ticket that cannot be found.
In fact he can’t
remember what it looked like … in fact … under sedation at the Wellness
Mental Institution for the incurably insane … he just mumbles …
“It’s a lie! I
never had the ticket! I haven’t seen it! I don’t know where it is! I think it
de-materialised into heaven somewhere! It’s somewhere … I just know it is!”
IN SUMMARY:
Dear Reader, I
suspect even a young child could substitute the following names into the above
story …
Mr James … a King James Bible Believer
Mr Pope … an “originals” believer
The Ticket … The King James Bible
TR … Textus Receptus
The Chief Judge … God Almighty
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“First time good …
second time even better”
“What God
does the first time
is very good …
but what he does the second
time is even better”
This is the very nature of God