The Bible Adventures of Anthony and Jason
Jesus
Disclaimer: I don not own anything from the Bible, of course that is word of God Himself, I especially do not own any of the characters from the Bible, however Anthony and Jason belong to me.
Chapter 1: Mary and Joseph/the Birth of Messiah
"You know, I was wondering, how long has it been since we jumped into the Bible?" Jason asked his older brother with his mouth full of potato chips.
"I don't know, years maybe, and stop talking with your mouth full." Anthony replied looking up from his comic book.
"Sorry." Jason replied as he stuffed another chip in his mouth.
He swallowed.
"Sorry." he repeated.
Anthony rolled his eyes, and went right back to his comic.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, nothing exciting has happened, and I am having withdrawal symptoms."
"From what?"
"Adventure. I need something exciting. You know I get bored easily when there's nothing to do."
Anthony understood what he meant, ever since they first 'jumped' into the Bible, things have not been the same. When they jumped into King David's timeline was very intense.
"I just wish (crunch crunch) that we could relive (crunch) the old days (swallow) you know?"
Jason looked towards his brother who was flipping through the pages of his comic book.
"Were you even listening to me?" With a blank look on his face he asked.
"I was."
The two boys sat separated from each other. Jason sat on the couch, Anthony sat in a chair across a glass table that stood between the couch and the chair. Anthony sat sideways in the chair with his legs on one of the armrests. With his favorite blue jeans and red jersey with the number 20 on it. The living room was big, the two always hung out in here. They lived in a wealthy household with a wealthy family.
"Will you just get the Bible?" Jason asked in a demanding tone
"Fine."
Anthony got up from his spot and went into the back room. He entered the room and books flooded the floor. He's forgotten that this family loved to read, and that they had a library. It really needed to get clean.
"Ugh, this place is a jungle. How did Violet find all her books in here?" Anthony asked himself.
Anthony looked towards a pile. It had all these Bibles. He rushed over to the pile hoping not to trip. As he got to the pile, he started rummaging through the books putting aside the ones that wasn't the particular one he was looking for. He had reached basically the bottom of the pile when he pulled out the pile.
"Finally, now how do I get out of here without falling?" He asked himself.
He tiptoed over books trying not to touch any of them as if they would set off an alarm. He finally got out of the apocalyptic mess called a library. Anthony entered the living room with Jason waiting. Anthony placed it on the table. Jason looked at it in amazement.
"Wow, I haven't seen this thing in 2-3 years."
"Yeah good times, good times."
Anthony opened the Bible, Jason looking at it with expectation.
"So," Jason dragged. "What happens next?"
"How am I so supposed to know? You were the one that discovered it."
"Well, is there supposed to be a magic word like ala-cazam or abracadabra something like that? No, wait I remember, it was something on the back of the book. A quote or something."
Anthony looked at the back of the bible and found a quote on it.
"Got it, it says 'Lord, let this book be a life changing journey unto us and let us not leave the same way we came'"
At that instant the house began to shake and the book started to glow and their surroundings started to change into a place that looked like ancient Israel. The sun and moon started to move quickly like days passing by like seconds until finally it stopped. It was a dark night and the two brothers were seemingly lost.
"Great, it's in the middle of the night and we're in the middle of nowhere," Jason noted.
"Well that's pretty obvious," Anthony replied.
A few feet away, Jason saw a light coming towards them. He started jumping and waving his hands up and down so they could get their attention.
"Jason quit it, we don't know who they are, and they could be thieves for all we know."
"Well, that's a chance I'm taking, at least we're not the only ones out here."
As the light got closer Jason could make out two people one waking and one on a donkey. The one walking guided the donkey. Jason kept waving his hand until the two people stopped. It was a man and a women. The man looked like he was in twenties, the girl looked like she was in her late teens, probably 16 or 17.
"Hello there, do you need any help?" the man asked.
"Uh..." Anthony started. Jason cut him off.
"Yes, we do. We're in the middle of nowhere and we have no idea where we're headed. And," Jason said clutching his stomach, "I'm hungry."
Anthony rolled his eyes.
"Well, we're headed to Bethlehem to visit family. Do you want to come?" The man asked.
"Anywhere, I don't care just somewhere not in the desert."
"Okay then, shall we be going?"
"Let's go."
They started for Bethlehem. As they were walking, the man introduced him and the girl.
"Oh, by the way, I'm Joseph and this is my wife Mary."
She smiled at the two boys.
"I'm Jason, this is my annoying older brother Anthony."
Anthony shot Jason an 'I'm going to get you sometime' look.
"Hello there you two," Mary said. "What brings you to Israel?"
"Well, we were transport...Ow" Jason said.
Anthony elbowed him on the arm.
"What he means is that we were visiting Israel and was going somewhere until a certain somebody got us lost."
Jason shot Anthony a glare. Mary and Joseph exchanged looks with each other.
"Well if we're going to Bethlehem we'd better hurry, Mary is going to give birth soon," Joseph stated.
Jason had an excited look on his face. Either it was because he just realized where they ended up or that she's giving birth and he still doesn't have a clues as to what timeline they were in.
"That's great is it a boy or girl?"
Jason asked even though he knew the answer.
"It's going to be a boy. An angel of the Lord appeared to me and told me that I was to have a son. I was going name him Jesus. I was told that he would be the son of God. And the Holy Spirit filled my womb. He will bring peace to the world." Mary responded.
Anthony was excited, well more like freaking out. He and his brother are in Jesus's timeline. The most significant time of the Bible. He knew this would be interesting.
"So, how long 'til we get to Bethlehem?" Jason asked.
"We're half way, it's a day and a half journey two days the most if we stop to rest."
"Okay, that doesn't seem so bad...does it?"
Jason looked at Anthony. Anthony shrugged.
"Hey, as long as we get to where we're going its fine by me," Anthony stated.
They continued walking. The two boys in the middle if the desert at night seemed pretty suspicious to Mary and Joseph. They seemed harmless, even if anything did happen, God was watching them.
"So, where do you two come from?" Mary asked.
"We're from the fu...ow," Anthony elbowed Jason in the arm.
"He means that not we're from here. We're Gentiles, we were just visiting Israel and we just came from Jerusalem. We were headed for Nazareth until we got lost."
"Gentiles visiting Israel huh? Unusual, we normally don't get along," Joseph pointed out.
"We know, but where we come from, everybody gets along quite well," Anthony replied.
"Yeah, some are just a pain in the butt," Jason said rubbing his arm.
Anthony shot Jason a look. Jason's face expression looked a "what". They traveled some more then they set camp.
"Everybody get some rest I know everyone is tired. Especially you Mary." Joseph said.
"Okay, I'll get some rest," Mary laughed. "You need to get some rest too."
"We all need rest," Jason chimed in. "Let's all just get some shut eye."
Jason rested his head on his arms and fell asleep. Anthony and Mary did the same. Joseph was the last to fall asleep.
The next day, they got moving. It was still a long walk and Joseph didn't expect to get there in the afternoon. They finally reached Bethlehem. It was about 8 or 9 o' clock when they got there.
"Oh my goodness, everybody, their uncle, and great grandma is here," Jason stated.
"I just hope we find someplace to stay," Joseph said hopefully.
They walked around Bethlehem looking for a place to stay.
"With all these people I don't think there's anything left. All these places are overflowing with people," Anthony said.
"Yeah, how do you not get lost in this crowd?" Jason asked.
Just then there was a scream from Mary.
"Mary, what's wrong?" Joseph asked.
"The baby, its coming."
Joseph's eyes widened.
"Not now baby, even though you're really, really important, we would like to find a place to stay first." Jason said.
Anthony grabbed Jason by the arm.
"Come on!"
"Whoa!"
They searched frantically but could not find a place to stay. Finally somebody let them stay in a barn.
"Jason go get some water," Joseph ordered.
"But..."
"Just listen to him," Anthony said.
"Fine."
Jason rushed out to go get water, but he soon came back.
"Um, where can I find water," he asked.
"Ugh, come on."
Anthony walked towards Jason, yanking him by the arm.
The mission was finally accomplished, Mary had given birth to the most important baby in all of history, Messiah. Luckily there wasn't much of a fight trying to get Him out so that was good, but after that ordeal everyone was exhausted. Mary wrapped the baby in cloth and laid him in a manger in the center of the barn.
"He is a beautiful baby," Anthony complimented.,"
"Yeah, he's so cute, but please let's not do that again, I don't want to help give birth to another baby for a while I think I'm scarred for life," Jason replied.
"Oh, you'll get over it stop whining."
The baby was sound asleep, looking peaceful as ever, upon seeing this, Anthony began humming to himself.
Mary did you know, that your baby boy will one day walk on water. Mary did you know, that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters
Little did he know Mary overheard him singing to himself.
"That's a beautiful song, could you sing it please," She asked.
Anthony soon stirred.
"Huh, oh, I didn't know you heard me, um sure I'll sing it. Mary did you know, that your baby boy, will one day walk on water. Mary did you know, that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters. Did you know, that your baby boy has come to make you new. This sleeping child you delivered, will soon deliver you. Oh Mary did you know..."
Suddenly Anthony stopped and noticed a few people standing outside the barn.
"May we see the baby," one asked.
Jason was about to say something, but Anthony stopped him short.
"Oh, um yes you may," Mary cautiously said.
They were obviously shepherds, and the four watched as they drew near to the baby.
"We cannot, stop praising God, for the Messiah is born," the shepherds said in unison.
They continued to praise God, and they could be heard yards away, other people heard them and called them drunk. Yes it is true, Messiah is born.
A/N: And that is the first chapter, I hope you guys enjoyed it, I will probably and hopefully upload the next chapter as soon as possible. Please comment, and expect the next to be up soon. God Bless!