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 2: The Good, the Wise, the Ugly
It has been two years since the birth of Jesus, well two years for the family, not so for much the two brothers, they learned a little trick with the bible, they could time skip to their time of choice.
Anthony always thought it was a stupid addition to the bible, Jason had no problem with it. The band of five were enjoying a nice and relatively quiet day. Mary was playing with baby Jesus, Anthony was helping Joseph clean the house, Jason well. Jason was being Jason doing whatever. Anthony never really bothered to figure out the crazy antics of his brother, soon he came in as if something bad just happened.
"Jason," Mary asked, temporarily turning away from the baby.
"Jason, what's wrong," Anthony then asked.
"Oh, nothing's wrong it'd just, we've got company."
"Company, what do you mean company, were we expecting people?"
"I didn't know anybody was coming," Joseph stated.
No sooner, three men entered, Anthony moved towards his brother.
"Jason, who are they," Anthony asked.
"I think we should already know who they are."
"What do you mean?"
"Excuse me, is this the house of the baby Jesus," one of the men asked.
"Y-yes, it is," Mary hesitated.
The three came near the baby and bowed, Anthony was amazed, even as a babe Jesus was still Lord.
"Pardon for the intrusion, we are simply three men who have come to bring presents to the King," the other said.
"Mary," Joseph started.
"It's ok Joseph."
"Excuse me, if you don't mind me asking, how did you three us," Jason asked.
"Oh not at all, you see it took us two years to get from where we were to Bethlehem, we probably would have been lost had God not provided us a star to follow."
It was then Anthony got the hint, these were the three wise men. Anthony had no doubt about that, he watched as they rolled out a rug made of fine fabric and beautiful, vibrant colors. They each pulled out three items Anthony identified them as gold, incense, and myrrh.
"These are all very beautiful, and very expensive, we simply just can't take these," Mary said.
"They are gifts, for the Messiah, the savior of the world whom we praise," one of them said.
"While you're here would like to stay for dinner," Mary asked.
"We most certainly couldn't we must be on our way," the second said.
"This late at night? If I were you, I'd stay for the night," Jason said.
"Jason," Anthony called.
"Just being generous; man, I never knew that was a crime."
"Okay fine, if you insist, we will stay, but only for a few hours, then we must be on our way," the first one suggested.
"That is fine, Anthony, Jason could you help get dinner ready," Mary asked.
"Yes ma'am." Anthony replied.
"Sure thing." Jason replied.
It was during dinner where the three told their tale to the four, baby Jesus was away, sleeping peacefully. Maybe it was just Anthony but, a feeling of peace filled the room, it could have, and most possibly come from the baby Jesus, He isn't called the prince of peace for nothing. Anthony then turned his attention back to the three wise men.
"…We were given a vision from God that the Messiah would be born unto the earth. He knew we were waiting for this glorious day, we all came from different areas, but met each other following the same path."
"That's how you three met up with each other," Jason asked.
"Yes, indeed young one," the first replied, then he continued. "We first arrived at the palace of King Herod."
Anthony remembered the story of King Herod, he was, or in this case is, a very bad man. He was cruel, unjust, and other things that Anthony couldn't think of at the moment. Why would these three want to see him? He knew the reason from reading their story even though the Bible talked very little of them, it still puzzled him how they managed to wind up in King Herod's place.
"We entered the palace, expecting to see the Messiah, but it was not so. King Herod said that when we find the Him, to come back to him and tell him where He is so he could worship Him as well," the magi continued.
When the magi said that, he seemed a bit skeptical about it, maybe he's having second thoughts about doing that. Anthony thought.
"Then what happened after that," Jason suddenly asked:
"My, you are an energetic one aren't you," the second magi said.
"Yeah, I'm like that at times," Jason replied.
"At times," Anthony asked.
Jason simply shrugged, ignoring his brother and looked on as the magi continued.
"We traveled for days, and those days almost seemed like weeks, turning into a month. Then, we finally reached our destination, the star the Lord has given us has sent us here."
Anthony marveled at how these three men could travel for two years just to see this baby. This very important baby. It just made him wonder, how much more important will he become when he grows up, even though he already knew that answer, but he was still amazed. Minutes later, the three magi got up and prepared their camels to leave.
"Thank you for the delicious dinner. Now, we must be on our way," the first magi said.
"Thank you for stopping by, and for the wonderful gifts," Mary replied.
Three magi nodded, then left. Where the three were going, were unknown to the four, but Anthony was certain that they weren't going to see King Herod.
"Well, I'm tired, I don't know about you guys, but I'm hitting the hay," Jason stated.
And with that, he turned around and went to his room.
"Mary, you should go to rest too," Joseph suggested.
"Ok, I'll go," she laughed, soon following Jason's lead, leaving the Anthony and Joseph outside.
"You know, I've almost forgot to say thanks," Anthony suddenly said.
"Thank you, for what?"
"For letting us stay with you and Mary, you could've easily passed us by but you didn't. And for that, I say thanks."
Joseph softly chuckled, "It was God who lead us to you. If not for Him, we might not have found you."
Anthony smiled at this, he didn't know how, long they would be in this story or reality if you might; but if meant he was going to be here for a while he might as well enjoy it.
"Let's head inside," Joseph said.
Anthony nodded, and followed Joseph inside.
A/N: And finally, the second chapter. I don't know how long it will take me to put up the second chapter so don't expect it to be up any time soon, I need Please comment, and expect the next to be up soon. God Bless!