21 "There is no one to find ," announced The
Student. "Turn and look behind you!"
22 They turned and saw their Teacher in the door! They fell to their
knees, worshiping.
23 "Our God," cried The Student, "has risen up. He is with us."
24 "Surely," questioned The Skinner, "it is someone else. He could not
live."
25 The Teacher came to him. "If you disbelieve," he insisted, "put
your hand beneath my robes, and feel the wounds of my sacrifice."
26 The Skinner did as he was told, and drew back his hand. "God forgive
me!" he cried, "For I have sinned! I doubted the Power of your wondrous
glory! I am shamed before all men!"
27 "Do not rebuke yourself," comforted The Teacher. "To believe without
seeing is indeed better, but to have doubts is not unholy. You are but
a man, knowing only those things that a man knows. It is not a
sin that you doubt."
28 "Could he be a Spirit," questioned The Weaver, "like The Children of
The Lords speak of?"
29 "Give me food," commanded The Teacher, "and give me drink." They did
so, and he ate and drank.
30 "Does a Spirit," he inquired, "take food and water? I can abide with
you but a few days, then the Hour of My Ascension shall come. Let the
people be gathered, that they may bear witness that I live, and it
shall not be your word, alone."
31 So it was, the village was soon filled to overflowing with thousands
of people. The Teacher walked among them, doing all manner of great
things.
32 Then, finally, one day he took them all to the hill where he had
been sacrificed. "I rise into the Heavens," he announced, "to my
Father's House