~~~~~~~Earthly Gods~~~~~~

Part two of two

God: Rescue the rights of the needy
         deliver them from the hands of the
                   wicked.

Queen: Why would I want to do a thing like that for? It is far too much work.

God: I appreciate your honesty.

Queen: Why thank you.

God: But that doesn't make you any better than the others.

Queen. Well I don't really care. My own opinion is the only one that matters, and as long as everyone caters to my every whim, I stay happy and I don't punish them. As fro their "rights" and junk like that, I couldn't care less.

God: Aren't you worried about your subjects not liking you?

Queen: Heavens no! They all fear me, they don't dare do a thing against me. Besides, they're use to it.

God: Use to it?

Queen: Yes, in the same way I am so use to such a find life. If I suddenly had to live in poverty, I wouldn't last a day. Likewise if the "needy" suddenly lived my life, they wouldn't be able to cope with it.

God: The needy don't need to live your life for you to help them.

Queen: The "needy" and I are two completely different species. We shouldn't mix. Besides, living in poverty is good for peasants. Gives them a better mentality. If I gave them even a bit more than they already had, they would become discontent and unmanageable.

God: Aren't you discontent then?

Queen: Of course not dreary, as long as I have everything I want.

God: And do you usually have everything you want?

Queen: Well no, but I would if my subjects would stop whining and get me what I want

God: Stop whining? Your subjects are whining because they are oppressed by tax collectors, abusive masters, and unjust judges.

Queen: I know. They should simply realize that that's how life is for them. I do wish they would shut up.

God: You are literally sending your subjects into the hand of the wicked. That is the opposite of what you're supposed to do.

Queen: So?

God: You are just as wicked as those people.

Queen: Not at all. I am simply delicate and have weak nerves.

God: Your delicacy and nerves don't seem to bother you while you behead anyone who mildly annoys you.

Queen: yes, fortunate that.

God: Mmm. I wonder how well they will hold up at your own beheading.

Queen: Now wait a moment. What is that suppose to mean?

God:.....

Queen: Don't be rude. Answer me.

God:.....

Queen: Please?

God: The know nothing, they understand
nothing.
       They walk about in darkness;
          all the foundation of the earth
                    are shaken.

Queen: How is that for an answer?

God: It was directed at you!

Judge: It was for me. And no wonder. Your nonsensical prattle would cause anyone to want to get away from you.

God: I'm glad you recognized your ill judgment so quickly.

Judge: What? I thought that you meant how in the dark everybody here was about your ways, and confining in me because I am not.

God: No.

Judge: Then I cannot possibly see how that applies to me.

God: You keep the truth to yourself. You keep the truth about life and the law, but most impotent me, from the people you judge.

Judge: I always have my reasons. I would never keep something from anyone unless I thought it for the best.

God: What if I don't think it is for the best?

Judge: Good thing that will never happen.

God: My, aren't we confident.

Judge: Yes we are. I knew you would trust my discernment.

God: I was being sarcastic.

Judge: Sarcasm is extremely vulgar.

God: Thank you. I was aware of that.

Judge: You're welcome.

God: So saying, what if we disagreed?

Judge: You placed me where I am, by your discernment. There is obviously no one else you'd have there before me.

God: What if those you judge don't agree with you.

Judge: They are all fools and idiots. Otherwise they wouldn't need a judge.

God: Are you calling my chosen children fools and idiots?

Judge? Well, er, certainly not all of them. Only the ones who need my help. Besides, them being that way helps with my job. They listen to what I have to tell them better.

God: I would have thought that fools would listen to your discernment even worse than others.

Judge: Oh, no. The fools are the least likely to listen to my discernment, but they are more easily convinced what I discern is in their favor.

God: You lie to them.

Judge. No, I simply keep certain truths from them.

God: About the situation...and about my law.

Judge: Such is the cost of keeping them all in line.

God: Did it ever occur to you that if you tell them all there was to know that they might be able to judge themselves better?

Judges: They would misuse the information.

God: Anymore than they misuse it by not knowing it?

Judge: They couldn't understand it anyway. They are not wise enough.

God: One must be taught wisdom, in order to be wise. you honestly cannot expect them all to understand my law if it has never been told the them.

Judge: I...that is not how it is.

God: Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
          but he who hates correction is stupid.

Judge: What could you possibly mean by that?

God: Oh, nothing. I was simply quoting one of my scriptures.
           I said, "You are 'gods';
              you are all sons of the most high."
           But you will die like mere men;
           You will fall like every other ruler.

Pastor: I agree. Every earthly god is distend to fail sooner or later.

God: You...agree with me? That's new.

Pastor: I know. Everyone has fallen. The only way to be redeemed is by accepting Christ. Even "gods."

God: Exactly! Being someone greater in human terms, such as a judge or ruler, doesn't mean they are greater in my teams. They are still fallen, and I long to rise them all back up.

Pastor: I know, so sad, but true. They have been so glorified in human offices, they honestly thing they are better than the average person. ne must not look at their physical greatness, but at their heart.

God: Which is how I judge man.....

Pastor: Which is why I'm the only righteous one here!

God: Um, excuse me.

Pastor: I have accepted Christ, and now the Holy Spirit lives in me.

God: True.....

Pastor: Every day I see the dozens of people's lives' I have changed.

God: That I have changed working through you.....

Pastor: Of course. I am just a humble vessel. I know that fact my church having over a thousand regular attendants is your work, not mine.

God: Your church is just a building. I always thing of church in the old fashioned way. Every believer is a part of one collective church. Also, when it comes to people's souls, quality is often preferred over quantity.

Pastor: My church has both.

God: Yes I.....

Pastor: Obviously I am doing something right. You don't attract so many people on false dreams.

God: I understand, I agree, (to a point,) but a "god" can be anyone who has much persuasion over the general population. That includes pastors.

Pastor: Which is why I am here. Though i am probably the only one here who is truly hole.

God: See, this is where we are running into our misunderstanding. You keep acting like it was something you did for you to become holey.

Pastor: I accepted Jesus.

God: Yes, but that still really wasn't something you did. It was more like you allowed me to do something to you. You, at the moment, are no better than those who surround you.

Pastor: But my sins have been forgiven! My soul has been washed clean!

God: You've been forgiven by me, and cleansed by the blood of my son. The destiny of every man is to fall. It is I who has raised you up once again.

Pastor: I have been saved since I was a child. I have never truly "fallen."

God: You fall every time you sin, even the smallest bit. Even though you are a godly man, you are still just a man.

Rise up, Oh God, judge the earth,

for all the nation are your

inheritance