The Harbinger
““So what happened?”
“I tried to figure out the mystery on the seal…the six stalks of wheat…and, in some way, a seventh…but not there…absent. Six of one kind and a seventh of another. It turns out, it’s a biblical pattern—the days of the week, six days of one kind and a seventh day, the sabbath, different from the rest.”
“But what do the days of the week have to do with wheat?” she asked.
“I had no idea. But that’s all I could figure out.”
“And then he reappeared…?”
“Several ...weeks later. I was driving home from a conference out of state, through the countryside. It was a rolling landscape with fields of grain on both sides of the road. On my left, the grain sloped upward to a distant crest. The wind was beating against the stalks, making waves throughout the field. I couldn’t help looking at it while trying to keep my eyes on the road—a dance of wind, wheat, sunlight, and shadow.MoreLess
“I tried to figure out the mystery on the seal…the six stalks of wheat…and, in some way, a seventh…but not there…absent. Six of one kind and a seventh of another. It turns out, it’s a biblical pattern—the days of the week, six days of one kind and a seventh day, the sabbath, different from the rest.”
“But what do the days of the week have to do with wheat?” she asked.
“I had no idea. But that’s all I could figure out.”
“And then he reappeared…?”
“Several ...weeks later. I was driving home from a conference out of state, through the countryside. It was a rolling landscape with fields of grain on both sides of the road. On my left, the grain sloped upward to a distant crest. The wind was beating against the stalks, making waves throughout the field. I couldn’t help looking at it while trying to keep my eyes on the road—a dance of wind, wheat, sunlight, and shadow.MoreLess
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