Journey to Jerusalem: Miracle at Golgotha
Three vultures were hovering, not high, but just above the hillock. Yeshua felt very thirsty.
He lowered his eyes and said in a feeble voice, “Anee tzameh!”
One of the soldiers heard him.
He passed the request to his comrades.
One of them dipped a piece of cloth in a jar of wine mixed with vinegar and extended to the mouth of Yeshua with a long stalk of Hyssop.
Yeshua opened his mouth slightly and held out his tongue to take in the tiny droplets of the liquid.
A few drops later, Yeshua moved aside his face as the liquid was sour.
As he closed his eyes, thoughts streamed past his brain at the velocity of light.
First, a sequence of the imagery of the marriage at Caana flashed through his brain. He remembered how he went on the third day of the celebration with his mother, how the father of the bride requested him to help replenish wine, how he ‘ordered’ the servants to fill the barrels with water and how it was served to all the guests, how the astonished faces commented about the miracle, how it was credited as the first miracle of turning water into sweet, tasty wine…
He remembered how he defended the action of David for eating consecrated bread from the temple when he was hungry, how he defended his followers when they ate the grains from the field on a Sabbath, how he convinced the parushi and ‘declared’ that he is the temple…
The event that happened just a few days back flashed through his brain. He remembered how he felt hungry on the way to Jerusalem in the morning, how he cursed the fig tree for failing to produce the fruit, how the tree withered immediately, how the followers were astonished at His command over Nature…
The sequence of visuals ended.
Yeshua realized that these were some of the demonstrations of his command over the elements, moods and emotions of Nature and the creation.
A beautiful smile crossed his lips. It was one of those smiles that emanate from the enlightenment…
He realized that the greatest demonstration and the last but one miracle is Now!
He realized, with a tinge of sadness, that restraining His powers and command and to experience and succumb to the pains and tortures of the existence of humanity is the greatest of all…
Clouds darkened under the blue sky. Vultures disappeared.
Yeshua proclaimed loudly, “Nishlam!”
