Chapter 459 - 8.59 Don’t Be Afraid
Disclaimer: I was familiar with the bible throughout my school year, but if there’s something wrong, please pardon me :’) this Chapter doesn’t intend to offend anybody so please take it with a grain of salt ^^
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"Wait a minute." Lu Yizhou interrupted her by holding up a palm. "Mind elaborating more? Who is Jesus and why was he crucified? And resurrected? How?"
He recalled one of the side quests ’Revive the Miss of the Knox Family’ and his heart gave a little jump. He straightened up in attention. Somehow, he felt like what Olivia said would be crucial in the future...
Ji Yan got up from the floor to fetch the small thick bible which he had hidden inside the wardrobe before handing it over to Olivia. However, Olivia did not even open it. Instead, she only cradled the bible in her arms before speaking, "Let’s see... According to the bible, Jesus was the son of God. I won’t talk for long because you will get confused otherwise, just know that in the end, Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples, Judas. He was beaten, ridiculed, tortured and then hung to die in the same manner as the lowest criminal. It was stated that he died on Friday and when he breathed his last, the sky abruptly turned dark, the earth shook, rocks split open and many holy people that had died were raised to life." Olivia shrugged. "He died that way to repay our sins."
"Woah," Ji Yan exclaimed quietly in awe. "I never pegged you as someone so religious."
Olivia huffed and rolled her eyes. "Please, I am a Christian and that’s common knowledge, okay?"
Lu Yizhou made a noise of confusion. "He was the son of God, but he was tortured and died a humiliating death to... repay humans’ sin?"
"Uh-huh." Olivia nodded. "It’s because our sins are too great and nothing we did could earn us a place in Heaven. That’s why Jesus sacrificed himself to make us holy again."
Lu Yizhou was rendered speechless. One more sacrifice. It was always a sacrifice. First, Ariel sacrificed herself because of her love for the prince and then Jesus sacrificed himself for... what? His love for humanity? Could someone still love the very same people who had inflicted torture, humiliated and killed him? But of course, that was from a human’s perspective. As the son of God, Jesus must have a heart as wide and deep as the ocean, enough to forgive the people who had done him wrong.
Hence, Lu Yizhou chose to swallow his comments and instead, saying, "I have two questions."