The Book of Wanderings

In the Shadow of Eternity

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The following is an apocryphal book of Christian scripture describing the wanderings of the Old Testament figure Elisha's spirit through the man named “Malchiah,” known by legend as “The Wandering Jew” since 13th-century Christendom.

1. In the days following Elisha, the prophet of God and the spiritual son of Elijah (for their essence is identical), the Lord’s minister from without the twelve tribes of Israel, there lived a man in Samaria whose life was restored by the touch of Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:21).
2. The man’s name was Malchiah, for the Lord had shown compassion upon him — for he was of the same essence as Elisha, who especially loved God, rending his an essence of Blessedness.
3. There was a time before Malchiah’s name was whispered through the ages — the time of his rise from bones till now — when the whole land lay in anticipation of the fulfillment of ancient promises, the promises of Jehovah unto Moses — the promised land that Moses never made it to because of his doubts in the Lord and his impatience with the Hebrews.
4. Malchiah, revived by divine power, walked forth from the tomb with a heart filled with wonder and a spirit burdened with a peculiar calling. He sought to understand the purpose of his second life, which the Lord had given him. As…