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Gatekeeper of Salvation (4) – Hanmaeum Salvation Church 1st floor

Wow!

Three black dots walking across white drawing paper.

Three unbelievers came through the door of salvation.

A man holding an ax forward, wary of us, and a woman holding her young daughter in her arms.

Their skinny cheeks and tattered clothes represented their situation.

“You, you guys! What on earth are you bastards doing! Where is this place again?”

A man with a face as black as charcoal shouted as if screaming.

He hid his daughter and wife behind his back and swung the ax at me, who was in front.

Dark, shiny blood stains on the ax blade.

The red man’s eyes, as if his veins had burst, were filled with murderous intent.

His eyes then turned to the food on the table.

He shouted urgently as the rich scent of meat wafted in the air.

“When you say something nice, give me those foods! Or I will kill you all!”

His hand holding the ax was trembling.

The believers stared at him blankly, without any reaction.

“Why are you just listening? If you don’t want to rummage, bring that food right now!”

It wasn’t like a long time had passed, but it felt unfamiliar.

They were wearing white clothes and there was a man causing a disturbance.

No, is that person really human?

A body as thin as starvation and a face painted black.

And those pupils shaking with anxiety.

The believers thought that the family they saw in their eyes was more interesting than the animals they had seen at the zoo.

A display of misfortune.

I let the believers fully see the misfortune that this poor man brought with him.

“Ssivaaaal! Really, really dead! I am the one who killed several people! You can’t hear me!”

“Woman, honey… .”

“Stay still! As long as I have that, Areum will be fine.”

“Mom. I’m hungry ― ugh ― ”

The father is angry, his wife is anxious, and his daughter is crying.

The father’s steps move forward at the urging of his daughter.

It trembled and slowly approached me.

“Da, you are the boss, right?! Just give me the food! Then there will be no problem!”

That poor man was the first unbeliever I had to save.

“The first son to cross the gate of salvation.”

“What are you saying! Was it a religious group?”

A solemn declaration is followed by a profane reply.

“It would make more sense if it were a religious group! Wow, is it Christianity? Or Buddhism? I believe in both, so share some food with fellow believers!”

“It must have been so painful and difficult during the time I couldn’t find you, son.”

“Well, what are you saying! Why am I your son! Hey, these guys are a cult!”

I saw the eyes of the guy who came in front of me widen.

The guy started spitting and starting a fight.

“ These bastards followed us all the way here! I-I told you to fuck off!”

The guy’s ax hit me on the shoulder as I leaned backwards.

Tung-!

“Kyojuniiim—!”

The shocked believers shouted and several of them jumped up and prepared to run towards me.

Seo Taesan, who flinched even though I had told him to in advance, and after reassuring the surprised people with a wave of his hand, I looked at my shoulder.

The ax flew through the air without even making a scratch on my body.

Unable to overcome the recoil of the body strengthened by [Imitation of the Eucharist], the bastard grabbed his trembling arm and screamed.

“Aaaa—!”

“Honey!”

“Oh no! Don’t come!”

In the meantime, I looked down at him and laughed as he desperately tried to stop his wife.

“I’m hungry, I’m anxious, and now I’m scared.”

“Ugh—!”

I followed the guy who was shuffling backwards.

Tap- tap- tap-

“Oh, don’t come! Don’t come! I told you not to come!”

As he ran away in fear, his back hit my wife’s foot.

I saw the man’s wife with frozen legs and a trembling child in her arms.

I held out my hand in front of the guy who had no way to escape anymore.

“Uuuu!”

The man who sensed death closed his eyes tightly, but what he expected did not happen.

“Eat, you’re so thin.”

The hand that looked like it was about to strangle her stopped in front of her daughter.

And the colorful bag full of snacks in his hand.

My daughter’s eyes lit up and she very carefully picked up a candy.

“, thank you―”

“It’s okay to take it all.”

“Really?”

The white religious leader smiled at his surprised daughter.

And the snacks that were in his hands slowly poured out into his two hands.

“Wow, waaaa―”

Seeing his daughter’s exclamation, the man smiled so kindly.

His arm slowly caresses his daughter’s cheek.

The black stains were slowly erased along his hands.

The eyes of the man watching the scene began to tremble more and more violently.

An indescribable light was shining on his face as he looked up.

“Wake up. Wasn’t it a very long trip?”

Even before he finished speaking, I felt a strange force lifting my waist.

The man slowly stroked his head, which instantly stood upright.

“Thank you for your hard work. My son, who endured the thorny path for his family.”

“Big black―!”

That warm voice filled me with uncontrollable emotion.

His warm arms went towards his wife’s head.

“You held on well. My daughter, who endured together while worrying about her husband.”

“Huhuhhh―!”

Lastly, to his daughter, who is holding the candy dearly.

“That’s amazing. Enduring the pain of my family at such a young age.”

“Sigh—!”

The round eyes of his daughter, who cannot understand his words, become moist due to his soft voice.

My daughter knew just by the atmosphere.

The man’s sincerity.

He smiled brightly and pointed behind him.

A large stone statue and a long dining table.

And there was so much food piled up.

And above all, people who smile at them with eyes that look so peaceful.

“Don’t be scared. Don’t even get upset. The door opened and you arrived here because you hoped for salvation.”

A door that magically appeared in front of them as they lost hope of living any longer.

This place was reached through that door.

“This is your home.”

“Aaaaa—!”

Zombies littering the streets, food running out, a wife and daughter crying as they grit their teeth and hold on, but they can’t stand hunger.

All the knots in the man’s chest were loosened and melted.

With a sense of relief, I frowned at the light flowing from the white man.

A man who, like the sun, is not easy to look at.

“Da, who are you?!”

The man answered his own stupid question.

“What do you see?”

The man answered his question with a small smile.

He cried and confessed.

“You are the Savior! You are the savior of our family for whom we are so, so grateful!”

“Okay.”

He stroked his head.

In front of his smile and gestures, I felt like I had returned to being a kid from my childhood.

“That is faith.”

“Aaaa—!”

The man, unable to control his emotions, slowly knelt down.

His voice rang out as he was shaken by the flood of emotions surging in his chest.

“Everyone, look! This good person whom the world could not corrupt in the end!”

His voice seemed far away, but it was close.

“This is how powerful goodness is! at last! always! And always!”

It was distant but clear.

“Good has overcome evil!”

It was the defeated evil that left a strong impression on people, but it was because of the scars they left behind, not because they were victorious.

It has always been good that has silently overcome them.

“Look at the clear evils of the old times! Nazi! Japanese Empire! Even pirates and terrorist organizations!”

The clear evils of the old world ultimately collapsed miserably in favor of the good of the majority.

That was history, fact, and truth.

“The chosen ones of the new era that goes beyond the old era! What are you worse than them?”

Ants in the pyramid who criticized each other and only planned to step on someone else.

Even they have overcome evil.

“Clear evil has finally arrived in our generation!”

Zombie.

A forced bondage, a leash of sin, that leaves us wandering around this world, unable to go to heaven or hell.

“As always, evil colors the world! But, as always!”

He pauses for a moment.

Everyone focuses on what he says, everyone waits for him to say.

His words rang out again in this space where even the air seemed to have stopped.

“… Good will eventually overcome evil!”

he asked us.

“Who is the good here? Are they zombies just looking for an opportunity to pounce on us from outside?”

“No!”

“Then who is it? Are they still old-fashioned people who exploit others and wield whips?”

“No!”

He spread his arms wide.

He spoke to us while looking at the sky.

“If so, say it! Who is Sun?”

“It’s us! It’s us, it’s us!”

Their cries shook the sanctuary.

In response to that earnest response, his body gradually rose into the air.

Something hanging in the center of the sky that we cannot dare to see.

The only thing that comes to mind in their minds.

“I will build a country of goodness in a world of ashes!”

Sun (太陽).

“I will spread the will of salvation! A handful of small lights will gather together and eventually become the sun that illuminates the world!”

Everyone fell to their knees at his shout.

Then he put his hands together and prayed to him.

Pieces of white light flowed towards him floating in the center.

Waves of light spreading from him.

“The house is complete, open the door! Tell widely to those who are suffering from the overflowing evil!”

Beyond the district to the city, beyond the city to the country, beyond the country to the world.

“There is only one sun beyond the door that will wake up this terrible nightmare!”

[‘Book of Salvation’ Chapter 1.]

1.[The door opened, and he arrived.]

2. [Monsters who wander this world unable to die, other monsters who survive through someone else’s sweat.]

3.[Look at the sky.]

4. [Look at the single sun that bloomed with purest faith.]

5. [He who alone will judge you has come.]

6.[Cry over the sword of faith, repent over the shield of obedience.]

7. [And look at the good man who groaned in his tent.]

8. [You who groan at monsters, open the door in front of you.]

9.[It is your only home, it is paradise.]

10. [Do not doubt. I will obey with faith.]

11.[For those who open the door, there is only light.]

12.[I will cleanse your impure body and soul.]

13.[So, you.]

14.[It will be colored with the light of salvation.]