Returning to The Dark Tree
Though he once stood strong against the serpent’s deception, as Jack prepares to return to the path back to the Dark Tree, it is heavier this time. Isolation wraps around him like a cold fog, whispering that he’s forgotten, forsaken, and alone in his convictions. The world above celebrates comfort and compromise, but Jack walks a road of truth that often feels deserted. And yet, it is here—in the silence, in the ache—that the Spirit begins to stir. Jack must return to the Dark Tree not to be defeated, but to confront the lies again, this time with deeper resolve. The pit may tempt with loneliness, but it also becomes the proving ground for indwelling Life.
JACK’S PEP TALK WITH THE LION
As Jack trudged along the shimmering gold brick road—once alluring, now hollow—he felt the ache of isolation press in like a storm cloud. The voices that once cheered him on had faded, and the path ahead curved ominously toward the Dark Tree. It was in this quiet, soul-weary moment that the Lion of Judah appeared—with thunder, His Heavenly army that pierced deeper than any roar, winning the battle for Jack. “You are not alone, Jack,” the Lion said, eyes blazing with eternal fire. “I do not walk beside you—I live within you.” The Lion’s mane shimmered with glory, yet His voice carried the tenderness of a Father. Jack poured out his loneliness, his fear of standing alone in truth, and the Lion listened—not only to correct, but to anchor him in the reality of indwelling Life.
The Lion reminded Jack that the fake gold brick road was never meant to satisfy—it was a counterfeit path designed to isolate the faithful and seduce the distracted. “The serpent will speak again,” the Lion warned, “but he cannot touch what is Mine.” Jack’s strength did not come from his resolve, but from the Spirit of the Lion dwelling within him. As he listened to the Lion’s pep talk, the Lion spoke Truth over little Jack, warning him that he must face the shadow of the Dark Tree once more. Jack’s heart beat with a new rhythm—not of fear, but of union. The Lion’s presence was not a distant comfort; it was a living force within him, roaring against every lie, every whisper of abandonment. This episode reveals that loneliness is not the absence of the Lamb & the Lion—it is the forgetting of Presence. And Jack, now awakened, would face the serpent not as a young man alone, but as a vessel of the indwelling King, the Lion of Judah.
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