 WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM OF THE ZADONNIA…the story land, the story world, the story Kingdom!
The Kingdom of Zadonnia!
O yes, out of the abundant grace of God, it is the holy place in our hearts, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Giver of life, where we tell all our radiant, sweet stories in Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour, for the glory of God the Father in heaven.
The word “Zadonnia”, thus, is used to describe this heavenly kingdom of God’s love and glory, this holy land, verily-meaning, His Most Sacred Heart, that is full of divine love, pouring forth as his glory, forever and forever. And as, God Himself, the King of All Hearts and Source of All, and All according to the Story of the “Book of Everlasting Love”, as narrated by the storyteller king and, formally, called THE STORY DIVINE, is Love, or “Za”
He is, also, referred to, in honourific terms of adoration, as the Love of Love, Joy of Joy, Peace and Peace and Glory of Glory, For, so writes, Raphael-Mary Nnamdi Oraegbu, the visionary.
He was called by God, the Most High, to put down these things in “a book”. And so, now, coming as inspired writing, they represent, in spirit and in truth the vision of the joyous celebration of the Sacrificed Love of God, Jesus Christ, the Brightest Light of all heaven and earth.
Of course, by what he is called to do, he is telling us a story. As we, too, are familiar with what a story is, and how it is commonly told. Like we say:
“Story, story, story!...
“And, once upon a time!...
“Time, time, time!”
But, then, his is a different kind of story. It is a living Story: the Story of Love and His children. And, hence, it is pursued as, the joyous celebration of the Holy Story, Jesus Christ Divine, Most Holy, and who is, there-in, referred to, as Love, the Love of Love, and otherwise called the Royal Everlasting Story of Stories in the Ancient of Festivals.
For us, now, it is that, we have come to God, in coming into Jesus Christ, who is the Story Divine. And what we see, with our eyes of faith happening all around us, and everywhere, as Christ is getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger – in our world, in our hearts, and in our souls-is the ringing out of the storytelling sound, as celestial joy, magnificent royal delight: “Symphony Story Festival of Zadonnia”. Clearly, this is telling us about the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ – burning so brightly, in our hearts, from the Festival of Christmas to the Festival of Easter; and, which is, then transformed in splendour, as the Festival of Light…the Festival of the Light of Love in the world… the Greatest Festival…the Festival of all time and into festivity in heaven!
It is the Story also by the very essence of its glorious storytelling, as it unfolds, that reaches everywhere; into all hearts, and all nooks and crannies. And we are called to partake in it, as sharing the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour of all mankind.
For it inspires us, to reach for the New Life in Christ Jesus, through the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen and Mother. Such that, as we participate fully in the storytelling festival that is the Fountain of Love, brought forth through the power of the Holy Spirit, it becomes for us, in spirit and in truth, the life of true love that we live in God of Three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
And, it means, as we believe in, listen to and follow Christ, that we are proclaiming the reign of Jesus of the Easter splendour of everlasting love in the Divine Most High, as the Good Shepherd, the Father of the world to come, and the Beginning and the End. He tells us, yes, that we must believe in Him; we must listen to what he is telling us and must obey his commandments, by following him wherever he goes.
So, too, we become fully aware of his great love in our lives and, indeed, rejoicing for what God has freely given, as He gave us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, in revealing Himself to us, as the God of Love, and the Love of Love. And, which brings us to see, now, the powerful vision of eternity that beckons us, as the kingdom of Zadonnia:
I, John, saw that there was a huge number, impossible for anyone to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. One of the elders then spoke and asked me, ‘Who are these people, dressed in white robes, and where have they come from? I answered him, ‘You can tell me, sir.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the trial; they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb. That is why they are standing in front of God’s throne and serving him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; sun and scorching wind will never plague them, because the Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.” |
