Chapter 21 The failure of the hen prophet

In religion, believers are proud to be able to see the highest God.Christianity is no exception. The biggest wish of Christians is to be able to see God in heaven.The water of time rolls away, countless people are born and die, but it is not known how many people will enter heaven in the end. And prophecy is the most common form of God warning mankind in areas where Christianity prevails.But this kind of warning can only appear when there is a crisis in religion or society. There have been many prophecies in the Christian classic "Bible". According to some statistics, in the "Bible", there will be a word of prophecy in every four verses.In addition to this, there are more than 1,000 individual prophecies that exist in the Bible.Inferred from Christian prophecy, the real author of the "Bible" is actually God himself, and he just uses this scripture to express his various views on the world to guide people to be good.Through different forms of prophecy, the omnipotence of the gods can be demonstrated to the greatest extent.

In Christianity, the most influential prophecies are nothing more than several common types, such as the last judgment, the resurrection of Christ, and the second coming of Jesus to the world.Believers almost believe in the prophecy that Christ will come to the world again without doubt, especially since the Middle Ages, many prophets have predicted that Jesus will come to the world again to save suffering Christians. Therefore, many believers draw the cross on their chests with their hands, and spend their whole lives in accordance with the requirements of the "Bible". long heaven.

There are various versions of the prophecy about Jesus' coming to earth, but the most startling one is the one that appeared on an egg in Leeds, England in 1806. Leeds is a very developed commercial city in the UK, with convenient transportation and dense population. Leeds became one of the most developed cities in the UK as early as the Industrial Revolution.As an early industrialized city, Leeds has naturally become an important position for Christians to gather and preach. According to legend, in 1806, in a family outside Leeds, a hen laid an egg with the engraved writing on it.What is even more incredible is that the handwriting on the egg turned out to be "The Savior is back".This is amazing. One after another, Christians believe that the end of the world is coming. Only when Jesus comes back to the world can he help himself escape suffering and sublimate his soul.This incident also shocked the local missionaries, who reported the news upwards, and finally reported it to the archbishop through the bishop.So, this engraved egg became the most famous thing.

Prophecy is always accompanied by danger.The appearance of such a prophesied egg must indicate that the world is about to have a crisis, so the bishops racked their brains and began to figure out a solution.They even suggested to the government that all industrial machines should be cancelled, and the countryside outside the city should be kept quiet and peaceful. Only by eliminating all kinds of pollution and not developing God's mines at will can it be possible to preserve the already precarious world. But to follow the advice of the bishops would undoubtedly be tantamount to denying the Industrial Revolution and the process of urbanization altogether.The capitalists don't care whether this is God's warning or not. Once the proposal of the bishops is implemented, it is tantamount to cutting off the neck of profit. It is impossible for factory owners and farmers to accept such a proposal.Therefore, they also secretly launched various countermeasures and offensives, and even offered high rewards to verify the authenticity of this egg.

Soon, people who claimed to be witnesses confirmed that the egg was just a prank by the owner.The witness claimed that he happened to pass by the house that day and found the owner writing on the eggs with a pen.Although he thought it was strange at the time, he couldn't find the problem. It wasn't until the egg with the engraved handwriting appeared that he realized that the owner had tampered with the egg. As soon as this news came out, the religious circle seemed to be slapped in the face.The bishop secretly summoned the owner of the egg to the Holy See and asked him where the egg came from.The master, unable to bear the tremendous pressure, finally confessed the truth.

He said he did this only to prevent industrialization from destroying the tranquility of his hometown.At that time, the industrial revolution in Britain was gradually coming to an end. Although industrialization brought great development to the society, the various side effects caused by it were also becoming more and more prominent.People even began to miss the pastoral life and hated all kinds of pollution caused by industrialization.But this is the general trend of historical development, and no one can stop the roaring progress of the machine.The owner of this egg is the most ordinary member of this group of people. He said that the reason why he did this is that he hopes to use the mouth of God to prevent these machines from entering his hometown.

Although this prophecy proved to be a hoax in a short period of time, it also quickly spread throughout Europe in a short period of time.Especially during the period when countries such as Britain and France launched colonial wars, many people began to believe that this was a harbinger of the end of the world. Only by believing in the prophecies engraved on eggs could they escape the disaster of war and enter heaven smoothly.