![]() ![]() The dawn is breaking and David is in his war tent surround by his generals. In the Leper Messiah, Grail, the prince who comes from the west on a pilgrimage, retraces the steps his beloved grandfather took years before. It starts with a stranger in a strange land! The echo of Jesus grows louder as we move through the book. The others stood silently, pulling their camel haired robes around them against the cold mountain air. “ Are you for Egypt?” Nitzevet brought David in front of her and put her hands on his shoulders. Ten robed men stood in a single file, all of them stricken with the plague, stumps for hands, and little flesh remained on their faces. The lepers appeared on the mountain path, each holding a lantern with heads bowed low. ![]() The title, like the book, is a prism through which each reader will see something different. It was the moment I realized the title of my book would mean different things to different people. “Ah, but don’t forget that Jesus healed ten lepers but only one thanked him,” he said as he moved away. ![]() “No, David – I’m writing a book about David,” I replied. “Are you reading about Jesus?” the man asked. He must have seen the title of my unfinished book, The Leper Messiah. ![]() In the Leper Messiah, Jesus like David was a man of great compassion, his figure looms large!Ī few years ago in the hallway of a Mexican resort, I passed a French man in the hallway. Echoes of Jesus resound in our modern world. ![]()
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