The light was indescribably beautiful as it shimmered from the doorway in waves of color too numerous to count and in brilliance to describe with words. The shimmering light obscured what lay beyond the doorway. "Where are they going?" I asked, completely awestruck by what I was seeing.
My fellow observer said in a tone that expressed wonder at what he too was watching said, "To a place prepared for those who believe in the Son of the Creator and obey His Father's statutes, a people that willingly forgo the sinful pleasures of this world. A peculiar people, who seek the heavenly Father's desire for their lives first, as they lay all other cares aside. It is for these people, who have no place here in this world and for whom this world is not worthy of that such a resting place has been prepared, until scripture is fulfilled and the end has come and all things are made brand new."
I watched as Eliak disappeared through the doorway, followed by the Kurt family protectors. Not fully understanding what I was seeing, but knowing the deep yearning I felt within me for what I knew to be the truth fully understood or not I asked, "Can I go with them?"
A voice of authority, which felt as if it could crush me and yet breathed life into me at the same moment spoke off to my right, "There is a place for you there Roric, and for all who have asked forgiveness in My name and live a life sanctified before Me."
I fell to my face unable to stand face to face with my Creator's Son. Everything I had done wrong or imperfectly in this life rose up against me like a suffocating cloud of oppression.
"A repentant heart is precious to the Father. Be bound no more by your past deeds and your fears of the future for I am with you always."
Unable to speak past the waves of emotion racing through me I still framed a word in my mind, "Why?"
"Because I love you. So much so that I died for you and rose again so that you might live forever more with Me in my Father's presence. Stand now Roric."
I was on my feet facing the Savior of all mankind, without knowing how I got there. I recognized the figure of a man then as the one who had healed Eliak. How could I not have known who He was earlier, it was so clear now?
"Roric will you follow me?"
"Yes!" I said without hesitation.
"Will you obey me and go where I will send you?"