On the way to the community of Gimron, in company with his mother’s brother, Abraham, Yeshua encounters a man beating his donkey. After confronting Yeshua in anger and being offered the light in return, the man prostrates himself before God and asks for forgiveness. Two days before the arrival of Yeshua, an angel appears to Yochanan in a vision and instructs him to prepare a place for Yeshua. Then an angel also appears to the three chief priests to testify of the truthfulness of Yochanan’s words. Great then is the welcome that Yeshua receives when he arrives, which is highly unusual for someone of such a young age.

1 Thus, it was that shortly after the families returned to Nazareth, Yeshua journeyed along the river Jordan to the community at Gimron in the company of his mother’s brother, Abraham.
2 Along the route, they came upon a man pulling a heavily laden donkey by a rope near a low watery spot next to the edge of the river, amidst a grove of date palms. As they made to pass, the donkey stopped and refused to move further, despite the man’s forceful tugging on the rope about his head.
3 Yeshua and Abraham looked back behind them as they traveled by to see what would become of the man and donkey, when to Yeshua’s dismay, the man took his staff and began to beat the donkey about the head and body while cursing at him in a most foul way.
4 Before Abraham realized his intent, Yeshua ran back to the man to prevent the evil he would do.
5 Already in his youth, Yeshua was large for his age and strong because of his work in carpentry with his father. Thus, it was that when the man pulled back to take a mighty blow upon the donkey, Yeshua took hold of the staff from behind him and pulled it suddenly from his grasp, leaving him to swing forward in emptiness, whereupon he fell upon his face.
6 The man rose in a rage and went to strike Yeshua a blow, but Yeshua drove one end of the staff into the soft ground and, holding it upright before him, used it as a shield insomuch that the man’s intended blow hit the staff, causing him great pain and agony, whereupon he sat upon the ground, holding his injured hand and cursing all around him.
7 Then came Abraham up to him, saying, “What is in your heart this day to attack a youth and recklessly utter such foul curses about?”
8 And the man said, “Tis an insolent boy who has caused me much pain by acting upon me when it was not his right, and I demand recompense for this offense.”
9 Now Abraham was of a mind to pay the man a coin and be about their journey and away from the trouble that was here. But Yeshua stood before the man and said unto him, “We will pay you nothing, for it is you who have sinned this day by striking an innocent beast who serves you without reward. Verily, you are not even worthy to clean its stall.”
10 Then the man rose up to contend again with Yeshua and Abraham, but Yeshua took the staff and threw it upon the ground at the feet of the man and said unto him, “There is your weapon, strike me if you will, but you know in your heart whether it is good or evil that you would do, and if it be evil, then I say unto you that it would be better that you had lived in Sodom and Gomorrah at the day of devastation than you live today, for God does not smile upon the wicked, and their end is destruction.”
11 The forceful words of Yeshua gave the man pause in his steps, and overcome by his troubles, he began to tremble and weep, and he fell to his knees and, through his tears, told unto them of his life of misery that they might understand the anger that was within him.
12 Then Yeshua came unto the man and put his hand upon his shoulders and said unto him with tenderness, “Many of us are poor and have vexing troubles that come upon us. Thus is life that we may grow and become better than we are. In all of your cares, have you prayed with a contrite heart to God that he might make you greater than your burdens?”
13 And the man answered, “God abandoned me long ago, along with my wife and family and friends.”
14 Then Yeshua stood in front of the man, put a hand on each of his shoulders, and looked into his eyes, and said unto him, “Elohim will never abandon the Children of Light. It is because you have abandoned God that there is only darkness in your life.
15 Repent of your sins, forsake the darkness you have been living, and call upon God in humility and passion to bring the Celestine Light unto you.
16 If you turn away from the darkness and seek out the God of light, you will find him. And there is no burden too great to bear when Elohim is with you.”
17 The man whose name was Dryhus was mightily moved in his soul by the words and compassion of Yeshua and prostrated himself upon the ground. And with great humility, through tears of remorse and thankfulness, he did as Yeshua bade and called upon God to forgive him for his sins and promised to make amends for his wrongs and to hereafter do only good.
18 Afterward, he arose and kissed Yeshua upon each of his cheeks and went to his donkey and kissed it on each of its cheeks.
19 Thereafter, they parted ways and Abraham and Yeshua continued on their journey to Gimron, and Abraham considered in amazement all that he had witnessed.
20 Now Yochanan had been at Gimron sometime prior to the arrival of Yeshua and had already come into favor with the Elders because of his studious ways, good labor, and quick mind. Two days before Yeshua’s arrival, an angel appeared to Yochanan in a vision and said, “Behold, your kin Yeshua does even now journey to Gimron. Prepare a place for him.”
21 Yochanan did as the angel directed and arranged a sleeping area for Yeshua next to his and passed a message through the hierarchy to the Elders concerning the arrival of Yeshua, whom he assured them was blessed greatly of Elohim.
22 Then an angel of God appeared in a vision to the three chief priests and testified of the truthfulness of that which Yochanan had spoken.
23 And the spirit of God filled the hearts of the men and women of Gimron such that they knew that an unusual moment was arriving.
24 Thus, it was that when Yeshua arrived at Gimron, there was a crowd of people who greeted him as he entered the village in such a way not accustomed for a youth of his tender age.
25 Before he departed to return alone to Nazareth, Abraham made a small donation of silver and a vessel of resins of pine to the community from the treasures that had been given by the Magi when Yeshua was a babe so that they might care for and teach both Yeshua and Yochanan.
26 From that day forth, Yeshua and Yochanan began to spend every minute of almost every day with each other, continuing to forge the bond that united them in purpose and understanding to fulfill the desires of God.