Story of Jesus as Messiah. Examines in novel form, his human spiritual development, alongside his divine nature as the Son of God. New parables, new miracles! Previously published as "Alpha and Omega," under pen name Francis Wolfe. From the novel: In Capernaum, Matthew the tax collector had just seized the fishing boat of the man Zadok. With him were several agents of wealthy men who followed Matthew on his monthly seizure rounds. They would purchase items on the spot at auction and cart them away. In the case of the boat they might hire a man to sail it across the lake away from its former owner, or chain it to the pier. Matthew instructed his brother Aaron to start the bidding, and a large net was the first item up for bid. Bidding was started at one shekel of silver, the man Jesus was the only bidder and won the item. A bit of commotion ensued when he told Aaron that he had no silver but would pay in a short while. Matthew argued and threatened Jesus, and he had to do the same with his men, as they obeyed the instructions of the prophet and laid the net in the water. The net was deployed in a corner that was formed by a pier that projected out from the bank. The auction stopped as all the bidders assembled around this strange enterprise. Again, Matthew emerged from the crowd to confront Jesus, but was preempted, "Matthew, you will now be paid your taxes, how much is due?" Matthew replied sternly "Sixteen shekels are overdue and the auxiliaries are on their way, so end your rioting and leave." Jesus turned to the crowd and said, "Friends, the man Zadok whose livelihood has been seized today has a covenant with the God of Israel. He makes the covenant with his good actions, with his good words and intentions, with his hope and faith. Now the God of loyal covenant intends to keep his part of the covenant." Jesus began picking up small stones and tossing them into the pool enclosed by the net. The stones were splashing as they hit, but it was noticed by some, and then all that two or three stones were causing three and four splashes - something else was adding to the disturbance. It was fish, and more than one...the stones were becoming fish as they entered the water! A stone even over shot the pool, becoming a fish on the pier and flopping itself into the water. For each his own reason, the people began to toss stones into the pool to create their own fish. The friends of Zadok, bystanders, and even the agents tossed a stone into the pool. When the net was quite full, Jesus stepped forward grinning and shouted, "Friends, that is enough. Thank you for your help." To Matthew he said, "Matthew, follow me and we will no longer ransom the property of men, but their souls." Matthew left everything, and followed Jesus. Jesus and company spoke briefly to the fisherman who now enjoyed better circumstances. Jesus assured Zadok of additional help if needed, but advised him to sell the fish at once and pay off his taxes. He hired two helpers on the spot and harvested and sold the huge catch. Jesus and his three disciples, which now included Matthew went for lunch, Matthew paid.