The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“Gold, frankincense, and myrrh were inspected one final time. “Gold for the road if power turns against the child,” said Mehrasp. “Incense so the messenger never replaces the Father. Myrrh because goodness is not protected from pain merely by being good.””
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Direct canonical threshold + sacred fictionThe final scene stops immediately before Matthew’s canonical narrative begins.
Matthew 2:1 begins after Jesus’s birth by placing Magi from the east in Jerusalem during Herod’s reign. The Gospel then gives their question, Herod’s alarm, Bethlehem, the gifts, the warning, and the alternate road.
The camp outside Jerusalem, pādyāb, private dialogue, symbolic interpretation of the gifts, Second Road map, and final preparations are fictional.