What if…

• Imagine a land of immortal beings, living in perfect harmony for an eternity under the most benevolent King imaginable.
• During this eternity, the population expanded exponentially and the people longed to see their wonderful King, but His visits became less often as the Kingdom expands.
• One day, in the distant they see the King coming. They can see his radiance in the distance and they are excited to see him after such a long time.
• When he comes into the village, their hearts drop when they find out it is not the King, but the King’s prince. The people tell the prince that they have not seen the King in a long time and they long to see him again.
• The prince experiences this behavior in many of the villages he visits. He talks with the people and tells them that King will come soon as He is visiting all the villages.
• After many such interactions, the prince has a thought: there are now too many citizens for one king to manage. I could serve as a second king!
• Now in his travels, when villages react as they did before, he discussed his idea with them. “Would it be better if we had two kings?”
• After a very long time, and much campaigning by the prince, he goes to the king with his followers and announces that he should be the second king, this is what the people want.
• The King tells the prince, “this is not what you promised me in the beginning when you swore to follow only me.”
• The King ordered his army to rid the realm of all those who broke their promise. “Drive them out into exile in the desert where they will suffer an eternity. And when our brothers and sister have repented, we will bring them home to us and this type of insurrection will never happen again.”

… this all happened long ago, and the big bang happened to start bringing them home.