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The Providence
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 28 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He built a life that fed households. Then Jesus asked him to let it go.
Before he was the rich ruler who ran to Jesus, he was a hungry boy trying to understand why honest work did not always fill an honest house.
In first-century Jericho, an unnamed child rises from scarcity through discipline, courage, and an uncommon gift for seeing what others overlook. He becomes a merchant, landholder, husband, benefactor, and trusted judge, building a life that feeds households, dignifies work, and protects the vulnerable.
Then he hears of Jesus.
His question is simple: What must I do to inherit eternal life?
The answer reaches past greed and into the deepest structure of the life he has built: his need to carry every risk, settle every account, and remain the final safeguard for everyone he loves.
Inspired by the Gospel encounter with the rich ruler, THE PROVIDENCE is literary biblical historical fiction about faith, wealth, responsibility, love, control, and surrender. It imagines the years before the famous meeting and the unresolved life beyond it, without turning wealth into villainy or goodness into an easy answer.
For readers drawn to serious Christian fiction, the ancient world, and stories that ask what obedience costs when the things we hold are also the things we use to care for others.
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