It was then stripped of its bark, but work had to begin on it before it had completely dried out. Working on carving a staff like this took a long time and lots of patience, and any work was done in the spare time that people had available. However, no one was familiar with letters or how to inscribe them in such a way that they would be understood by others. So, people decided that they would carve small symbols. Look here! At the end the name of the Fisherman had been inscribed, as shown by the symbol of a fish, and here where it says MESSIAH, you can see a sun with rays shining forth from it.”
Step-by-step, he set about explaining the way in which it had been done, intriguing Joseph so much that he was desperate to understand everything. Joseph said to him,
“Wait, slow down! Are you r
