A great and good king had many adopted sons. After their adoption, they shared all things in common with his biological family and received daily instruction on how to live their new lives as nobility. As they grew, they became intimately familiar with his kind, noble, and virtuous character. They learned his personality, his desires, his business, and his way of thinking and speaking. He did not fail to make himself known to them, and they knew and experienced the trustworthiness of everything he communicated to them.
After a time he chose three of these men to be his messengers in a distant and hostile foreign land: an eloquent son, a son who stuttered, and a son who was mute. They were to announce to the inhabitants of this land the King’s imminent arrival to dethrone their cruel, tyrannical ruler and set them free from their life-long slavery.
After traveling for many days they arrived at the nation’s capital city and each son began to spread the news of their father’s arrival. The eloquent son spoke with beauty and grace and his hearers were filled with wonder. The son who stuttered spoke with some difficulty, but nonetheless relayed his father’s message faithfully to those who would listen. The son who was mute wrote of the citizens’ redemption and had it published all over the city. The unique personality of each son was visible in the manner in which they communicated, but their message was consistent: the good King was coming soon to set the captives free.