from this blessed shore so does he leave ... departs , notably , with a vision and a precious treasure ... not however with the robust youth but a treasure of insight and revelation ... as frak steps back onto the ship , he calls for and beckons jerdwhom he found upon his re-entry into the boat , patiently and with a smile of welcome , standing just outside fraks cabin ... he , there as if just recently delivered from the stars ... he , fraks treasurehis robust gift from god , our father ... the precious jerd , there in all his youthful sweetness and innocence of eye ... they enact the ritual of thanksgiving as he now hears our father direct ... without a sacrifice of a captured one ... no , it is to be a ritual of preciousness , of celebration of two beloveds ... as they embrace , couple , communeawake jerd is he of whom king benjamin spokethe messiah , the perfect malethe person sent by our father who redeems the male from the sin of the female as he opens in robust and precious embrace to his beloved and to become beloved .