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The Providence
The Story of the Young Rich Ruler
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A historical novel
The Providence
The Story of the Young Rich Ruler
A boy in Jericho dreams of a life in which his family will never hunger again. As trust and trade bring prosperity, protecting those he loves becomes a responsibility he cannot put down. What will ever be enough?
The Young Rich Ruler’s imagined journey from poverty to prosperity explores ambition, family, generosity and the limits of control.
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The story
How much is enough when the people you love depend on you?
Growing up with hunger in Jericho, he is determined to build a different life. Through honest work, sharp instincts and an ability to bring people together, he earns something as valuable as money: their trust. Trade opens doors. Relationships deepen. Prosperity gives him the means to feed households, offer work and shelter the people who depend on him.
With every success, his responsibilities grow. He believes that enough money, secure foundations and the right relationships can keep his family safe. But each person he helps gives him more to lose. When does caring for others become a need to control every danger? And what happens when the life he has built cannot quiet the fear beneath it?
Inspired by the biblical Young Rich Ruler, The Providence imagines the life surrounding his encounter with Jesus. This is a novel, not a documented biography: a story of ambition, generosity, love and difficult choices in which prosperity leaves the deepest questions unanswered.
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Why this story
A life built from little.
His ambition grows from hunger, love and a promise to give his family a different future.
Success brings responsibility.
Trust, work and generosity bind him to people whose safety he takes personally.
Love meets the limits of control.
He can provide for others, but can he protect them from everything he fears?
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This book may be for you if
- You enjoy historical fiction about ambition, love, and the search for meaning.
- You want moral complexity without a sermon or an easy villain.
- You like quiet, cumulative prose and concrete ethical tension.
- Your book club welcomes questions about faith, work, wealth, and control.
The Story’s Inspiration
The novel imagines a life around the unnamed Gospel figure traditionally called the rich young ruler. Its biography and aftermath are fiction; the author’s note distinguishes the Synoptic record from the imagined story.
Matthew 19:16-22Mark 10:17-22Luke 18:18-23
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