An Imperial Message

In Kafka's text "An Imperial Message", Kafka introduces the text talking about how an emperor is on his death bed and he wants a messenger to spread his message throughout the entire Empire. After the messenger has confirmed that he has understood the message, he begans on his venture to spread the message throughout the entire land. While on his venture, he has to step through obstacles that hold him back from spreading the message. While reading the preface, it makes it better to understand the text. The preface tells us through Kafka's text, the Emperor stands for God, and because God is dying, or becoming nonexistent, God wants to spread his message throughout the village but "the villagers are not close to god." Therefore, the messenger pushes and pushes through obstacles, though never arriving at the destination. The pretext also tells us that the people don't understand the situation and that couriers are shouting messages that are meaningless. I think this relates to the ways of how we come across signs in our life. When Kafka states that God, as an emperor, is trying to deliver to the people his message and that people come to misunderstand it, I think it relates to how God sends us signs in our life, whether it is good or bad. We have to look at each sign that God gives us and put the pieces together in order to better interpret the message that God is trying to tell us.