Angels and the Fallen Ones

Angels and Demons

I visited Woolpit church in Suffolk for my great nephew's christening and was in awe at the sight of over 300 carved angels looking down at me from the eves, each holding different biblical symbols. Some guarding Apostles while others guarded the Saints. It was an amazing sight and filled me with awe. Of-course so did my little nephew, (he's very cute, I might add.) 

      

For the Book of Souls - Justice, I did a lot of research on angels and demons. My main resource was the bible. It amazed me just how much scripture was written concerning both these subjects. I felt guilty how that in the past I have missed the passages because it was something that held little importance at the time. The whole story of our creation, and the rebellion in heaven, starting with the fall of Lucifer, the Morning Star, who we now know as, Satan - which is just one of his many names - and who continues to this day to wage war on His Father, God. This timeless battle continues all around us every second of the day - without us ever being aware of it. 

Or are we? 

This subject has always intrigued me. And to think, we were the cause of it!    

Some interesting  facts on angels





1. Angels were created by God (Ps 148:5, Col 1:16)
2. Angels were created Holy (Ezek 28:15)
3. They have intellect (Matt 28:5,1 Pet 1:12)
4. They have emotions (Job 38:7, Luke 2:13, ch 15 v 10)
5. They have free will (Jude 6)
6. They exist as spirits - not with material bodies (Heb 1:14)
7. An angel can be in only one place at a  time (Dan 9:21-23, 10:10-14)
8. They can appear in the form of man/in dreams (Gen 18:1-8)
9. Seen by some and not others (2 Kings 6:15-17)
10. They cannot reproduce (Mark 12:25) 
11. They do not die (Luke 20:36)
12. They have more knowledge than man (Matt 24:31, Luke 1:13-16) but less than God (Matt 24:36)
13. They have more power than man (2 Peter 2:11, Acts 5:19) but less than God.
14. They can be involved in controlling nature (Rev 7:1, 16:3,8,9) Nations (2Kings 19 v35) Satan and demons (Dan 10:13-21 ch12:1)
15. They will perform future judgement for God (Matt 13:3, Rev 15:1,16: 1-21)
16. They are assigned as guardians of individuals (Matt 18:10)
17. They are God's agents in handling prayer (Acts 12: 7)
    
    
18. They assist believers at death (Luke 16:22, Jude 9)

 Now the Enemy

1. Seven old testament books and every new testament writer refers to Satan the Devil.
2. Jesus refers to Satan (Matt 13:39, Luke 10:18, 11:18)
3. He is a murderer (John 8:44) a Liar (John 8:44) and accuser (Rev 12 :10) and our adversary (1 Pet 5:8)
4. The fall of Satan (Ezek 28, Isiah 14) When he was cast out of heaven soon after we were created and Satan caused a third of the angels  to fall with him.
5. He promotes anger, bitterness and division (Eph 4:26-27, 2 Cor:2 5-11)
6. He uses persecution (Rev 2:10)



There is also a lot of warnings for believers concerning

what the Devil is doing to lead us away from our faith,

 but that's for another day.

  

  

The Book of Souls - Justice

A continuation of the previous post.

“RUN - NOW!” A powerful voice cracked the air.

But I don’t want too! She stood rigid, completely transfixed by its alluring glow.

“RUN. Run to the church.” The voice demanded again and as the words sank in, Maya felt a familiar shiver of awareness.

The rush of fear she felt early whooshed back through. Maya pushed away from Sam’s embrace and stood trembling.

“RUN TO THE CHURCH.”

Swallowing, she took a deep breath and grabbed Sam’s arm, giving it a sharp tug. He didn’t budge, he simply stood there resembling a zombie with one arm limply pointing in the direction of the monster. When Maya took a second to examine his eyes, it only solidified the Zombie look with his once brown eyes now made white from the reflection of the iridescent beam.

“Sam, what do I do? SAM, PLEASE!” Maya shouted at him. Taking a quick glance back at the light and at Sam’s expressionless face, she took a step closer, slapped her hands on his broad shoulders and spat these words, “Sam, come on. Snap out of it.” When he blinked, a sigh escaped her. “We need to get to the church!” she continued.

Sam shook his head and rubbed the back of his neck. His gaze flitting from Maya, then to what had held him captive and back to her. He grabbed Maya’s wrist and seconds later, they were running away from the ear-splitting roars that snapped at their heels.

The church was three hundred yards away, yet it felt more like miles with her cold, achy legs struggling to carry her.

We won’t make it!  She wanted to cry out, ‘It’s too dark! Too foggy! We’ll never find it!’ But it was eventually the sickening anguish and not her aching muscles which made her stumble, pulling Sam down with her. Straight away Sam dragged her back to her feet and they were running again.

He reached the medieval oak door first and grabbed the iron handle with both hands. Breathing heavily, Sam twisted, pulled and finally smashed his shoulder up against the wood. After his third attempt the door flung wide and Sam hit the floor hard, punching air from his lungs in an explosive grunt. Maya tumbled forward, landing in a tangled mass of arms and legs on the cold flagstones beside him. Time froze for them both, neither of them moved; Sam was still gasping to catch his breath and Maya could only hear her own pulse thrumming through her eardrums as she tried to deal with her own pain. Sam raised his right leg and kicked the door shut with a resounding thud, leaving them both lying on their backs, surrounded by eerie shadows.

Maya grimaced as she sat up and blankly stared straight ahead with the odd wrinkle of her nose from the stink of mouse pee. She twisted around in a startled daze when her thoughts were interrupted by a small arc of light to her left and she saw Sam with his mobile phone stretched out in front of him.

“Who’re you calling?” she asked.

He ignored her, his fingers tapping away with increased annoyance. “Bloody thing.” He grumbled. “I can’t get a flippin’ signal in here.” Lifting his head to face her, his brow lined with a frown, Sam made a gesture with his chin towards the door. “What the hell was that thing out there?”

Maya shook her head. She didn’t know how to answer. Instead she stretched to relieve the ache in her back and in a weak voice asked replied, “What if that thing comes after us in here?”

This is a sketch of the monster (fallen angel) that

attacked Maya and Sam down by the river.

An original drawing by me.