In Rebellion (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book II) (34 page)
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Authors: John J. Higgins
Jarahmael took flight from his place of hiding and flew directly at Luciferael, striking him as he was moving closer to the Throne. Using the full brunt of his own weight and strength, Jarahmael struck Luciferael with a great deal of force, enough to send him out of circle of Potentates and onto the floor of the Throne Room.
Jarahmael hoped that would be enough to break the ability of Luciferael to amplify his sound blasts using the energy from the Potentates. As Jarahmael flew back to attack Luciferael, now that he was separated from his Potentates, he drew his two swords from
their sheaths.
Luciferael watched Jarahmael draw his swords and drew his own swords, and they clashed and began to sword fight with one another.
“I will destroy you, Jarahmael!” Luciferael called out to him, striking his sword with such force that Jarahmael flinched when it hit. “You have lied to me and betrayed the Beings of Light. Before this day is over you shall see me crowned as the new Almighty and everything that has been yours shall be mine!”
“If that is my fate so be it, Luciferael. But I shall not betray the Almighty,” Jarahmael said as he fought back, his sword narrowly missing Luciferael's face.
“The Almighty is gone, Jarahmael. He was too embarrassed that his Simians and Humans were a complete failure and need to be destroyed. He does not have the fortitude to destroy them on the spot as I did with the dinosaurs,” Luciferael said while forcing Jarahmael to back up from the force of his blows.
“The Almighty will return!” Jarahmael said as his swords struck back at Luciferael.
“He will not dare show His face, I will control all of the Heavens, the Earth and the rest of the Universe before long, and He will not be welcome. And if He is not careful I will send Him along with the rest of you and the Angels who oppose me into permanent imprisonment.”
“And where will that be, Luciferael?” Jarahmael asked.
“Why, in the same place your brother Michael sent the first of my dinosaurs that he destroyed and then buried in the fires deep beneath the Earth. That's where you and all your brethren will be sentenced, Jarahmael.”
“Better to be sent there than to have to serve you, Luciferael!” Jarahmael responded defiantly.
Luciferael then attacked Jarahmael with a rapid barrage of sword strokes, driving him
further
back. This gave him enough time to quickly reconnect with the Potentates who remained above.
T
aap
of the Potentates
, seeing the break and opportunity, quickly completed the circuit to Luciferael, who took up his horn and blew a blast of sound that hurled Jarahmael and his swords backwards against the side wall of the Throne Room.
Jarahmael could still see, but could hardly move, the energy had been pounded out of him. He watched as Luciferael began to move towards him, his sword drawn. He leaned over Jarahmael and lifted his head up by his hair so he could speak directly to his face.
“This is the beginning of the rest of eternity for you,
l
ord Jarahmael. You almost ruined my plans, but you see that no one can defeat me, don't you? You could have had it all, I thought you had more potential than all the other Archangels to be my second in command. But that is all gone now.”
Luciferael dropped Jarahmael's head down again and began to walk back towards the Throne.
Then out of the corner of his eye, Jarahmael could see Michael flying through the Throne Room. Cerebriel, Gabriel and Uriel immediately behind him, Cherubim and other Orders of Angels following all of them.
Jarahmael watched as Luciferael turned to face them as they approached, reconnecting with the Potentates and their energy. Then he took out his horn again and aimed it at the approaching loyal Angels.
I must stop him before he sends off a blast at them, Jarahmael thought to himself. But I can hardly move! Then he remembered what Cerebriel had told him and taught him on their recent ascension through the Heavens.
If I c
an
strike Luciferael with a lightning bolt and stun him or
break his connection with the Potentates he will not have as much power and can be captured
.
Jarahmael tried to change his light energy wavelengths as he had with Cerebriel, but found that he could not get his energy level where it needed to be to discharge and failed to produce any lightning.
And he watched, as the power connection between the Potentates and Luciferael continued to grow.
After the first failed attempt, Jarahmael remembered in better detail what Cerebriel had taught him in order to generate lightning. Luciferael and his Potentates moved closer to each other. Jarahmael altered his light wave energy and felt its strength course through his body. The intensity grew for him, to a level he had never experienced before. At the same time, Jarahmael watched as everything slowed down. He watched as Luciferael started receiving an intense charge from the surrounding Potentates and he watched as Luciferael then raised the horn once again to his lips.
Finally Jarahmael felt a massive surge of energy arise within him. He raised his right arm and pointed his index finger directly at Luciferael's horn and face, and sent the lightning bolt out of his body, just as Luciferael began to blow out of the horn. Light and lightning travel faster than sound, even Potentate-amplified sound, so the sound never left Luciferael's horn.
The lightning bolt struck the horn, turning it into dust and causing an explosion where Luciferael stood. He was kicked backwards against the wall across from Jarahmael. Each of the Potentates was sent flying off into their own directions, rolling and tumbling through the air. Luciferael was stunned by the blast and remained incapacitated as Michael and the rest of his warriors re-occupied the Throne Room.
A few moments later, Jarahmael could hear Cerebriel and Gabriel report that Luciferael's legions had been sent into a rout once again. Suriel had not been able to keep the main rebel force together under the attack of the loyal Archangels and their legions, and without the presence of Luciferael, Mammonael, Mephistophael and Beelzebael the rebel Angels lost the will to fight.
Michael turned to Gabriel and said, “Tell Ariel and Uriel to join you and round up the rest of Luciferael's Angels. I do not want them running around free in the Heavens any longer. Send Raphael and his legion up here to help Jarahmael and repair whatever injury or damage that has been inflicted here.”
“Now it’s our turn!” Gabriel exclaimed as he turned and went off to capture the rest of Luciferael's rebel Angels. It would soon be over now.
Chapter 48
OPPORTUNITY FOR
REDEMPTION
Jarahmael slowly recovered his strength, having
used all the strength he had when he created
the lightning bolt he sent into Luciferael. Michael had his foot firmly across Luciferael's throat, pressing down, holding him in place. The rest of Michael's warrior Angels had Luciferael's cohort held down as well all across the floor of the Throne Room in the Seventh Heaven.
“Michael,” Luciferael gasped. “Why are you doing this to me? I created you and gave you life.”
“Not true, Luciferael!” responded Michael angrily. “You were part of the process that gave me life, but it was the Almighty that made all of us.”
Michael looked around and saw the other rebel Archangels that had joined with Luciferael in the rebellion
.
He motioned to Jarahmael to release Sammuael. Jarahmael had confined Sammuael within the Crystal Prism when he rescued Michael and Ariel from captivity in the Hall of the Virtues.
Jarahmael held out the prism and stated:
“Solvo Angelus!”
A stream of light came out of the pyramid-shaped crystal and Sammuael was deposited on the floor
along with the rest of the Cheribum guards that Jarahmael had captured.
Jarahmael stepped forward and quickly put a spear against
Sammuael’s chest holding him down while a contingent of loyal Angels surrounded the rebel Cheribum and did the same.
Sammuael writhed in anger, his face contorted, and his eyes fiery in defiance.
Michael looked around at his loyal Archangels and then looked over at the prone bodies of Beelzebael, Mephistophael, Damiel, Mammonael and Suriel. In the background he saw the other rebel Angels surrounded and subdued by his victorious army comprised of the lesser Orders of Angels.
Michael then spoke, his voice amplified as it went out and into the minds of all the assembled Angels. “The Almighty
has empowered me to deal with all of you rebel Angels. The Almighty
is merciful. He did not want this war. He has instructed me to offer you all mercy.”
There were rumblings in the minds of the rebel Angels where some attempted to block out Michael's voice.
“Silence!” he commanded and their minds were stilled.
“The Almighty offers you mercy. You can be returned to your former glory and all will be forgiven. You have to simply repent for your rebellion and you will be accepted back into the Orders of the Angels. Will you repent what you have done?”
The rebel Angels’ minds had been poisoned by the belief that the Almighty was weak and that despite their defeat at the moment, they could still have all of the Heavens to themselves. And not one of them seriously considered repenting their rebellion, despite having lost this last battle.
In response, Luciferael spoke up, having regained some of his strength. “But the Almighty betrayed all of us, the Beings of Light, the
F
irst
B
orn!” Luciferael said, looking up directly into Michael's eyes. “We are brothers, betrayed by the Almighty's love for these creatures made of flesh, from the mud. Not from beautiful and clean light.”
Michael's voice boomed in response. “Once again, do you repent?”
And Luciferael's voice responded so all could hear. “The Almighty is weak. He could not destroy man, He certainly cannot destroy us. It is only a ploy to gain our obedience again and prevent us from ruling the Universe. I will still restore us back to our former glory before the
time of
creation of the Simians and Humans. Michael, and my fellow Angels, I implore you to join us, I will lead us to even greater glory.”
And Michael answered Luciferael back so all could hear. “I serve the Almighty and not you, Luciferael.”
Michael looked directly out across the Throne Room and said, “One final time, do any of you repent?”
And again there was silence as none of the rebel Angels responded, hardened and determined to follow Luciferael in his war.
“So be it!” boomed Michael. “Luciferael is stripped of his position as the Prince of the Heavens. No longer is there any duty for any Angel to follow you or obey you. Your days in the Heavens are over and you may not return.”
Still rebellious, Luciferael responded, “The Heavens are all of ours. We, after all, created them!”
“As of this moment they are no longer yours,” Michael responded. “Nor will they ever be again. You have all blocked the love and goodness given to you by the Almighty at the moment of each of your creation. From now on, you will be on your own!”
As Michael was finishing his pronouncement, great holes were opening in the Seventh Heaven and the lesser Orders of rebel Angels began falling through the cloud-like floor.
Some of the rebel Angels began to call out in fear as they began tumbling earthward. One by one, the former Archangels began to fall, but none of them cried out in fear or mercy. Their minds remained determined that they would conquer Michael and the Heavens, loyal still to the Archangel named Luciferael.
Michael continued, “And since you wanted to rule the Heavens, the Almighty has given you your own realm to rule. Because you hate the Earth creatures so much and you, Luciferael, have plotted to be a ruler in your own realm, the Almighty will give you your own realm
.
A realm of your own design where you intended to place the loyal Angels and the Almighty. Deep within the Earth, under the feet of the Humans is where you will spend eternity. Knowing that man is above you regardless of all your powers!”
There was a tremendous explosion and rumbling that came up from the Earth into the Heavens, rolling through each of the lower Heavens and eventually reaching the Seventh Heaven itself. Michael waved his arm across the floor so the Heavens became transparent and they could look upon the Earth.
“Look below, a monstrous volcano has erupted and created an underground world with caves and passages. This new place is where you will reside!” pointed out Michael. “You will be master of this new realm which the Almighty calls Hades and Hell. Your kingdom, Luciferael, will no longer be up here where light is prevalent, you will be deep beneath the dark ground, and the only light you will see in your home now will come from superheated earth and whatever light you may bring to the place.”
Sammuael looked up into Jarahmael's eyes with anger and defiance and whispered to him as Jarahmael held him down. Sammuael said in a seething voice, “You may have won this episode with that little weapon of yours, Jarahmael, but rest not well, my former friend. I will return the gesture someday.”
Jarahmael had no patience left with dealing with these fallen Angels and immediately after Sammuael's comment, Jarahmael shoved him through the hole in the floor of the Throne Room and called after him, “Sammuael, begone!”
The rest of the loyal Angels continued to shove the rebel Angels out of the Seventh Heaven and down towards the Earth they fell. Their wings paralyzed by some other force, they were guided by a light beam into a hole in the Earth. Jarahmael could feel the presence of the Almighty, even though he did not see Him.
Luciferael remained the most defiant, and before he was cast out of the Heavens by Michael, Luciferael shot a glance over at Jarahmael, a slight smirk on his lips, and called out, “Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven.” He then pushed himself out of the Heavens and down the light beam, deep into the hole in the Earth that closed itself above him. And with that, the rebel Angels were all cast out of the Heavens.