Read In the Beginning (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book I) Online
Authors: John J. Higgins
In the Beginning (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book I) (29 page)
"What type of Angels are those?" Lillith asked.
"They are just Cherubim in another form," he responded. "They are the both the artists and the warriors of the Universe. They create beauty in many forms and processes to enable the Angels to expand their own talents as bestowed upon them by the Almighty. They are also headstrong and powerful, and protect what has been created by the Almighty. Cerebriel and his group were responsible for all the words and art written on the walls in the pyramid in Eden."
Jarahmael again ascended up and out of the Sixth Heaven. "Now we are approaching my home," Jarahmael said as they crossed through the gateway into the Seventh Heaven.
"This is the most beautiful of all the Heavens! Look, the sky is crystal blue with golden cloud structures throughout!" Lillith exclaimed as she was admiring the various palaces floating on their own clouds. And there in the center of the Seventh Heaven was a tremendously large yet beautiful circular structure.
"What is that?" she asked.
"That is the Throne Room of the Almighty. This is where He appears when He addresses us or the great Assembly of all the Angels. Angels are assembled each morning for their instructions and the ceremony is something to behold. All Angels are supposed to attend unless there is an assignment more important. For instance, when the Almighty sent me to find you, I have not been able to attend the morning ceremonies until I have found you. It was a direct instruction from the Almighty and overrides anything else I would be responsible to do."
"I am that important, Jarahmael?" Lillith asked excitedly.
"Yes, you are," he said, giving her a quick squeeze with his arms. "The Almighty loves all of his creations and you are of special importance to him!"
"What about to you? Am I important to you?" she asked coyly.
"The Almighty could not care for you any more or to any greater depth than I do," he answered as he blushed in an Angelic fashion.
To break his feeling of awkwardness, Jarahmael said, "I have something to show you."
He then proceeded to fly over his own palace. It was similar to Luciferael's spired palace off in the distance, but not as grand. It was smaller, even though the rooms would expand if needed, it was just less imposing as Jarahmael did not keep it at its maximum size.
"This is my palace," Jarahmael said, and he pointed to the building as they began an approach to softly land.
"Let's go inside please!" exclaimed Lillith as they flew over the palace. She again nuzzled herself more deeply into the Archangel's body, her face pressed against the Angel's neck. "I thought Eden was beautiful and so were the other Heavens, but this place by far exceeds those places! I want to be an Angel!"
"That may be a topic to bring up with the Almighty when He meets with you," responded Jarahmael. He was so enamored with her Human beauty that he began to feel ambivalent about any such change. He did want her to be happy and he knew he would feel strongly for her no matter what form she was in, but he did enjoy her being Human.
"Going inside my palace will have to wait. My command was to bring you to the Almighty once I found you. And I have been searching for a long time to find you. I do not wish to keep Him waiting," Jarahmael said, not giving her any hint that he had taken it upon himself to bring her directly up into the Heavens.
With that said, Jarahmael flew into the Throne Room with Lillith still on his back. They landed before the Throne itself in the center of the room and stepping forward, he went up to the Throne and placed Lillith on the floor that surrounded it. He then called out the name of the Almighty, a name that could not be said by Lillith because it was in the language and sound frequency only the Archangels were given to communicate directly with Him.
A few moments later, the Seraphim slowly descended with a Human-like man seated in between them and on the top of descending Throne Angels. Jarahmael and Lillith looked up and watched the Beings coming down. She could see it was the Almighty who would often visit with her and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Although Jarahmael had seen the Almighty in Human form in the Garden of Eden before, he had never seen Him take this form in the Heavens. It was a strange sight, as the Almighty's presence still filled the room while His body seemed too small for the Heavens in that guise.
Jarahmael could feel Lillith's breathing quicken, though he could not tell whether it was from her excitement to be able to speak with the Almighty once again or her fear of consequences for not having stayed with Adam. Out of the side of his eye though, he noticed that Lillith dropped to her knees before the sight of the Almighty and was looking at Him adoringly. Jarahmael decided that he would also kneel as a sign of respect to the Almighty.
Lillith called out and said, "Here I am, my Lord. I am sorry if I did anything to offend You!" And she bent her head forward, hiding her face as the Almighty walked out from behind the Seraphim.
"I am not cross with you. I have seen what you went through and I am sorry that Adam was not a better mate for you, My child."
Jarahmael felt a wave of relief at hearing those words from the Almighty. Lillith's fear and lack of faith in the Almighty made him unsure what the Almighty would do, whether He would punish her, send her back to Adam, or even worse destroy her like the dinosaurs.
"Yes my Lord," Lillith said as she slowly stood and gazed up at the Almighty.
The Almighty turned to Jarahmael and said, "You have done well, My noble Archangel, bringing her back as I commanded." The Almighty paused, and it gave Jarahmael a signal that He was not upset with him for bringing the Human up into the Throne Room.
The Almighty continued, "There are changes coming, dark changes I am afraid, and I need the two of you to help Me with some tasks if you are willing. But I need you to keep these tasks secret and only carry them out when they are required. So secret that I won't tell you about them until you promise to be willing to carry them out." He looked into each of their eyes before He continued. "Will you agree to do these unknown things on My behalf? I know it is a lot to ask, but I also know that the two of you are very strong and determined. Can I count on you?"
Neither Jarahmael nor Lillith hesitated and said, "Yes!" at the same time.
"Good," said the Almighty. "One more condition. Neither of you will know what the other shall have to do on My behalf. Is that still acceptable to each of you?"
This time both Jarahmael and Lillith hesitated and looked at one another quickly. They both thought that the Almighty would have them work on the same endeavor together. If they weren't going to work with the same information, or on the same thing, they may be separated again. After a moment they smiled and shrugged their shoulders and again said, "Yes!" in unison.
The Almighty smiled at their willingness to please Him and said, "Thank you! Now each of you come closer and I will tell you what will be required of each of you. Lillith, you first. . ."
Mammonael had been returning to his own palace in the Seventh Heaven, when off in the distance he had seen Jarahmael fly into the Throne Room with a creature on his back.
I wonder if that is Lillith,
he thought.
Jarahmael had been assigned to find her and I haven't seen Jarahmael at the morning ceremonies for a number of days. Must have still been looking for her. I wonder what he is up to, going into the Throne Room.
Mammonael became stationary, hovering as inconspicuously as possible as he remained watching the Throne Room to see what was going on in there.
I should get a closer look,
he thought.
Luciferael and the rest of the Auxilium would want me to listen in to what they are doing there!
He began to fly forward to the doors at the entrance of the Throne Room when he could see the Seraphim and Thrones begin their descent into the room. They were entering through the skylight where the Almighty always entered. Because the doorway to the entrance and the skylight entrance were a distance away from one another, Mammonael believed he could still stay out of sight. Landing in the entrance way and concealing himself behind one of the doors, Mammonael could see Jarahmael and a smaller wingless creature standing before the Throne as the Almighty's entourage finished their descent to the Throne. As the brightness given off by the Seraphim and Throne Angels subsided, Mammonael could see that there was something other than the Almighty now seated on the Throne itself. It was a different kind of creature, similar to the other wingless one who stood next to Jarahmael in front of the Throne. Whoever or whatever it was, it was seated in the position of the Almighty Himself! Shocked, Mammonael could not help blurt out, "Has something changed in Heaven?"
Mammonael at first panicked that he had spoken aloud and given himself away, and looked around waiting to be confronted. But no one noticed him nor heard him speak aloud. He was still able to watch the events unfold in the Throne Room and he felt relieved.
He decided against trying to move closer to the Throne to eavesdrop, for fear of getting caught. He decided on a better plan: he would fly instead over the skylight itself to see if he could identify who was there on the Throne. He thought to himself that if they stopped him, he could always claim that he was just flying over on the way to another Archangel's palace. Afraid that the creatures in the Throne Room may not be there much longer, he backed out of the Throne Room's main entrance and took flight headed towards the skylight area of the Throne Room.
When Mammonael was flying over the Throne Room's skylight, he was excited that he could, in fact, see inside. The four Seraphim were in their usual position around where the Almighty should be. Jarahmael was standing before the Throne as he should be and was there with the female creature he had just had on his back a few moments before. That must be Lillith! The two of them were talking to what looked like a male version of the Lillith creature
. A Human sitting on the Almighty's Throne? How can that be?
Mammonael thought to himself,
this looks important. I better tell Luciferael about what I saw immediately. No creature other than Angels were ever allowed in the Throne Room before. Is the Almighty thinking of letting His newest creatures come up to the Seventh Heaven from Eden and be in charge here, as well as on the Earth?
As he thought of these things he was becoming more agitated. Fortunately, he had already flown well beyond the skylight and the Throne Room itself, and so his agitation did not become obvious or a problem to anyone viewing him from below.
"I need to talk to Luciferael," he said aloud again despite himself. "I need to go find him and tell him, he will know what to do. He always does."
Mammonael flew to Luciferael's palace in the hope of catching him there. As he entered through the window into Luciferael's grand hall, he found Luciferael holding court with some other members of the Auxilium, his own loyal Archangels, seated around him as usual. They turned to Mammonael as he landed and watched him as he came up to them.
Luciferael greeted him, "Welcome Mammonael, I am glad you stopped by. Beelzebael and Mephistophael have just returned from searching for Lillith and have still been unable to find her. And Sammuael has been reporting on his conversations with some of the Angels in the other Orders about their complaints about these new creatures of the Almighty, the 'Humans.' So your timing is impeccable."
"Thank you, my lord," Mammonael said while making a slight bow in front of him. But he quickly added, "I have news of my own, my lord. On my flight back to my own palace, I saw Jarahmael flying into the Throne Room with a Human on his back. I assume it was the female Lillith, who we know Jarahmael was sent to find."
The Archangels in the Auxilium hissed at the news.
Mammonael continued, "Unsure what to do, I decided to fly over and look in through the entrance way, but saw that the Seraphim and Thrones were descending into the Throne Room. In the center of the Seraphim, where the Almighty would normally be, there was someone else."
The Archangels of the Auxilium looked at one another, puzzled, and a murmur rose from among them.
Luciferael told them, "Be quiet! Mammonael, continue please."
"I decided that I would fly over the skylight once they had all entered and observe what I could. As I flew over, I saw this creature, a male Human I suppose, seated on the Throne itself, and surrounded by the four Seraphim. This Human male motioned for Lillith to come forward to him, and then he started to whisper to her, while Jarahmael and the Seraphim and Throne Angels watched. By that time, I could not stay watching without getting caught, and I decided to head right over to you with the information."
The other Archangels gasped at this news. A flash of red went across Luciferael's face.
"Then I realized that Jarahmael and the Human female had been kneeling in front of this other Human-like Being. From their behavior around him, I believe that it was either the Almighty Himself in Human form, or that a Human has already taken over Heaven!"
The Archangels gasped again and looked to Luciferael as Mammonael finished his report.
Luciferael thought for a minute while he stared through Mammonael, his eyes unfocused.
Luciferael then spoke. "This is important news, Mammonael. We are being betrayed in one form or another. Jarahmael has brought the Human Lillith into the highest Heaven, a place where only Angels have been allowed. I am unsure from what you have told me whether the other Human was the Almighty in a Human guise, or perhaps the Almighty has placed a newly-created Human on the Throne of Heaven. Either way, I was not advised of this by the Almighty, so I am caught again by surprise." Luciferael stood up, as he was becoming increasingly agitated.
Sammuael stated, "You should have been advised, my lord Luciferael. It's your rightful place to be advised by the Almighty of changes of this magnitude. Jarahmael should have come to you with the woman first and asked permission to bring her to the Almighty!"
"Remember, you are the First Born of all life, my lord Luciferael," advised Beelzebael.
"How can the Almighty do that to you and to us?" added Beelzebael. "We who have been loyal to the Almighty's every wish and whim!"
"Yes, my fellow Archangels, trusted members of my Auxilium," Luciferael stated. "Not only has Jarahmael bypassed me and dealt with the Almighty directly, but this raises the serious question as to what is going on with the Almighty Himself. He could have had a Seraphim Angel advise me or notify me so I could attend as well. This was a direct snub to my authority and powers!"
Luciferael paused and looked around the room at his Auxilium. "Equally disturbing is the Almighty taking a Human form Himself. Is this how He intends to continue ruling Heaven? Or as He has become more absent from us here in Heaven, has He lost interest in our welfare? And rather than keep me in charge of the Heavens and Earth, He has created and selected a Human to take my place. And the idea of Jarahmael bowing down to a Human is especially repulsive to me," Luciferael stated, his face showing his disgust.
"And to all of us too, my lord," stated the other Archangels in unison, looking among themselves. Sammuael then added, "None of us intend to bow down to any Human, now or ever!"
"We need to get these Humans out of the picture!" added Beelzebael. "We need to return Heaven back the way it was before all of this Human creation."
"Agreed," responded Luciferael.
"We should have a full plan ready," stated Sammuael. "We should have a plan in place to take over Heaven ourselves if we determine that the Almighty is secretly turning over control of Heaven to the Humans."
"Yes!" stated Mammonael. "Having seen what it would look like if the Humans were in charge, I have to tell you that it was particularly disturbing. It's a sight no Angel should have to witness!"
"Are they still in the Throne Room?" asked Luciferael.
"They were just before I flew here, my lord," responded Mammonael.
"Let's move upstairs to the main parapet in my palace. We should be able to observe Jarahmael and the others leave at least from there," stated Luciferael.
Luciferael turned and flew down a passageway carved in the cloud-like walls of his palace. Immediately behind him were Sammuael, Beelzebael, and Mammonael. Luciferael decided to fly through the hallways and stay concealed in his palace rather than fly outside and take the risk of being seen by Jarahmael and the others when they left.
Luciferael and the others arrived at the parapet and took seats, all of which allowed them to watch over the Throne Room. From these seats they could observe the top and skylight to the Throne Room as well as the entry way and the large doors that would seal the room if it was ever required.
They sat there for a while without seeing anything.
Luciferael then asked, "Have any of you seen the male Human named Adam or his new woman, Eve?"
They looked at one another shaking their heads; none of them had seen these creatures. Luciferael acknowledged their answer and then looked back down upon the Throne Room and stated, "They seem to be in there for a long time, don't you think?"
The three other Angels nodded their heads affirmatively without removing their gazes from the structure before them.
"We need to stop all of this affection between the Almighty and the Humans. And we need to get Jarahmael under control, because it is not good that he is developing a close relationship with the Humans and the Almighty," said Luciferael.
"What do you suggest, my lord?" asked Beelzebael.
"We need to get the Humans, Adam and Eve, to fail the test of free will in Eden," Luciferael stated coldly.
"How we will do that?" responded Sammuael.
"I have a plan," said Luciferael as he stepped back from the parapet and began pacing out of the sight of the Throne Room.
"What can we do to help?" asked Mammonael.
"There isn't a lot you can do about the Adam and Eve situation. But if things go according to my plan . . ." said Luciferael, his voice indicating that he was enjoying some of his thoughts when he was reviewing the plan in his own mind. "I may, however, need assistance in dealing with Jarahmael and Lillith, and eventually the Almighty." This comment made the other Archangels smile, happy that they would have a role.
"We may just need to start a rebellion!" Luciferael exclaimed.
Immediately after Luciferael said that, he began looking at the Throne Room again.
"What can we do to help you, my lord?" asked Beelzebael.
"How are you going to start a war between the Humans and the Almighty?" asked Sammuael.
"I want you to arrange a meeting where I can speak to the Angels who are not happy about these new Human creatures. I want to see who will join us if it comes down to a rebellion. I have been hoping that the Almighty will see that the Angels are much greater creatures than Humans will ever be, and stop giving them so much attention," Luciferael replied. "If the Almighty insists on exalting Humans over us, I believe that many of the Angelic Order will be as unhappy as we are, and then we can make a move to take over the Heavens."