Psalm 82 Explained. Does God charge His angels with folly? Yes. That is what David saw and wrote about in Psalm 82. He saw this in a vision because God allowed him to see the judgment of angels. Eliphaz also mentions God charging His angels with folly in the book of Job: Job 4:18 Behold, He put no trust in His servants; and His angels He charged with folly. God seemed to be unsettled about the complacency of these gods who walked and lived among the sons of men. They had watched the evil deeds of men go unpunished right in front of their eyes. Why I believe that God was rebuking angels and not men is because of Psalm 82: 1. The scene is related to heaven, and not Earth, and Job has revealed to us that the sons of God always go before God to present themselves continually, after a long time sojourning amongst the sons of men. Psalm 82 expressly shows how God is often displeased with the negligence & lack of compassion shown by these angels towards those who face injustice the most - the poor, the widowed, the fatherless, and the afflicted or disease-ridden. 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Angels are not perfect beings from the least to the highest ranking, not even Lucifer, who was the most beautiful and wisest of the angels. Isaiah said Lucifer was the sum of all beauty and wisdom, which means, of all the angels that God had made, he was the wisest and the most beautiful. Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. The gods of Psalm 82: 1. The "gods" in Psalm 82 refers to angels of the lowest hierarchy. They are the sons of God that continually go before God's throne to present themselves after a long time sojourning on Earth. They are the watchers of mankind. These angels are not like the higher-ranking ones such as the Seraphim and Cherubim, who by their proximity to God and the throne of mercy are expected to worship God in the purest form of holiness and perfection, by maintaining the purest thoughts and holiest intentions. This is why the bible said Lucifer was perfect from the day he was created until iniquity was found in him. Iniquity by definition is the manifestation of any thought or intention that falls below the purest & holiest admiration for God and His throne, which is not the same standard for the lowest ranking angels that are farthest away from God and his throne. For the earthly angels, like the gods, as Psalm 82 calls them, God saw the fault in the dispensation of their Earthly duties and judged them for their inability to do rightly by the sons of men. The gods in Psalm 82 are the earthly angels who work closely with the human race. They are not angels of worship like the Seraphim or angels of God’s presence like the Cherubim. In Psalm 82:2-7, God stood among the host and judged between who did wrong and who did right, considering that heaven is a place of perfection, and holiness. No iniquity is allowed in heaven. Any detection of iniquity leads to immediate eviction and judgment, which we read in the case of Lucifer. For a Cherubim like Lucifer, his eviction happened like a flash of lightning due to the thoughts of his heart. It was the first iniquity that was ever recorded in heaven. Isaiah 14:12-14 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!... For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God... I will be like the most High. He was evicted while the thoughts were still running through his heart, nowhere does the bible say he led a rebellion afterwards. The Bible says he was perfect from the day he was created till iniquity was found in him. That iniquity was his thoughts, and nowhere did the bible say he ever carried out the desires of his heart. All of heaven’s hosts including the 24 elders worship the Godhead, but Lucifer thought within himself to exalt his throne above every other throne, which means, there are still thrones above his station. Heaven is a place of order, you don't break ranks, and are expected to be faithful in the office that you have been called to serve. As the highest ranking angel, he has a throne, except that he is still outranked by higher levels of authorities that are non-angelic beings, such as the 24 elders. Lucifer was not called before God to be judged for his iniquity, he was evicted from heaven at the instant. The sons of God, however, must go before God to present themselves after they have completed a milestone in their assignment, primarily to watch over the sons of men, and do what is right in God's eyes. These sons of God who sojourned among men were also the class of angels that were ensnared by the beauty of the daughters of men in Genesis 6 and decided to take wives for themselves, which indicates just how closely they interact with the human race. They walk among men, disguised as regular human beings, and some probably become kings, rulers and judges etc like Melchizedek, King of Salem. Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Psalm 82:6-7 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. These are consequences they can relate to. The sons of God share the same fate with mortal men they work closely with. The mighty ones fall and become like territorial princes, like the Prince of Persia that Archangel Michael had to fight to free Gabriel. Daniel 10:13, 20 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me… Then he said, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. Mind you, Gabriel mentioned he would return to "fight his way out." Michael is still actively fighting the prince of Persia until Gabriel’s message is delivered to Daniel. Gabriel could not prevail against the Prince of Persia alone because the prince of Persia is a fallen host from the class of the mighty ones — princes of war and deliverance — while Gabriel is a messenger. The prince of Persia is one of the fallen hosts God referenced in Psalm 82:7 when He warned: you shall fall like one of the princes. God was talking to no human rulers. Gabriel is not primarily a warrior, but that doesn’t mean he cannot fight. The prince of Persia was a mighty one who outranked Gabriel, but not Michael. This is like a non-combatant officer trying to break through an enemy’s frontline. They can defend themselves, but lack the expertise. Michael has that expertise. He is the one who broke through the blockade of the Prince of Persia, and the one who fought the dragon and cast him to the earth in Revelation 12. So Gabriel was stranded with the Prince of Persia. He fought well enough to defend himself and hold his ground until Michael came and broke through. Who Are the Mighty and the Gods? Psalm 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth among the gods. Who are the mighty? They are the princes - the angels God assigned to war and the deliverance of His people. Isaiah 13:3 I have commanded My sanctified ones, I have also called My mighty ones for Mine anger, even them that rejoice in My highness. God pronounced judgment against Babylon in Isaiah 13 and called His mighty ones to depose the prince over Babylon. This coincided with the Medes overthrowing Babylon in one single night. Joel 3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. This is a prayer request from Joel pleading with God to send His angels of deliverance to deliver Israel from his enemies roundabout. Who were the gods that God was judging amongst in Psalm 82: 1? These are the angels called the sons of God. Their role is to monitor and watch over the sons of men and the Earthly realm, the Earthly angels, who also by appearance can blend perfectly among the sons of men without raising suspicion. Oftentimes, they work their way up among the peoples, nations and kingdoms where they sojourn and become their rulers, judges and nobles. I believe that this is the case of Mechizdek, King of Salem, who met Abraham on his way back from rescuing his household from captivity. The sons of God are the lowest ranking angels in God's kingdom, and are the ones right above mankind in the divine ladder. Just like Adam was called the son of God in Luke 3: 38, these angels are called the sons of God because they were created in the image and likeness of God. They have no father nor mother, and no beginning nor end of days, like Melchizedek. They are the closest beings in resemblance to the image of God before man was created. Luke also refers to Adam as the son of God - made in the image and resemblance of God. Luke 3:38 The son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. The higher you go in the angelic ladder, the lesser angels look in resemblance to God's image. The lowest ranking angels can blend into the human world perfectly while the highest ranking angels will be very frightening for humans to behold. The word "gods" has a broad meaning. It can refer to God’s angelic hosts or fallen angels. Psalm 82:1 says God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, He judgeth among the gods, these gods is a reference to God’s angelic host, and not satanic hosts. In Exodus, God said He would execute judgment upon the gods of Egypt: Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt tonight, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. Here, God identifies the gods of Egypt as devils: Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not. The witch of Endor saw "gods" ascending out of the underworld: 1 Samuel 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. The gods whom she saw are the satanic hosts and pagan deities which the heathen nations worship and make graven idols & groves to honour and worship. The term “gods” was also used for the Spirit of wisdom in Daniel: Daniel 4:8 In whom is the spirit of the holy gods The term "holy gods" is used four times in Daniel to refer to the Spirit of God. The Judgment in Psalm 82:2-7 In Psalm 82, David sees God standing in the midst of a heavenly host of princes (the mighty ones) and watchers (the gods). God is judging among the sons of God for letting evil go unpunished when they had the opportunity to act, but refused. So, technically, God has two categories of angels assigned to work on Earth, one to preside over nations and kingdoms spiritually, and the other to blend in perfectly among sons of men. If there are fallen princes, then God must surely have his own active host of princes to mark, reclaim and depose fallen princes from spiritual territories as well. I believe this is a constant spiritual war behind the scenes. This would mark the era of angelology, rather than christology where the sons of men have now been given power to become the sons of God. In the era of angelology, God assigned angels to spiritual war and deliverance, and there is war constantly in the heavens, which explains why there was war constantly on the Earth also, among warring factions of fallen princes and between God's host and the fallen hosts categorically. In the book of Daniel, Greece fought against Persia and deposed it, which is reminiscent of the vision of Daniel about the goat with one notable horn that smote the ram with two horns. This also brings to remembrance the spiritual battles of angel Gabriel while in the realms of the kingdom of Persia. Psalm 82:2-7 Psalms 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Who was God addressing? This was never and address to the sons of men nor earthly rulers, judges and princes but the sons of God who that were tasked with watching over the sons of men. Verse 1 had already made it clear that God was judging among the gods. The sons of God are compare to gods among men, because they neither age nor die, they're immortal, divine and angelic compared to humans. Some people would say, angels are not the ones being addressed in verse 2 - 7 because they are perfect and holy. Here's my answer, well, we know from Lucifer's Story that they are not, insomuch as there is present in them the knowledge of good and evil, which God himself admitted to in Genesis 3: 22 Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: If God were addressing the sons of men, how do we reconcile Psalm 82: 6 where God also called the people he was rebuking “gods” and children of the most high? God would never call wicked earthly rulers "gods" and "children of the Most High" after accusing them of injustice. Psalm 82: 7 But thou shalt die like men. It seems as though God is saying that he is able to subject the sons of God to mortal death. Their nature must be so close to that of humanity, that they can also lose their immortality, just the way Adam lost it. It would seem impossible but seeing Adam also could have lived forever like Melchizedek if he had abstained from eating the forbidden fruit but chose to eat from the tree of the fruit of life instead. These sons of God are also the angels that took wives in Genesis 6 and gathered giants with the daughters of men, indicating that they are not just angelic hosts, but are also biologicals to an extent, which also explains why they are the lowest in the angelic ranking prior to God creating Adam. If Adam had not fallen, and the death that God warned him about never took power from him, Melchizedek would have been the absolute blueprint of God's design for Adam and his race. He would have eaten from the tree of life and lived forever, he and all of his seed. Earth would have been the material replica of God's kingdom in heaven. As angels that live forever to serve and worship God, so would mankind live forever to serve and worship God. Man will be like the angels in heaven, like the sons of God to be precise, except in a lower form, and as biological beings that have a responsibility to marry and reproduce, where angels in heaven cannot. Psalm 82: 7 Thou shall fall as one of the princes. Examples of such fallen princes referenced are the princes over Persia and Greece. The prince of Persia delayed Gabriel for 21 days. He broke through only with Michael’s help. These are examples of fallen hosts previously among the class of the mighty ones. The angels Charged with Folly Job 4:18 Behold, He put no trust in His servants; and His angels He charged with folly. Folly means God expected them to carry the banner of righteousness wherever they went, but they failed to act. They were supposed to supernaturally confront evil doers when they had the chance, but they didn’t. They let evil go unpunished. Their assignment is not to circle the earth like superheroes vanquishing all evil, but to watch the sons of men, as the eyes and ears of God. This doesn't mean they are expected to do nothing, or act as though there is a non-interference policy in their work. It's that when they sojourn in a place, they are expected to flip the tables so that righteousness reigns rather than evil. It doesn't mean all the Earth will be righteous nor does it mean all the Earth will be evil either. It only means that if there are a handful of nations that are righteous in God's eyes, it's most likely because there are righteous men & sons of God present there. An evil nation or kingdom will probably mean there is no son of God or righteous man sojourning in that nation. Let's take a look at the conversation of Abraham with God as he journeyed towards Sodom & Gomorrah. Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. Genesis 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. God said that if he had found twenty righteous people in Sodom, he would have spared it for the sake of the twenty. This doesn't even mean the righteous nations are “righteous” in the real sense, it only means that God won't destroy the wicked with the righteous, so for the sake of the righteous, God would spare those wicked nations. Sodom was just as wicked as every other nation, but there was not within it a single soul or son of God that sojourned there except for Lot, which means one righteous person is not enough to save Sodom, but if God had seen twenty righteous souls, he would have spared it. This is the reason why God came down to see the wicked deeds of Sodom for himself. The same thing goes for Noah, he was the only righteous man on Earth, God decided to save both Noah and Lot alive, while he wiped out everyone else and everything associated with them. The sons of God that were supposed to do righteousness behind the scenes in Genesis 6 decided to take wives instead and somehow, they abandoned their duty post instead of preventing God’s judgment from coming upon the sons of men. They let evil go unchecked and when not so much as one righteous man was left in God's sight, God decided to close that page in human history, visited Noah as a means to rekindle human civilization after the first world has been destroyed. So, this is why God was angrily rebuking the gods in Psalm 82. From what I can discern, they are prone to negligence in their work. Genesis 6 was the worst case scenario where they went too far by taking wives, while abandoning their duties to watch over the sons of men, and in that process men became more and more evil, because there was nobody to do the check and balances. Evil spiralled out of control and God called it. Same pattern, same wickedness.

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 👂 1. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧; 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, 2. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡); 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, 3. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬; 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 4:11 And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 4. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 5. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 1 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God [which was] with me. 6. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝; 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 3:7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. #Gabriel Says

SATAN'S STRATEGIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS UNVEILED IN THE SECOND HEAVEN by Moses Lushiku 6 Let me give a brief statement about my call and vocation from the Lord. It happened one day as I was laying down on the courtyard of my house when suddenly a force took over me. As a result, my spirit went out of my body and I was taken to the sky. When I got there in the atmosphere I saw the Lord Jesus Christ. Beloved, when you meet the Lord Jesus Christ you will know that you are standing before God Himself. It is automatic when the Lord Jesus Christ set His eyes on you. His anointing will be transferred to you and your understanding will be renewed and enlightened instantaneously and you will be connected to the supernatural. The Lord said to me, "Look at the earth." When I looked at planet Earth the Lord said, "When you divide the earth into three portions that are the proportion of humanity that will be saved through your message and your ministry." The Lord said, "You are an end time servant. I will use your ministry and others to bring about the rapture of the church. Your ministry will be prophetic in order to prepare My people for the rapture." A few weeks later I was convinced by the Spirit of the Lord to spend some time in the church for prayer. As a result, I began to spend most of my time in the church in prayer. In fact, I left my house in order to sleep in the church for prayer. I spent eight consecutive months in the presence of the Lord. This was not a result of an audible voice recommendation but a simple conviction of the Holy Spirit. I was sleeping in the church. Later I was joined by members of my church. They were touched by the fact that I have left behind my house in order to pray and sleep in the church for many months. Then one day in the morning after prayer something happened. I was talking to a member of my church when suddenly I saw three beings of extreme beauty dressed in white garments of luminous glow. These tall and robust angels were not touching the ground. These were supernatural entities. The first angel introduced himself to me and said, "I'm the Archangel Michael. I work in the field of spiritual warfare. It is written that the angel of the Lord encamps around them that fear Him (Ps 34:7). I am the one who encamped around the children of God. I will reveal to you the secrets about the kingdom of Lucifer in spiritual warfare. I will tell you the secrets about the devil because I know him. I was the leader of the regiment that cast him out of heaven." Rev 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. The second angel introduced himself to me as Gabriel. He said to me, "I am the one who appeared to your sister Mary in order to announce her the good news about the birth of the Savior. The Bible says, "God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth a city in Galilee. The angel went to a virgin promised in marriage to a descendant of David named Joseph. The Virgin's name was Mary. When the angel entered her home he greeted her and said, 'You are favored by the Lord. The Lord is with you.' She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant. The angel told her, "Don't be afraid Mary you have found favor with God. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and name Him Jesus. He will be a great man and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His ancestor David. Your Son will be king of Jacob's people forever and His kingdom will never end." (Luke 1:26-33) Beloved, when I heard the Archangel Gabriel calling Mary the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ "My sister" I felt a special feeling, a feeling of pride and prestige. Then Gabriel said to me, "I am the one who gives believers messages in dreams and visions. When they are in deep sleep I will reveal a lot of things to them." Actually, the Archangel Gabriel revealed to me 100 secrets contained in Jesus' parables. Then the Archangel Gabriel said, "We come to your churches and to your houses and we walk by your side yet you people are so busy with everyday preoccupation which has reduced your spiritual sensibility. Therefore you cannot sense our presence around you and you cannot see us although we are everyday around you. But the fact that many of the children of God are seeing us these days it is an indication that the event of the return of the Son of God is at hand. I will reveal to you secrets about life beyond the grave and the end of time." The third angel seems different from Michael and Gabriel. He introduced himself as Marvelous. He said, "I am the angel that appeared to the mother of Samson. The Bible says, "A man of Zorah named Manoah from the clan of the Danites had a wife who was childless unable to give birth. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, 'You are barren and childless but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean. You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazarite dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines." (Judges 13:2-5) The angel Marvelous said, "I work in the field of salvation." And at the end times, this angel with the name of Marvelous was the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. After this first encounter, the next four days were days of angelic visitation as the whole church was able to hear the voice of the angels of the Lord. On the fifth day of angelic visitations, something happened. It was on the 10th of February 2007 at 5:00 p.m. The Archangel Michael who promised to reveal to me secrets about the devil and spiritual warfare came and he held my right hand. Immediately my spirit left my body. Michael held my right hand. We took a speedy flight. We began to ascend in the speed of light and we found ourselves in the atmosphere and over there in space the Archangel asked me, "Do you know where we are going?" I was about to respond when he said, "Lucifer has summoned a meeting in the 2nd heaven which will start in a few minutes. The kingdom of heaven has chosen you as their representative to take part in that meeting and reveal the contents of this gathering to the world." A few minutes later we arrived in the second heaven. Then we entered the auditorium which was a huge oval hall. This place was between heaven and the earth. The chief angel Michael said to me, "Fear not and don't panic. You just stand by my side. You must observe and listen to everything. You have been commissioned to tell the world everything you will see and hear." Actually, as I was attending this gathering in the 2nd heaven the Lord Jesus Christ had entered my body that was left on the earth and He took complete control of my senses. He was addressing the people of God in the church while my spirit was attending this summit in the atmosphere. Back in the auditorium in the second heaven, I noticed that the hall was full to capacity. Demons of all kinds and people from all nations were waiting for the prince of this world, the devil. Once we got in the meeting hall the chief angel Michael said to me, "Very soon you will see our enemy which is your enemy." We were hovering over this auditorium when suddenly I heard a thunderous explosion. This detonation was the arrival of Lucifer. The devil did not arrive like everybody else but in a thunderous explosion. SATAN WITH DOG HEAD I saw Satan for the first time on the 10 of February 2007. Immediately after landing in the oval auditorium the devil transformed himself. I mean his head turned to that of a dog. Then he said to the participants, "Do not be surprised by my emblem of a dog head. I took the appearance of the dog because I want to demonstrate to you that I am God. The reason that I summoned you today is that I heard the other One claiming that He is God and that He wants to save humanity." The devil and demons of Hell don't quote the name of Jesus Christ for fear of adverse effects. The devil refers to Jesus Christ as "The Other One." Then with a hand sign, the devil removed the sealing of the oval Hall and he caused the assistants to rise beyond the ceiling of the auditorium. I saw the assistants suspended in space and observing planet Earth. I have to admit that I managed to recognize some faces of the assistants. Then I saw the devil pointing a particular section of the earth. He actually zoomed to a section of the earth. As a result, we saw people getting on with their lives in that section of the earth but strangely all the people on that section of the earth had dog heads just like Lucifer himself. Afterward, the devil zoomed to another geographic section of the earth and we saw the human population of that part of the earth with dog heads. Then the devil zoomed to still another section of planet Earth and we saw people in different churches. We saw pastors, we saw evangelists, church singers, deacons in the church with dog heads. Churches were full of believers, preachers, and singers with dog heads. Afterward, the devil got the assistants back in the auditorium. Then he said to the participants, "You saw with your own eyes 80% of the world population with dog heads which is my emblem. You saw with your own eyes many believers preachers singers with my emblem of a dog head. They have my image and my likeness. They look like me yet the other One who claimed to be God the savior of humanity has only 20% of the world population. The question every one of you is to ask and to answer is this, 'Who is God - Him or me?' He has only 20% of the world population. Who is powerful - Him or me? It is written in their law that the dog has returned to what he has vomited. When the devil said this I remember the passage in 2 Peter 2:21-22, For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog has turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Then I saw the devil still with his dog head. He vomited on his pulpit and then he consumed his vomit. Then he said to the assistants, "It is thanks to my power that 80% of the world population are sinners and the majority of the believers have backslidden. Any Christian that has backslidden has adopted my emblem of the dog head. He has my image." At that moment I saw the assistants that were made up of demons and humans falling down on their knees worshipping the devil and declaring him God. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:4, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. The assistants were worshipping the devil and saying, "You are God because 80 percent of the world population resembled you. They have your image and your emblem. You are more powerful than the other One who has only twenty percent of the world population." Dear believers every time we are living in sin we are adopting the emblem of the devil which is a dog head. The Bible says whosoever practices sin is of the devil. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. (1 Jn 3:8) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do His commandments (“Blessed are they that wash their robes.” - other translations), that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (Rev 22:13-15) As the worship of Lucifer was going on, the Archangel Michael and I stood in a diagonal position to the pulpit of the devil and then the devil started the meeting which was to last four months. In the firmament, he began to unveil his 80 strategies against humanity in the church. His words were automatically printed on a book called "Techniques and Tactics." That book is also called a "Traps Trigger" which means how to set a trap for the foolish man and the imprudent. The gathering in the firmament lasted four months. Basically every time the devil was unveiling a strategy he was adjourning the meeting in order to deploy demons to execute the new strategy in various regions of the earth and sometimes demons were traveling in a dimension beyond our physical world. In the meantime, the meeting would be suspended and the participants would be waiting for their return and their report. These demons were traveling to many parts of the earth that were in night or day times. They were traveling long distances in a split second or very few minutes and they were traveling to several countries, continents, and cities. They were also traveling to the marine kingdom, the subterranean kingdom and even to the firmament. And every time these demons were traveling to the cosmos I had to follow them in order to see what is happening and how they were executing their missions. I was ordered continuously by the Archangel Michael to follow them. As a result, I have been to many invisible kingdoms of Lucifer and I have accumulated knowledge of the tactics and strategies of the enemy. In this message, I will bring you words of Lucifer exactly as he said them so that everybody would understand the kingdom of darkness. As it is written, "You will know the truth and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32) Then the devil started to address the assistants with arrogance. He said to the participants, "I have gathered you today because we have an opponent. I heard Him saying that He wants to save humanity. That is why I have gathered you today so that we can prevent that from happening. Today I will deliver a few strategies in order to cause His followers to become weak and vulnerable so that our kingdom will grow on the earth." THE LAW OF REPETITION AND RESISTANCE Then Lucifer started to enumerate and elaborate on his strategies which were a total of 80 points. The devil disclosed the first strategy that he called vaccine or the law of repetition and resistance. He said, "Through this strategy, we will impose law in the lives of born-again Christians. Basically, the followers of Jesus Christ have a luminous ring of fire above their head and this orbit of fire above their head is potentially destructive. It can neutralize us, therefore, I want to underline that you should not come close to Christians as long as their ring of fire is shining and burning. We must initially put out the fire of that ring of light before engaging them for fear of defeat." "Let it be clear if you come to report to me after being wrecked because of the ring of fire I will be left with no choice but to destroy you. Do not come close to Christians as long as their fire is burning and glowing. You must observe and monitor them before taking any action against them. On the other hand, it will be apparent that when these people commit sin, the fiery ring of light will go off. Their light would be put out as a result of sin. It is only that way that they will become vulnerable. In fact, your mission is to get born-again Christians to commit sin in order to turn off the ring of fire and light above their heads." Dear believers, there is a ring of fire above the head of each born-again Christian which is self generating electric energy of God. The Bible says you are the light of the world (Matt 5:14). A Christian is full of divine and electric energy and the electricity charges from God are running all over his system. That is why a demon would not come close to a Christian. Then the devil said to the assistants, "You must use the method of surveillance and monitoring. I order you to watch them and their families in order to mount a surveillance system around born again Christians. Do not do anything against them before mounting a system of surveillance and monitoring and when they sin you will notice that their light and fire emanating from the luminous ring and orbit of fire will go off. The moment a born-again Christian commits sin, you will report to me because this is the best time to attack them. On this basis, you have to understand that sin is our gospel and sin will be our gospel. Sin is the mechanism by which the luminous flame of the believer goes off." And I saw the devil instructed his demon to report to him every time a Christian sinned because that is of a critical moment to strike him. I come today to beseech you Christians to keep your flame luminous. Every born-again Christian has the responsibility of keeping his luminous ring of fire turned on. The Bible says that John was a burning and shining lamp and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light (John 5:35). The Satanic world is desperate to get Christian fire and light to go off. They can do nothing against believers as long as the ring of fire is burning and shining. It is sin that turns off the light of the believer inducing in him a time of vulnerability and fragility. After explaining this strategy, I saw the devil summoning eight demons to step forward and he gave them syringes. The devil said to them, "Every time a born-again Christian is caught in the act of sinning you will inject this vaccine called the law of resistance and repetition in him. When a Christian is caught in sin, you will surround him and you will pray. You will summon me in the following prayer, "O supreme master Lucifer this is your victim who has listened to your voice and he has obeyed your order and instruction. Come and enter his body which is your temple." When you say this prayer I will come in a speed of lightning and I will enter the body of this believer and I will vaccinate him with the law of resistance and repetition. As a consequence, he will fall repeatedly in that sin despite his fasting despite his decision to abandon his sin. The victim will always fall in that sin because he is vaccinated with the law of repetition. Even if the believer confessed his sin but as he is injected with the law of repetition he will become a slave of that sin. He will repeat that sin again and again despite his remorse despite his will his fasting and his determination. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34) Then the devil said to eight demons standing before him, "After you vaccinated the victim seven of you will leave him but you will stay and be stationed around the victim. You will monitor and surveil this Christian in case this believer feel the guilt and he is manifesting the will to repent and abandon his repetitive sin. I order the demon stationed around him for monitoring him to call the other seven demons. Once they joined you the head, you will call me again in this following prayer, "O supreme master, this is your victim who wants to rebel from you and escape your bondage." At that moment I will come down at the speed of lightning. I will enter his body in order to shake the vaccine in him. As a result, the victim will weaken and will have the tendency to return to that sin despite his will to escape." Then I saw on a pulpit of the devil a mirror. The devil did an incantation prayer. As a result, this mirror was multiplied. It was distributed to the assistants. The devil said, "Before attacking a Christian you must make sure that he is visible in the mirror." Beloved when a demon is coming to fight you, he is coming with information and precision. He is well informed about your condition. The devil said to the assistants, "That Fellow (Jesus) has branded me the prince of this world. If only one of them affectionate himself with the things of this world his profile will be visible in the mirror. Some of their attitudes are my nature like anger, animosity, envy, and hate. Those who are in these things belong to our kingdom automatically. But remember to check in the mirror before doing anything against them. If they appear in the mirror it means that they are in a state of weakness and their weakness and sin are my nature." ATTACK THE AREAS OF THEIR NEEDS The next strategy is called: NEED. Lucifer said, "We must watch and analyse the emotions and the feelings of Christians by observing their 3 needs: Marriage, Finance, and Ambition." He continued, "If you have been fighting one of them, and failing because of their holiness, and righteousness, just give up but focus on their marriage. Wait until when they will think about getting married. You will work to inject suggestion in their head to get them to make a false choice. It is from here that upright people will fall when they make a wrong choice, and we get them to marry our representative, by investigating their criteria, and preference." Lucifer said, "As we have many enterprises and corporations on earth, you will be arranged so that they end up working in our companies and businesses, and they will be surrounded by our agents. They will be paid salary with our bewitched money and they will sign contract with us without knowing. I asked my demons to give them initiative so that they can expand their business, as a result, they will always be focused on the material world." The devil always fights the marriage because this is a covenant that makes people one in marriage. There is a law called the law of fusion which make 2 people 1. And the devil likes it so that he can unite wheat and tares together to create fusion and confusion. CONDEMNATION DUE TO WORDS COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTHS My dear believers, I am here to bring words from the enemy exactly as I heard it in his meeting in the firmament. I heard the devil unveiling one strategy after another. Then he unveiled a strategy against the church called condemnation. He said, "My agent demons followers and demons observers, you have a very important role to play. Your purpose is to observe and listen to what comes out of the mouths of believers. You're gonna have to be patient. You must follow them and listen carefully to words coming out of their mouths. Actually, these humans claimed to have been created in the image and the likeness of God but this is what we will do to them. We have five strategies in order to condemn them on the basis of what comes from their mouth." The first strategy is during the TIME OF ANGER. The devil said to demons observers and followers, "In the time of anger humans don't control their words and they don't control their decisions nor their actions. Therefore, this is a critical time in order to capture their words and condemn them." Beloved, you must understand that when you are angry there are demons assigned by the devil to observe you and to capture words from your mouth and decision you make. Therefore when you are angry you must learn to hold your tongue. You must not sleep with anger and you must forgive. The Bible says death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Proverbs 18:21) The devil will use your words to condemn you. The second critical moment is the TIME OF CHOICE as the devil said to his demons, "Condemn people pronouncing a word of love. When you hear a human saying to his partner, "You are my angel," his guardian angel must leave on the basis of his own word. As a result, his partner will take the angel place. He is condemned by his own word. When someone says I will only marry this or that type of man this is verbal government binding him. He is inviting the spirit of singleness." Beloved, people are binding themselves in covenants through words spoken from their mouth. It is necessary to cancel negative words. There are words you say that will destroy your life as they are captured and brought to pass by demons. The third tactic is in TIMES OF HUMAN SUFFERING. The devil said to his demons observers and followers, "In a time of suffering and hardship I always hear humans saying, 'Oh I am miserable. I am unlucky in my life. Everything I do is not working.'" The devil orders these demons to bring to pass those words and sentences spoken by humans during their hard times as many cursed and condemned themselves through their own mouths. CAUSING BELIEVERS TO BE LAZY AND HEAVY Then the devil unveiled an additional strategy that will cause believers to be heavy so that they won't be able to pray or read the Bible or attend the church. As a result, they will become an ordinary human being. The devil insisted to the participants by saying, "Do not let them pray. Do not let them read the scripture. Do not let them go to church. Do not let them tithe." Then I saw the devil summoning a demon that looked like Superman. This demon was dressed in red and blue just like Superman but the devil called him superhuman. He said to him, "I have chosen you to visit Christians at home in the days of their church service. You must be informed about their church program five hours before it starts. You're gonna blow on them the bluish smoke. As a result, they will become heavy and they will feel like not going to church. They will feel uncomfortable." The devil said to him, "Blow your bluish smoke even on their cars. As a result, the unexplained breakdown will happen. They will seek justification not to attend church and they will have them." Lucifer said to the superhuman, "You shall move from one Christian house to another and you shall blow your bluish smoke. As a result, there shall be procrastination. As a consequence, they shall be incapable of praying even if they set the clock. The same thing with Bible reading. They will have the feeling of doing something relaxing instead of going to church." PERSON NAMES AS A TOOL TO DESTROY THEM Then the devil unveiled another strategy called name. The devil said, "We will use people's names as a tool of manipulation in order to destroy them." It is clear that the devil is always seeking ways to destroy humanity and he said to the demons, "You will make sure that their lives have become their names." Beloved, in the Bible, when God called people He changed their names. If you do not have a positive name you better change it now. The Bible says in Gen 32:28, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. I heard the devil saying the spirit of homonym (words with the same sound but have different meanings) will follow the hominin (all humankind). Examples of homonym are Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal Bright - very smart or intelligent / filled with light Circular - taking the form of a circle / a store advertisement The second issue about a name is that when you name yourself or your child after a family member or a friend the nature of that person can be transferred to you or your child through the channel of the name and there are these demons, followers, and observers. Their job is that every time your name is called they have to transform you into your name. Every time your name is called they will get meaning of that name to come to pass and fulfill in your life so that you become your name. BEWITCHMENT THRU BEAUTY AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS The devil announced another strategy called beauty and hygiene products. I saw the devil order 30 demons to travel back under the ocean and while these 30 demons were leaving the oval auditorium heading underwater, the Archangel Michael order me to follow them. This was our secondary journey beneath the ocean and this time around the devil sent these demons to meet underwater sirens so that they can design beauty and makeup products. When we were leaving the oval hall the devil interrupted the meeting in order to wait for the contingent of 30 demons to bring back beauty products. When we arrived underwater it's like the water siren and goddess Lamaze who knew already what Lucifer wanted. She could also read the mind of these demons. In fact, every time the devil think about something he can transfer his thought quickly to his collaborators. The devil possesses a network that allows him to inject thought to his followers. When Jesus said to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan," He was dealing with a thought from the devil that he transferred to Peter's mind. That's how the devil work. I saw demons of all kinds under the ocean. I saw sirens under the ocean who were very beautiful women. They were extremely beautiful as though they were changing faces. I remember their names such as Alice and Jacqueline Sol Ange Lily Liliane Juliet. Then I saw their great lady, the Queen of the Coast manipulating the sand beneath the water and turning them to beauty products. I saw powder, lipstick, lotions, soap and many more. There were tons of these beauty products. I saw a siren in the name of Juliet printing her face and her name on the wrapping and embossed on the soap. This soap called Juliet is still used in our region and our country. When you use that soap the power of seduction of Juliet will be at work on your appearance which is artificial beauty. Therefore you must pray for these beauty products as the Bible says to pray ceaselessly even in little things. And then the devil said, "We will dressed women with a mask of ugliness and old age in order to undermine their marriage and cause their husbands to be tired of them." The 30 demons transported these beauty products from the underwater to the oval meeting hall in the second heaven. As the hall was oval they placed them in the middle of the hall. There were lipsticks, soaps, lotions, deodorants, fragrance, and others. Then the devil resumed the meeting and I watched as the devil began to curse these beauty products. The devil said, "We will spread demonic smells on women or men that are using our deodorants and fragrances. The moment their sweat mixed with our deodorants they will smell like some of our demons." Actually, demons have their smells and I know these smells. Some demons smell a mixture of deodorants and sweat. Other smells like acid. Then Lucifer said, "Women using our products will have artificial beauty. They will have the beauty of my servants the sirens and mermaid printed on their face. It is this way that we will spread fornication on the earth. When women use these beauty products they will become irresistible." The devil said, "Every time a human will envy these women because of the beauty of my servants the sirens and mermaids they will be admiring and worshipping images of the things under the sea which are sirens and mermaids." As far as the devil is concerned, the pictures of sirens and mermaids on makeup products are equal to building an image of things from under the sea. These beautiful faces of sirens and mermaids that are printed on the makeup and beauty products are a representation of sirens and mermaids as it is written you shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. (Ex 20:4) Now the question is, "Should women use beauty products?" Yes, women can but they should also have discernment and pray. We should learn to pray for everything. I mean everything we buy in the market we need a life of ceaseless prayer (1 Thess 5:17). When I was in the marine Kingdom I saw sirens designing beauty products and they were printing their faces on these different lotions and beauty products. I heard Lucifer saying repeatedly, "Let fight. Let not slow down. Let continue to work in order to separate believers from their Master." FORGETFULNESS TO DAILY SACRED DUTIES Then the devil unveiled a new strategy called forgetfulness. He said to the participants, "We must work to get believers to forget their daily sacred duty and obligation. As a result, they will be in discord with their Master. Their Master is supposed to be the central and a cornerstone of their lives but we must work so that their Lord will no longer be the central focus of their existence. Firstly let get them to forget praying, as a result, they will lack spiritual strength." Beloved when I heard this from the mouth of Lucifer, I understood that prayer gives believers spiritual strength and even the Bible says to pray ceaselessly (1 Thess 5:17). Then Lucifer said, "We must give them to forget about going to church by confusing church schedules. As a result, they will be without anointing." By these words, I understood that attending the church gives believers more anointing as it is written in the psalm of David, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore." (Psalms 133:1-3) The devil continued and he said, "Let them forget reading the Bible." Then the devil drew the attention of the participants by saying, "Be careful of that book. It is magical and powerful. They must not read it otherwise they will have the knowledge and they will uncover our actions." The devil continued and said, "Let them forget paying tithes so that we can ransack and plunder their houses and finances. We will send them hardships and sicknesses and cause them to spend beyond their means." These words made me understand the importance of tithing. Tithe protects our business and our finances and the scriptures says in Malachi 3:10-11, Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts. Then the devil said again, "Let them forget their law so that they can sin. It is only after they sin that we can remind them of their law so that they can be in guilt." He continued to let them forget to take care of the leaders financially. HEREDITARY Then the devil announced another strategy that he called hereditary. Then Lucifer said, "For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). This is humanity's favorite passage that I am reversing. For Satan so hate the world that he gave his own son Beelzebub so that whoever fell in his trap shall not be saved but perish forever." Then the devil exclaims and said, "I love Beelzebub because of his mission. He is gonna assist me to bring forth a great posterity. My great family is in the making. Behold I have so many people resembling me." Beloved, the Bible said that Jesus branded the high priests as the children of the devil because of their behavior. Jesus said, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it." (John 8:44) The devil said, "I am branded as the father of lies, therefore, I need more children who are liars and who resemble me. That is why I order you Beelzebub to trap anybody practicing lies and incorporate them into my family. When any man would be deliberately lying in that very moment you get a hold of him to bring him inside my family. Indeed I am called the father of lies and liars are my children. Whatever their confession and profession whether they are pastors evangelists priests deacons, bring them to me for they are my children." Then the devil said to Beelzebub, "Incite people to pride because I am the father of pride. As a result, I will have many children. You're going to incite men to sin because it is written that I sinned right from the beginning and the more they are sinning the more children I have." "Beelzebub, I have always been treated as the opponent and the adversary so you gonna make sure that the whole world is in sin so that they would be opponents and adversaries of God and the more they are sinning the more children I have." "Beelzebub, they must despise the church and prayer. They must despise men of God. They must despise the holy things. They must oppose Bible traditions and values. They must denigrate Christianity." The devil said, "You Beelzebub my prime minister I charged you to combat the Word preached in churches all over the world." Actually, Lucifer has a global government and Beelzebub is the prime minister of his global government. The devil said to Beelzebub, "Let the Word preached in churches all over the world be without Revelation. Let their preaching be without edification. Let these preachers lose their fire and anointing. Let them be limited. Let them be focused on miracles. Let them be focused on prosperity. Let them be focused on the spectacular things." Beloved the devil wants the church to focus on earthly things and temporary things. Then Lucifer said, "It is written in their Scripture and their law that your Word is lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path and the moment the revelational Word which is the light is replaced by accessories and the materials items then there will be no more be light left in these churches but there will be darkness and as consequence the church will be my synagogue. If they continued and said the word of their Master and Lord has branded me as the Prince of Darkness it will be like a curse in these churches as I will be the Prince of these churches that are in darkness as a result of the corrupt word preached there." The devil said to Beelzebub, "You must stifle their leaders and preachers financially so that they lack the basic necessities. As a consequence, they will be overloaded with problems and setbacks. They will focus their attention on how to get by instead of spending their time on the Word and prayer. Beloved churches must organize in order to support the ministry so that the pastor can deal with the Word in order to spare him from working and taking care of himself. Then the devil said, "Let's target the pastors' wives so that there will not be harmony in their homes. As a result, the pastor will be demoralized with stress and sickness." The devil said. "Let's work so that we will send women to these pastors to get them to fornicate. As a result, they will become ordinary humans and carnal and it will be a defeat for the church." Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. (1 Cor 6:18) OCCULTISM The devil unveiled a strategy called occultism. He said, "The purpose of this strategy is information gathering about believers. We will operate through two sectors. Firstly we will use animals as an instrument then we will use art objects. Concerning animals we are gonna use domestic animals closer to humans like dogs and cats. We will use dogs and cats as a camera in order to get information about these believers. These animals will be initiated into spiritism and they will be our instruments." We must underline that animals do not have a spirit but their bodies can be used as instruments or vehicles by the human spirits and demonic spirits. Lucifer said, "We are going to use sculpture and statues as instruments." Actually many statues and sculptural representation of occultic masters and the spirits of these masters dwell inside these statues and people who buy these objects and take them home will be under the influence of spirits dwelling in these art objects. Occultists want to enter your house through the object of art, a statue or sculpture. These spiritual masters double themselves and send a part of their spirit into the statues and when people buy these statues they are bringing a foreign presence in their homes. These strangers are represented through statues and they are observing and gathering information about you. PUTTING OUT THE CHURCH Then Lucifer announced a strategy called putting out the church. Lucifer then addressed the auditorium and he said, "This is the commission I am giving you witches and wizards. You must join churches and be stationed there permanently and you must combat the spiritual growth of local churches at all cost. But in case these churches are still growing then forget about spiritual methods. Resort to physical methods and subject these churches to criticism and foster divisions among them." Beloved, every time a local church is characterized by division, slandering, backstabbing, these are symptoms of witchcraft activities. I just want to underline that the church will grow only when a vision given to the man of God is fulfilled. The church will grow through the support of the members who must adapt and align to the vision of the man of God and they must bring their assistance and financial contribution. Then Lucifer said, "Let's make sure that in every single Church on earth there is at least one witch so that he can gather information and report to us." Then the devil said, "Let my servant witches and wizards that I assigned to churches be of good standard. You must have a good attitude and be closer to pastors in these churches. You must gather information about every local church on the surface of the earth and every Saturday at midnight I want you to report containing information about what is happening in these local churches." Then the devil says to them, "If you fail in your assignment then I will have to send female spirits of the sea. They will migrate to the surface of the earth and they will take human shape and they will join these churches. They will do your job." The devil insisted, "You must be permanent in these churches facilities. Your mission is to bring distraction through dialogue laughs and jokes socializing and fornication. You must wake up early before their prayer and bewitch the place of prayer so that intercessors will be heavy and will fail to pray effectively. The devil said, "For witches, it is enough to bewitch the church facilities. You just need to metamorphose to insects and blow the bluish smoke in order to change the atmosphere in the church facilities and prayer room. As a consequence, everybody will be heavy during the prayer." And then the devil said to the participants, "You must oppose revelational preaching and teaching." The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you! Amen.

# DAILY LIGHT The Same Angel, The Same Assignment of Fruitfulness: Similar Question, Different Responses Text: Luke 1:18-20 & Luke 1:31-35 Welcome back to the deep waters of apostolic discipleship. Today, we confront a terrifying reality about the nature of spiritual visitation. We are examining two individuals, visited by the exact same Archangel (Gabriel), carrying the exact same mandate (supernatural fruitfulness), who asked practically the same question. Yet, one was struck dumb under a divine gag order, while the other became the maternal vessel for the incarnate Word of God. Why did heaven severely judge one response and gloriously overshadow the other? The answer exposes a lethal virus in the modern church: the danger of becoming too familiar, too logical, and too "experienced" to accommodate the fresh move of the Holy Ghost. If you have been begging God for a visitation but secretly analyzing your limitations, your theology is about to be radically dismantled. The Zacharias Syndrome: When Experience Murders Expectation "And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years." — Luke 1:18 Zacharias was not a pagan; he was a premium, seasoned priest. He was literally standing in the Holy Place, burning incense at the altar when Gabriel appeared. But Zacharias suffered from a fatal spiritual disease: his theology was governed by his biology. When the Angel announced that his barren wife would conceive, Zacharias immediately referenced his age and his wife's dead womb. His question, "Whereby shall I know this?" was not a request for understanding; it was an interrogation rooted in cynicism. He was essentially asking the Archangel for a sign to prove that God could bypass his biological reality. He was serving a supernatural God, but he had become too old, too logical, and too religious for a supernatural move. The Discipleship Truth: The greatest threat to your next level in God is not the devil; it is your past experience. When you have been barren in an area for decades—whether in ministry, finances, or family—you develop a defense mechanism of logical cynicism. You learn how to perform the rituals of the priesthood while completely losing the expectation of the miraculous. Because Zacharias used his natural limitations to challenge a divine decree, God struck him dumb. Heaven will silence your mouth before it allows your unbelief to abort the prophetic seed. The Mary Posture: The Architecture of Absolute Surrender "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" — Luke 1:34 Six months later, Gabriel arrives in Nazareth with an even more impossible assignment. He tells a teenage virgin she is going to birth the Son of the Highest. Mary also asks a question, but the frequency of her spirit was entirely different. Mary did not ask for a sign to prove the prophecy; she asked for the protocol to accommodate it. Her question, "How shall this be?" was a question of mechanics, not cynicism. Zacharias looked at his dead body and essentially said, "This cannot work." Mary looked at her purity and said, "I am ready, but I do not possess the natural tools for this. How will Heaven execute it?" Gabriel's response is the apex of apostolic power: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee..." (Luke 1:35). Key Insight: God does not need your natural capability to birth His prophetic word; He only requires your surrendered availability. The Call to Total Surrender: Are you too old for the move of God? I do not mean your physical age; I mean the age of your soul. Are you too experienced, too analytical, and too wounded by past disappointments to believe that God can still bypass your natural limitations? When God speaks a word over your destiny, you must violently reject the Zacharias syndrome. Stop pointing to your bank account, your lack of connections, or your history of failure. The Holy Ghost does not need the cooperation of your circumstances to manifest His glory. It is time to return to the posture of the virgin. It is time to look at the impossibility standing before you and declare, "Be it unto me according to thy word." 🔥 Prophetic Prayer of Activation "Lord God of Hosts, the One who bypasses the laws of nature! I fall on my face and I repent for the times I have interrogated Your promises with my cynical logic. I repent for allowing my past failures, my biological limits, and my religious experience to dictate my expectations. Holy Ghost, purge the Zacharias syndrome out of my bloodline! I refuse to be silenced by unbelief. Today, I adopt the posture of absolute surrender. I do not need to figure out the mechanics; I only need to yield to the overshadowing! Let the power of the Highest fall upon my life, my calling, and my barren situations right now. Breathe upon my destiny and cause me to birth the impossible, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ!" # THE SON OF LIGHT

Daily Bible Lesson. AMAZING 2300-DAY PROPHECY OF DANIEL 8:14 REVEALED! One of the Greatest Prophecies Proving That Jesus Is the Messiah and That God's Judgment Is Now in Session "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." — Daniel 8:14 The prophecy of the 2,300 days is one of the most remarkable and faith-strengthening prophecies in all of Scripture. It points directly to Jesus Christ, confirms the inspiration of the Bible, and reveals where we are living in God's prophetic timeline. A PROPHECY FOR THE TIME OF THE END The angel Gabriel repeatedly emphasized that this vision concerned "the time of the end." "Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision." (Daniel 8:17) "I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation." (Daniel 8:19) "Seal up the vision; for it shall be for many days." (Daniel 8:26) Gabriel wanted Daniel—and us—to understand that this prophecy has special significance for those living in earth's final days. THE DAY-FOR-A-YEAR PRINCIPLE In Bible prophecy, a prophetic day represents a literal year. Ezekiel 4:6 — "I have appointed thee each day for a year." Numbers 14:34 — "Each day for a year." Therefore: 2,300 prophetic days = 2,300 literal years. THE STARTING POINT: 457 B.C. Daniel 9 explains the beginning of the prophecy. While Daniel was praying, Gabriel returned to explain the unexplained portion of the vision. Daniel 9:23 — "Therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision." The starting point was the decree issued by King Artaxerxes allowing Jerusalem to be rebuilt. Ezra 7 457 B.C. — The decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. This decree marked the beginning of both the 2,300-year prophecy and the 70-week prophecy. 70 WEEKS DETERMINED FOR ISRAEL Gabriel declared: Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people..." Seventy prophetic weeks equal: 70 × 7 = 490 literal years. God granted His covenant people another opportunity to repent and receive the Messiah. THE PROPHECY POINTS TO JESUS Gabriel said that 69 prophetic weeks (483 years) would lead to the Messiah. Starting from 457 B.C. 483 years brings us to A.D. 27. What happened? Jesus was baptized and anointed by the Holy Spirit. Acts 10:38 Luke 3:21-22 Jesus then began His ministry declaring: Mark 1:15 "The time is fulfilled..." More than 500 years before Christ came, the exact year of His anointing had already been foretold! What does this prove? The Bible is inspired. Jesus is the promised Messiah. God's prophetic Word can be trusted completely. THE CROSS FORETOLD One prophetic week (7 years) remained. Gabriel declared: Daniel 9:26-27 "Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself." In the middle of that final week—three and a half years later— Spring, A.D. 31 Jesus was crucified. Not for His own sins... But for ours. Isaiah 53:5 1 Corinthians 15:3 1 Peter 2:22 Hallelujah! What a Savior! The cross stands at the very heart of Daniel's prophecy. THE GOSPEL GOES TO THE GENTILES After Christ's ascension, the disciples continued confirming God's covenant to the Jewish nation. Then came a turning point. A.D. 34 Stephen was stoned. Acts 7:57-60 Following this, the gospel began going to all nations. Acts 13:46 God's chosen people now include all who accept Christ by faith. Galatians 3:27-29 Romans 2:28-29 THE PROPHECY REACHES 1844 After A.D. 34: 2,300 − 490 = 1,810 years remaining. A.D. 34 + 1,810 years = A.D. 1844 Exactly as Daniel foretold. What happened? Daniel 8:14 "Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." The earthly sanctuary had been destroyed in A.D. 70. Therefore, this cleansing refers to the heavenly sanctuary, where the heavenly judgment began. This is the antitypical Day of Atonement. WE ARE LIVING IN THE HOUR OF GOD'S JUDGMENT The message of heaven today is clear: Revelation 14:6-7 "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come." Just as Noah warned the world before the Flood... God has given a prophetic warning before Christ's return. Since 1844, heaven's judgment has been in session. Soon, sin will be removed forever. The faithful will be vindicated. The universe will be cleansed. And the peace of Eden will be restored. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? Now is the time to: Surrender fully to Jesus. Study God's Word diligently. Confess and forsake sin. Live by faith in Christ. Proclaim the everlasting gospel. Prepare to meet our soon-coming King. God's prophetic Word has never failed. The same prophecy that pointed precisely to Christ's baptism, crucifixion, and the gospel going to the Gentiles assures us that Jesus is coming again. The Judge is our Savior. The Lamb is our Advocate. And the King is coming soon! AMAZING 2300-DAY PROPHECY OF DANIEL 8:14 REVEALED!

St. Augine (Augustine) Zhao Rong and Companions St. Augine was a native of China and was born in the year 1746. He worked as a soldier in the beginning and served as one of the soldiers who escorted Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of the Paris Foreign Mission Society to his execution in Beijing. Augine, on seeing the heroism and courage exhibited by the bishop before and at the time of his death for the cause of the Christian faith, got change of mind and wished to convert to Christianity. He became a Christian by getting baptism at the age of 30 years. He then studied for priesthood and ordained a priest after 5 years. During the reign of Chinese Emperor Kia\-Kin (1796\-1821), Christian missionaries whether foreign or native Chinese were killed indiscriminately, simply for following Christian faith. Augine Zhao Rong was caught and was asked to renounce his Christian faith. But he refused to renounce Christianity and he was executed on September 14, 1815. Another noted native martyr in the group was a 14\-year old Chinese girl named Ann Wang, who bravely faced torture and death for the cause of her Christian Faith. Just before she was beheaded, she declared \'The door of heaven is opened to all\' and shouted the name of Jesus three times. Yet another Chinese born martyr was an 18\-year old boy named Chi Zhuzi, who was then preparing to receive baptism. He was captured by the authorities on the road and was asked to worship their native gods but he refused and also bravely revealed that he was a Christian. His right arm was cut off immediately but still he did not deny his faith in Christianity. Before execution, he fearlessly pronounced \'Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood will tell you that I am a Christian\'. St. Augine Zhao Rong and Companions were canonized by Pope John Paul\-II on October 1, 2000 along with 120 Chinese Martyrs. #death #martyrs #china #youth #faith #beheaded #deathforchristian #Christian #deathforjesus #notconversion #rollmodel #christianfaith #followchristianfaith ##changeofmind #changeofmindchangeoflife #followjesus

The Spirit and Power of Elijah: Understanding John the Baptist's Identity July 7,2026 John 1:21; Malachi 4:5–6; Luke 1:17; Matthew 11:13–14; Matthew 17:10–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. One of the questions that often arises when studying the ministry of John the Baptist is this: Why did John deny being Elijah when he was asked in John 1:21? Was he being dishonest, or was he unaware of his prophetic role? The answer is found in the words of the angel Gabriel to Zacharias: "He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah..." (Luke 1:17). John the Baptist was not Elijah reincarnated, nor was he literally the prophet Elijah returned to earth. Rather, he came in the spirit and power of Elijah. He carried the same prophetic anointing, courage, zeal, and divine assignment that characterized Elijah's ministry, while remaining a distinct individual with his own personality, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23). This explains why John answered, "No," when asked if he was Elijah (John 1:21). He was not Elijah by identity, but he fulfilled the prophetic role that Malachi had foretold. Jesus Himself confirmed this truth when He declared: "If you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come." (Matthew 11:14) Again, after the Transfiguration, Jesus explained to His disciples that Elijah had already come in the person and ministry of John the Baptist (Matthew 17:10–13). Christ was speaking of John's prophetic function, not his personal identity. The evidence of this "spirit and power of Elijah" was seen throughout John's ministry. He boldly confronted religious hypocrisy, calling the Pharisees and Sadducees a "brood of vipers" (Matthew 3:7). He also rebuked Herod for his sinful relationship without fear of the consequences. His courage reflected the same fearless prophetic spirit that rested upon Elijah. There was, however, a notable difference in how their ministries concluded. Elijah escaped Jezebel's threat and was later taken to heaven without experiencing death, whereas John the Baptist faithfully fulfilled his assignment unto martyrdom. Different outcomes, yet the same divine purpose. God has always raised men and women who carry His Spirit to accomplish His purposes in every generation. Throughout history, we have seen this in the ministries of Elijah, John the Baptist, John G. Lake, Billy Graham, Reinhard Bonnke, and Kathryn Kuhlman. They were not replicas of one another, but each uniquely manifested the grace and calling God entrusted to them. The Lord is still looking for yielded vessels today. He is not seeking copies of yesterday's heroes but believers who will faithfully carry His Spirit and fulfill His purpose in their own generation. May the Lord fill you afresh with His Spirit, empower you for His assignment, and enable you to manifest His glory wherever He sends you. May your life become a bold testimony of Christ, just as those who have gone before us faithfully fulfilled their divine calling. Grace and peace be with you. Share your comments and testimonies with us at apostolicchargeministry[gmail].com. Visit: www.apostolicchargeministry.wordpress.com www.apostolicchargeministry.blogspot.com

ChristoKing City Worship Assembly Month of Discipleship · June 2026 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ HOW TO DISCIPLE SOMEONE A Step-by-Step Guide for Every Pair ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📖 "The things you have heard from me... commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." — 2 Timothy 2:2 You don't need a title. You need a willing heart and one person. Here are the steps. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 1 · WIN (Day 1 Teacher: Gabriel) Build the relationship first Before you teach, earn the right to be heard. Share a meal. Listen to their story. Pray for them quietly before you ever correct them. 🔑 People are won to a Person through a person. Jesus ate with sinners before He corrected them. 📖 Luke 5:29 to 32 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 2 · GROUND (Day 2 Teacher: Divine) Establish the foundations Open Scripture together. Pray together. Help them build the basic habits: the Word daily, prayer daily, fellowship weekly. 🔑 Acts 2:42 — they continued steadfastly. Not occasionally. Steadfastly. 📖 Acts 2:42 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 3 · MODEL (Day 3 Teacher: Mercy) Let them watch your real life Don't just instruct. Let them see you pray, fail, repent, and obey. More is caught than taught. 🔑 Paul said: "Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ." He gave them a life to watch, not just words to hear. 📖 1 Corinthians 11:1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 4 · EQUIP (Day 4 Teacher: Chinonso) Move them from served to serving Give them something to do. Let them pray aloud. Let them serve beside you. Help them discover their gift and use it. 🔑 Equipping is not optional extra — it's the leader's actual job (Ephesians 4:12). 📖 Ephesians 4:11 to 12 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 5 · CORRECT IN LOVE (Day 5 Teacher: Praise) Speak the truth, gently When they drift, don't ignore it and don't crush them. Speak the truth in love, the way you'd want someone to speak to you. 🔑 Galatians 6:1 — restore them in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself also. 📖 Galatians 6:1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ STEP 6 · SEND (Day 6 Teacher: Victoria) Release them to disciple someone else This is the step most people skip. A disciple is not fully made until they begin to make disciples. Help them find their own name to disciple. 🔑 Paul → Timothy → faithful men → others also. Four generations, one verse. Don't let the chain stop with you. 📖 2 Timothy 2:2 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🪞 BEFORE YOU START, ASK YOURSELF ① Who is the one person I can begin with this month? ② Am I willing to let them see my real life, not just my teaching? ③ Have I prayed and asked God to give me their name? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ REMEMBER Win → Ground → Model → Equip → Correct → Send. Skip Win, and they won't trust you. Skip Ground, and they'll have no root. Skip Model, and they'll only copy your words, not your walk. Skip Equip, and they'll stay dependent forever. Skip Correct, and they'll drift unchecked. Skip Send, and the chain stops with you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Disciples Indeed · June 2026 Pst. Godwin KingThompson Obi, Lead Pastor

The Present Truth # 9 Celestial Visitors. Footprints of Angels. The possibility of interplanetary creatures has fascinated many minds, but not without cause. Scientists acknowledge that just by the law of chance other planets could be inhabited. Bible prophets have given their record of heavenly beings visiting this earth. Righteous people, even on our day, can testify that they have had angel visitors. These angels have a deep interest in the affairs of people and may exert a powerful influence on the outcome of events. Their mode of travel is far more incredible than anything humanity has yet devised. It is true that there are many illusions, if not deceptions, but when there is an accumulation of evidence from honest, reliable sources, it cannot be ignored. Nevertheless, there are questions. Which are true and which are false? How much can we understand regarding these celestial visitors? To answer these queries we must have a reliable gauge by which to measure the evidence. Again we turn to the Lord to see what He has left on record for us. What Are Angels? Angels are heavenly beings, created by God (Revelation 4:11). They are creatures of a higher order than humans. “What is man, that thou are mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” Psalm 8:4, 5. Angels do not possess a physical body like humans. They are, therefore, not limited by physical laws, such as gravity, heat or cold, and can move with incredible speed without any vehicle to transport them. The prophet Daniel was once praying a sincere prayer of confession on behalf of the people. He then recorded what took place while he was praying: “And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.” Daniel 9:20, 21. The angel Gabriel mentions how swiftly he was caused to fly: “At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou are greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.” Daniel 9:23. Although angels are not usually seen, they are real beings, just as real as us. Isaiah describes one type of angel, the seraphims, as having wings, faces, and feet, and as able to speak (Isaiah 6:1-3). David, when referring to the manna upon which Israel existed during their journey through the wilderness, declared that “Man did eat angels’ food.” Psalm 78:25. The exact number of these heavenly beings is not revealed to us. However the prophet Daniel described the number of angels which he saw before the throne of God: “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.” Daniel 7:10. Although this number is figurative, it indicates a great multitude. The apostle Paul refers to them as “an innumerable company of angels.” Hebrews 12:22. In the Bible the angels are divided into different categories. The nearest to the throne of God are the seraphims and cherubims. “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah 6:1-3. “Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.” Psalm 80:1. One high angel, who identified himself by name, was sent from the presence of God with an important message to be given to a man named Zacharias: “And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.” Then he was sent on a specific errand to a young lady called Mary. “And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth.” Luke 1:19, 26. The holy angels are continually engaged in serving God and helping in the great plan of salvation to deliver man from the curse of sin. “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.” Psalm 103:20. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” Hebrews 1:14. Originally all the angels were loyal to God, but, as we studied in Lesson Number Two, we saw that one-third of the angels joined Lucifer’s rebellion, and were cast out of heaven with him. This rebellion against God caused them to be in opposition to God’s plan of redemption. Now they continually seek to lead people from the way of salvation so as to cause their eternal ruin. But we need not be deceived by these evil angels (or devils), because Christ by His victory on the cross of Calvary has defeated Satan, their leader. (See Lesson Number Five.) Their ultimate destruction is now only a matter of time. “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.” 2 Peter 2:4. “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” Jude 6. Heaven’s Angels Angels are not, as many believe, the spirits of the dead. They are an entirely different order of beings from humans. They existed before man was created: “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” Job 38:7. The angels are described in this verse as stars, because of their bright shining appearance. People do not become angels when they die nor will they become angels in heaven. Those people who are saved will remain people forever but will again be restored to the image of their Creator: "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Revelation 21:3. Angels do not accept homage, which is due only to God: “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.” Revelation 22:8, 9. The Work of the Angels Angels continually wait upon God and are fully committed to carrying out His commands. Seraphim and cherubim grace the presence of God by praising His holy name. “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah 6:3. An important work of the angels is to record all that transpires in the life of each individual on earth. Every good and every evil deed, yes, even our thoughts are entered into the annals of heaven. No mistake is made, no detail overlooked and one day each will have to give an account of their life on earth. “Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.” Malachi 3:16. Every living person has an attending angel. From the day of birth until death, this guardian angel watches over, encourages and records every event of that person’s life. “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 18:10. Peter was delivered from prison by an angel. He then went to the home of the believers who were praying on his behalf. Before they realized he was released, this early Christian church exclaimed their unanimous belief that it was his guardian angel at the door. Ultimately they accepted that an angel had assisted him. “And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.” Acts 12:14, 15. Angels have an interest in our temporal welfare and many times faithful people of God have been protected from physical harm by their attending angel. Angels constantly seek to influence us for good and endeavor to turn our hearts to God. Dear friend, even as you study this lesson, your heavenly watcher is at your side to strengthen your faith and deepen your understanding in the truth of God. The Word of God relates many experiences concerning angels. Elisha was once surrounded by a hostile army. To allay his servants’ fears, Elisha prayed to God that the eyes of his servant might be opened to see the large host of angels protecting them. “And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” 2 Kings 6:16, 17. Angels of God are often commissioned to protect us in our travels: “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalm 91:11. So close is the watch care of our attending angel, that David could exclaim: “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” Psalm 34:7. It was Daniel’s attending angel who closed the mouths of the lions when he was thrown into their den. “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.” Daniel 6:22. Depending upon the occasion and circumstances, angels have appeared to various people, sometimes as warriors defending the people of God. “And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?” (Joshua 5:13, 14). Angels have accepted hospitality when visiting people in the form of men. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2. In a time of crisis Jesus informed His disciples that, if necessary, God could send twelve legions of angels to protect Him. (A legion equals 3 to 6 thousand soldiers.) “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:53. From this statement we can infer that God can mobilize all heaven, if necessary, to save one of His beloved followers from sin or harm. When Jesus comes the second time to this earth He will be escorted by heavenly angels: “The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:41, 42. The angels will not only gather the wicked for destruction but will also gather the righteous for heaven. “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matthew 24:31. Living With Angels The angels of God are about us all the time, although we are unconscious of their presence. They are usually unseen by men, but can take on a visible appearance when necessary. If a follower of God becomes discouraged, it may seem that they are alone in a struggle against a powerful enemy, but it is not so. God never abandons His people. If our eyes could be opened we would see heavenly watchers all around waiting to protect us from the attacks of the enemy. When we realize the continual presence of these ambassadors from the courts of heaven, how careful we will be, not to do, speak or even think anything wrong that will be recorded against our names in the books of heaven! How sad the angels are when we choose evil instead of good: “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. . . . Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?” Ecclesiastes 5:2, 6. On the other hand, the angels rejoice when a sinner is converted and surrenders to Christ. Jesus said: “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” Luke 15:10. Let us thank God for these heavenly guardians and be grateful that all heaven is interested in our salvation and is seeking to bring it about in every possible way. As you contemplate this overwhelming evidence of the love of God for us will you not resolve to cooperate with your attending angel? Then, one day in heaven you will be able to converse face to face with this close angel friend, who is so well acquainted with your earthly experience. .

Birth of John the Baptist In the Roman Catholic Church, the birthdays of only three individuals are celebrated: Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St. John the Baptist. St. John the Baptist holds a significant role in God's plan for salvation as the forerunner and precursor to Jesus Christ. His primary mission, as outlined in the Gospel of Luke (1:17), was to prepare the hearts of the people for the coming of the Lord. Role and Prophecy Jesus referred to John the Baptist as the expected prophet Elijah, as foretold in Malachi 4:5-6. In Matthew 17:11-13, Jesus confirms this connection, stating that Elijah has already come and was not recognized, paralleling how He would also face suffering at the hands of others. This highlights John's crucial role in the redemptive narrative. Birth and Early Life The birth of John the Baptist was prophesied by the Archangel Gabriel to Zechariah, John's father, while he was performing priestly duties in the Temple of Jerusalem. Zechariah, a priest of the division of Abijah, was married to Elizabeth, a descendant of Aaron. Both were advanced in age and childless. When Gabriel announced that they would have a son, Zechariah expressed doubt about the prophecy due to their old age. In response, Gabriel rendered him mute until John's birth, as a sign of divine authority. Upon John's birth, Zechariah regained his speech when he named his son John, in accordance with the angel’s instructions. This confirmed John's identity as a significant prophetic figure, being a descendant of Aaron through both parents. Ministry and Baptism John the Baptist's ministry involved calling people to repentance and baptizing them as a sign of their commitment to God. He recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he witnessed the Holy Spirit descending upon Him like a dove at Jesus' baptism. This event was significant as it involved the entire Holy Trinity: God the Son (Jesus) was baptized, the Holy Spirit descended, and God the Father spoke from heaven, proclaiming Jesus as His beloved Son. Martyrdom John's boldness in proclaiming the truth led him to confront Herod Antipas about his unlawful marriage to Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. Herodias, incensed by John’s condemnation of their marriage, conspired with her daughter Salome to have John executed. During a banquet, Salome danced for Herod, who, impressed and swayed by the entertainment, promised to grant her any wish. Influenced by her mother, Salome requested the beheading of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod ordered John's execution, and he was beheaded in prison, with the date of martyrdom traditionally marked as August 29, around 28 A.D. Legacy and Historical Context The aftermath of John's execution led to conflict for Herod Antipas. King Aretas of Damascus sought revenge for his daughter’s dishonor, ultimately defeating Herod's forces in battle. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, in his work *Jewish Antiquities*, linked Herod's military defeat to divine punishment for the execution of John the Baptist. John was buried in a location believed to be where the Umayyad Mosque (the Great Mosque of Damascus) now stands, solidifying his legacy as a pivotal figure in the New Testament narrative and Christian faith. Power- Today,we are the Baptist,we have to proclaim His arrival soon to the country....