Excerpts From The Book Of Life© 2012 by Dana Leonardi. All Rights Reserved.

(Chapters 1 thru 19)

Prologue

Immanuel had always wanted to write a book. Something deep within him wanted to create. Unlike all other books ever written, this book would be uniquely different. Within the covers of this book we will get a glimpse of eternity gazing in a mirror. We will see the unseen. Creation and time will begin and end. But the most unique thing about this book is that Immanuel himself will enter into the pages of his book and live within the confines of its pages, just as his creation lived. Will they recognize the author of their very lives and what would his purpose be in confining himself to the pages of his book? Listen, Immanuel is about to speak…

Chapter 1

First, I will create an environment for my creation to live in. I’m going to paint pictures of myself in all that I create. I think I will create 2 different realms. First I will create a spiritual realm where I will dwell with other spiritual beings that can see me. Then I will create a physical realm where I will also create time and space and matter. I will visit the physical realm occasionally but they won’t be able to see me until that time when I come as one of them.

The spiritual realm I have created is beautiful beyond description and the angelic beings I have created to dwell with me there are wonderful companions…but something is missing. I love them dearly and I love that they love me but they are created beings and I sometimes feel alone and long for a companion that is uncreated as I am. A being that is one with me. I know she is within me.

“My Creator.”

Michael, one of 3 of my greatest angelic creations, interrupted my thoughts.

“My Lord, Lucifer has incited a riot among the angelic host. He has surmounted an insurrection and has gathered a third of us to his side and right now he is attempting to overtake your realm. What shall we do?”

Hmmm. I knew this was coming. Lucifer is also one of my 3 greatest angelic creations. I gave him such a high position and honor and I soon saw that he abused his position as he coveted my glory as creator. He did not have the humility needed to walk in the high position that I gave him and he soon sensed that he would have to take by force that which he coveted in his heart. Wow, what a silly, foolish angel. There is so much that he doesn’t know. My eternal plan was conceived and finished before I started my book and long before I created him. If only he would have come to me and confessed the evil in his heart, I could have helped him see his folly.Now I must leave the next page of my book blank. It is a page where I Am not. It is a formless and void page where darkness hides in nothingness…an abyss.“Michael, go and stop the rebellion. I give you my authority to cast Lucifer and his followers out of our realm.”

“But where shall we send them once we defeat them?”

“Send them to the place of nothingness, the void that is where I Am not.”

I could sense the shiver that Michael felt, as it is incomprehensible to Michael to ever be where I Am not. I showed Michael the place that is not a place and as he left, I thought of how easily pride can delude one into seeking only for themself.

Although I knew that Lucifer would rebel, I created him and all the angels with free will and choice… such a strange paradox. You see, the book I write has been in me for quite a while. I know the beginning and the end of my book before I even write it. I Am the beginning and the end. I hold history in my hand and I can enter my book at any place or in any time. Speaking of time, I think it’s time for me to create.

Chapter 2

Well, the first thing We need to do is get some light in here. I was talking out loud so that my angels could hear and witness all that I was about to do. I wanted them to understand specific portions of my eternal plan and to see how I weave myself into my creation. They were amazed at how I could create something out of nothing. It was fun and they all joiced at the light and then rejoiced at everything that followed. The light I created was part of my nature, kind of like a picture of me. Now that my light has illuminated the darkness and formless void, it’s time we cleaned up this mess. It seems that Lucifer and his followers have made a huge mess of things here. How does one make a void and darkness even worse than it is? I think I will change Lucifer’s name. He was a light bearer as he reflected my light as he dwelt in my presence, but now he is opposed to everything I do so his name shall now be Satan as he has made himself to be an adversary. Although he will oppose me in everything I do, he will be completely unaware that I will use him as a tool in accomplishing my purpose.

It was sad to watch Satan and his followers try to hide when I created my light. They actually were fighting each other to hide behind one another. I will cause my light to shine on a portion of each day and leave darkness for them to dwell in. There will be opposites of me in my creation and it is there that they will dwell and work. I allow this with a great purpose in mind. I explained to my angels how Satan and his followers, which we will call demons, will now always try to imitate me because he wants to be me or to be in my position as creator…as God. He dwelt in my presence and saw my goodness and bore my light. When he decided that he wanted these things for himself and allowed pride to pervert him, he then rebelled against me and then could only imitate what he saw in me. Now, whatever I do, he will imitate but his motive is evil while mine is good. He can only imitate good but the good that he imitates is truly evil because it is a deception to keep others from me, the one who is truly good. He will imitate my light and all that I Am in order to deceive.

Gabriel, one of the 3 highest angels I created, asked me what all the others wanted to ask.

“Lord, who will they try to deceive, we are all there is and we all fought against them and cast them out of our realm, we will not be deceived by them…will we?

“Soon, I said, you will all see. I have not finished creating.”

I spent the next 5 days creating the heavens and the earth and its environs and saw that everything that I created was good. With each day, I created a higher form of life and as with all things I create, I wove into the physical creation a part of me so that all could see me in my creation. Once again, Gabriel spoke up on behalf of all the others.

“Lord, we see you in the light and in water and in the life that you bestow on all living things that you have placed on this wonderful blue ball, but we are still uncertain of what your purpose is. Please help us to understand.”

The angels were amazed each day with all that I created. This was a physical realm that was beyond their understanding because all they have ever known is the spiritual realm. It was hard for them to understand that I would create an even higher form of life. I said to them…

“Patience my friends, I have still not finished creating.”

Chapter 3

I sat and studied the lump of clay before me. Even though I created all the animals from this same earth, this one would be different. This one would be unique. This would be the highest life form I create in the physical realm. I could sense the anticipation of my angels and hear some of their whispers.

“Is He going to form another animal, I gave Him an idea for one that I call a unicorn, I hope that is what He will make.”

“It’s just dirt. Why is He taking so long?”

I smiled and then laughed and then started sculpting. My attention to every detail was captivating to my angels. They witnessed all of creation being spoken into existence by me. This was different. I was forming this being with my own hands. They could sense that something special was being formed. They were not disappointed. I stepped back from my creation and heard the gasps from my angels. They were captivated and could not take their eyes from it. Then their eyes would go back and forth from me to my creation. They were mesmerized and speechless and at the same time wanted to shout for joy and ask a thousand questions. Finally, Michael stepped out from the midst of them and said…

“Lord, it looks like you. Is it you? Lord, what is it? Who is it?”

I smiled again and said to them all,

“OK, I will no longer leave you in suspense. I will now open your understanding of what I am doing. I have worked and created for 6 days, I am now going to breathe life into this form of my image and call him man. He will be my highest creation in this realm because when I breathe life into him he will become a living being with a soul. On the 7th day, we will all rest and as man explores his new home, I will explain to you all that you seek to know.”

I then breathed life into man and spoke with him before I sent him off to explore his home. I then gathered my angels and told them my purpose in creating man.I have never seen my angels so quiet before. They are always singing with joy or worshipping but now it was so quiet that you could hear a feather drop from the wing of an angel! I also noticed Satan trying to hide himself, clothed as an angel of light. He was intently listening and he actually thought that I was fooled by his disguise! I told them that the man I created is my image. Man is lord over the earth just as I Am Lord over heaven. He will rule in my place in the physical creation. Just as I have painted pictures of myself in the physical creation, man is a picture of Me. He is my physical image.

I Am 3 parts. There is my Father who is outside of this book and from who I come. I Am His image. I Am the written and spoken Word sent by my Father and my Spirit is the very essence of me. We dwell together

as one, eternally, outside of my book. Our eternal plan was conceived and enacted outside of my book and will be manifested in my book, through my creation. My book is to allow all my creation to understand this. All will be called but only a few will respond and I will put my Spirit into those who respond so that they will understand my eternal purpose. You have not seen or understood anything outside of my book but you who are spirit are given the ability to enter into the physical realm and move about the pages of my book as I direct. The pages of my book, as pertaining to the physical realm, are time.The physical realm consists of 3 parts also, time, space and matter. Matter is anything that occupies space. All physical objects consist of matter or substance, which man is. Objects have their position or place in space. Time is the continued progress of existence in succession from past to present to future. This was all a marvelous learning experience for them as there is no such thing as time, space or matter in the spiritual realm. There is only the eternal now and there is no space in which to be confined or any type of matter that can be touched. All of the physical realm is bound and limited in time. Man will only be able to move forward in time and will not know when I will stop time. Man will not have the ability to step outside of time or to enter the spiritual realm where we dwell unless I allow him to. He can only occupy one space and be in one time because his body is matter or has substance, whereas I can be in all places at the same time and also be in all times, as I am Spirit. I can be in all parts of my book at the same time or at different times or pick any time in my book and be there. I Am outside of my book so I hold time, space and matter and even the spiritual places in my hand.

Man is also 3 parts. He is spirit, soul and body. I have created his body and breathed his soul life into him. His soul also consists of 3 parts; his mind, will and emotions. I have created his mind to rule over his will and emotions. I have also created his spirit to rule over his soul and his body. I have not yet made his spirit alive with my Spirit. He has one part missing now. It is the most important part. I will put my Spirit into him soon when he has made the proper choice. Right now he is my highest creation in the physical realm but he is still a little lower than you angels. When man chooses my Spirit to dwell in him, he will then be the highest life form ever created. He will actually possess my Life and live by my Life. He will be a son of God. When this happens, man will no longer be restrained by space or time and will be able to freely move

about between our two realms. You, my companions, will have the high honor of serving and fellowshipping with man just as you do with me.

After explaining this to my angels they were overwhelmed with excitement and wanted to return to earth and begin this wonderful fellowship with man. I told them to wait a little more as I wanted to meet with man and spend time with him so that we could get to know one another. I returned to earth quite often to spend time with man. I called him Adam because I formed him from the earth. We became such good friends and we both enjoyed our time with each other. I created a beautiful garden that I called Eden and told Adam to live there. All of his needs were taken care of and he lacked nothing. It was a perfect environment, a perfect picture of my home in the spiritual realm. I placed a tree in the garden. It was the tree of life. The fruit of this tree contained my very life. If Adam would eat of this tree, he would have my life in him and his spirit would be made alive with my Spirit. He would be made perfect, just as I was perfect.

I gave Adam authority over all things on the earth. I then brought all the animals that I created to Adam so that he could name them and so that the animals would know their lord. We laughed and joked about some of the odder ones and Adam even asked me where the unicorn was! Looks like he’s been hanging out with one of my angels. It was all good but when we were finished Adam asked me why all the animals had mates but their lord had no suitable mate for himself. I pondered his question for a minute and said…

“Well Adam, maybe everything isn’t good. I don’t think it’s good for man to be alone. What shall we do about that Adam?”“My Maker,” Adam replied, “You are the only one who has the answer to that. Have you created my mate and hidden her from me? Were you going to surprise me, where have you hidden her?”

“I have hidden her in the same place that I have hidden my counterpart.”

This made Adam stop and think. He started to realize just how much he was like me.

“Wait a minute. If I am made in your image and I, lord of earth have no mate, then you, Lord of all, have no mate also.”

“Ah, Adam. You show the wisdom that I created you to have. How shall we rectify this problem?

Chapter 4

I left Adam alone for a time so that he could ponder this question. When I returned, I asked him what he understood of this.

“Lord, I am so very happy. The garden is beautiful beyond description and I have no needs. Your creation is in perfect harmony and the time that we spend together fills me with wonder, but I have a deep yearning within me as if someone was deep within me calling to me with the same yearning. It is as if my counterpart was deep within me longing to come alive so that she could be with me also. It is almost as strong as my desire for you. I believe that you have put this desire within me because I delight in you. I also believe that if I have this desire then you must have it also because you have made me in your image. I have so much love to pour out upon her that I feel I must die if she is not brought forth. I feel that I would give my very life up for her to be brought forth but in doing so would she then be without me?”

“Adam, I see that wisdom grows in you daily. You have understood correctly and the time has come for a gift for you. You need not give your life…only a rib. I will now cause you to sleep deeply, similar to a physical death and when you awake, you will find a great surprise.”

I caused a deep sleep to come upon Adam and I called my angels to come and witness what I was about to do. Again, I noticed Satan curiously watching from a distance. As they gathered around, I opened Adams side and removed one of his ribs. I took his rib and started to form his counterpart. I took extra special care in forming her so that she would be perfectly made for one who is almost perfect. When I had finished and gave her the breath of life, my angels were amazed with wonder of one so radiant and beautiful. She opened her dove’s eyes and looked deep into my own eyes. Her first words echoed across the

universe and penetrated the heart of every angel and yes, my heart also…

“My Lord and my God.”

I saw in her the radiance of the one who is deep within My own being. Oh the joy she will bring to Adam with her beauty and her selfless love and innocence. He will now have his mate to love and cherish forevermore. I was about to wake Adam so that we all could share in this wondrous event of man when suddenly I had to stop time…

Chapter 5

With a flash of darkness, never before seen on earth, Satan boldly stepped forward as pride and jealousy emanated from within his being and melted his disguise of light. He could no longer contain his rage as he arrogantly pointed his finger towards me. Every angel instinctively drew their swords and instantly Michael was by my side. I was still sitting next to the image of my counterpart and writing in the sand, unconcerned with one so deluded who actually thought that he would be a threat to me.

I stood and told my angels to sheath their swords. They once asked me if they could be deceived by this deceiver. I informed them that wherever this deceiver and his followers are, there is deception. He hid amidst their ranks disguised as one of them so they must always be aware. My angels felt a threat towards me when Satan revealed himself so I made them to understand that he is not a threat to me but a pawn that I will use to accomplish my will. Even so, you must always be on guard, as this one will devour any being that is unaware of his presence.

I allowed Satan to approach and to speak what was on his deluded mind. With disdain and bitterness dripping from every word he said…

“Do you actually think that I will sit idly by as you allow these two to rule over me and my domain? I held back when you created Adam, biding my time, as I knew I would destroy him easily when he was alone without you to protect him. But now there are two of them and I believe they will be able to procreate just as I see the animals do. I will not allow these images of you to rule over me and my domain. I may have

lost the first battle for the spiritual realm but I will return to my original home and rule just as I do here. I have been cast down to this realm and it is mine. You may have these so-called elect angels fooled, but not me. Man is a little lower than the angels but I will steal his birthright, I will kill him, I will destroy his relationship with you. He will not possess your life and be higher than me. I will enslave them and rule over them. They will bow to me just as you will.”

Instantly he was gone and I watched as he manifested himself in a tree that was right next to the tree of life. The fruit of that tree turned poisonous although it still retained a delight to ones eyes. He is a crafty one with great knowledge but he has forsaken wisdom. That tree is now the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You see, before Satan rebelled, he was my light bearer. He carried my light and beheld my glory and holiness. He saw my love and my authority. He saw many of my attributes and saw that they were all good and desired them for himself. When he was cast out of the spiritual realm to the earth, he set himself up as god. He wanted to be like me. He wanted to be me. Since he did not have my life in him, he could only imitate me. He now takes all of my attributes and imitates them in order to deceive one in to following him. He did that with my angels and he will now try to do the same with man.

The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil will always bring death once it is eaten. Death is separation from Me. The good fruit contains the same poison as the evil fruit. It comes from the same tree; it is all the same fruit. There is no such thing as a tree bearing both apples and oranges. If you eat the good fruit you will spend your life trying to be good. This shows the craftiness in his deception. You will imitate good just as he does but you will be separated from me. This is death. I Am life. If you are not a part of me, you will die. The evil fruit is the same as the good fruit but reveals his true nature. Both have his life and his nature in them. The existence of this tree presupposes that good and evil exist. Man has no understanding of evil because he has only been in relationship with good. This will always be unless man chooses to go his own way. The fruit of the tree of life possesses my life and once eaten, man will be a part of me, possessing my life. Adam will have to make this choice, as will all his descendants.

My angels were taken aback by such insolence and were even more incredulous when I allowed Satan to leave without any consequence. I explained once again that I will allow Satan to pursue his demented plans but also reminded them that I have my own plan and soon, very soon, they would begin to see it manifested.

Chapter 6

Time, once again, came into view and I gently woke Adam up. He immediately sensed that a part of him was missing…not really missing but somehow outside of him and was alive. He looked at me with a look of wonder and anticipation and saw the excitement in the angels and in my eyes. I stepped aside and Adam beheld one in raiment of light, reflecting my glory more perfectly than the sun.  Adam stood and proclaimed to all creation:

“One was taken out of me that reflects the beauty and glory of my Lord. I shall call her woman. She is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She is my oneness.”They embraced as they both wept for joy and as angels rejoiced and as I longed for a coming day…

Soon, all creation joined in this rapturous celebration as the lord of earth was crowned with his mate. These were never ending times of joy that would only be eclipsed by when the Lord of all was joined to His mate. After some time, I sat down with Adam and his wife and explained to them that together they are man, or mankind. All of the human race is in them. You shall be joined together as one and your reunion will be a symbol of a coming day. I have joined you together; let nothing separate you. I took woman out of Adam and now all of mankind will come out of woman.

Adam said, “I will call her Eve because she will be the mother of all the living.”“I created you with a purpose in mind and you must walk in my purpose. To do this you must partake of my life. My life is eternal and is the highest life form. My angels have everlasting life and are spirit as I Am, while you are a little lower than them, being physical. But I have created you to be mine and to be like me but you must have my life in you and it must be your choice to do so.

I have planted the tree of life in the middle of the garden. The fruit of this tree contains my life. You may partake of this tree freely along with any other trees in the garden. But there is also one other tree in the garden that you must not eat from. It is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and this is the only tree that you are forbidden to eat from. If you eat the fruit of this tree, you will die. You will be separated from me. Go now and tend the garden, it is your home. Enjoy each other and make little ones that will also be My image and I will visit with you often.” Eternal Truth ran free in youthful bliss in its new environment and soon expressed itself in a mystery as the two became one.

Now you must understand that before I ever gave a commandment to man to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was a deep fellowship and communion between man and Myself. There was deep love mutually expressed. The command to not eat from that tree was also given in love. It was given for their protection. There will always be a foundation of love that any rule or law or command is built upon. When love is not the foundation then the rule becomes a burden. When given in love, the choice to obey is love expressed. The choice will be theirs to make.

Chapter 7

The days and nights went by without notice as the 2 that were now one explored their habitat together. Every part of them was in deep union with me and with each other. Angels frolicked with man and each other. All creation was in harmony. All was good.

Adam said to Eve

“My oneness, we have explored the garden and have tasted of all its bountiful fruit but we have yet to eat from the tree of life. It is the largest and most beautiful tree in the garden and I sense in my spirit that the fruit of the tree is bursting with life just as the river beside it glimmers as if it is alive. Tomorrow we shall eat of it and discover the mysteries that our Lord has hidden within it. Let’s rest now and contemplate all the good things the Lord has given us.”

I told my angels to observe that from the time of their creation Adam and Eve have never been apart.  They are one in body, soul and spirit. They are pure and holy in their union and as one they cannot be overcome. They watched with joy as the two that were one sat in the shade together under the tree of life. Adam noticed that Eve was looking at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil with childlike curiosity.

"Don’t even look at it Eve.” Adam said. “Remember what our Lord has said regarding that tree.”

I know, my love, it just looks so strangely beautiful and has an alluring draw to it that makes me want to just touch it and see what it feels like.”

Their conversation was interrupted by a little lamb. It had wandered nearby and seemed to be lost from its flock. Adam instinctively went to it and picked it up and carried it back to the flock. Knowing that I had joined them as one, Satan knew that he must separate them in order to overcome them. It was Satan who stole the little lamb from its flock in an attempt to lure Adam away from Eve. This was the moment that Satan had patiently waited for, the first time they were apart. He instantly entered a serpent with the power of deception raging within him.

As soon as Adam left, Eve noticed that a serpent was standing next to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and was waving for her to come to him. Her curiosity was no longer childlike and she surreptitiously, almost running, made her way to the serpent. Now at that time, the serpent was a lovely creature and the craftiest beast that I had made and he was holding a piece of fruit from the tree and took a bite as he said to Eve.

“My lady, didn’t God say that you could eat from any tree in the garden?”

“Yes, He did. We can eat from any tree in the garden except this one. He said if we eat from this tree or even touch it, we would die.”

Eve was trying to remember what Adam had told her about this tree but she was eerily mesmerized by the glittering light that was coming from the tree. It seemed to be emanating from the serpent himself.

The serpent took another bite of the fruit as he continued.

“You must have misheard God or misunderstood what He said. Isn’t it obvious that you will not die? I have been eating this fruit for a long time and I am eating it as we speak. You see that I have not died. I do believe that God wants you to eat this fruit because it will make you even more like Him. Isn’t that what He wants? You will be just like God and you will know good and evil. Look at me, I grow wiser with each bite and look at my light, am I not like God?”

Eve kept looking at the fruit and then at the serpent and then at the fruit. It looked so good to her, delightful to her eyes and she reasoned in her mind that it was good for food and that it would make her wise like the serpent and the serpent had eaten the fruit and didn’t die. Was it the fruit or was it Eve that was ripe with anticipation as Eve reached out for the fruit that hung within arms reach. Angels and I watched with heavy hearts as Eve put the fruit to her lips. I cried out to her at the same moment as did Adam…

“Eve, my love, my oneness…stop.”

Adam was returning and could see Eve in the distance talking with the serpent. He called out to her but she did not hear his cry as she had already taken her first bite of the poisonous fruit or was it that the fruit had taken it’s first bite out of her? In that split second, unaware to Eve, I saw the serpent bite her on the heel and watched as the venom of death enveloped her very DNA. And now Eve, the mother of all, would pass this on to all her offspring. But I have a plan…an eternal plan and I will crush the head of the serpent.

Adam quickened his pace and arrived at the tree as Eve continued eating the fruit. Eve, being full of excitement now, picked another piece of fruit and quickly gave it to Adam. Before Adam knew what was happening, he found himself holding a piece of the fruit. Eve went on to tell him what the serpent had told her and was desperately trying to convince Adam of the same. Jumping up and down and twirling in circles as if intoxicated in her new found freedom, she exclaimed.

“As you can see, I have not died. The serpent has not died. I believe you have misunderstood what God had said about this tree. Look at the light that reflects from the serpent to the tree and then to me. Eat, my husband, and join us, we must remain one.”

Adam, seeing how Eve was reveling in her state of being and wanting to please her, bit into the deadly fruit. He waited a minute to see if he would die and when nothing happened, he finished the fruit. All in the while, the serpent with sinister gleefulness walked behind the tree, or was it into the tree? Suddenly all of creation went dark for a split second as if a light switch was turned off and then back on very quickly.

The earth shifted and tilted throwing all creation out of harmony. Animals instinctively hid themselves. Adam noticed it first with Eve. The light that emanated the glory of the Lord from within her was no longer there but was replaced by the light coming from the tree that she was now reflecting and now that light was not pure but a dingy yellow. As he watched in horror, that light dissipated as Eve now stood before him…naked.

Eve could see the horror in Adams eyes as she looked down at herself and then to Adam once again only to see the same transformation in him before her eyes. The horror in her eyes now matched his. Weeping uncontrollably and feeling things that were unknown to her, Eve reached out for Adam. Not understanding what he was feeling, Adam reached out for Eve. Deception and Fear, 2 of the highest ranking demons, danced around them where only angels could before. Not knowing what to do, Adam and Eve, no longer clothed in the light of God and feeling the shame of their nakedness because they were now self conscious instead of God conscious, sewed together leaves from a fig tree in a vain attempt to cover themselves’. They then tried to hide themselves, like the animals.

I came to the garden as I often did to spend time with Adam and Eve but they were nowhere in sight. I called out to them to give them the opportunity to come out of hiding. I knew what they were feeling and I wanted them to know how much I loved them but Deception had already perverted their thinking and darkened their souls and Fear had convinced them that I was there to punish them and to hurt them. They were no longer aware of my great love for them and could not understand that I was there to

forgive them as I had already made a Way, the only Way, to cover their sin. But in their state of deception they could only see themselves and continued in the way that seemed right to them. They would now put themselves first in all things. If I don’t seek them out and explain and instruct them, their fate will be much worse than what awaits them. I called out to them again and Adam finally answered and told me they were hiding because they were naked.

I said, “If you know that you are naked then you must have eaten from the tree that was forbidden to you.”

Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. Instead of taking responsibility for their actions, they blamed others. I called the serpent forth and cursed this once beautiful animal who now represents Satan, so that it would no longer walk but slither on its belly and feed off the dust of the earth. Man was made from the dust so the serpent will feed off of mans carnal nature. There will always be enmity between Satan and man and he will bruise man on his heel but Man will crush his head. This is a hint that I gave to man to make him aware of my plan. I told the woman that she would now have great pain in bringing forth children instead of the painless way that was designed for them. Their children would now be in their image instead of My image and even though this pain will be great, she would still desire her husband and his position even though he will rule over you. I then told Adam that the ground would be cursed and no longer yield its fruit with ease and he would have to toil and sweat to make it yield. He was taken from the earth and to the earth he shall return. These were the natural consequences of their choice to eat of the fruit that was forbidden them.

I explained to them what had happened to them. I told them of how Satan had rebelled and how he and his demons were cast out of my realm. I told them why I created them and how Satan wanted to steal, kill and destroy them and keep them from me. As I was speaking Eve blurted out...

“But Lord, why didn’t you tell us these things first so that we would know not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and not be deceived?”

“Oh my beautiful Eve. How could I tell you things that you could not have understood? You had no knowledge of good and evil as I do. These things did not exist in your realm. All was good. I love you. I created you. I gave life to you. It is because I love you that I told you not to eat from that tree. That was all you needed to know and hear. I created you with the ability to choose. I had to give you the ability to choose so that you would choose to love me in return. That choice also gave you the ability to choose yourself before me. Satan has deceived you into making that choice to put yourself first. His life is in the fruit of that tree. You have chosen to partake of his life. Your eyes have now been opened to good and evil. If you had eaten from the tree of life, you would have partaken of my life because my life is in the fruit of the tree of life. Your eyes would have been opened also, but opened to my ways and my life.”

I then took some animals and made coverings for them from the skin. They were horrified that the innocent animals that they loved had to be sacrificed to cover their nakedness. They were now clothed like the animals instead of being clothed in light like Me. They were created a little lower than the angels and now they were just a little higher than the animals. They were destined to have my own life, the highest life, until they chose to live their own life. The desire for the fruit that was forbidden them had caused them to exalt themselves. Now they are humbled. They tried to save their own lives by wanting to be like Me. Now they have lost their lives. What I had offered to them for free, they tried to take and have separated themselves from me. The deceiver has deceived them into acting just the way he acted and they have received the same fate. Mans lordship over earth has been usurped by Satan but a new Man will come and I will face this same temptation…I have a plan, an eternal plan.

Chapter 8

Now I had to do the hardest thing since creating man. I had to remove them from the garden and protect them from eating from the tree of life. Man had sinned and separated himself from Me and if they ate from the tree of life, they would then possess My eternal life and live forever in their sinful state, separated from Me. I Am life and to be separated from Me is death. They thought that their physical bodies would die but it was their spirit that was now dead. Their physical bodies would now also die because death was given access to man

through his sin and death was now the shepherd of all mankind. Although man did not understand, it was out of my love for them and mercy that I sent them out of the garden and stationed cherubim at the garden with a flaming sword that turned in every direction so that no one could partake of the tree of life.

Adam looked out at the landscape. Eve could only cling to her husband afraid to even look up. This was not their home. They felt alone and sensed fear. They didn’t know where they would go or what they should do. They had become gods of their new world...impotent gods. Now clothed like the animals that they were once lord over and no longer able to see the unseen, they became limited in their understanding and learned to reason with the knowledge of good and evil.In the same manner that the lord of earth rebelled against the Lord of all, so did all of creation under his lordship. Docile animals took on a new nature as some became predators and some became prey. Almost all were now afraid of their former lord and some would not be afraid to kill if given the opportunity. The demons called Fear and Deception had already established themselves as the new world powers in all of creation as Satan, the new god of this world, watched with an unsavory delight.

Harmony was unseated as chaos now reigned on earth. Seasons displaced My perfect environment with to much heat at one time and then too much cold at other times. At times there was no water, at other times, too much water. The earth would only yield its fruit to man after much struggle and time. Space and time was now the matrix that confined man where he became fodder for the one that deceived them. I would often come to them to comfort them but they could no longer see me or hear me. At times, they could sense me but in their fallen state, soon their soul took preeminence over their dead spirit. Alternating between their mind, will and emotions ruling them, they became easy prey for Satan and his demons. Angels watched with dismay as the intelligence that I gave to man, gave way to reason. His will no longer in harmony with my will, gave way to whatever they reasoned in their own mind. Their emotions pulled them in many different ways based on their own self-interest. At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before his body ruled over his soul and they sink even further. Lust stood near to deception waiting for an opportune time to strike.

Adam and Eve still had each other. They still stayed together as much as possible, more out of fear than love. They couldn’t understand the fears that tormented them. They had never felt feelings such as these in the garden. They didn’t know where they came from or how to be rid of them. They longed for the peace and joy and love that was theirs in the garden. At times they would feel such feelings as these, but they were short lived and never felt as real anymore. As time went on they slowly adjusted to their new life and surroundings. One night I listened as Eve said to Adam...

“Adam, I’ve been thinking about that last day in the garden when the serpent deceived me. If Satan could enter into the serpent then it is conceivable that he could enter into any creature. If he could deceive me in such a paradise as the garden, then how much easier would it be to deceive us in this place where all is not good? We now know good and evil. I still can remember the goodness of our God and I now can feel the evil that haunts me. These feelings of fear are of the evil one. All of these feelings that we have been experiencing have only been with us after we were deceived. So this, now we know, must be evil. What we knew in the garden was all good. We must know and differentiate these feelings in order to know when evil is working in us and against us.”

Adam replied, “Your wisdom outshines your beauty this day my deep love. If this is so, then it makes sense now what our Lord told us that Satan wants to steal, kill and destroy. He has already stolen our lordship over the earth. He has destroyed our relationship with our God and he is now determined to kill us. I already feel half dead so I know this must be so. Since Satan copies our God then we must assume that he will try to copy the goodness of our God as he did in the garden. We must also understand that trying to be good will not restore our relationship with God. Our only hope is to eat from the tree of life but how can we when we cannot go back to the garden?”

Eve continued,

“My only love, if I have any wisdom it comes from you as I was taken from you. I only have what our Lord has placed in you. I know that we are now prohibited from the tree of life and that it is our Gods mercy and love for us that does this. Can you ever imagine living in this state forever? I also know that our God is good and that He will provide a

way for us to partake of the tree of life. Until then, we must always be aware of the evil that works within and without. I am now aware that Satan and his demons have copied our Lord in regards to his government on earth. He is now god of this world and has his hierarchy in the demonic ranks just as our Lord does with His angels. We already know of these high-ranking demons of deception and fear. They have kept us from seeking our Lord. We must always be aware now of their workings in and around us, knowing that whatever we feel that was after our departure from the garden is not good. We must always stand together and help each other to remember and teach these things to our children. And Adam, speaking of children...”

Chapter 9

“Let’s call him Cain,” said Eve.

“Well OK, but I am going to name the next one,” Adam replied.

Man was made in the image of God but now all men born of man will be the image of man with each successive generation less and less of the image of God. As sin permeates all of creation so does death. Adam and Eve witnessed first hand the devastating effect on creation and how it grew exponentially over time. Sometimes they would weep together and sometimes alone. I always wept alone.

Life had gradually gotten better for Adam and Eve ever since I gave them more understanding of the circumstances they were in. Ever since that day, they started seeking after Me once again and would talk to me individually and as one. As they did this, fear and deception had less of an influence on them. Now that man was once again seeking his Lord, some of the animals started seeking after their lord. It was great to see Adam and Eve playing with many different animals again and learning to use others in their labor. As fear and deception had less influence over the former lord of earth so had it lessened over many of the creatures of the earth.  I watched as Satan would meet with Deception and Fear and threaten them for losing control of the situation. He added another high-ranking demon to their cause with a new strategy. This demon was named Hate.

Not long after this, Abel was born. The years passed and Adam and Eve continued to have more children and they passed on to their children how it all started and what they have learned through their lives. They instructed their children to continue to pass this history down to each successive generation. Time continued forward and life remained relatively normal but Eve was the first to notice that there was much enmity and strife between Cain and Abel. She told Adam about it but he, at first shrugged it off. As the boys grew older, it could no longer be shrugged off. Eve said to Adam.

“Remember when we discussed that anything that was not good must be from the evil one? Look at your sons, they are now men and they are fighting all the time. We have not known things like this before and you, we, must speak with them as I feel that a new kind of evil is upon us.”

They sat them down and told them once again of their life in the garden and the 2 trees in the garden and how they were deceived and how evil crept up on them, unseen and unheard like a serpent. Cain was impatient and did not want to sit and listen to the stories again. He continually pointed the finger at Abel and accused him of causing all the problems that they fought over. Abel felt remorse and asked his brother to forgive him for any wrongs he had done to him. This did not assuage Cain but actually made him feel more embittered against his brother. He stormed off angrily as Hate followed closely behind.

Satan is quite aware that the offspring of Adam and Eve will one day crush his head so he naturally assumed that it would be Cain, the firstborn. As Cain and Abel grew up, Satan saw how easily he could influence Cain but not Abel. He then believed that it would be Abel that would crush his head and take over his rule so he devised a plan to kill Abel first. You will find him doing this throughout the history of man because he does not know who this Man will be or when He would be born.

It was a day like any other but on this day a new form of evil has had its way with fallen man. Abel was dead, murdered by his own brother. Hate had found its way into Cain and dwelt there. Deception had convinced Cain that he would never be able. Fear now controlled Cain. It was from this strategic point that humanity was led, unknowingly but almost willingly down a path of doom and destruction. The population

of man grew at an ever-increasing rate, as did the demonic forces under the supervision of Satan. As Deception, Fear and Hate led their legions of fallen angels they stealthily controlled fallen mankind.

Chapter 10

As time continued to make its mark across creation, sin also made its mark. Generations of man came and went, with each succeeding generation growing worse in their depravity. Death had entered my creation, through sin, and was now the shepherd of all mankind in place of its creator. As sin enveloped creation, death and decay also ran rampant with its effect causing entropy, as mans life span grew shorter and shorter. I soon regretted creating man because every intent and thought in his heart was continually evil. To watch man who was destined for glory, fall to such a depraved state, broke my heart. In mercy, I decided the best thing I could do for man was to destroy them.

In spite of all the evil that surrounded him, Noah still walked with me. He was blameless and righteous and found favor with me. I decided to use Noah to start over. I told him to build a big boat and gave him precise dimensions on how to build it. I also told him that I was going to destroy mankind and the earth with a flood. I loved Noah so I allowed him to bring his wife and his 3 sons and their 3 wives along with him so that they could replenish the earth after the flood. I also told him to bring a male and female of every animal for the same reason. I gave him 120 years to build this ark.

As the 120 years passed, Noah became a mockery to people as they watched him building a boat where there was no water. Noah would never retaliate but always used it as an opportunity to tell the people about me and what was about to come upon them. This only made them revile Noah all the more. At times, even Noah’s own family thought him to be insane. He couldn’t blame them for he sometimes wondered the same. This will always be the fate of men who choose to follow me instead of following other men. The time had come, the ark was finished and not even one other person had turned to me. I was so saddened by this that I manifested my tears in the rain.

You must understand that before this moment, it had never rained on the earth. I told Noah to take his family and enter the ark. I closed the

door behind them and opened the floodgates of the sky and opened the fountains of the deep. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights until the entire earth was flooded and all creation that I gave life, was no longer. The fountains of the deep gushed forth with such intensity that the land broke apart to form separate continents. As land crashed into other land, mountains formed where there were no mountains before. Water gathered in new places to form oceans and lakes and the earth lamented its fallen state. After the waters had receded and it was safe to walk the earth, I told Noah to take his family and the animals and to once again populate the earth. I also made a covenant with Noah and the earth that I would never destroy it again by flood. I put my bow in the sky as a reminder.

Chapter 11

Generations passed as mankind once again rapidly grew. Unfortunately, not much had changed. Man would soon go his own way and found no need for his creator. The fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was in his DNA and his sin would pass down to each successive generation. From the angels’ point of view, it seemed as if man was destined to live a life of futility. From the demons point of view, man was enslaved with no hope of redemption. But my point of view encompassed all of eternity past, present and future and I have an eternal plan.

You see, it does not worry me as I watch Satan foil with man in his feeble attempt to hinder me. I do not get anxious nor do I need to hurry. I am not slow in enacting my plan. I do not count slowness as men do. I am outside of time. A thousand years may pass in time as I write it in my book, but it is like a day to me. Even as I write these lines, I look and see that men have now gathered together as one to build a city and a tower that reaches to heaven. This is not how to reach me. Man will never be reconciled to me when they devise their own ways to reach me, no matter how good their motives. There is only One Way to reach me and I have provided that Way. If they would just call out to me, I would be with them. I am not impressed with the things that they can do or achieve. Their true motive is to make a name for themselves. If they finish this tower, they will say, “Look at what we have done.” If they can accomplish this much in such little time, there is no telling what they will do. I think it’s time to confuse their language so they cannot

understand each other. I will also scatter them all over the face of the earth.

As their languages changed so did their customs and men separated each to his own. Finding no need for me, they created their own gods from their vain imaginations. Drifting further and further from me, they drifted further from each other. From this point, man now kept within his own tribe. Tribes grew into nations and nation fought against nation always seeking after their own. Demons danced with delight as they led men, like animals, with invisible chains. High- ranking demons were chosen as principalities over the tribes and nations built by men. In the same manner, men ruled over other men. As Satan built his world system, he formed smaller systems within it to be managed by his highest-ranking demons. There was a political system, a religious system an economic system. Systems were added as needed. Soon after, men started building the same systems. All were corrupt. All were a perverted imitation of what I had created for angels and man.

Each tribe and nation had their own gods of their making. Impotent gods feigning life as their demon princes saw the greater deception in letting man worship false gods than in revealing themselves as their god. As long as man had false gods, he would never see the true God. The religious system flourished as superstition and fanaticism had free reign over mans deluded mind. All of their superstition morphed into tradition and this further separated man from me, and each other. At different times throughout history, the religious system would dominate the political system or conversely the political system would dominate the religious system. They were both fueled by the economic system that they both wished to control. All systems were fueled by the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. All of these systems will be allowed to grow and to enslave man until that day when I come to free man and restore him to myself.

Chapter 12

I have allowed Satan to set up his world system and I have allowed men to divide into nations because it fits into my plan, my eternal plan. Nothing I do is in response to something Satan or man does. My eternal plan cannot be stopped or changed by any fallen angel or man. I have a special man that I will form a nation from. They will grow in the midst

of this world system and I will be their God and they will be my people. It is to this people that I will reveal myself and it is through this people that I will come to earth to enact my plan. I will raise up certain men from my people that will speak to my people for me and through them I will tell my people how and where I will come and what will happen to me when I come. This I will do so that they will recognize me when I come to them. Here comes that special man now...I called to him.

“Abram.”

Abram stopped for a moment as if his thought were being interrupted. Abram was a man not content. Although he was wealthy and had family and friends, he always felt as if something was missing. He remembered the stories that were passed down through the generations that spoke of Me and he longed for something more than the false idols and gods of his countrymen. He went through the motions but always felt that he belonged somewhere else. He kept these thoughts and feeling to himself but occasionally he shared them with his wife Sarai. The missing part of Abram was about to be found.

“Abram.”

This time he stopped long enough for me to get his attention.

“Abram, I want you to leave this land and your family and I want you to go to a land that I will show you. I will make a great nation from you. I will bless you and I will be good to those that are good to you and be against those that are against you.”Abram looked around to see if anyone was there. He knew he wasn’t dreaming and he knew he wasn’t thinking to himself. He knew he was alone. What he didn’t know was who it was that was speaking to him. He pondered this through the day and later that night he told it to Sarai. They both agreed that maybe he was in the sun to long and the heat got to him. Abram found that to be a better reason than thinking he was losing his mind. As he lay in bed he could not stop thinking about this. He remembered the stories he heard of Noah and how God had spoken to him.“Well at least God is not telling me to build a boat.” He thought out loud.

Sarai woke for a minute and said, “What did you say?”

“Nothing my love, go back to sleep.”

Abram did not sleep well that night. He came to the conclusion that if I could speak to Noah then I could surely speak to him. Once again he thought out loud.“Since I am not content in this place and feel like an outsider and I do not worship the false gods in this land then quite possibly the Lord is leading me away from here.”

Finally, he fell asleep.

Chapter 13

Abram woke early the next morning and excitedly told Sarai what had happened and how I spoke to him and that they were going to pack up everything and leave. She listened intently until he came to the part about leaving.

“What,” she said. “What do you mean we are leaving? Where are we going and for how long and why do we have to pack up everything? You are going to have to come up with a better reason than God spoke to you.”

She kept questioning Abram, becoming more agitated with each question. Abram understandingly interrupted her questions and calmly said.

“Sarai, Sarai, my love. Haven't I always taken care of you? You know that I have and I always will. Please calm yourself and understand that I have questioned this much more than you. You know how I have always longed for something more even though I have not known where to find it. I believe that our God is going to lead us to that place. He told me that He would raise a nation from me and bless me. How could I not do as He said?”

“Abram, how is God going to raise a nation from you when we have no children? Have you thought about that? Have you questioned your God

about that? This alone should make you question who or what you heard.”

“Yes Sarai, I have thought about that quite a bit and it is just as concerning to me as with you. But when I think of Noah building a boat in the middle of nowhere for 120 years and then see the outcome of it, it makes me desire to have this kind of faith in God. And He is not just my God Sarai. He is our God. If Noah didn't obey God then maybe none of us would even be here. If I don’t obey God then maybe there will never be this nation that God said He would raise. He will give us children if a nation will come from me. We need to trust Him just as Noah did. Noah didn't see the flood that was going to come, he just did as God said and trusted God. We need to do as He says also and trust Him. It requires faith to leave this place where we are prosperous and go to a place where God will lead us. I do believe Him and trust what He says and you must also. The least you can do is to trust me and we will see together.”

Sarai had calmed down and could see and hear the passion in her husband as he talked of God. Her questioning was now more in the way of agreeing with her husband than before. She even started thinking of what it would be like to have a child and she did want to please her husband. She was slowly starting to ease into the idea and when the thought of having a child overcame her fears of leaving, they left.

Abram was 75 years old when he left his country and I led him to a land called Canaan, where he settled. I made a covenant with him there and promised him an heir and told him to name his son Isaac. It would be through Isaac that my covenant would continue through time and many generations until I come to my creation. Abram was 100 years old when Isaac was born. This man had waited 25 years, as men count time, to see my faithfulness in my promise. Because Abram believed my words, I counted him as righteous. I also gave him a new name of Abraham because he would be the father of many nations. Sarai was now called Sarah.

Chapter 14

Many years had passed and Isaac was now a young man and I called to Abraham and told him to take Isaac his son, his only son who he loved,

to a mountain that I would show him, and to sacrifice Isaac as an offering to me. I did this as a sign for future generations to recognize me when I come and also to show the spirit realm the faith that Abraham had in me.  Abraham told Sarah what I had told him, this led to a very long night for them both.

“Sarah, please stop. Why do you add to my distress by fighting with me? Yes, I am sure it was the Lord speaking to me. It was just as the other times before.”

“Abraham, I do not, I cannot, I will not believe you this time. You are losing your mind in your old age. You must listen to me and not the voices in your head. Surely God did not say this to you.”

My angels and I watched with great interest as Satan whispered into the thoughts of Sarah the very words that loudly came from her mouth. It was the same lie he used on Eve. This is why a husband and wife should always be as one. Satan will always divide and conquer and try to thwart my will by splitting a husband and a wife, by tearing apart what I have joined together.

“Sarah, we have been down this road before. We both know the faithfulness of our God. When He asks the impossible, then He will make a way. He is the only way even when there is no way. Our part is to trust Him knowing that all will be good, no matter how it looks to us. I have thought to myself the very things you say to me. I want to run away from this but don’t you think the same thing will be required from us at another time and place but will be even harder then? We can’t go our own way this time. Look at the mess we made before when we tried to help God out by having Ishmael. That was our way, not His way."

“Abraham, you promised me that you wouldn't bring that up again.”

“You’re right, I’m sorry but you must understand that this is the only way. Hasn’t everything that God has promised us come to pass? He also has promised that a great nation would come from me and His covenant would be carried through Isaac and his descendants. Do you understand what this means? I’m not sure I fully understand it but I do believe that if God requires Isaac as a sacrifice, then He will raise Isaac from the dead in order to fulfill His promise. You must believe this Sarah. He has

breathed life into man so He is able to put life back into a man if he dies. It may require the death of one for this new nation to be born. I’m not quite sure how or why but I believe this to be true even though I struggle within myself to complete it, yet I am compelled to do so.”

“My husband, the passion you speak with makes me want to believe you even though I cannot. I speak with the same passion in order to stop you from this madness but my words cannot move you the way our Lord moves you. I once laughed because I was to old to conceive when God told you that we would have a son, now it is His turn to laugh. It is a cruel God that would require our only son.”

“I know that my words cannot comfort you Sarah but I hope that they will give you hope. Ours is not a cruel God. He would not require from us anything that He does not require of Himself. Let my words and His promise sink deep within you. If you believe, you will see the glory of our God.”

I knew that all through time men would question and condemn Me as a cruel god just as Sarah had for this requirement. It was the custom in that era for the ungodly to sacrifice their children to their false gods. But what Sarah and many others didn't understand was that My ways are not their ways. It was never my intent to have Abraham sacrifice Isaac but just the opposite. This will now be a testimony through all of time that it is I who will provide the sacrifice, once and for all.This turned out to be the longest night in the life of Abraham and Sarah but for Sarah, the next 4 days and nights would be even longer.

Chapter 15

Abraham left very early the next morning. He loaded his donkey with supplies for the journey and took 2 of his servants along with Isaac. Sarah stood at the entrance of their dwelling weeping as they faded in the distance. She was inconsolable and Abraham knew that if he had tried to reason with her that she would prevail in preventing him from leaving. He loved her deeply. He also asked me all that morning to reach her and console her during the time of his journey.

Abraham walked very slowly the entire journey as if the slowness of his pace would somehow prevent the task at hand. Isaac also noticed the

somberness of his father the entire time. Isaac had never seen his father like this and although he was excited about the journey and had many questions about it, he was quite reluctant to say anything. After a few days of walking and not arriving at any destination, Isaac finally asked his father where they were going and why he was so somber and why was his mother crying when they left. He was starting to think that he would not see his mother again.Abraham knew that his son would eventually ask him all these questions and was prepared with answers because for the past few days his thoughts wavered between turning back and how he would answer Isaac. He tried to focus on his answers and my promise so that he wouldn’t turn back. With every step of faith that Abraham took, I increased his faith until he started to see beyond what was right in front of him. He answered Isaac.

“Isaac my son, I am sorry that I have not been myself on this journey. Although it has only been a few days, it has been the longest and hardest journey in my life. I do not know where we are going but the Lord will show us when we get there just as He did when your mother and I left our homeland to where we live now. I have told you all these stories many times and I have raised you in the knowledge of our God. It is now time for you to know Him for yourself by experience and not just by stories. He has told me to take you to a place where He will lead us to and to sacrifice to Him there. Your mother was crying because she didn’t know how long we would be gone and didn't want us to go.”

“But father, why has this journey been so hard for you? I see how slow you are walking. Are you not well?”

“The difficulty is not in the physical journey my son but in the anguish of my soul. The Lord has required of me something that I am unable to do in my own strength.”

“Father, I am strong now, I am not a little boy any longer. I can help you with anything you need to do.”“Yes my son, you will help but it is not your physical strength that is needed.”

“I don’t understand. How will I be able to help and am I going to meet God?”

“Yes Isaac, it is with certainty that I say that you will meet God and you will begin your own journey with Him. You will be able to help me by trusting me as you always have and by being obedient in what I ask of you, as you almost always have. It is very pleasing to me as your father when you trust me and obey me even when you don’t understand what I ask of you. It is the same with God our Father. Yes my son, soon you will meet God.”

It was now the third day of their journey and Abraham saw the mountains in Moriah from a distance. It is here that their journey ends and another will begin. Abraham told his servants to wait for them with the donkey while he and Isaac would go further and worship and return to them. My angels stood in awe of this man as he considered his sufferings to be worship to me and his faith proclaimed their return. One of my angels fell prostrate to worship also so I gave him the honor to go and walk with Abraham and Isaac and to await my instructions.

Abraham took the wood that he brought and gave it to Isaac to carry. Abraham carried the knife for the sacrifice and the tools to make the fire. One of my angels asked me why Abraham had Isaac carry the very wood that he would be sacrificed on. I told them all that Isaac is a clue for the nation that would come from him, so they would recognize me when I come to them. As they walked I could see Abraham trembling; it was then that Isaac spoke.

“Father, I have the wood and you have the fire but where is the lamb that we will sacrifice?”

This question struck the heart of Abraham deeper than the knife would strike the heart of his son, his son that he loved so deeply. Abraham replied.

“My son, God will provide the lamb for the sacrifice.”

They continued walking until they came to the place where I had led them. Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. He then bound Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Isaac looked at his father in shock and disbelief. What was happening was slowly

sinking in on Isaac. He started to kick and tried to get up and off the makeshift altar. He was now crying as he said...

“Father, what are you doing? I don’t understand.”

Abraham could not contain his grief and sorrow any longer as he desperately wanted to pick Isaac up and hold him and never let him go. I have not seen such sadness in angel’s eyes since Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and were sent out of the garden. I gave Abraham the grace that he needed to calm himself so that he could also calm Isaac. Abraham gently caressed his son as his tears dropped to Isaacs face and mingled together as if to signify the uniting of their hearts and will as one. As Isaac looked into his father’s eyes he could see the love and faithfulness that he had learned to trust with his life. In that moment Isaac knew that whatever his father would do would be the best thing for him. He stopped struggling. No words were necessary.

Isaac was a young man and could have easily overpowered his father and gotten up from the altar but he chose to trust his father. Abraham knew that if he hesitated any longer that he would not be able to finish. As he raised the knife one of his tears landed on Isaacs heart as if to mark the target. Isaac closed his eyes, as did many angels. Abraham was about to thrust the knife when I had my angel call out to Abraham.

“Abraham, do no harm to the boy. Your reverence for God is evident in not withholding your son, your only son.”

Abraham dropped the knife and fell to his knees. His weeping increased but they were now tears of thanksgiving. He then pulled Isaac to him and embraced him and kissed him over and over, their tears once again mingling. Abraham untied Isaac and they sat holding each other for quite some time. Their tears spoke more than words were able. My angels and I sat in silence also, watching the beauty of the love between a father and son. I thought of how much better it was for Abraham, to obey than to sacrifice. I was also thinking of a time when I will enter my book, in time, through the line of Abraham and Isaac. Unlike Isaac though, my Fathers hand would not be stayed. The silence was broken when Isaac said...

“Father, I heard a voice speaking but when I opened my eyes, there was no one there but you. Who was speaking to you?”

“ My son, remember I told you earlier that you would soon meet God? Well, you have had your first experience with Him. Now you must seek Him and find Him and know Him for yourself. He has spared you this day so that you will follow Him as I do. I will explain this further as we make our journey home but we must leave this place quickly and return to your mother with the good news.”

“I desire this very thing father and I want to hear all that you will tell me. Let’s go quickly.”

As they got up to leave, Abraham noticed that a ram was caught by its horns in the thicket. Although they both wanted to leave, they took the time to take the ram and offer it as a sacrifice to Me and to worship Me. I provided the ram. I provide the sacrifice for all. As they returned to the two servants waiting, Abraham sent one of them ahead to tell Sarah that all would return soon. Traveling alone the servant would be able to return a day sooner. The next day Sarah stood at the edge of the camp and watched all day. It was late in the day when she saw on the horizon three figures approaching. She fell to her knees sobbing and worshipping.

Chapter 16

Time continued unabated and Abraham died and Isaac married Rebekah and they had a son named Jacob and I continued my covenant through him. When Jacob had submitted to my will I changed his name to Israel. Jacob had twelve sons. I would use Jacob’s 11th son, Joseph, to continue with my plan and I gave him special dreams in his young age. Whenever it is obvious to Satan that I am using someone for my plan, he always tries to thwart it by using others against my chosen vessel. Joseph became a target. What Satan doesn’t understand is that whatever he is allowed to do to my chosen ones, I will use it to strengthen my chosen ones to accomplish my purpose. I use the pain and adversity in their life to draw them deeper and closer to me. Sometimes this takes a long time but I am in no hurry.

Joseph became the favorite of Jacob and his brothers hated him and became jealous and wanted to kill him. They devised a scheme to sell Joseph in to slavery. They told Jacob that Joseph had been killed and the loss of his favored son had broken Jacobs heart. He was taken to Egypt and purchased by a high- ranking official close to the Pharaoh. I was with Joseph and was preparing him, through his many trials, to represent my character. After a while Joseph was unjustly accused and put in prison so that I could continue to transform him and prepare him to fulfill My purpose. I gave him the ability to interpret dreams and through a series of events over a long period of time, I orchestrated an opportunity for Joseph to interpret some very disturbing dreams that I allowed the Pharaoh to have. None of the magicians or wise men in Egypt could tell Pharaoh what his dreams meant but Joseph could.

Joseph was finally called upon and taken from prison to Pharaoh and Pharaoh said to Joseph that he had heard that Joseph could interpret dreams. Joseph quickly told him that he could not but that I could. So Pharaoh told Joseph his dreams. Joseph knew that the dreams were describing a great famine that would devastate the land of Egypt and he suggested what needed to be done to prevent it. Pharaoh was impressed with Joseph and the God he served and made Joseph ruler over all of Egypt, second to only Pharaoh himself. Joseph was now a young man.

Seeing that his plan to destroy Joseph was foiled, a now enraged Satan and his hordes went about the earth causing the famine to spread everywhere. People came from everywhere to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph. When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons to buy grain. When they came to Joseph they didn't recognize him, as he was just a boy when they sold him in to slavery and now he was a man. Joseph recognized them and after some time he revealed himself to them and they were in shock and fear and disbelief. Joseph comforted them and told them that what they had meant for evil, I had meant for good because I sent Joseph before them in order to preserve life. He told them to go back and get their father and bring everything to Egypt to live and that he would care for them. Jacob came and once again his 12 sons were all together.

Chapter 17

Many generations had now passed and Jacob and Joseph died and the people of Jacob grew to a multitude and became very strong. The new king of Egypt did not know about Joseph and all he saw was a people, who he called Hebrews, that could turn against them at any time so he needed to get them under control for fear of them. As the spirit of fear whispered in the ear of the king, Satan devised his plan to enslave my people.

The king put taskmasters over them and sentenced them to hard labor but they multiplied all the more. The king then instructed the Hebrew midwives to put to death any son born of my people. The hard labor and slavery continued for hundreds of years until I raised a deliverer from my people. A baby boy was born and his mother hid him for a while but when she could not hide him any longer she put him in a basket and put it in the reeds along the Nile River.The king’s daughter went to bathe in the river and she saw the basket. She found the baby crying and had pity on him and took him as her own. She named him Moses. I had favor on Moses so that he was shown favor in the household of the king. As Moses grew, he saw the treatment inflicted on my people by the Egyptians. He knew that his heritage was with my people and he grew in resentment of the Egyptian people and was in constant conflict within himself over this. On the one hand he was raised in privilege and had everything he wanted but on the other, he couldn't just stand idly by as such injustice was inflicted on the people that he came from. This went on for some time as I continued to show favor to him.

Again, as Satan saw my favor towards Moses, he attempted to kill him. One day as Moses witnessed an Egyptian mistreating one of my people, he became enraged and killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. This news eventually reached the king and the king now wanted to kill Moses. I protected Moses as he fled to the desert far away from the king and from Egypt. Once again, Satan had played into my hand as this is what I wanted for Moses so that I could now resolve the conflict within him and prepare him for My purpose. There were no longer any distractions from Egypt, only the solitude of the desert.

Chapter 18

“I think it’s been over 40 years now that I have spent in this desert. I have a hard time even remembering my life of privilege in Egypt. All I know now is my family and you”. Moses was talking out loud to himself and the flock that he was pasturing. Life was pretty much the same day in and day out for Moses. He wasn’t much for talking but he did enjoy leading the flock and talking to them. I had a different, much larger flock in mind that I wanted Moses to lead so it was time that I got his attention.

I set a large fire on a nearby bush but did not allow the fire to consume the bush. Sure enough, Moses did a double take on the bush and then came over to it to inspect it. I called to him from the bush and told him not to come any closer and to remove the sandals from his feet because he was now standing on holy ground.

Wherever I AM, becomes holy. I told Moses who I AM and told him that I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt and I have heard their cries and that I am sending him to Pharaoh to deliver My people out of Egypt. I also let him know that Pharaoh would not listen to him and would resist him.

Moses took his family and left for Egypt and went to Pharaoh and told him what I had said and sure enough, Pharaoh would not let My people leave Egypt and oppressed them even more. I then allowed 10 plagues to be inflicted upon Egypt and its people and instructed Moses to announce each one to Pharaoh before they happen. Satan and his demons had a wonderful time as they reveled in the free reign given to them to inflict such destruction and misery. After each plague, Pharaoh hardened his heart more and more towards My people and I.

It was after the 10th plague that Pharaoh finally relented. It was also in this plague that I would reveal myself to My people and to future generations. On this very night I would release the angel of death in the land of Egypt to take the first born of all the people of Egypt. Death will not be able to touch My people if they are protected by the blood of the lamb. I told Moses to tell all of My people to take a spotless lamb and to slay it and put the blood on the top and 2 sides of the doorpost. As the angel of death goes through the land of Egypt to take all the firstborn children, he will be prevented from entering any house that has the blood of the lamb on the doorpost. He must pass over that house

because I will be there to prevent him from entering. This will become the feast of Passover for My people and for future generations.

At the end of my book I put a very big clue to let my people know something I did before I created anything or even started my book. No created being has ever known of this event, which was outside of time and in the eternals. Only my Father and I know of this event. This event was when I first dealt with sin and death and took them upon Myself in order to defeat them and to redeem My creation from them. I AM the lamb that was slain before the foundations of the world. It was truly finished before I ever created. Death was the prodigy of sin and Satan is the master of sin. Neither Satan nor death are aware that they were defeated before they ever came into being. There will come a day when I enter my creation and make this event known to all. Until that time, I will give clues to some of My people to share with all My people about when I will come and the manifestation of this unknown event so that My people will recognize Me when I come.

The lambs that are now slain by My people will be symbolic of Me, the only lamb of God that has taken away the sin of this fallen world. When My people put the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of their houses, it will be symbolic of a time when anyone who accepts My sacrifice for sin, on their behalf, symbolically applies My blood to their life, then death can not touch them. Death must pass over them just as death must pass over My people on this night.

My angels watched in horror as death walked unhindered across the land of Egypt. Pride and Arrogance walked a safe distance ahead of death proclaiming his rule upon all creation. Nothing created would dare challenge death, as it grew stronger with every life it took. Satan himself could not control this one. There are no words in any language of man that can describe this one. It is the embodiment of all that is evil and is the antithesis of all that I AM. It only comes to pay that which has been earned by sin, its mother. It is only satisfied when one is sucked into its being and enslaved by it forevermore. Its satisfaction is always waning as its ever-increasing hunger to claim another fuels its lust to conquer all. It knows no enemies, yet all are its enemies, though nothing created can stand against it.

As insatiable death came to the area in Egypt where My people live, there seemed to be an insidious delight that came over it. Raiment in the darkness of its own being and absorbing anything in its path; death, the shepherd of all mankind, boldly approached the first house in blind ecstasy knowing that nothing created in heaven or on earth could stop it this night. Unaware that I, uncreated Life, stood at the doorway with my head at the top of the doorway and my arms outstretched to each side where the blood of the lamb was applied, death attempted to enter the house. It encountered unapproachable Light and the embodiment of darkness could not comprehend or overpower My Light. It was thrown backwards and fell down as a for-telling to my angels of its fate. It is a simple truth that my people must learn that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. The cacophony of praises from pride and arrogance was silenced by the pitiful, tantrum like cry from death as its sense of entitlement was threatened for the first time ever.

Chapter 19

As death slowly recovered from its fall, bewildered by what it was that it encountered and expecting to see a legion of my angels that it would take pleasure in destroying for having the audacity to even presume that they could stop it; I allowed it to approach Me once again as pride and arrogance resumed their delusional praises. With a look of disgust and perplexity and now filled with hubris, death defiantly and mockingly yells out for all the spirit realm to hear...

“You, the only Son of the Living God, dare to come into my domain and then compound such foolishness by trying to stop me? I am death. I am lord over all. All bow to me. None can resist me or stop me. Your feeble creation has chosen me over you and they delight in sin almost as much as I delight in their fear and futile resistance of me. They are rightfully mine and when I am finished here with this physical realm, I will come after you and your companions in the spiritual realm. I am certain that you have hidden yourself from me for this very reason. You are no threat to me and if you remain in my domain, I will take you now. Get out of my way before I destroy you now.”

“Death, you speak with the pride of Satan who ushered sin into my creation and with the arrogance of sin who ushered you into my

creation. Such an unholy trinity you are. How does one who knows so little become so boastful?”

“What do you mean? I am death. I know all things and all things belong to me.”

“You do not know all things. Why is it that you cannot enter into this house? Why is it that you will not enter any of My peoples houses that have the blood of the lamb on it?”

Instantly death was at another house but I was there before it. As it tried to enter, it was thrown back once again. It tried several more houses with the same outcome and then I approached death and said...

“I command you death to pass over every house that has the blood of the lamb on it. There will be no victory for you here tonight for I have removed your sting from the midst of my people. You are unaware of our fist meeting but there will be a time when I enter my creation as a man and I will call you to Myself and we shall meet again when time intersects with eternity. Until then, you will have your way. No, death, you do not know all things.”

(coming soon…chapters 20 through 29)