In the Beginning (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book I) (2 page)

Chapter 2

Before there was a Universe, a Spirit existed, without form or limit, unrestricted by beginning or end. Nameless, the Being was composed of all the energy, matter and substance that would become the Universes, known and unknown, and all lesser life and spirit forms. A consciousness that existed with its own thoughts and emotions, it was content with its own existence in a dimension where there was no such thing as time.

Eventually it grew lonely and bored with its solitary existence. There was nothing to counter this Being's thoughts and feelings as they were all contained within. There was nothing in existence outside of this Being; no ideas, feelings, or substance. A sense of self or identity could not exist without other creatures. Without other creatures, the Being's growth remained limited. The only way to grow and develop would be to do the ultimate act that a "god" could do: create. This need to create was driven by the main energy that powered this Being, and that force became known as love. Love, too, required focus and could not be fulfilled unless there was something or someone else to love, and to reflect that love back.

Thoughts, feelings, and substance began to boil as energy within this Being grew and expanded, like steam within a kettle. Then the idea came to this Being that it could separate itself and duplicate itself in ways as unlimited in design as was its own Spirit. In anticipation of the state of events that would follow, the Being created a name for itself, and it called itself
the Almighty.

The Almighty allowed a portion of Himself to explode, which finally relieved some of the tension built up within Him. Taking some of His energy, He created Universes, places where He could develop dimensions such as time and space in addition to other creatures and thinking Beings with whom He could interact, and whom He could love and be loved by in return. And this would become the First Day.

"In the beginning the Almighty created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of the Almighty moved upon the face of the waters. And the Almighty said, Let there be light: and there was light. And the Almighty saw the light, and that it was good: and the Almighty divided the light from the darkness. And the Almighty called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night."

Looking out upon the Light, the Almighty saw it was good and was well pleased. Heaven was the first place He created, and it was composed of the energy wavelengths known as Light.

A glorious place, it consisted of seven levels, the highest Heaven would be known as the Seventh Heaven and would sit above all of the lower Heavens. The Seventh Heaven would be the closest to the existence of the Almighty, for the Almighty would never be confined within any one place or thing. He was always above all of His creation.

The first Being He created was split apart out of His own substance. He fashioned the form of the Angel and then breathed His own life force directly into it. The new creature had long blonde hair and golden skin that shimmered like the Light of which it was composed. It was tall, around nine feet tall in Human terms, with violet luminescent eyes, and full, brilliantly white wings tipped in gold. Now alive, the creature began to move. The two violet eyes blinked and focused on the Almighty.

As the creature looked back up at Him, the Almighty decreed, "You shall be known as Luciferael, the first of my Order of the Archangels and the Bringer of Light to the Universe. The Morning Star and the Prince of the Heavens!" Luciferael looked back at the Almighty and could feel the full stream of love that emanated from the Almighty and was able to reflect it back to Him with equal strength. They stayed like that for a while, Luciferael becoming aware that he was independent of the Almighty in the ability to move and to think as a separate consciousness. While the Almighty for His part, was aware and pleased that this new creature could reflect his love back to Him.

Yet the Almighty's consciousness was directly connected to Luciferael and He wanted an even greater level of separation. To separate His consciousness further from those Beings of Light that would follow, He decided that Luciferael would become a co-creator. Rather than splitting energy directly off Himself and requiring Him to be present at all acts of creation in the future, He created "Words." These sounds would enable Luciferael and the new Beings to follow to create other life and things throughout the Universe as time progressed.

To teach Luciferael, the Almighty had him observe the creation of two types of Beings of Light in this fashion. The Almighty called out, "Angelus Partum!" and winged creatures appeared. Then taking each one of them, the Almighty breathed into them and they became alive. They would be known as the Order of the Thrones and the Order of the Seraphim Angels. These two Orders of Angels would never be independent of the Almighty in thought or location. There were four Seraphim and four Throne Angels, the Thrones so close to the Almighty that they did not have their own names. However, the four Seraphim were named for the four directions they would face while they would be with the Almighty: north, south, east, and west.

Having shown Luciferael how other Angels could be created, the Almighty had Luciferael assist Him in creating other Angels like himself. They would be brethren to Luciferael, and known as the Order of the Archangels. Unlike Luciferael, however, these remaining Archangels would be created by the use of Words, and so would be a step removed from the Almighty and lack Luciferael's direct connection. One by one, another thirteen of these Archangels were formed by the Almighty, and one by one they were passed along to Luciferael.

The Almighty then said, "Luciferael, breathe into your brothers and give them life as I have given life to you."

"Yes, my Lord," Luciferael answered, and proceeded to breathe into the mouths of each one and then named them.

The first was a dark brown haired Angel, tall as Luciferael, with brilliant light blue eyes, white wings tipped in silver above the shoulders, and with white shimmering skin. Luciferael bent over the head of the Angel and breathed into his nostrils. Rising back up, the creature stirred and focused his eyes, seeing Luciferael and the Almighty Himself, watching over him. Luciferael then stated, "You shall be known as Michael, second among the Archangels of the Almighty, and whose name shall mean he who is as the Almighty."

Luciferael then took a blonde Archangel, with dark blue eyes and wings tipped in black feathers, and breathed into his nostrils. Luciferael stood back and proclaimed that this Archangel should be known as "Sammuael, whose name shall mean the elixir of the Almighty."

Grabbing the third of the Archangels created after him, Luciferael looked into another set of dark blue eyes, this one with dark brown hair. Deep blue feathers covered his wingtips over his shoulders. Luciferael watched life come into those eyes as he breathed into his nostrils. Luciferael smiled and realized that he was enjoying this power to create life. This new Angel had an independent look in his eyes as the life flooded into him. Different from the others, Luciferael noted a greater depth of awareness in this one. He paused before naming him as he had a peculiar feeling that this one could see into his mind. Luciferael then announced "You shall be known as Jarahmael, the secrets of the Almighty."

The fourth Angel had blonde hair, with light blue eyes, and wing tips colored in maroon. Luciferael felt a special bond with this one. "You shall be known as Beelzebael, the light of the Almighty." Luciferael took a bit of extra time to admire Beelzebael arise and join the others.

The fifth Angel had blond hair, light blue eyes, and wings tipped in green feathers. Luciferael named this one Gabriel, which stood for the strength of the Almighty.

The sixth Angel was black haired with bright yellow eyes that reminded Luciferael of his own golden skin. "You shall be known as Mephistophael, he who loves the Light." Luciferael also felt a special bond with him, similar to the bond Luciferael felt for the Almighty.

The seventh Angel that Luciferael gave life to had brown hair and light blue eyes, with upper wings colored in a glowing yellow. "You shall be known as Uriel," proclaimed Luciferael, "the fire of the Almighty."

Moving on to the eighth Angel, Luciferael picked up a dark green feather tipped Angel with black hair and bright green eyes. He breathed into this one's nostrils and watched as he became alive like the others. "You shall be known as Mammonael, the abundance of the Almighty."

With four Archangels remaining, Luciferael motioned to the others to come and assist him. Michael and Jarahmael lifted up the ninth Archangel, a brown haired, brown eyed Angel with red tipped upper wings. Luciferael breathed into this Archangel, after nodding his approval to Michael and Jarahmael for their assistance in bringing him over. As soon as life sprouted within the new Archangel, he said "You shall be known as Raphael, which means the Almighty heals." As Raphael stood up from the two Angels, Jarahmael and Michael looked over in the direction of the Almighty and He too, noted His approval of them working together.

Luciferael then approached the formed body of a long haired Angel who would become the tenth of the Archangels, this one with purple tipped wings. After Luciferael had breathed into him, the new Archangel opened his green eyes, stunning against the backdrop of his black hair. "You shall be known as Raziel," Luciferael proclaimed, "the Angel of the mysteries of the Almighty."

Luciferael named the eleventh Archangel Damiel, a brown haired Angel with light blue tipped wings and violet eyes, whose name meant the sword of the Almighty. The twelfth Archangel was named Suriel, a brown haired Angel with light brown wing tips and deep brown eyes, whose name meant the command of the Almighty. And the thirteenth of the Archangels was named Ariel by Luciferael, a red haired Angel with dark blue eyes, who had orange tipped wings, and whose name meant the boldness of the Almighty.

After life had been given to all the Archangels, the Almighty caused a building to appear in the middle of the Seventh Heaven, a large round amphitheater with an attached rectangular cathedral type entrance hall. The combined structure was covered in a solid cloud material, except for the center area of the amphitheater section's circular dome which was open to the ever-present blue skies above and acted as a skylight. The Almighty then pointed out this structure to His newly created Archangels and called it the Throne Room. "This shall be a place where you and all the other Angels will assemble each morning so we can commune with one another and plan the day's events."

He then pointed to the surrounding space that reached off into great distances from the Throne Room in the center of the Seventh Heaven and said, "Here is your home Archangels! See all this space in the clouds around the Throne Room. There each of you will create your own mansions here in the Seventh Heaven," said the Almighty. "It can be as simple or elaborate as you like."

He then turned and looked at the assembled Archangels and continued "Luciferael, you will assist me rule. But now, we need to create the rest of the Heavens and other Angels. Come with me!" said the Almighty as He opened up the expanses that would become the lower Heavens.

For the rest of the First Day, the Archangels and the Almighty worked creating and assembling the beginnings of the various Orders of other Angels. These consisted of the Guardian Angels, the Potentates, the Principals, the Dominions, the Virtues, and the Cherubim. Each of these Orders of Angels were given a Heaven to call their own, from the lowest level known as the First Heaven, which was given to the Guardian Angels, all the way up to the Sixth Heaven, which would house the Cherubim Angels. Only two of the Orders of Angels were not given their own separate Heavens, the Thrones and the Seraphim. They always resided with the Almighty, no matter where in the Universe He stayed, although He seemed to have a preference for a place unknown to the rest of the Angels, somewhere above the Seventh Heaven.

Once the remaining Heavens and Orders of Angels were created, the Almighty brought Luciferael and the other Archangels into the Throne Room. There the Almighty proceeded to fashion the Book of Creation out of the Light substance that permeated all the Heavens. As the Archangels watched, the Almighty commanded, "Let there be a Book of Creation!" and with that the Book appeared.

The Almighty continued with his instructions. "In the future, Luciferael, I shall give you this Book and the knowledge to use it. It contains Words of Creation that you shall speak. You and the Archangels shall be able to create within the worlds and Universes I shall summon forth. And because of the Book's inherent powers, you and the Archangels shall be the keepers of the Book." The Almighty pointed His hand in the direction of the center of the Throne Room. Not far from where they were standing, a Throne appeared, white in color and glistening like its surroundings. They all flew over and assembled where the Throne had been placed.