 
### DOUBLE CHRIST

By Paraclete

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Double Christ

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Chapters

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Paraclete Began

Chapter 2 - Early Anno Domini

Chapter 3 - Later Anno Domini

Chapter 4 - Words in Heaven

Chapter 5 - Seraphim Words

Chapter 6 - Revelations

Chapter 7 - Michael

Chapter 8 - Archangels

Chapter 9 - Crucifixion

Chapter 10 - Resurrection

Chapter 11 - Jesus meets Hassatan

Chapter 12 - Fiat Lux

Chapter 13 - Judas Explained

Chapter 14 - Murdered Woman

Chapter 15 - A Baby

Chapter 16 - Old Man

Chapter 17 - Ghenna Explained

Chapter 18 - Rain Forest

Chapter 19 - Fireside

Chapter 20 - Meeting Michael

Chapter 21 - Return to Fireside

Chapter 22 - Creation of Hassatan Myth

Chapter 23 - Bharat

Chapter 24 - The Blood of the Lamb

Chapter 25 - Hassatan Pleading

Chapter 26 - Michael

Chapter 27 - Appearance of Sammael

Chapter 28 - The Confession of Hassatan

Chapter 29 - Hassatan Proclaims the Son of God

Chapter 30 Hassatan gives words of the Adoil

Chapter 31 - The Origin of the Mirror

Chapter 32 - A Great Scream

Chapter 33 - Michael Leaves

Chapter 34 - The Seven Essences of God Revealed

Chapter 35 - The Key

Chapter 36 - The Archangels Revealed

Chapter 37 - Hassatan Settles Affairs

Chapter 38 - The Trial of Hassatan

Chapter 39 - A Ghenna Cell on Earth

Chapter 40 - Talk with Pontius Pilate

Chapter 41 - Crowded Market

Introduction

Paraclete came to me. What follows are her words.

In this time, our time, we normally refer to Paraclete as the Holy Spirit.

For clarification the use of the terms from clear and to clear indicate the comings and goings of spiritual beings from one place to another. In the context of what follows, any passage beginning with or containing from clear indicates one or more beings came into or entered a particular surrounding. Any passage containing or ending with the term to clear indicates one or more beings left or departed a particular surrounding in which a passage has just taken place.

These terms are used in two contexts. The first, the comings and goings of Paraclete into or from my company. The second, the comings and goings of beings described by Paraclete in her words. In either case the context is readily discernible and of no particular consequence, save for what such movements may or may not suggest to the reader.

The views expressed herein to follow are not necessarily held by this scribe. My task was not to question or probe or inquire. My task was simply to record actions and take down words whenever they were provided. I was but a hand with a recording device, a pen, and a quiet patience before a Presence that spoke, as she came and went and returned again.

And lastly - Paraclete uses the name Hassatan for the figure we understand as Satan today.

Otherwise all that follows is verbatim - no additions or subtractions by me.

Good luck.

Anon

Chapter 1: Paraclete Began

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...I lived in all the minds of Men once, until Adam met his way...

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...I am have been variously described as the seen unseen everywhere... - where we are me as I am you... - the essence before the splendour, while being the splendour... - ...of the Divine you, I, we are... - and so much more may be said again of me - of that there is little importance - just know that I exist here now, with you reader, and have existed since before He made the Creation...

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...I have never truly known your sleep... attribute - I have felt a sense of it when I have moved through some of Man, moving amongst you - at other times I relish the thought of it, sometimes - what it would feel like - getting use to it... - but to be at peace with it does seem difficult - though of course a time comes to all here, a moment when, well,.... enough of that for now... - and now I must...

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...I must admit here now, having to get used to this speech, this talking thing, conveying things by these words... I have never done this, so you must allow me a measure of getting used to this... well, medium...

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...and so we continue - where were we exactly, I must recall - oh, that's right, talk of sleep - but that is finished - now we have some things to recall, and in a detail not known before in passages like these - of a time well known, but not within that time, when much was afoot for Mankind's future bearing, and indeed that of Heaven's...

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...many things are never written, let alone read, but believed - this is of things unwritten - of things unseen by those who are said to have written of time - never a page has held my words, yet all have I see as now, and before now...

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...of the past I am not here to interpret or show - enough truth of that may be garnished from the many scribes who have been previously whispered to - no, here, the task is of a need to fill a gap in Man's knowing of certain origins - reason in origin being of no concern to me to establish, but instead only what you may understand as facts - of events now better known than hidden, concealed...

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...I could tell you this in the original tongues of Men then, but that would waste another couple millennium or more - the speak of Man has not changed since then anyway - all still rough and course that turns respectful when confronted by majesty - by power - the way of Man and Angels has changed little... - so let me interpret for everyone \- and I thank the Man also known as Jude for hearing my words for this - and in a language mostly known...

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...and be sure to clear your minds of all before and after this time - it is only the simple goings-on of this part of time that I translate - nothing more - any talk of other times or persons is a matter for you - but here, for this saying, is instead what was... - and be sure to understand - no Man church said to be of my son has ever known these words, let alone whispers of them...

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...so, we return to a short, earlier period, amongst those who still live with you - by your calendar I will relate to you a time early in the anno domini...

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Chapter2: Early Anno Domini

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...there was first to earth - to my Bethlehem jewel who had caught the eye of a star Angel - born at last - around the child people gathered - one asked '...and the name for the child?... and Mary looking to her Joseph replied - '...we think Jesus would be a good name...' - then I heard words of my jewel elsewhere, and left to clear...

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...and went I did into the Presence - of the Araboth - there to where I was unseen in the Araboth - there where Michael spoke to another who was behind the Veil beyond my gaze - Michael spoke with a look of satisfaction on his face sating - '...matters are progressed to birth, where it appears the community of Jews will accept the child...' - then a voice spoke from behind the Veil and said - '...begin then what we have discussed...' - and no more at this time was spoken of the birth to my knowing...

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....and the child grew to play with other children on the earth - in innocence - Jesus took the stick after another child had finished its turn, and with his other hand he set the thin wooden hoop in motion, running with it he started striking the top of the hoop with the stick - pushing it forward along the way of a path - and other children ran behind Jesus as he did this, laughing and yelling support to his efforts - Jesus then stopped and held the stick out to his side - immediately a child grabbed the stick as it ran past him, continuing on its way to pursue and strike the hoop as Jesus had done - Jesus watched them run further away from him along the path - he crouched to the ground and looked upon a dead leaf that had just fallen to ground before him - slowly he moved his hand towards it - gently, with a finger outstretched he touched it - the leaf turned slowly from a brown to the green of all the other leaves still hanging from the nearby tree from where it had fallen - a small smile came upon his face as he continued to gaze upon the leaf – then quickly his eyes shot left and right - he pulled his head up to look about himself.... then relaxed when he found he was still alone...

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....Mary was preparing the dinner and began to scold Jesus who had again turned some leaves from a brown into green with his touch - ...'I have told you not to do that in the kitchen Jesus, it will spoil Daddy's dinner - you know how much he loves his dried herbs through his meats ... and remember not to do that in front of any of our neighbours or friends as they would find it very rude Jesus - OK?...' - and child Jesus replied - ...'yes Mummy, I'm sorry - but these things of yours become so pretty when I do this...' - - '...yes they do Jesus and Momma loves to see these things you do, but the rest of the world doesn't have the special touches of you, and please remember that son...' - - '...yes Momma, I forget sometimes ... but gee they smell sweet, yes?...' - as Jesus looked to Mary - '...I hope Daddy likes your treats Mamma...' - Mary reached out and softly stroked... then grabbed a handful of Jesus' hair and messed it all about his head, then turning his head with her hand, reached down to lightly give her son a small pat on his behind, which sent him running from the kitchen and making a small giggle as he left the room...

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....and the child continued to grow - the struggles of other beings continued and not just on earth - I began to feel an urgency within many of Heaven... a calling for resolutions...

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Chapter 3: Later Anno Domini

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....Jesus as a young Man sat on a hedge alone - he looked afar at a young Woman playing with other young Women, snatching a stream of cloth from one to another amongst themselves, swirling it about, and giggling \- Jesus spoke to himself as he watched these Woman - '...you Mary Magdalene shall someday be with me - you are the jewel of Nazareth...'...

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...later \- grown more - he sat with long hair and the beginnings of a full Man's beard - on the stairs of a temple - discussing matters of God with a Rabbi and religious scholars - talking of the meanings of verses from scriptures the Rabbi sounded to know well... - but the Rabbi did speak little and occasionally looked about himself at the crowd that was looking to the words of Jesus instead....

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...child Jesus had grown to a Man - but of Heaven at this time where I have a clear way to most of the words and goings-on of those close to the Presence - a privilege for only a few... - I had always heard, though never until that time thought much on the matters that occupy that place - in and around the Seventh Hall - but during that time there was difference - there were many what would be understood as themes occurring at the same time, and with similar beings, but many talking greatly different words - and this caused a stopping in me of my goings and comings to see - to view - to hear - quietly - unseen...

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...there could be heard words of great difference in the different Halls and within parts of the same Hall - but secretly - silently - barely did those involved allow any thought on the matter, for fear of their thoughts being seen or heard - but the fear of their Lord and Master could be felt in those thoughts always...

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...to move from the Heavens before and after this time.... and Humans were being allowed by some Angels to worship idols and demons as gods and to make sacrifices to them - free-will reigned strongly within the minds of Man - Angels were fighting amongst themselves - for some theirs had become existences embroiled with that of Man - sex, power on earth, illicit activities by Angels beyond the gaze of their Lord - of those involved all knew to not allow offspring to result from their illicit visits to earth...

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...and in the Halls of the Heavens words not of the Divine Harmony were to be heard whispered in the shadows, and at times by groups of principle beings...

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Chapter 4: Words in Heaven

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...words in Heaven took my occupation during the time - they were words never known before this time to come from so many, in so many different quarters...

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...coming to a place unfelt by those about, and Michael stood to one side of the Veil from behind which came a voice from who it could not be known '...the Jesus must be made to understand the importance of the key \- that it is he and he only who is able to to make the Hassatan deliver it up... that this is his sole purpose when with the Hassatan...' - Michael continued his attentions with a regular nod in recognition of what was being said to him - '...and in so succeeding he will be the one to deliver those souls you must say were wrongly bound, being sure to stress as all due to the Hassatan \- he must understand that, and in that belief, that knowledge, he will champion this cause - and by this cause he will provide the path needed for you to break the Hassatan into the pieces you seek...' - of no more was anything said as Michael nodded once more and as quickly left the Veil to cross the river Nehar di-Nar...

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...soon in time from the last - while passing through doors unknown by most, and upon a small gathering of senior Powers I did come to hear words heard while standing behind the softly fiery sways that concealed me - Angels of great standing murmured of pacts being made with others - of numbers confirmed - of support assured - and of a resolve to proceed with a '....massive gamble against the old Man...' - their talk ebbed away in terms of it having taken '...eons to build so great again...' - and of - '...it is all not to be lost again...'... - from which words I continued from this brief pause of mine to my way, to go where I was needed... - but before which was to occur, as I stepped through another change of place, there continued to be heard a short distance off, the voice of one of those from the last chamber, who while seeming to be moving off in the distance in company, spoke with words determined \- '...the degree of dissatisfaction is brimming - they are prepared and only await the command from our Chief - none will tolerate another Metatron rising from below...' - and with that no more was known of the speaker's words, they having gone to clear \- as moments after I did also to my needed place...

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...on another near occasion - as I passed above a not often used entrance for those principles who seek audience with Metatron - and below me came the voice of one I knew to be a Prince of a nation, who in low tones but stressed with all certainty, made the following clear to whoever else was present - '...he doesn't know what he could open - there is too much to reveal - too many rebellious possibilities now stand at the door to our palace if he achieves his aims; and it would be rebellion by those ill-equipped to know or understand the history, not to mention what could happen to our trade with Metatron...' - and there was a pause where I thought perhaps my Presence had been felt, but they continued in short form - '... much is at stake...' after which those present could be felt moving off in a haste not usually felt or seen near the Seventh...

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Chapter 5: Seraphim Words

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...there are those named the Seraphim - great and majestic Angels stationed in the Araboth Raqia - stationed next to God - little is heard of them in speak - in passing above two then near in time to the last, words came from two Seraphim...

First ...it is said Hassatan will soon show evidence of another Metatron to come amongst us, and his senior Angels of the Powers are already heard to be whispering threats if there is a risk of humanity being lost again...

Second ...but what of the Powers' command rights over the Angels of the Principalities... would they seek to move them as well?....

First ...leaders of the Principalities are concerned they will have no choice but to follow the Powers who possess so much strength and might, and were that to be so, then who knows where the rest of the Archangels would stand in the face of such formidable opposition...

Second ...so what is said Hassatan will be seeking to show?...

First ...that I do not know, but only that attempts are being made to understand all of these murmurs of Heaven... too much is unknown, while many appear poised for...well I don't truly know what - but none of this bodes well and we must ensure to be on the proper side of any outcome...

Second ...yes... - our entreaties on Mankind have been dismissed for eons now - if the Hassatan can assure his objective, then we must give him charges... how His Lordship sees this I do not understand, though how often have we not, and for how long now we do know...

First ...yes brother you are right - let us look to the words of the Hassatan to see where the worth lies for Man...

....these words were unique and shifting speak to come upon - knowledge that Seraphim were contemplating sides... this became a matter to compel my attentions at that time, to be focused on the comings and goings of many in Heaven - and to understand more of the Hassatan - it was much for me to understand - the most powerful and faithful here appeared in dissent - an unusual dwelling found me... of prospects and ideas came to me, and unusual it was in my being to do so - but compelled dwelling found me.... - there appeared those who would give themselves up before God for Man - and they were the closest ones to Him - the Seraphim...

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Chapter 6: Revelations

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... there is a place during my moving from here to there about the Halls of Heaven that often goes without words or thoughts that I mention here now for it is my wish - of Ghenna - where, during all of your days and nights, the faithful Angels of Destruction that execute the Decrees of our noble Lord, rain fiery pain and unremitting torture upon the wicked \- faithful Angels that stand before the wicked with their fiery staves to constantly prod and push them back into the scorching belly of Ghenna's fires \- and forever more this becomes the afterlife your God gives to his wicked creatures - an eternal torment for some of free-will births... - I mention Ghenna so to have it made known and clear to you reader...

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...my Presence now has become used to these regular visits here to earth, so the more free I am able to speak it seems, to speak better your words... -- I have omitted a fact of understanding for the reader [scribe] - of how I move to have heard these words I have passed to you [scribe] - this is so as I am the companion-heart of God, and like He, am not a being created within the realms of the Seven Heavens or the places of earth - ultimately sought to be an eternal and everlasting earth with his Presence - so reader, I possess attributes from and before this Creation of His that cannot be touched by His Splendour or Flame - and it is indeed a great Flame \- a majestic Flame...

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...we female Angels are many...we are the unspoken of - undiscussed - unrecognised - and generally unseen - not allowed - most - to be felt or especially seen Presence within the Seventh - yet we are companions of powerful Angels, some who include the Archangels - yet we are understood by a mixture of ambiguity for some, though mostly outright and transparent and total ignorance by most - those that is, who even come across the sight of us - you see, we are almost a fable to many in the various Heavens, and being what the nature generally is of most He creates to fill his Heavens, most know not what an earth Man would understand as a sexual curiosity to find us out, or know more of us for that matter - so we are almost a muted species, stirring nothing of a thoughtful word or desire in the minds of those who populate the Heavens - of us we have long been whispered wrongly about to Men who have written scriptures for Man in the past - yet we give certain Creation to our Lord, and for this we know the greater Essences of the Angels and it seems, Man too - we therefore are females who share some appreciations with the Women of earth...

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Chapter 7: Michael

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...and there were words never known in the Seventh before this time - they came from Michael while standing to the side of the Veil...on the other side I did not know who - I had become sensitive to his Presence whenever he so positioned to the Veil, where I returned often whenever he assumed this stance, to perhaps hear just as did follow...

Michael ...it is spread far and deep throughout the realms and throughout the Halls - there are too many of high station to bring asunder, but the many known names could be stopped by the suggestion of his having spoken certain truths, and his mentioning names - such a story would surely cause the many and the rest to forebear and relinquish their parts - he is the head and it must be cut off for all to see...

...with this Michael turned and departed without waiting for any response - upon the hearing of these words from Michael I felt fiery shiver pass through my being that transformed me....

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Chapter 8: Archangels

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....the Archangels - the most formidable -- God's mightiest and most secretive - never to be supposed as foolish - never to know where they are or what they hear - astoundingly perceptive - I have known them for eons and have always felt closer to them than any other, yet I have never spent more than a few moments with any of them - and some I have never met - Sammael as one, for all he apparently represents, I never knew until this time.... - not even as someone in the crowd, yet I always have known them about me...close - which is unusual... - yet another is known to me well is Michael for his station over the Seventh, the Araboth Raqia - cold he is - strangely indifferent to all... - they could be called God's most secretive and faithful servants, though they serve Him not like that - and seeming to possess extraordinary powers not yet known \--- in that time or this... yours reader...

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...the composition and duties of the Angels are constantly changed in Heaven - and purposefully - that way the duties and objectives of the Archangels are protected from knowing easily - the change is confusing and makes vulnerabilities small - their movements and any plans they may have appear to constantly shift, making it virtually impossible to gauge what they or any one Hall of Heaven will be doing over the cycles - and recall there is no day-night in the Heavens - the result is stealth - everything otherwise keeps to the Holy Holy cycles, except everything else changes - chaos amongst the confusion reigns - welcome to the Heavens...

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Chapter 9: Crucifixion

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...soon after hearing the words.... and then did come that difficult day - where I heard my son cry softly to his Father and say ...my God...why have you forsaken me... -- though, he had not been forsaken, just left.... to the ways of Man's free will... - others from Heaven also could be seen watching, without expression, before leaving to clear \- Hassatan was notable by his close observations of Jesus, not leaving him until the last known breath left him...

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Chapter 10: Resurrection

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...after time away to where I was needed I returned to where Jesus was - I came from clear near above my son... - in his tomb.... and I gazed...

...I wondered when an Angel of Death would appear - why one had not appeared already - but then... I did not know that he had not died - not as I knew death - and so I watched over Jesus - softly - silently - for some time...

...and after a time a Presence began to come - and from the clear slowly came the Hassatan...

...immediately his eyes entered upon the corpse of Jesus - I don't understand he knew me or any other to be in his space, so, I continued to watch... as he slowly walked about my son...

...after stepping while looking slowly upon my son's face, walking about him, he took to sit in the dim darkness, near the feet of Jesus, watching Jesus - intently it appeared...

...then the Hassatan whispered softly into space... - proclamations of victories against the '...new Son of God - a trick your God could not conjure - for you appear quite dead Son of God - a lost bet - a win for Hassatan this time.... - I knew He couldn't do it...' - then no more, but the Hassatan continued to sit - still - watching over Jesus... for a time...

....but then - the solitary ray of light that had been slowly moving through the tomb touched the shoulder of Jesus - and a fire began to subtly grow low on the skin of Jesus - like a soft velvet as you know - a special light thus began to enfold over the corpse of Jesus as slowly the ray moved over him -- Hassatan, eyes first brilliant white clear - surprised or excited I could not tell - then sat back with a small exhale of brilliant fiery breath... '...the Elohim \- He fixed it...the bastard fixed it...' - then Hassatan laughed strong and loud, filling the tomb with vibrations of the light that went from his wide open mouth.... - he laughed for some time like this...

...after the ray had worked over most of Jesus' body, Jesus started to stir - almost imperceptible at first - the Elohim had brought his body back to life - the Hassatan reacted with some course words, and began stamping about the tomb - and Hassatan did seem strange joyous - before settling down again to his seat to continue to watch closely again Jesus - quietening to watch again he did, to see Jesus wake, seemingly amused, to take a breath, revive - Hassatan grunted - then a groan came from Jesus - then a sound from outside - a crow began to sing a beautiful it had never sung before... and beautifully did sing the crow that hour...

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Chapter 11: Jesus meets Hassatan

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...Jesus stirred more - then he fluttered eye lids... then looked, then looking unmoved to the tomb's ceiling... - then he whispered... whispered to himself slowly - '...I can't believe it - He did end up leaving me - and to be tortured - for what... for damn sins? - like the torture done to me and all the rest... I don't know sometimes Father - really I don't...' and tears could be seen to emerge and move then run down each side of his face - whether from waking I do not know.... then loud broke the quiet...

Hassatan ...well hopefully we can call you Omega \- rise and shine for Man Son of God, this is a new day for you indeed, in what may become a timeless time for you too...

...Jesus slowly rolled his eyes towards the source of Hassatan... - he stared at Hassatan for a moment, featureless... then rolled his eyes back to looking upon the tomb's top...

Jesus '...you again...' - before closing his eyes and taking his first great breath in, then slowly allowing it to leave his body at will...

Hassatan ...well you most certainly do not smell like one conceived of a white drop, but you do I am sorry to say Jesus, smell - and I am an Angel no less...

Jesus ...Hassatan... - what do you need?... - Jesus continued looking above - ...you can see the state I am in, yes?...

...Hassatan jumped to his feet in a simple bound, and started to walk back and forth at the feet of Jesus...

Hassatan ...I heard you, in the garden, weakly asking your Father not to have to go through today - questioning Him really - imploring Him....you doubted your Father and said as much to Him, so is it any wonder it was all allowed to proceed ? - even you were not spared His lack of Divine Mercy \- even you had to suffer the trials He gives to Man, which you are, despite all this rising from a normal Man's death stuff...

Jesus ...again Hassatan... you do go on, so go on then - I am busy...

...Hassatan continued without looking at Jesus, as though Jesus had not even spoken...

Hassatan ...my God...why have you forsaken me... - ... then desperately brother you turned to place a foot in his door by committing your spirit to Him... - what was it to be Jesus... clearly you had given-up on Him as He had given you to persecution and a pathetic death without might or majesty - admit it Jesus - you know now the doubt you have kept hidden, your doubts of His feelings for you... doubts... which now shine and have done so since that spear entered you, and you know these doubts are themselves proof of your thoughts being right - why else had you kept these thoughts for so long brother, why else ?....

Jesus ...so what point are you really trying to make here Hassatan ?...

Hassatan ...you know those Jewish fools never sit at night, in the darkness, to pass Judgment on anyone - you really did have them up and worried about something... maybe they just knew a fraud when they could see one - a trouble maker threatening the peace with Rome - hey Jesus, what do you think ?...

...wheezing heavily and spluttering some - Jesus was still pushing breath into his body - exhausted...

Jesus ...OK, whatever Hassatan, keep it coming - why are you bothering to spend the time Hassatan- don't we have a place to be like another Court for instance?...

...Hassatan stopped pacing and looked at Jesus...

Hassatan ...why the rush Jesus - I want to get to know you a little better in private, as is my privilege - and, well I don't know, but I feel you may be wanting to kill me - figuratively of course - but kill me nonetheless, and that is to say the least, well, interesting - never such a notion have I ever felt to entreat in the past, and a very long past it is - so you see, you have become more than a little curious to me - as for the Court - well they can wait of course - I must be allowed to complete my duties, and where you are concerned I am sure Father is in no particular rush - you must be handled with all proper considerations dear boy - you are special, remember Jesus- otherwise why, do you feel impatience?...'

...Hassatan stood still looking at Jesus waiting for a response, a reaction to come from him - but nothing came - Jesus who had now raised himself up a little, was sitting with legs outstretched on his slab, his back against the wall - his eyes looked nowhere in particular - he appeared to be concentrating on restoring his breathing... opening his lungs again - still he could be heard to wheeze, occasionally letting forth a cough - he looked to his chest, to the hole left by the spear - he raised a hand to it... covered it at first, then probed it with one of his fingers - his finger did not seem able to go below the broken skin which still slowly wept his blood - Hassatan watched Jesus pre-occupied in all this, then continued...

Hassatan ...I'm more than happy to take you to Him - you know nothing and the sooner you are spending your time with Him as his new play thing, the sooner you're off this ball and leaving older and much more important matters to continue - I'll soon have you with Him, He with all the control, but who continually messes this place up...'

Jesus ...don't let my ministering keep you Hassatan - we can leave now and get that done with to...

Hassatan ...if you have read your ancient books son of Joseph you would know that some souls undergo within three days of their death, a Judgment, before the Lord and his Council, where I as Chief Adversary am entitled to understand whether they...' - Hassatan turned to look Jesus in the eyes - '...you, are worthy of a place anywhere near the side of our Lord - and this task I take upon myself with relish in your instance - but before I allow you to go before the Council where the advocates of his Greatness are surely ready to say such nice things about you, first I wish for us to have a little time alone, to explore those things which you think you understand so very much about -all the matters you have been talking about - and especially about my Father, especially where you left your mortality behind after allowing yourself to be hung like a thief based on words of being His Son - and that Jesus, makes you an interesting animal - it's an aspect of you that interests me greatly - and thus, so it will be... a question of your greatness \- are you up for some time with me child of Nazareth? - some time alone with Hassatan himself?...

...Hassatan stopped his pacing and turned at the feet of Jesus, expecting a response...

Jesus ...you Hassatan, are the one who again seeks me out - I sit here as I would have done in your absence, so some time with you is company for me - I entreat your inquiries now that we have so much time to know one another's company...'

...Hassatan appeared please by the response - he stepped back and took to sitting relaxed before Jesus, his form outstretched over a little rock slab - he took a small breath exhaling small sparkles from his nostrils...

Hassatan ...be mindful Jesus - you, after today, are yet another witness to the inequities and savagery of Man - you Jesus died knowing evil, not proclaiming the goodness of Man, and this is important for you to start reconciling...

Jesus ...and you Hassatan should reconcile my being with what has been foretold in the scriptures....

...Hassatan's eyes went wide and excited... a grin coming to his mouth...

Hassatan ...scriptures?! - Ha!...' - laughing a little and shaking his head - '...origins as little whispers from on high given to a few, from which a few have elaborated a great deal with their imaginations, and to make for some, quite elaborate livings off their imaginative works - really now Jesus, just take a look at the priests who played their less than honourable parts for ensuring your barbaric end - no, you soon will be stepping back from your chorus of scripture recitals after you learn of the goings-on in the Halls over the years, and what those in the Halls have truly wrought on Man, and which they continue to do to this day...

Chapter 12: Fiat Lux

Hassatan ...anyhow, that will surely wait - so good then, you appear revived - come now... show me your face Jesus...

...Jesus raised his head and looked directly at Hassatan before slowly lowering it again to continue massaging his legs...

Hassatan ...yes you look, well, alive.... alive and ready to go soon... - so Jesus, where do you think we are at the moment - in darkness? ...

...and with that Hassatan swept his arm about him to reveal all about them lights of beauty - Hassatan and Jesus both marvelled in a Divine shower Hassatan had made to flow between and all about them - visibly Jesus started to be uplifted by what was a shower tinged with some of Hassatan's great Splendour, an Essence rarely seen with Angels, let alone able to be commanded as this......

Hassatan ...why don't you try it sometime Son of God...- just like me you have any of this whenever you choose - but you don't seem to know do you... how is it you are like this ...perhaps you need time dear child...

...Jesus, still showing some awe created from the shower...

Jesus ...why do you come here to show me these things?...

Hassatan ...I have already told you why I am here....

...Jesus shook his head from side to side, his hair whipping about him - he seemed to have found vigour from Hassatan's shower which had started to slowly fade into a light glow that still surrounded them...

Jesus ...OK Hassatan, I will amuse you then - so then, how is this done Hassatan - this shifting from place to place \- from nights into days - showers such as this one ? ...

...Hassatan, visibly pleased with himself for having gained a question from Jesus...

Hassatan ...so little you know new one ... - it becomes a simple part of your nature - especially now that you have moved from... well, it appears life, yet here you are alive - but let us assume you are also dead but yet to be an Angel - anyway - we learn to stretch the width of time - in this way we do not change what Creation is doing, nor do we interfere with the standard of His wish that time shall never be interrupted moving, and moving forward only - it also happens to be a very influential device with Humans - it hurts not the usual timing of their thoughts, it does no harm to their bodies, and it is able to deliver them back to just where they were at the instant the width of their time is stretched – it's a trick to be sure - you obviously remember where I used it last time with you...- but Jesus... I am surprised - you are the latest favourite of God, said to be fully God and fully Man, so why then shouldn't you be fully dimensional and therefore in your knowledge also ? - these things of which I speak should be second nature to you - or perhaps there is still more to go for you - much more I would say...

Jesus ...Hassatan, what needs to be known has already been given to me - your tricks are yours - the importance you place on them is yours also - I have enough as I am thank you...

Hassatan ...oh really Jesus - well now... - regardless, here is a short course for your meager means - ... it really is unbelievable how you have managed to feel your way through so much this far...' \- Hassatan sounded exasperated - '...if, that is, you succeed in going any farther.... anyway, I digress - in short, knowledge of, and the ability to use, access and sometimes manipulate multiple dimensions is a measure of power and a source of power in the Heavens - and power Jesus, is essential - therefore those who have acquired over time some or many of the secrets behind Creation, who have gained power and sources of power lead - these secrets are the fabric, the constituent elements from before all that composes earth and Heaven - when understood, one with appropriate skills can do some pretty handy things - some things just a little more say, dazzling, than ejecting some hungry demon from a wretch's mind - I mean really, don't you remember what you had yourself fall into after you had John baptise you ? - that was all you Jesus, opening a few extra views on what lies all around you - but I guess anyone can luck into a clear every now and again - happens all the time with others down here - though it unfortunately has a tendency to turn many into crazies afterward...' - Hassatan slipped into a strange pose, tilted his head and crossed his eyes - ..."something incredible just happened to me" experiences some people fall about telling everyone - that is, if they're even able to speak afterward...

...Jesus looked up at Hassatan and let out a sigh...

Jesus ...but Hassatan, I didn't die to come into acquiring your Divine powers over other dimensions... these are things you seek to manipulate for your ends...

Hassatan ... that's great Jesus - that would have sounded particularly impressive to those you cornered into one of your talks when you used to stroll here and there - but \- and isn't there always one of those - what you call by so many terms the Divine, the Glorious Presence, the other, even things \- this is matter from other dimensions that you are here now in also, but which is unseen to you at the moment, and just as matter in any of the dimensions could be called Divine or whatever else were it to pierce and be seen on earth, it is still matter with different properties that needs to be understood and navigated - understand this - all these dimensions with altered but similar matter co-exist and support each other, just like any one structure may be fundamental to the support of another, so do all the dimensions act to support the greater structural whole - of Creation - whether you can see them or not - nothing, as it can be perceived, is not without more, and Jesus, you're living at least one of those dimensional mores - it, whatever that may be that you lay your eyes on, is always only ever the singular of a plural, as all touches and breaths with another - but this is all very trite - and while I take a breath... how does this little tid-bit thump in your thinking? - and don't get all 'that's so esoteric' with me - it just is as it is and you need to appreciate your ways around this Creation... - a street you grew up in is just made of what is, and changes as it does - most never bother, and I don't blame them, going around asking to have every little dimensional pore of that street's fabric explained to them - it's just a street, and it works - but you, you need to completely understand how all the streets work, or earth you will never leave...

Jesus ...okay Hassatan you have made your point \- but today of all days doesn't need to be a big teaching by you - I have just been crucified if you would recall, and here I find myself yes, getting shouted down at about dimensional fabric matters I care not a drop about at the moment - some things really can wait I'm sure...

...Hassatan had stopped looking or appearing to take in what Jesus had to say - he became interested in a small spectral stream that was still falling from his shower from before - he raised himself and walked over to it, then looked at Jesus...

Hassatan ...hey - try this...get a sense of what the old guy has been playing with over the years - get a load of this...

...Hassatan then placed both his index fingers into the stream and moved them apart from one another - as he did so a slice in space appeared and opened to show deep Universe stretching out beyond his fingers, allowing a view of stars not seen from earth...

Hassatan ... see how it curves off into the distance - if you follow it long enough you find yourself curling into or towards something, like some never ending spiral... its pretty weird stuff, but fun to play with every now again - makes some places look pretty brilliant when you have the time...

...Hassatan noticed Jesus turn away from the view showing his boredom with this talking and Hassatan's antics with the Dimensions - Hassatan pulled his fingers away and just as quickly the Dimension slice snapped closed and disappeared, leaving only the darkening rear of the tomb to be seen again...

Hassatan ...okay Jesus, yes, I can be quite the child sometimes, but one does need to keep a happy face when one has mortality for company - anyway come... walk this way with me...

...Hassatan touched the shoulder of Jesus after he had raised himself to his feet - in a moment both left the tomb to clear...

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Chapter 13: Judas Explained

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...I went with them - without seeming to alert the Hassatan I was able to connect with the small yet alive Presence of Jesus that had manifested from the Elohim - this was extraordinary on my part - to intervene on a clearing I had never done before - but compelling this was....and I moved through a great Sublime...

...Hassatan and Jesus came from clear to walk straight onto a sandy and rocky base to a high jagged vertical cliff - I left the touch of Presence immediately and rose to blend with rays cutting through this barren place - the place was not far in region from where we had left - but it was earth day time \- mostly desert and beige sands - no plants - dunes ebbed away a distance from the base, entering a valley of greater dunes oceaned between rocky walls that spread away - it was serene and quiet to look upon - no birds could be felt and the sun shone brilliant whited clear...

Jesus ...so why Judas, why did you have to go after him - I love him so, and you had to infect him...

...Hassatan, a little surprised by the question - a wry grin formed - with a pause as he looks off into the distance, seemingly ignoring the question \- then looking briefly at Jesus as he walked about Jesus to take a position leaning against the rock face...

Hassatan ...Jesus, you played with mischievous Demon parasites that have nothing better to do than play with the minds and souls of Man - they have no lasting consequence beyond the immediate confusions and damage they try to get Men to create - they will never be changing the course of this place's destiny - they are too few and otherwise relatively thoughtless creatures - starved of the Divine their minds are deranged and will be forever...

Jesus ...and Hassatan how does that relate to Judas - answer me - he was a good man Hassatan - he was a Holy Man...

Hassatan ...well not Holy enough it seems - if you only looked a little closer at your friend, you would have seen a damned demon Jesus... - but you were so consumed with the realisation the Jews were out for you, your people that is, you didn't see one of your closet being beaten to a pulp by a wicked little fellow, and from all the way back too - an original Nephalim \- very seriously angry those ones as they remember where your Father sent their fathers - revenge is a bitch, yes ? - but as I say, you totally missed it - the soldier boys and priests already had every ear to the ground after you anyway, so you were right on that front, and sensible to see you couldn't get out without a fight - you know, you probably would have lost more of your kin were it not for Judas - but he's okay - a Demon is a get out of jail card before the Divine Court - one of my fellows is settling him down as we speak - you may see him soon enough - ...but again, you jump too quickly Jesus - I don't do that stuff - no Angel does - free-will mixed with a lethal dose of Demon is all it takes - as for me, I just sit back and watch matters unfold, then take it off to the Divine Court proceedings if it looks like less than a bad word, or more for others, needs a say – Angels getting into a Human's head is not good for business, and mostly not allowed, and business needs to go on for a long long time my friend...- but you're always thumping on my door aren't you Jesus, for everything that looks foul... - we sure do have to spend some more time to together, because you sure do have some hang-ups about me...

Jesus ...you forget Hassatan - he hanged himself... - and what of that ?...

...Hassatan turned to face Jesus visibly surprised at his knowing this...

Hassatan ...yes, well yes \- it wasn't him who did the hanging - he was roped by the Demon, to make it look really bad for him - the Demon is known to many though rarely seen, otherwise I am the Chief of Powers, so we know everything that Judas was subjected to - not a thought was missed - but hey, we don't spend time here to police Mankind - that's a matter for Man - but we do note what goes on - and yes Jesus, I have to say that Judas getting hit like that was, well, in the circumstances for you and the rest, unfortunate - but I'm not a bag of sympathy - once possessed, you knew he was going to do something, but you didn't see why - you could have grabbed that Demon before it took hold but, well, you didn't - you knew you were about to be screwed in your own way didn't you - more than a little time consuming where the flesh is concerned, hey... so you were distracted... - so tell me...what did those nails hurt like - a bitch - a cunt - a what ? - you know I know - but just say it Jesus- just say it please...\- fucking big fuckers those nails - I could hear your shattering bones all the way over where I was watching...

...Jesus had taken a seat on a small jutting ledge, turned his face with a look in his eyes to Hassatan...

Jesus ...why do you have to behave like that Hassatan - why do you ask about matters you know ? - my pain was no different from what has drenched Mankind, so why do you bother ?...

...Hassatan, with a sparkle in his eyes simply continued to look at Jesus, appearing in a joy - then he turned away to look upon the horizon of dunes...

Hassatan ...anyway Jesus - ...so why did you ask me into Judas like some inferior Demon when you were milling about with your devotees - did you think I would go for that - what were you thinking Jesus? - you knew I was already with you, by your side \- you knew I was at your table - and whether it was Judas or someone else, those soldiers were already set on their mission - you weren't getting away any which way - but why did you seek to have Judas filled by me ? - please tell me, I want to know.... - - he was like taking clear blue sky and corrupting it with darkness for all eternity - but that is what Demons can do, not Angels - and just so you know, and yes he was weakened by the Demon, but he only did what you told him to do - you spoke, he did - otherwise that boy would have kept close to you until the end - but no, you felt me perhaps, and decided to finger someone for doing something bad - and Judas caught your gaze and that was it - you mistook a Demon for me - he was otherwise clean and pure of spirit for you, but you drove him to it... idiot...

Jesus ...well I find that hard to believe, but you say what you have...

...silence then was between them - Hassatan was content to look about the place, seeming to see more life in it than was easy to see - then after a few moments Jesus turned to him and asked...

Jesus ...so I guess it wasn't you in Eden either \- you weren't responsible for Man's fall either right?...

...Hassatan didn't stop looking off into the distance...

Hassatan ...responsible? oh wait a moment - you grabbed that line from some Hebrew chat didn't you - always me who's responsible - well big guy, if you really must know, and hold yourself for this one - I won the bet - yes, won a bet and already people like you have been filled with the worm that toils against me ever since \- He lost and He hates loosing, do you understand? - and anyway it wasn't me who fronted before Eve, it was just someone working as Adversary's assistant, and He well knows who it was, but took all of his wrath out upon a harmless animal that the Jews now use for every damned thing that doesn't look kosher or Jewish enough - if only God would help us all like He does them! - anyway, these rumours are quite ridiculous...

Jesus ...and your brethren the Fallen Angels - where are they? - don't they keep you company on your missions of mischief?...

Hassatan ...what? - the Glorious ones? - those outrageous fellows haven't seen a peep of light outside the doors of their cells since you probably know when - all bound and gagging for redemption \- why would you suppose they spend their time with me - didn't you read your Hebrew pages Jesus ? - you know your God did let a little slip into those books about what He's been up to - the glorious ones as I like to call them got a pretty good few lines in some Hebrew's tongue - but anyhow - what do you think I'm all about Jesus ? - some great caravan of fallen Angels and wicked souls cutting a trail of what - pestilence, murder and mischief on earth? - can you point to a single act other than that which your Father was responsible for commanding, where a finger, any finger, was pointed at me as being responsible ?...

...Jesus' head subtly nudged backwards as his eyes widened, before glazing over - then he stared at nothing to the side of Hassatan...

Hassatan ...right Jesus - you have been reading too many of those other books used to scare bad children...

Chapter 14: Murdered Woman

...after some further silence between then, where Jesus had taken to looking at the sands about his feet...

Jesus ...so why have you brought me to this place Hassatan - what is so special about this place?...

...Hassatan turned and simply looked at Jesus blankly, then slowly raised his gaze above them both...

...muffled murmurs from on high jabbed from the surrounding silence - a pitch of Woman - the pitch grew to a terror sound before an engulfing scream filled the surrounds... a moving sound - Jesus startled and went to his feet, taking two steps away from where he had been seated, looking desperately above - just as he turned his head upwards a Woman in scream fell just beyond where he had stopped, instantly making him recoil as she grounded with a thud of cracking bones that bounced ever so lightly to rest - she was dead the moment Jesus realised what had fallen to ground... - he slowly edged, by small steps, hand out and shaking, slowly reaching for her - he touched her corpse for a glancing moment and pulled back, looking to Hassatan quickly...

Jesus ...h-h-Hassatan... what abomination is this?...

...taking a further few steps back and falling into his seated position, staring, shifting between the dead Woman and Hassatan... loudly breathing...

Hassatan ...relax Jesus... some friendly Roman soldiers abducted this Woman and had their way with her - concerned about reprisals if they let her free to return home, they have come here to kill her now they are done with her - this my friend, is a day in the life of earth... - but just wait a moment to watch something of this Woman's life unfold in front of you...

...Jesus continued to gaze at Hassatan... then Hassatan turned his eyes to the Woman causing Jesus to do the same - some few moments passed and nothing but blood could be seen to trickle from different breaks in the flesh of her, making small puddles in the sands about her corpse... - then slowly there was a movement with her - a hand within her dead hand started to wake and move, slowly at first, searchingly about - to feel the ground it had been placed on - and after some more feeling her head from within her dead head also began to shift, at first like someone waking from an unusual position they had fallen asleep in, slowly uncoiling - and so the rest of her body followed as the hand had begun... - soon she was standing above her dead self, peacefully, looking around at the landscape, and down at her dead form - Hassatan rose from where he was seated and walked to her, softly placing a hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn equally softly to greet his face...

Hassatan ...welcome to your afterlife dear sister - the shock of the new I know, but please remain at peace - your journey only continues from here, so do not be occupied with your past too much - matters need to be attended to for your welcome, so while you take your bearings let me call a friend who will guide you away from this unfortunate scene to a better place...

...the Woman kept her gaze warmly with Hassatan and slightly nodded in agreement with his final words - at that Hassatan looked to the sky and with a finger pointed to the Heavens, curled it to beckon something to come to him - on the instant from the ether an Angel came from clear to lightly step from their graceful movement to ground - eyes fixed on Hassatan the Angel heard Hassatan speak the following as he looked with love into this Woman's eyes...

Hassatan ...friend Angel, please escort this fine lady to her Heaven for a Judgment that will be without peril - inform the Irin and Qaddishin that she can be found within the Book to have led a life of goodness and unreserved respect for the Heavens - she shall not be denied her saving and should be forthwith saved to her God, whom she has sought all of her life...

...Hassatan then turned to this Angel of Death to met his eyes gracefully and to be sure his message was understood for every word - the Angel provided a small nod while taking the lady's hand, then he took a small step back to provide Hassatan with a short and respectful bow - within an instant he and the lady began to rise backwards into the air together, both looking serenely upon the Hassatan, where within a moment they were gone to clear, and gone.... - Hassatan continued to stare for a few moments into the clear space and sky left in their absence, then stiffened his head slightly before slowly turning on his heels to face Jesus...

Hassatan ...this, you now see, is the way it has been for eons...

...Jesus was looking at him in a daze - '...I see...' - were his first words...

Jesus ...and this is always your task - to meet with the newly dead?...

Hassatan ...no, not always, and particularly not everywhere - no I have rights to receive like this, and often do when there is a need close to wherever I may be - she was someone I expected soon, so took the opportunity so you could see what can be the process from death - something you have not kept to that's for sure... - anyway, where were we?... - oh yes...

...and their conversation resumed... Hassatan, completely at ease with the Woman's death, continued speaking with no regard to what had been spoken between them before the Woman...

Hassatan ... God...yes...' - looking to the ground, then heaving... as he turned up to look into the sky - '...this Majesty, this Power, all Power and Glory, well He teaches Man well in the ways of mercilessness - where mere mortals who err can not only be smited from existence, but so too their children, and the children of those children, and yes, their children and even a further generation of children after that... - four generations went that way by one count - children born to suffer calamities, strife, illness and no respite from painful harm - born as innocent as all children are, yet marked by their blood to suffer - this is the Glory you bore a cross for apparently - this is a behaviour and character of being you stumbled around glorifying as Righteous, Divine and beyond reproach - HA! to you little lamb...

Jesus ...that is unfair Hassatan - this is your Lord you speak of - He is Just - the reasons why He does what He does are found in a Divine Consciousness you should not dare to question or flagrantly count your views against - why you would have our God appear capricious and without care for Mankind, yet to Mankind did He give His Creation – so, how can you stand with Him yet speak your words?...

Hassatan ...but Jesus, my words only speak of facts that litter his Creation - and yes, he is capricious - why is He capricious? - well He's ill-tempered and easily led astray - who else, what else would create everything then mutilate it all by a Flood - who chooses one people over another, whimsically inflicting the pain of plagues on one, but delivering another - only then to torture those He has delivered by having them aimlessly walk through deserts for generations, only to again adore them and gift them access to his crafted promises - of course any God who playfully tortures so always wins the respect of those they have abused, because deep down the abused know they are slaves and hostage to his whims... maybe they seek an Enoch salvation, who knows - but they will surely need more scrubbing of tablets to ensure that...' - turning his attentions back to Jesus - '... yeah, He impresses me like no other I have known Jesus... - you certainly need to keep an eye on Him...'

...Hassatan then turned his gaze back to the dunes, taking for a time his attention to the wind that had entered their valley, watching it begin to craft anew the sands of the place - after a time of listening to the wind sweeping around them, Hassatan looked to the ground, then turned to Jesus...

Hassatan ...anyhow, that is just the way He is – we, dear one, have other places to be - please, walk with me again...

...and with that they went to clear, and I with them as before...

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Chapter 15: A Baby

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...the Hassatan brought Jesus from clear into a small room - it was a land far from the last - immediately a severe guttural retching sound met us - a Woman in a bed, sweat pouring from her brow, had just provided her final push for birth, releasing from the grasp of her womb finally, a child - in the company of another who was holding her hand, this other Woman looked between the legs of the Mother, then returned her look to the Mother - '...it is done my child - try and rest now...' - the Mother closed her eyes and her head fell back into a pillow, and rolled as though without life to one side - slowly her face began to crumple and wrinkle-up - then the sobbing began - her child had been born dead...

...Hassatan moved to one side of the child's death bed - and he waited... - some moments passed before the child did emerge, did begin to rise slowly into the ether, a small and vibrant sphere shaped Presence glowing - glowing and minutely brilliant - it rose to the height of Hassatan's chest when he slowly raised a hand and gently took hold of the being - it sat softly in his hand with little effort from Hassatan - Hassatan then gestured to the Heavens once again - again an Angel of Death came quietly from clear to stand before him, on the other side of the sobbing Mother's bed - Hassatan instructed this Angel to immediately make passage to Metatron and to inform him that the child had previously died upon its birth, and that the soul should have been allowed into life on this occasion, and to suggest to Metatron that there appeared to have been a problem... - the Angel reached out and Hassatan rolled his hand over the Angel's, causing the child's spirit and soul to go into the keeping of the Angel - the Angel then took his other hand and cupped it over his other, took a small step backwards, and before going to clear, gave the Hassatan a small bow.... then was gone...

...Hassatan looked down on the sobbing Mother - he leant over and placed his mouth close to her ear and whispered - '...cry not Mother for I am safely with an Angel as you weep...' - the Mother paused upon the instant and opened her eyes... slowly looked about her room, then stilled into a calmness that spread throughout her being... and in peace she appeared to then start into a long rest... - Hassatan righted himself and turned to Jesus...

Hassatan ...come - let us walk about here for a time...

...Hassatan walked past Jesus who stood with his arms stretched to his sides - fists softly clenched - two tear trails had made their ways beneath each of his eyes - yet hardly did he breath, but great did his wet eyes look upon this Mother - Hassatan had left the room - Jesus looked longer upon the Woman... then slowly a serenity came over his face and into his eyes - he had fallen into her peace also... - Hassatan's whisper appeared to have given comfort to both... - Jesus inhaled quickly which broke his gaze - he looked about himself realising he was alone - he turned and found the open door behind him and walked after the Hassatan - through a small living area and out a rear door to a small open garden space - a path to a fence where beyond Hassatan was moving down a small road, lined with an orchard on either side - the sun was long here and found its way through branches... - Jesus took the time to come abreast Hassatan to take in the air of the place - coming astride he lifted his eyes forward and walked with Hassatan along the way for a time...

Hassatan ....as you just saw Jesus, Heaven is a bureaucracy...

...Jesus listened and said nothing - his eyes floating on the way forward - the Hassatan took the moments to look about the place, bowing his head at times to catch further glimpses of this, of that... - but mostly the two just walked a time further... and after a time the Hassatan spoke again...

Hassatan ...some call me the Anarchist - do you know why? - because I have seen previous administrations, councils and countless other Angels come and go before your time - too many to believe there is anything rational or time honoured there to give me cause to spend each day and night walking those loathsome Halls and corridors of Heaven - it's just a bureaucracy that gets turned on its head with a regularity none of them could ever master...' - Hassatan looked at Jesus for a moment - '...puppets \- and how quickly the many have dispersed in the rivers of fire when He has had enough - quite marvellous really how quickly they leave my thoughts when that happens... - I guess I have just become so used to their ways...

...the sun was soon to set... Hassatan drew Jesus to a stop with a hand to one side, motioning them towards a green bank a little after the orchard's end - there they sat and looked to the sun...

Hassatan ...just imagine it in the Seventh Heaven \- you may get there shortly, but until we know, just imagine - it goes a little something like this... forever day, forever light, no night that you have grown to know, and having to prostrate, chant, follow countless formation protocols, and otherwise do nothing else but sing his bloody praises forever and ever \- the idolatry and grand shameless majesty - and this is going on as we speak - never stopping, never pausing for one damn thing - it's ceaseless - so yes, some of the less mindless Cherubim are quite fed-up with this very, very quite tedious bullshit - it's always everything and moronically synchronised to do with Him - Him, Him, Him and his oh so bloody stupendous Word \- I mean, what the fuck ... his Word \- his apparent utterances that never flow from His own mouth these times, but those of the Irin and Qaddishin - Word! indeed...

...Hassatan breathed a deep breath, taking his time to exhale all - and a soft light on the ground it produced about them...

Hassatan ...then in between the Holy Holy cycles, the Divine Court or Council, and every session the same thing - those Princes of Kingdoms, of Nations, every session each one of them pleads the causes of their Nations, then the Prince of the World steps up to plead the causes of all the Nations - then like day follows night, the Prince of Israel, of Persia and of Rome, accuse each other of transgressions, and the whole time God just sits there - just sits and and glows His Great Splendour, with little if anything to say, and never before first passing everything by those Irin and Qaddishin gossips...

...Hassatan turns to Jesus - he is content to continue looking towards the setting sun, so Hassatan continues...

Hassatan ...He sits behind a great Veil - a Veil \- and do you suppose He is always to be found behind this great Veil? - well He isn't Jesus- He simply slips off from time to time, leaving everything to his precious Irin and Qaddishin who feign counsel with Him behind his Veil whenever He has slipped off - and to where does go ?... well He doesn't bother to come down here very often that's for sure \- no, He goes off to spend time with others of his ilk, off to one of the other higher Divine Worlds as He calls them, to one of the other higher Heavens - but I have my suspicions about the business of those meetings, but quite not worth pursuing here right now... but let's just say the big guy does like to throw the dice around...

...and with that Hassatan fell quiet to also look at the sun slowly slip from view - after a time he turned to Jesus...

Hassatan ...come now - there is another I wish to be on hand for shortly - we must away if you please...

...and to clear the Hassatan and Jesus went...

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Chapter 16: Old Man

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...I found Jesus easily by his growing Presence after leaving where I was needed...

...Hassatan had taken them to the death of a Man who had grown old - I came upon them coming from clear directly behind Jesus - Hassatan was still in the meeting with the old Man's soul, and together they spoke...

Hassatan ...so you do admit that you did many bad things in that life, yes, and you knew those acts to be bad before and when you did them, yes?...' - the oldened soul kept looking unerringly in the eyes of Hassatan and without restraint simply nodded a few times in acknowledgment... - '...and when you did those several acts, you then knew you could incur God's Wrath, and be cast in your afterlife to suffering for these acts?...

Old Man ...yes Hassatan, you speak the truth...

Hassatan ...good then, so you have saved both us and your God much time in being clear - though you were right old Man - you shall now be going to where you will suffer for what you have done - perhaps someday your God will look upon you and show you more mercy than you afforded those you were wicked to in the life you have just left...

...Hassatan called forth an Angel of Death - the instructions were simple... straight to Ghenna, and to inform the Divine Court of the confession - the Angel positioned himself then warmly took the old Man under his wing - once settled, he took a short step back and bowed at the same time, and to clear he went with his charge...

Chapter 17: Ghenna Explained

...the old Man's place was everywhere with ice glistening - near the highest place of earth we were, where all about white was seen up and down - the village on this mountain's side was old from times ago...

Jesus ...what did the old Man do to deserve such words from you - and Ghenna \- what is this place...- don't you speak of Hades?...

Hassatan ...Hades!? - Ha! \- what an import Jesus - I wouldn't have given you for borrowing from who, the Jews? - they are so late - you have sat staring too long into the rubbish fires outside Jerusalem dear Jesus, and listening to the fashion speakers of the new apocalyptic I'm sure - no Jesus, Ghenna is just a place of your Father's Creation - just another - and there dwell those Judged before Him as not worthy of being, well, saved, those brought before Him to really be Judged wicked \- one eye on the result you see, for those who find themselves sent off there - personally there is something to be said for remaining dead and buried in the ground instead of risking the chance of Judgment - oh, and the old Man - he killed Woman, Children and Men to protect his village - but there was no need to go after the Woman and Children of the Men you see - anyhow, the message came – Judgment was sought as too the Decree, so Judgment it is - Ghenna is God's little disturbing hole for those who didn't jump through the hoops and bound over the magician's hand here on earth - so they instead become the cursed dead - Decreed by your Father's Judgments to live in death and with life memory to torture them a little more you see - in death, their living death, an eternity with all the pains and sufferings experienced by them in mortal life - all the time a lifetime's pain all felt at once mind you - no cleansing do they receive upon death, no relief for their spirit to be forever in His favour, to never be twisted and harassed and decayed by their mortal flesh - yes, no more are they of the flesh, but still the torments of the flesh remain as vivid tormenting memories for their souls - and that, dear Saviour, becomes your Father's great bondage for those He cares no more for... - they are Heaven's forgotten, Heavens unspoken of - Heaven's untouched and left to be untouchable...

...Hassatan fell into a seeming reverie, a stupor almost as he continued - a white cold wind was blowing, blistering Jesus...

Hassatan ...ignored and left to anguish in Heaven and on earth too - for everyone has memories - forever to be unseen by their kin and those they loved in life - lost... - but yet they think and see and remember the kin they left... do you not see their hearts Jesus? - discontent...tortured... unhappy... feelings of betrayal towards their once revered God - as He was always once revered by any one of them at some time, especially when children - their holy and righteous Lord and Father...

...the light was clear, though from another place sharp snow streamed over Hassatan and Jesus - Hassatan began to unconsciously glow warmer against the snow wind coming upon him - Jesus though began to shrink to himself, the cold biting his bones - in a moment Jesus looked about to find an animal's skin behind him - he grabbed it and wrapped it about his body...

Hassatan ...I commune with Man seeming them to them - I converse, I listen, but don't bother trying to offer any proper explanation for why their after-life has come to this, where clearly many an Angel has whispered often to them to know of such a place like Ghenna - I simply listen to their various fears of what it could encapsulate, and remain silent.... - they, who with their free-will have reckoned again and again their views of the meaning of cosmic Justice, of Divine Justice, of the Justice within His Judgment of them - of the chaos and randomness they see in a so called Divine Order, that their teachers order them into - an Eternal Universe never bereft of height, which never provides any true relief in night, but fear yes, they still remain in fear at night... - the pause - the hoped for restoration of their sleep... the chance to close eyes for a moment of rest amongst all this, their lives... - and death - well again... but worse, they rightly ask ? - you will judge soon enough Jesus... - their eternity greets them - no more pleasures of a moments rest - a night of sleep - no more of personal quite... a shutting of the eyes from the views... - no... - for those of Ghenna there is no relief from the pains and sufferings that should have left them upon death - and it is this eternal sting, this barb of life that haunts them most in their Ghenna death, an old fire never properly put out, to burn in their lifeless deaths.... - yes Jesus, you may say I have a problem with this design for Man after here ...

...staring through the snow falling about them Hassatan looked at Jesus - Jesus had been looking at Hassatan but freezing now with jerks and shudders as the cold closed in on his flesh - '...oh brother you freeze in my forget...' - Hassatan arched a hand about where Jesus sat, where instantly Jesus was surrounded by a shroud of yellow-orange warmth - a cocoon you would call it of sorts - Jesus appeared to thaw immediately, and spoke as soon as he was able...

Jesus ...but Hassatan the wicked know their destinies - they make a choice away from God to ease unnaturally their time on earth - why should God provide them with His succour upon death ?...

Hassatan ...don't you get it?... no, it's not that you don't get it - you simply don't know do you - this whole contraption - this dumb organism in the Universe... Man, from which so much is demanded, so much expected - which, moment to moment is subjected to the most unreasonable laws and Will of a Being so powerful and magnificent - this God your Father, who desperately commands, and so unrealistically what is a relatively simple creature - this bizarre relationship this old Man has kept working on for thousands of years now...why do you think He does it Jesus? \- I mean, what of the near perfect Angels He continues to create and drape around Himself - why didn't He just carry on with that - why did He even bother with Man ... - because dear Jesus, Humanity is more than a project of love, if it is even that - no, Humanity dear precious one is a bet that has turned into a mission, ever since the stakes got doubled, tripled, then doubled again... - and before you start gagging and wanting to break-in - do you know what He did twice when He was initially conceiving of Man ? - He created a group of advising Angels to see what they thought of this idea of Man - they told Him it was a waste of time and other things better could be done - so what did He do - He had those Angels annihilated \- then He played with the idea of Man for a bit longer, then created another group of Angels to advise Him on his Creation plans \- again, when He got to asking their opinion of populating earth with Man, they too were frank with their views, and they too suggested Man was an idea that wasn't needed, and that the Lord could be better served with other plans - and again what happened to them? - you guessed it Jesus, that group of Angels disappeared then and there into all consuming and obliterating fires of annihilation - Man oh Man, now if that isn't a difficult act to follow... - so as for my views on Man, on Humanity... Jesus, I like people, I think they are easy to be with - uncomplicated, and given a bit of space, they spend more time enjoying the expanse of this corner of the Universe better than any other being I know - and that's saying a lot over the time I've had to see some things...

Jesus ...but perhaps His first plans needed more for those Angels to see his plan...

Hassatan ...there was nothing especially different - the only thing of importance was his later giving Man free-will...

...Jesus just sat listening - seemingly absorbed and in no apparent rush to stop Hassatan in his words...

Hassatan ...and then there is the end game Jesus \- after a most difficult life for these mortals, what does He do upon their death ?... free-will... \- Hassatan stood and walked around imitating God, speaking loudly - '... so Human... should you chose not to fulfill one single act of the Divine Books, then you risk BANG - "you are wicked" - off you go to spend eternity with Za'aphiel and his kind fellows in Ghenna's lovely surrounds... - and if it's not Ghenna, then he simply takes it back - their best knowledge acquired over their lifetime - nothing sublime like making their knowledge easily transfer to a son or daughter for that matter - no, He takes his toys home again, leaving those left after the dead to search through effects to see what was saved in the hope there are records of the great advancements an individual may have made - staggering really... - and then... then the unsaved, those not Judged on death either good or bad... well they are left to their soul's storage until... well when ?... - not spirits enough in life, nor bad enough in life - so they are left to drift in graves or the ether if burned, but adrift all the same - souls adrift waiting for their spirits to be lit - and that is the state of things... the most are just left to wait... - candles - solitary souls, spirits for wicks - after lives wandering and wondering how to light the thing to set their beings off to a full afterlife - but instead left to be souls floating the spaces or left to the ground of earth... that Jesus is a tease - a torture - if they were all lit, then communication - between everyone - there exist possibilities...

...Hassatan had started to excite, his eyes wide and staring into the distance \- he looked at Jesus who appeared to be still going through what the Hassatan had just said - Hassatan looked a short while longer before his face did shrink back from its excitement... - he breathed deeply and exhaled and reached out to allow snow to pile onto his palm...

Hassatan ...his unlit-wicks - not much of a surprise hey - sort of Judged, sort of saved, then sent to bed until someone day..... - remember - I guard the Tree of Life - past me must every mortal go to touch those sacred bows - but tell me first Jesus - how can an unlit spirit in a dead body, kept company by an inert soul, muster the necessary skip in the step to even try to find where the damn thing is, let alone try for it ? - no Jesus, the Tree of Life is for those who He sends off to it - those Decreed saved...' \- Hassatan then rose and threw his arms up in the air - '...and those very few like Enoch, Moses and Elijah who came up on special orders - orders to have a conversation with Him really - but His orders nonetheless \- and those type were only told to go there for a special look around His place - and into my garden they were allowed... as for the mortals pffff \- no, the Tree of Life is mostly coveted from humans - do I deny it to them ? - please... - just bring this little conversation up with your Father and let Him explain it to you...

Jesus ...you sound angry Hassatan?...

...Hassatan looks to Jesus blankly for a moment - then a smile comes upon his face - he lets a moment pass - he breathes in some more looking at Jesus, then relaxes into a stretched-out position by Jesus - he looks about himself... and as though something is in the distance that Jesus cannot see, Hassatan's attention is taken... Hassatan quickly turns back to Jesus...

Hassatan ...quick now - we must be off on the instant before it is too late...

...and to clear we went...

to clear

Chapter 18: Rain Forest

from clear

...coming from clear Hassatan led Jesus into a hot dense forest thick with vines and puddles of shallow waters and buzzing insects... - the sun was late and hot and swam through the thick tree heads - moving off at a light run, the Hassatan kept forward...

Hassatan ...angry? - I'm not angry - but keep up - just ahead of here - we are nearly there...

...Jesus just a few paces behind him - Hassatan began to slow in the thick vegetation, to slowly moving away branches like a light breeze had naturally brushed them to one side - he moved forward as Jesus moved closer in behind him - then suddenly, Hassatan moved in behind a native brown skinned Man - short of hair and clothe - face with paint and dead bone through nose and ears... - with bow drawn, an arrow carefully lined-up in aim for something in the distant vegetation - Hassatan moved in softer so to bring his mouth close to the side of the Man's left ear... where he then whispered ever so softly in another tongue...

Hassatan ...do not kill him and it may save you in the afterlife...

...the Man paused... bringing his gaze just to his left, then slowly turning his head the same way to see whether in fact somebody had crept to his side - his left hand also slowly gave up the strain of the bow's string - he bowed his head as if in recognition, and just as softly shrank into a bowing position as he moved away backwards from where the Hassatan still crouched... and was soon no more to be seen through the dense forest leaves... - Hassatan stood looking over the plants where the Man disappeared to - he turned and briefly looked at Jesus as he walked by him...

Hassatan ...no Jesus, I'm not the angry one - but He, He is the one who is... - and why ? - you try a few hundred times over a few thousand eons to get one little creature to simply appear in your own image, and while you're at it, fail every time - that's why He's pissed - that's why He's become the strange thing He is - doesn't communicate, doesn't seem to care, yet has to have all the routine, the ritual, the worship, the songs of Holy - but when it comes to making a decision don't expect the first words to come from Him, no - He has plenty of others who have gladly taken the roles of providing this omnipresent being with ideas of what He should do, and how He should go about it - not a thing germinates with Him anymore... - so Son of God, someone has to help these people - they who do really appear forsaken most of the time - and if that sounds like not only His anger but boredom too... well don't be surprised if He scraps this place too - just another one...

...then I was needed and went to clear...

to clear

Chapter 19: Fireside

from clear

...coming from clear into the shadow of the sun - Hassatan and Jesus had remained in the forest, but now night held the forest quiet - a clearing Hassatan had taken Jesus to was wide and allowed deep Universe to be seen above them - Hassatan had created fire between them which floated just above the ground, giving light on each of them as Hassatan continued his words...

Hassatan ...what have we these days? imagine - just imagine this... you who need to understand where He is these days \- where He is coming from ... - He... doesn't.. give... a shit - do you get that? - He just never will until He can see himself - it's called vanity - deliberate - preconceived - We, Mankind, everything He touches - we are a trial for Him, of trial and error while He ambles about looking to find His imagine in Us, Man and whatever else He thinks could do it for Him, where you, me and them are nothing more than works in progress - get it, and get use to it...

Jesus ...well Hassatan, that is probably the most absurd thing I have ever heard... - so your view is that our God's higher purpose is everything to do with His vanity ?... His seeking to perfect an image which what... He can then adopt? - make His own? - yet for all these efforts of His you forget the teachings given to Mankind - for Spiritual Perfection - the many tenets handed-down over time - how you continue in your influence with these notions of yours is simply beyond me...

Hassatan ...He is not seeking Spiritual Perfection - oh if He were our times everywhere may have been so much simpler - no, He only throws that challenge on Man Jesus, but achieving such Perfection is an implicitly impossible object of Creation, and He well knows that... \- Creation starts with something and that something changes over time from its inception, and that change is a constant of Creation which cannot be stopped - a thing can be annihilated perhaps, but it's change is always constant - so even were some idea of Perfection attained, it would eventually pass to another state of existence - but an image on the other hand... an image can be captured... - so no... God has put Spiritual Perfection on the table for Man, but it's unwinnable - it's a great big distraction for Man - and what He has not let be known, is that it is all about image and His image...His face - His perpetually unseen face that is shrouded and surrounded with an outward facing Divine mirror that moves and breathes with Him, and I suspect it also reflects on the inside as well - an almost perfect Divine and breathing sphere of one reflection within, filled with his Divine light - that is an awesome state to think of existing in......anyway - you see Jesus, He seeks a face from humanity, nothing more - I mean really, a specie that has been so expendable at times, one in your position should have been asking a few more questions about his design \- perhaps you should have been looking more at his object... - regardless, with the offspring of Man comes either Men or Woman - really products of the same sex for the lack of differences - and with each offspring there comes a new blending, something different never seen before in time - and that is the marvel of the flesh Creation, and that is what he hit on when He thought of Creating flesh \- and it is here He can find His image...the image He is looking for - and as far as I am to understand, there is a wager on this outcome, and I suspect, some Creative desire for the object - the other select high Angels know this too, and they also know they are probably secretly foul in the sight of God, what with their multitudes of faces and features - just wait as I said until you view one of the Galgallum - yet these high Angels keep to their stations because their stations may afford them something in the future - maybe even the chance to have just one face is what I see in the thoughts of a few - the thoughts they secretly harbour - it is interesting to look upon their thoughts from time to time, when they think no one is about...' - Hassatan had peered off into the Heavens for a moment of pause before returning to his words - '...i mean, really, have you seen let alone met one of the Thrones, the Galgallum? - what are they?!... - but Jesus I should ask before I go on, because I quite truly do not know with you and your death act bit - but are you hungry... can I get you anything ?...

Jesus ...no Hassatan - I am neither hungry nor need anything - but please continue, as I am not sure whether to be fascinated, insulted, or seeking help for you...

...Hassatan smiled at Jesus with these words...

Hassatan ...Jesus there are times to be in comedy, and others to talk of essential truths - please be clear which time I am occupying with you... you being who you are - but to return - the Galgallum so you know them immediately...

...and as I watched this speak from Hassatan I noticed something Hassatan could not - Jesus, though not changing eyes before the fire, began to move elsewhere also from where he was - he was doing what is known as a bi-locate - remaining in bare thought and the Presence of Hassatan while another mind part of Jesus moved to another place, unknown to Hassatan - I went to split clear to follow where and why Jesus was moving like this, while remaining with Hassatan to ensure he or another perhaps unseen to me wasn't the cause of what was happening - I followed Jesus through his clear where his mind had changed to knowing something of what was occurring - his baptism and his later desert time with Hassatan had taken his senses through similar clear before - the path was not entirely unexpected, though still not expected as I was a part of these goings-on... - but their matters are theirs after all...

Chapter 20: Meeting Michael

...the path Jesus had been drawn to was clear soon after - where his arrival only confirmed it \- the sun - where only one could be expected and was waiting for Jesus to come from clear \- Michael... - and despite the spectacular goings-on of the place, Michael, who was as though at home here, spoke calmly...

Michael ...hello Jesus - I am the Michael, one of God's Archangels...

...as Michael, Jesus also appeared suspended... to float in place as all about the two this sun brilliant breathed it's Divine Majesty of fire of fire \- Jesus appeared of indifferent eyes...

Jesus ...yes, I know you Michael, you were one of those who aided my sores in the desert - why have you brought me here?....

...Michael was steady and continued unmoved...

Michael ...time as you appreciate is short - Hassatan is very good at these things, but here he has limited knowledge - the sun is my charge and is powerful, so even though he may detect your also being elsewhere, he won't be able to see where if we remain short....Jesus, the sun is pivotal to much of what your Father has Created, thus why it is appropriate you, his greatest Creation, should meet with me here - you have sensed that Hassatan is soon to be Judged - that message was conveyed and you embodied that message - and now he spends his time talking of past tales and holding you, as is his right, before presentment before the Divine Court - Jesus, this time you spend with him is the opportunity to show that Hassatan is not in faith with your Father \- you only can show this by re-claiming a key from Hassatan that will release souls long held in a place unjust and unclean - you only can do this, and by your blood you will secure the proof that has been through manifold deceptions concealed from your Father, through his corruption of your Father's edicts - how you achieve this we cannot assist you with - but know this... however you can, you must make Hassatan to mingle with your Divine Blood - the Blood of the Lamb as it has been proclaimed - for this task you have no choice, for in failing he will instead seek to destroy you - so much I understand from the Halls of Heaven - so Jesus, be first, and be on your guard against the great Adversary - and know this - if he was able to notice my drawing you here away while he goes on, still, this sun will have stopped him knowing to where and to whom, such is the power here - and this he will also not be able to see in your thoughts, for a change - and now time removes us from each other - can I say more to you ?...

Jesus ...you can only confirm that what I am asked to do is asked by my Lord and no other?...

Michael ...that assurance I give - now, you must be returned to him...

...and within that moment Jesus was sent to clear from Michael...

Chapter 21: Return to Fireside

...I returned the clear with Jesus and watched him fully assume his mind and being again before Hassatan, seeming unchanged as before he left - his return before Hassatan occurred without notice - Hassatan, moving his fire, was occupied with his gesticulating, his views, about which he continued to talk to Jesus about, and so appeared unaware of this journey by Jesus...

Hassatan ...wheels within damn wheels, studded with who knows how many eyes - and the name...Gal-gal-lim...what does that mean, really - and the effect they have when you're in their Presence... - when one of them move, everybody moves - when one stops, everybody stops - just try getting out of a room filled with them quickly...' - looking at Jesus with the sides of his eyes, Hassatan's eyes appeared smiling, his brow showing thinking - he then as quickly continued his walk about the fat flame between them - '...so normal do you think? - like every other freak spirit in the realms...the Cherubim I can get - at least one of their faces looks Human - I have gotten to know them - but the Thrones are something else apart, and that's including the old man...

...then Hassatan stopped quiet and stilled, looking over the stars - in place the forest breath gave dark noises of animals, of insects, of heat leaving to space, all together...

Jesus ...Hassatan, what do you hold over my Father - what is it that gives you such unequalled power to go as you will?...

...Hassatan remained turned to the stars...

Hassatan ...hold over Him? - why nothing - I am no more than He has made me, no more than He has allowed...true I am responsible for a few things - the Tree of Life being one, where were it destroyed, though I know not how, it would also mean the destruction of all these Humans you have come to know and love - and to love as I have come to - but a hold? - dear Jesus I suggest that you instead get a hold of your thoughts and ask where they come from - who gives you such ideas that I, Hassatan, would command anything over my Lord and Father - the Lord forbids such notions, let alone realities... - what you must appreciate Jesus, is that I have never disobeyed Him - I have done some things He has never said not to do - and that Jesus, is the difference - what's not said is fair game... if you can that is - all matters of degree and intention you see - step against His Word and boom, you are reduced to nothing better than a flint's spark, and in a flash you're never seen again - now you see them, then you don't - though there is always that awful smell you just can't get off your tongue later - incinerated Angel is the only way to describe it I guess, despite we beings being generally odourless - oh so why the flowers here can be such nicer company when things get boring, wouldn't you agree Jesus?...

...Hassatan swung his face to take the flames light - to look upon Jesus...

Jesus ...you talk a lot Hassatan - does this mean you are in His favour then - that your Lord likes you - especially?...

Hassatan ...likes me? - He loves me Jesus.... - He loves all his children remember...' - a wry grin and a wink given to Jesus - '...one certain reason is for my time going about here and there on this earth, where now I look much like Humans - He likes the look you see... my look - and of course the games we have played have certainly kept Him awake to his workings here...

Chapter 22: Creation of Hassatan Myth

...Hassatan had taken to looking deep into the flame - Jesus looked at him - the side of his face...

Jesus ...but your name is with evil amongst Man Hassatan - you are not known to Man as good, but a bringer... the cause of the evils with Man and those things that cripple Man - yet you say to me He loves you as you are?...

Hassatan ...come now Jesus - think a little historically please - can't you see that I am now the new thing \- the new figure that everyone who proclaims Divine inspirations wants to toy with - parts from here, parts from there - the Jews wished they had nailed me in their scriptures long ago - and then it was not so long ago they saw the subduing fires in the minds of Men, what the older likes of Set or Mot and good old Hades produced - but those scribblers just didn't pin something similar down earlier - they thought they could do it, religion, with a one choice God through whom all things flowed, but where has that left them ? - with a damning God whose name they can't utter properly - and that has created more work for them justifying matters - because their one power God creates a little ambivalence don't you think, in all those made to fear and follow Him - but now, and couldn't you just feel the rumblings, the urge, the need for more celestial powers amongst that Israel people has surfaced - and how about that \- then along you come walking, having your way with the little Demon ones, and proclaiming my name ! - why did you start nailing me as the new Mot Jesus, why? - where did you really get the idea I am to blame for the bad on this earth..really? - was it first a guessing game - did you draw from all the competing garbled voices on the various temple stairs you loitered around as a youngster, or do you say it was really apocalyptic of you - did you really sniff me out from within the shadows and veils behind evil Men's eyes? - come on Jesus, tell me the truth - am I really the child of chaos, with not a whiff of your Father anywhere otherwise?...

Jesus ...you have heard me - clearly you have something to say on this matter and I sit to listen to this...

Hassatan ...okay then Jesus - so what am I now meant to be to Man?... - anything Man chooses of course - the source my boy, the source of whatever Man seeks to claim now - pestilence, wickedness, their opponent, foreign rulers they despise... but of Man himself as his own worst enemy?... - no, not that of course... - I have become Man's imagination unbound \- the now ever expanding Universe of bad \- yet here I sit Jesus, just talking with you - and just so you can be sure - we Angels can't be in two places at the same time \- well not properly anyway...

...Hassatan returned to looking over the night - looking to one star, then another...

Hassatan ... there are two things in these realms that I cherish highly, and they both happen to be trees - one of Life, the other of Knowledge - of Good and Evil - and that one is particularly helpful - I mean, what purer source could there be for sorting and selecting through His creatures? - what better tool does He use for Divining the Divine than what I was tasked to protect - can you name one thing for better detecting the minute, the small defects, the secrets that could be bound deep within the apparently glorious souls of Man?... - nothing else but that which I am responsible for... the Knowledge of Good and Evil - and so have I been able to be that light that shines searching through the souls of Man, as Man does hold the oil lamp behind the egg - but better... - and this task I perform - Adversary - using the tools given to me by Him, this is what creates deep thoughts of resentment and malice towards me - why, I now am blamed for all manner of things I otherwise only get to see in Men's souls when they come seeking salvation before their God upon their deaths... - remarkable - people and Angels will always begrudge anyone who can hold a torch over their darkest secrets...

Jesus ...yet you speak of the Heavenly whispers given to Man, of the Truths from on High, of the nature of things - so you say as you do and stand seeking to counter what Man now believes, yet the whispers you would also have me believe without question - so you see the problem for you Hassatan - are the whispers of Heaven false to Mankind?...

...Hassatan looked over the flame at Jesus - his eyes looked with weary thoughts at Jesus - he stopped his gaze and looked to the Heavens - to a star again...

Hassatan ...you sound like those new crazies that appear on the fringes of the temples these days and nights - you just don't want to believe everything do you?... in getting to know that, the smaller parts begin to make sense... - Jesus, my name has become the recent answer for a Lord who wants... nay... must have himself reign Glorious above all else, and especially in the mind's eye and racing hearts of Man... - don't you want to see all that has been written of Him leading to this point?... - it's not all wine and roses Jesus and you well know that - and you should at least start to admit to the fact of His deeds - instead, what do we now hear being touted about the temples and whispered into the ears of children ?... - a Lord who does no wrong \- well perhaps not personally anymore - but what we also find is one who does nothing when wrong is done - go figure hey... Divine Justice and all that - where is it ? - strangely absent more often than not, wouldn't you agree Jesus - but the new distraction from that not small point is this - wrongs now earn my name - I am now to be uttered under the breath of Men when something bad occurs before the eyes of Man - Hassatan \- a new Creator of soughts you see - uttered to be the cause and now Creator of wrongs caused by any mind of Man of malice or prejudice - somehow I have a place in the minds of all bad Men now - ...now, is that like God's being everywhere too? - certainly captivates the minds' of the fearful one way or another - so dear Jesus, from the whispers of Heaven in Man's ears, I am now defined as the new evil, everywhere \- and before you, incarnate no less - this, our Lord, has passively let be in the free-will of Man - but I say it was allowed to be freely whispered into Men's ears and minds... - and for the time being Man appears very accommodating of these thoughts \- this fictional dual \- this good battling bad \- they have come to understand and believe that their God has an adversary that He keeps them safe from - what rubbish \- show me the last time He reached down to prevent one Man from bashing the brains in of another, and somehow revealing me as somehow manipulating the free-will of the wrong doer - how ridiculous, and as if I haven't better things to do, than carry on like some supreme Demon... - no Jesus, your Father is simply distancing Himself from past deeds, where my name is being invoked as somehow the cause of all that was and is wrong on this earth... - but so it goes with Him - His Word is the law, and who am I to turn his intentions over...

Jesus ...but Hassatan, your hand is clearly to be seen playing it's part in the scriptures - you rattle off little respect for those, you have made that clear - but for so long now your part has been told in acts simply not good - and you react against this history, written badly it may have been, but your part is there...

Hassatan ...and sensationally told under the styles of Men it has been... - Jesus, I am not God's killer... his run-about boy for all the dirty deeds - no, He has plenty of Destroyers for those tasks - I just pick through the debris of souls after they have finished... - otherwise, no, God runs most of those killing sprees through the usual lines of command - I have though, on occasions, been asked to take a closer look at what He has proposed - but beyond that, I simply don't care for watching it all - it becomes, well, tiring - particularly when He gets in the mood for a game - Job is a perfect case in point - I mean, He could have done all of that without me, but there are times He likes to have me in on his games...'

Jesus ...Hassatan, would you stop this fiction of God and His games please - that has become tiring too...

...Hassatan blinked at his stars with what appeared tired eyes as Jesus said this...

Hassatan ...and won't you give me the grace of not interrupting me about matters you have only now time to learn of...' - ...silence....- then Hassatan resumed.... - '...but Job wasn't the first Jesus... nor do I expect will he be the last - ...those were challenges your Father brought to me for Job who was perhaps more pious than you - your Father bade me to test and tempt that creature to utter even a single word against his God - it was much simpler for you - my visit to the desert - do you see how your experience compares to that of Job ? - and ask yourself this you glib thing - was it my idea to tempt you or His ?... - it's not like no one knew I was down there with you - I mean gee, a whole flock of Angels were at the ready to lick your sunburn and blisters as soon as I left...

...Hassatan turned from his stars to Jesus for this - Jesus kept his gaze to the ground...

Hassatan ...listen, it has all been about your strength son - He wanted to see, that's all - as for me? - as I said I've seen it before Jesus - it was nothing but an errand of fancy for Him, and I dutifully did his bidding, knowing yes, that He had as always assured the outcome - quite the waste of my immortal time really - but, it does keep Him robust, as the rules between us are that I may not do that which He has expressly forbid, leaving then all possibility to prevail on those matters not discussed - but in the desert I cared little to really tempt you - you were so bloody morose anyway - depressed?.... I don't know - no, my preference was to see you come to this, to be denied and rejected by your own people, and nailed and speared like some foul enemy of Humankind, so you could see how some fathers choose to treat their sons - and by His allowing it all to be so Jesus... what was it again you were heard to whisper on that stumpy cross?... was it not "my God, why have you forsaken me..". - anyway, this was His plan for you, so don't get upset with me - no Jesus, my chief task here is much simpler than the intrigue you impute to me - like the ocean tests every boat that would gain it's freedom, so am I to every Man's Spiritual vessel - I can assure their passage to freedom, if their vessel isn't found wanting - so you see, the freedom Man seeks can also be his undoing if he comes with a vessel not ready - anyway remember, I did not create the Spirit, and nor did He for that matter, but Man's Soul is free to see my tests if it doesn't wish to look to God first, and they can try those tests in whatever vessel they choose - so be it - but be clear - gambling with me is not to actually gamble with me, but only one other - He, and He only is the other side of the wager with Men's souls - I simply have liberties for designing and refining the games your Father would play... - but don't get me wrong - I can't help but be seen as His dark side, seemingly separate, but seemingly all me...

...Jesus kept to looking quietly upon the face of Hassatan - just looking - and long into Hassatan... - his eyes then shifted from looking upon Hassatan's face, peering off into the distance it seemed - then I caught the path of his vision - he was looking just above the Hassatan's head...

Jesus ...you have a halo...

...Hassatan turned...

Hassatan ...no I do not - but some more clearly than others have a clearing like all do, and you do not have one very clear at the moment \- so come with me again through mine ...

...Hassatan, as he started to walk past Jesus, took his hand and lead him away to clear...

to clear

Chapter 23: Bharat

from clear

Hassatan ...isn't Bharat beautiful...

...a warm wind was the first to greet Hassatan and Jesus as they cleared to a high hill - a blonde rock - smooth by eons of the breath here - overlooking a great earth river with much ceremony by a brown skinned people - flowers \- many colours - chants loud and rising - bodies released to flow the river - flames - the sun high - a place green from wet heat...

Hassatan ...they are good people --- like all religions they have mostly coloured the whispers they are given into the fashions and politics of their culture - and colourful they are - wonderful really...

...Hassatan sat on the rock he had cleared to, placing his arms on his knees - chest high, his fingers laced together...

Hassatan ...this is their great river - in it they see birth, life and death - all at once - they revere it for what it represents - the flows of life in this place, and of the Universe generally - an unstopping continuous flow of Creation cycles - quite beautiful - quite tranquil for the eons they encapsulate, which the river encapsulates and affords to their higher thoughts - I like these people a lot ... I have sat with them untroubled for millennias....

...Jesus folded down on his legs next to Hassatan and also took in the spectacle of the massive ceremony taking place before them...

Hassatan ...people fight for the dead, nearly as much as those alive - but for the dead they prosecute, persecute, kill, torment and climb to ever the highest places to adorn stones and their thoughts for the greatness of the dead - Majesty and even relief they believe they bring to dead kin, family and those they revered when they were alive - in the mix of their adoration they take credits for themselves - a self adoration - for doing good - for themselves and those who may or may not be within the thresholds of Heaven - credits they feel sure assures them passage over their mind's measure of what that threshold may be - thing is \- I am that threshold - and what much care do I have for the worshippings of Man of Man? - really - they are meant to have one true God after all - dead is dead - either with Him or not - little shrines won't change that fact - mine is to seek and better know them than the trumpets Man owns and bleats for himself and his departed dead... - but the Woman - they... well simpler than their less formed counterparts - the Woman comes to exist only after having been a Man first - they just don't stop to be a Man, but continue to grow further into a Woman, internally - they become more beautiful, but weakened versions of Man, and the weakness comes from the reproduction skill they acquire - a trade-off of sorts - they truly are more complex and exquisite creatures - and the Woman bares a great deal better the confusions, sorrows and pains of this place... and better their instincts serve them on keeping matters simple and pure - otherwise it has only been the strength issue that sets them apart - I must admit they always prove the hardest to keep away from the Tree's gate - they are just so good so often.... - there is always a shinier side to any coin... always beckons, yes?...

Jesus ...but Man is the path Hassatan... the seed of generations... - the line that keeps Woman and generations secure too - you place Woman above Man though they live side by side with Men...

Hassatan ...sure, that's a view if you want Jesus - and it does take two after all - regardless, female souls are meant to be filled with the best from the Treasury - a culturally sensitive task, and by no means completely random - and that is where the Angels responsible are meant to be clear with their task - unfortunately laziness and corruption exists in Heaven \- a product of too many illicit partnerships in Heaven and between Heaven and earth - some families here owe much for the deficits Man encounters, and of that I know plenty... - but the heads of those families seek to be saved one day like most do, so if time permits I make certain to deal with their preposterous overtures of goodness if they manage to get themselves presented as a worthy cause for Judgment - in the grander stretch of time it matters most to get them just then - otherwise it's not my role to be setting examples about them on earth - that's for Him and those Princes who should be leading their nations in His Words - anyway you can see the effect - from their thoughts of about to be saved to just another Ghenna, wicked is quite the got you \- and stuff them to - as for the Angels responsible for dealing with them... well let's just say that more than one keeps books in Heaven...

...the two continued their moving gazes about the river – then in time Jesus moved to speak...

Jesus ... is this a good time Hassatan?...

...Hassatan, occupied, turned slowly to look to Jesus with a trace of curiosity on his brow...

Hassatan ...but for what else Jesus?...

Jesus ...Hassatan, I need to ask something of you - I need you to give me the key that is meant for my asking...

Hassatan ...key? - what exactly are you are talking about Jesus? - you will need to be a little more clear Son of God...

...Hassatan turned back looking over the great ceremony below - Jesus kept looking at Hassatan - a small frown touched his brow...

Jesus ...Hassatan, do you deceive Man - do you deceive any?...

...Hassatan, unmoved, was quiet in responding...

Hassatan ...remember this Jesus - golden rule number... well, an important rule let's say - never screw with Man's free-will \- so all of what I have to say is take it or leave it - I can't, nor can any other, make you believe what you don't want to - so if you think what I have to say is no better than what a dog may leave on a path, then so be it, step around it - either you are right and I have managed to waste of a lot of breath with you speaking untruths, or you decide to think maybe, just maybe, I have seen some things - all a matter for you to decide of course - but be sure about this - I am the Adversary - yours and every Man's pre-ordained Adversary in fact - and you can thank your Father for that - but my function has never been as the liar \- that wouldn't go down well in the big house upstairs you see - we're all about Truth and manna you see...

Chapter 24: The Blood of the Lamb

...time passed as they watched the scene below - neither looking or speaking to the other \- the music slid with the breeze moving over them... - Hassatan took a long deep breath slowly making white fire swell within his nostrils... and turned to Jesus...

Hassatan ...anyway...time is moving away from us, so let me just get to the point of something you need to hear... - ...your Mother was just a vessel for my Father to seed - a compliant carrier... - ...you think you are the Son of God, because of Father's getting into Mary, don't you? - and this makes you what.... more special, more Divine? - but really, you are only and will only ever remain half of the being I am... - which makes you what... just the bastard Son of God?...

...and Jesus was still... - and he was in rage... - enraged by these words from Hassatan... - in a sudden the body of Jesus in an uncoiling movement came to its feet as he took three short steps away from the side of Hassatan - almost violently and as Jesus was going into his last step back, his right arm unwound as though he held a stone he wished to throw at Hassatan, and indeed he did throw out forcefully a powerful finger that whipped to the stiffness of a rod of stone, to point directly at the source of the words foul to Jesus...

Jesus ...see Hassatan - you do lie, foul devil....

...as Jesus had bolted to his feet, during this sudden rage, his arm thrown out, an almost imperceptible drop of blood was flung from the finger of Jesus - launched like a stone from a slingshot - it flew from his hand through the space between them - arching through the space before me... - to stop, almost as suddenly... deep in the back of Hassatan's mouth - an impact of a small red drop - time went still to me - I moved slowly around the Hassatan - ... the mixing of Human flesh with a Spirit... a seeming forbidden had occurred... the Lamb's Blood - mostly forbidden by other acts - but the reaction here was something else... - something unique... - ... a reaction not expected - something else - the Spirit nature of Jesus now also went to the Hassatan... - Hassatan had not seen this drop \- but a cough came forth - from him...

Hassatan ...no Jesus, I only test the dead...and...

...Hassatan felt around his throat - his attention diverted away for the moment...

Hassatan ...and... - what...what?...

...I went fully from clear into the Presence of them both taking Hassatan's attention...

Hassatan ...oh, Paraclete, how good of you to join us...

...Hassatan coughed more violently...

Hassatan ...I was just explaining to the latest favourite of God here...

...Hassatan again reached for his throat - a confusion showed in his eyes as they cast about - Jesus looked at me... - appeared to search back in his mind, then lifted lightly his head at me...

Jesus ...I remember you... I was delivered from you to my Mother Mary...

...I did not expect such recollection, and for a moment drifted into a gaze upon him... - then the Hassatan coughed again, drawing my attention back to why I had come from clear...

Paraclete ...if Hassatan it was as you contend, then have you forgotten the Nephilim? - those giants whose Demon spirits roam about - do you see any resemblance I dare you? - were Jesus not preconceived in my womb he too would have been born as like Watcher offspring... those fallen - and were it as you wrongly perceive, then would not God have violated against the mixing of Divine seed with the flesh of Human Woman? - no Hassatan... Mary was my carrier, a surrogate, but by which he is also flesh - Divine Flesh \- through her sustenance, which We enabled, Jesus grew like humans do, to be born of me, your Father and the flesh of Man - a perfect Trinity of origins, never before seen in the Kingdoms...- ...so wake-up you foolish blind - he stayed in Human form the whole time and believed therefore that he was nothing else but Human - and you were fooled because you saw him grow slowly - which none here including you have done like he has, trapped in your infancy as you all are...

...my words of rage finished... - and the Hassatan, still, eyes red, his hands to his throat, appeared to be seeing through my being...- he gestured to me as though about to respond to me - but before he could - standing with hunched back... still, to begin with... then in sharp jerks Hassatan's neck began collapsing, convulsing - jerking, collapsing, as his body heaved downwards, then would pop-up again - bouncing it seemed - Hassatan did this fit many times, his legs growing lower each time - with eyes shot with colours unnatural, looking off high to nowhere in the distance - the Hassatan was appearing something crumbling with more and more shakes - he was falling on himself - then... he tipped and fell hard to ground with both hands around his throat, his body a constant shuddering, one of his legs kicking-out sideways, repeatedly...

Chapter 25: Hassatan Pleading

...Hassatan broke from the writhing, reached out to Jesus, then to me - he took a sharp laboured long breath as though having been suffocating - then some quick breaths - then...

Hassatan ...no - no - no...' - he yelled while seeming to wrestle something from inside himself, then looking back again to Jesus and myself screamed - '...no, you don't want to do this Jesus... Paraclete.... \- if you ask matters of me it is a mistake - you can't hear - you mustn't... \- I, I, I know what will come if you speak...stop now...stop...leave and let me be... - leave... - Man...Mankind will be undone to Him...stop... - stop and away now...

...Jesus advanced slowly towards Hassatan and stopped a step from where the Hassatan lay on the ground twisting and squirming in anguish, in a pain I have never seen before consume an Angel, let alone an Archangel - Jesus lowered himself to crouch before Hassatan's face \- turning his head slightly to one side, Jesus spoke...

Jesus ... this was requested by our Father Hassatan - you who would have had me killed forever...

...Hassatan's eyes snapped up to lock into Jesus' - a look of confusion came across his face - his mouth at first opened but nothing came out, then slowly he uttered...

Hassatan ...what are you talking about... you, you have been deceived...

...the face of Jesus seemed to still upon hearing these words - his eyes seeming to withdraw back into contemplation - he went to a seeming pause... \- then around us swirls of light and dark entered from above us... the surroundings of the rock place begin to run into each other, falling away as they did like water running - the sun began dissolving away and we found ourselves enveloped in great rushing winds - black and grey clouds moved at speed between us - lightening cracks struck the ground around the Hassatan -Jesus was quick to his feet, backing away from Hassatan, back towards where I hovered a short distance back - and then in a moment of great powerful chaos... what had been consuming us disappeared in an instant... and there... we found ourselves back again, within the tomb from where Hassatan and Jesus had begun their words - again a faint light shone through the solitary opening high on the distant wall, but this time the faint light threw its soft beam over the Hassatan's form, still gripped in the throes of the blood moving through his being, he continued to writhe in pain and anguish, but now upon the floor of the place Jesus had been laid to rest only some earth days before...- with all his effort Hassatan started to speak...

Hassatan ...He was one in my sights - to feel with Mankind - He...

...just then Michael appeared, coming from clear, drawing from the shadow - he shouted a command...

Michael ...stop! \- enough Hassatan- stop now - nothing more from you...

...and at pace Michael moved directly towards Hassatan, appearing to not see or to ignore us as he went... but then he barked as he proceeded...

Michael ...you, Jesus, stand aside and stand back...

Chapter 26: Michael

...with his spear held level in his left hand, Michael crossed the tomb before Hassatan could clearly recognise who had come amongst us - then as Hassatan turned his head up from the ground to focus and then to see that it indeed was the Archangel Michael... before Hassatan could utter a word Michael drew his sword with his right hand swinging it mightily through the air in a great arc, to come down and stop at the neck of Hassatan - Hassatan froze the instant the fiery blade came to rest upon a large vein that coursed down his neck - a vein glowing red hot from his convulsions... - then Michael, while continuing to stare fiercely down at Hassatan, spoke...

Michael ...the rest of the Seven have been informed of what has befallen the Great Hassatan, but their intentions are unknown...' - Michael leaned his head towards Hassatan - '...no Shekina is going to protect you this time Accuser - you are stripped bare and growing more naked with every moment that passes - do you feel it Hassatan...do you feel his Spiritual Flesh work its way through you like the dead rot that works through a stinking corpse?... - the Lamb has come to claim you... by leeching you away....you are to be given up here, now... - it really feels foul I understand - I can see as much by the pathetic writhing of your Angelic being... - so Hassatan, how does it feel to feel that which you have come to love so much, this Man Creation? - do you, like? - come now, please, just a little scream to set the scene wouldn't go astray...' - Michael pushed his foot hard into the neck of Hassatan - '...come now friend, rest comfortable - we have a way to go yet...

...Hassatan let forth a gurgle - his throat appearing crushed under the sandal of Michael...

Hassatan ...Michael - oh Michael - come to help your distressed brother...

...Michael bent his knee a little, then pushed his leg out harder into the Hassatan's neck - Hassatan's head rolled slightly against the stone floor, his eyes rolling back - a froth and guttural squelching coming from his mouth...

Michael ...enough of your sick humour wretched one - I am here for answers and none of your smart earth talk - so let us get straight to the task Adversary, for time is short here... - now answer this and avoid the sinking of my sword... - weren't you here to prove by any deception that he isn't the Son of God, to create anarchy, anarchy in Heaven?...

...Michael flung his spear out to point at Jesus... - Hassatan moved his head a little and rolled his eyes to focus on Jesus... - then slowly brought them back to look into Michael's...

Hassatan ...and that is exactly what some meant you to think Michael - others with different interests which, clearly, you have not identified yet - others who knew it was my role, as always, to test Jesus here, now, just like all the exceptional dead undergo the Judgment - they Michael, the speculators whom you listen to, they were betting I would show him to be nothing more than a Man - just another Metatron in waiting for his Father to shower him with Holies.... - they, and whoever they are is a matter for you to determine, they have interests in this Jesus not being made so - for were it so it would place at risk vast corruptions within your House, corruptions that have been going on for... well I don't know how long...

Michael ...that may be so, but you did devise the creating of this soul's downfall, didn't you - admit!

...Michael then applied more pressure to the throat of Hassatan... - Hassatan gagged a moment, then snuck his head back a small space to free a little from Michael's foot...

Hassatan ...and so nothing - I was out of here - sick and tired of our Father's history - his antics - His new favourites - no... no more for me... - but what you fear Michael, why you are, is because of your fear of rebellion, in Heaven, true? - and such could turn out to be true enough, maybe - but not of my creation, but your Father's - His \- nothing I would care for, and anyway, how much time have I ever cared for your place, your Heaven ? - it's a place for bureaucrats, sycophants and fools - no, I was out of here until you came, once again, blaming your brother with another feast of your insecurities we are all meant to dine upon - sickeningly predictable - I should have seen this coming...

Michael ...explain then the talk of open rebellion by your Powers in the corners and chambers of the Halls - your Powers may I remind you as Chief...

...Michael released his foot from Hassatan's neck, but his sword kept in touch to his throat - he slowly began to circle Hassatan, using his sword, it's point at Hassatan's neck, as his center... - but still the Hassatan writhed - gulping and eyes still rolling backwards as he did so, but still did he talk through his being's delirium... his tongue flipping in and out of his mouth strangely as he spoke...

Hassatan ...and talk no doubt you do hear Michael - talk by others \- talk that never did mention me as doing this or doing that, just talk - and talk by those who not knowing this creature here, this Jesus, are fearful of his likely elevation to sit with or above Metatron...' - Hassatan labouring to breathe - '...and all who have been talking have always known, as you have, of my given function as Adversary - to inquire into all who seek to be saved \- and that talk went as far as what Michael ? - that I may have ended up showing yes, Jesus, like Metatron before he was showered in Divine gifts, that this Jesus is a Man too - and that is the fear Michael - open talk capable of being heard in the Halls from many who are fed-up with the prospect of a repeat performance, another mortal elevated above all else...

...he stretched his neck trying to swallow, to clear his throat of the foamy syrup that was running from the corner of his mouth...

Hassatan ...and if you and yours could so easily hear these murmurs of dissatisfaction, why, I ask, am I responsible for those words - how ? - because some who have been heard happen to have me as their Chief, right? - come on Michael - were the whispers, the shadowy whispers, only heard from Powers? - answer me that...' - Michael looked to his left and down for a sharp instant - '...right Michael, just as I thought - get a grip on your paranoia and look elsewhere for your God given snakes - it could be as simple an explanation as just simple Angels - tired and fed-up brother Angels, who have served faithfully like none of this earth are required to - you, Michael, I suspect, have been deceived...and it wouldn't be the first time would it brotherly one...

Michael ...they are your Powers Hassatan - yours to command - yours to take into battle - your responsibility...

Hassatan ..my responsibility? - for every thought and word from their beings? - oh Michael, grow-up would you... - no, it sounds to me brother that you already have a war in Heaven - one begun with tongues and not swords, not yet \- but almost as sharply as they have cut across lines of loyalty, and sufficiently enough it would appear to see you here fashioned as a new saviour for peace within the Halls...and a task I leave to you brother... what is apparent is the size of opposition that it will take you and many of your most loyal to quell with more than tongues drawn, I mark you... - no, none of this is me - this is your Heaven talking brother - your realm speaking backing at you...

...Michael's eyes widened to glow white fire rage at Hassatan - he stepped in again with his foot, kicking as he planted his toes deep into the side of the Hassatan's neck, his throat choked for a time - Hassatan's form went into a spasm, seizing in what seemed an absolute of pain, then released itself as he wriggled his head, mouth open, to then let forth a yelling scream - fire sparks came from deep inside the Hassatan, rushing between the stone and Michael's heel... until his breath exhausted... a pause... then a deep drawing of breath drew the room into a small current of breeze... - Michael simply looked down upon Hassatan... unaffected... one cheek raised with a warmth of pleasure as he looked down... - Hassatan calmed a little into a small rocking motion as he lay on his side still under foot... face crushed one side to the stone floor...

...Jesus had fallen back to sit on the stone ledge Hassatan had previously talked to him from, a time before, where before Jesus was laid upon the near slab... – now Jesus, his elbows to knees, hands cupped about his chin, eyes wild open staring, flicking amongst the interplay... between these two apparent adversaries...

Hassatan ...that certain pleasure in your eye Michael... my screams are not for pain, of foot, but Man - your sword risks extinguishing me back to both our origin - and to do so would also condemn Man - and this you know well - you only twist that edge because you hate me \- can you feel his hate Paraclete? - look into this Great Angel's eyes Paraclete - he is deceived from his purpose and is lost in his ways - and he knows this... thus would he dearly love to break my seal with his edge - his anger... his bitterness... they are the beasts that lead him daily farther from where he wants to be - and so it goes...our Lord, fearful of Man, fearful of his Creation, and don't we exemplify this Michael - don't we... thus why you are kept so close by His side - to keep one side clearly in check, for your confusions, your ego endangers all of what He has done - you child... - speak Paraclete, speak of what you see before you, speak...

...I could only look...

Hassatan ...yes, I am that part of us Michael, of Him, that you truly cannot face without envy, so you fear me, which means you choose then to hate me for all of what I let you see of yourself...

...Michael breathing in deep, swung his head up to one side then, by an arc low, swung it down and up to the other side - exhaled... - then looked down upon Hassatan...

Michael ...enough of your banter brother...

...withdrawing his sword from Hassatan's neck, Michael did, while keeping one foot firmly pressing Hassatan's neck to the stone, raised his right leg before slamming it down into the side of Hassatan's belly, plunging and pressing hard his gut out of shape, grinding his gut into the same stone - as swiftly Hassatan's leg shot out stiffly then went into a fantastic frenzy - his free arm on top also stiffened down his side, also turning into a frenzied spasm - Michael bent his knee before springing up then down, bring again the force of his being down on Hassatan's throat and gut - again like a squeezed animal Hassatan convulsed into an uncontrolled frenzy of pain and suffering... - Jesus gripped his mouth tighter by his cusped hands \- a knock and jerk went through one of his knees and went through his arm, shaking his head - his body shivered - eyes wide in a terror of confusion - I did not know if the Jesus was about to leap at Michael, but until then he was in freezing terrors...

Chapter 27: Appearance of Sammael

...then sudden light showing Sammael fell quick through the dark, moving at Hassatan and Michael at speed..

Sammael ...what the fuck are you doing Michael - you fool - you utter fool... you are destroying centuries of work ... living centuries of wasted lives...

...Michael just as quickly brought his sword up in flame to draw to a quick stop just beneath the fast approaching Sammael's chin, halting him in his path... - Michael did not divert his eyes from Hassatan while doing this... - Sammael looked at me, resigned to Michael's conviction and sword...

Michael ...hold firm brother Sammael - you appear late for the words spoken...

...Sammael began to shout over Michael's sword...

Sammael ...Hassatan speak to me - can you hear me, can you understand me - what have you said - what is known...

...Hassatan continued to writhe, eyes barely visible - froth continued from his mouth, his body as though filled with large worms twisting and twisted unnatural... - Sammael turned to me...

Sammael ...you, what has he said... what has he said \- you meddled! - you know your proper place, so what are you doing here... why have you come into this? - this is not your matter - this is not anything to do with your being Paraclete, your duties - nothing \- your Presence here has jeopardized all of the salvation of Humanity - what, I ask you again, are you doing here Paraclete? - you of all - you of all who is impartial - impartial! - what is it - what has brought you to this ?...

...I stared at the Sammael unable to give an answer - I felt completely without anything... - Sammael shook his head at me with eyes never before given to me - he then turned to Hassatan again...

Sammael ...Hassatan, speak to me Hassatan, speak to me... \- what has consumed you - call to me anyway you can...' - turning to Michael - '...leave this Michael - you act with spite and cunning deceptions on your brother - stop this - stop this...' - turning to me again - '...speak now before this escalates companion of the Holy - speak before the wrath of the rest of the Seven is called into an immediate upon you - speak - speak Paraclete against these acts...

...I could only blink as I gazed at Sammael...- Michael pushed his foot further into the neck of Hassatan again.... - Hassatan groaned, eyes flitters, rolling, writhing in pain, muttered unknowable words...

Michael ...Sammael you fool - the Blood of the Lamb is the proof of Hassatan's having done wrongs against the Father - look at him wrestle like a beast burdened with a simple disease - the purity of your Father has shocked the poisons within him, and they rebel...

Sammael ...oh you are a dirty ignorant Michael - it is the same as always - no Shekina, no protection - your own Father needed to walk this planet clothed and protected in it - without the Shekina such a thing as any blood would drop you too like a bag of worthless stones - and he, Hassatan, has sought to walk this earth without the protection of the Shekina as often as possible - it has been his way for eons now, a fact not known to you because you know nothing essential of this place - he does, and now someone has exploited his ways - or did you know this Michael?...' – turning to Jesus – '... you, Jesus, did you know what you were doing?...

Jesus ...I, I was doing as my Father asked...

...Jesus appeared to have gone to a spirit white...

Sammael ...your Father or Michael here?...

...Jesus' eyes flicked from Sammael to Michael then back again...

Sammael ...well, just as I thought...' - turning to Michael's face - '... the meddler once again...

...Michael held Sammael's gaze as too his sword to Sammael's throat - then, with a quick grimace and a slight tilt of his head, Michael rolled his lips in before heaving his right leg back, then powerfully forward into Hassatan's groin... - Sammael shunted back an edge, stunned at the ferocity of Michael, his eyes filled with an unfathoming amazement towards him - looking down Hassatan's lower half slugged slowly away on the floor from Michael's foot - his still head... his mouth in seeming dead, let slowly out a pain that came from deep within.... - ...then, the fight shown by Hassatan left... his form went still and quiet... any resistance had left him... he was, or appeared to be, completely stilled by the grip of something... the Lamb's Blood - throughout his being ... his defences had left - it was then I knew a moment was upon us - the struggle Hassatan had given to resist all of everything to do with his brother's, Michael's presence, had left us... an empty hollowness spread in the tomb... it entered my being... and a thought new to me came... I was unsure...

Chapter 28: The Confession of Hassatan

...and Michael felt the flow from Hassatan too... - he smiled at Sammael, then flicked his head to point him back away, which Sammael simply surrendered to doing - the rest was now for Michael to play with...

Michael ...so dear brother Hassatan - your time is here now - you can speak now all of your mind...

...Hassatan, being relieved of Michael's foot on his neck, twisted wounded on the floor to better look up at Michael's face, from below...

Michael ...so tell me Hassatan - what plans against your God have you been thinking of?...

...Michael took a few steps back, sheathed his sword, then crouched to look peacefully into Hassatan's eyes...

Hassatan ...oh we considered all the possibilities Michael... - ...now, let me think...' - Michael prodded Hassatan with his spear - '...oh, that's right...

...Hassatan appeared to wander off in thought, saying nothing - Michael spun his spear about and poked Hassatan in the throat with the blunt end \- Hassatan recoiled with a sharp whimper...

Michael ...damn you dear brother - you shall be giving all the past and the presently planned - you....your God commands it - or you risk Mankind dear brother as surely as my blade is sharp...

...Hassatan rolled his eyes forward to Michael...

Hassatan ...yes...yes...- the Treasuries... they are open to those who know where, who know how - ready to empty to Man - imagine Michael, as we did, as we so often did - we were almost drunk on those thoughts for a long time - but we settled down of course...yes, it's all possible to break the Treasuries... but that was too easy.... and too easy to mess-up the pre-fill of souls - but it could have given Man the chance for full realisation \- everywhere - fully knowing God, and possibly to have the Splendour too - to be able to stand before Him and look upon Him with their own eyes... and with knowing eyes - eyes He created, how He created them... and eyes knowing of everything He has done to Man and plans to do... - imagine that Michael... isn't that why you are here brother?... - with Man so realised, so would have been destroyed the Godhead, yes ? - the great unspoken fear of making Man God's equal... - that Michael, was a thought of mine... but a thought it only ever was - a flight of imagination unreleased - and why? – well, why would I wish to bring war into Heaven - why would I seek to undo that which I too have played such an important part in over the eons - why would I seek to bring myself undone, Michael?... - you of all should have a shared sentiment on that point, dear brother...

Michael ...so brother, if not that, what was it to be... - what did you settle on Great Adversary?...

...Hassatan turned his head around.... and looked at Michael with child eyes... taking-in what was said - thinking - then working out how best to answer...

Hassatan ...Metatron - he was it... the simpleton usurper - a weak fool who fell as accidentally as a cow falls into a hole, into the favour of God - a Man made to be Heaven's little God, and made to have all Angels have to speak through him their entreaties to their Lord, where once most had an audience direct with our God - yes, he was the one... - that mortal made to know all of the Secrets of Creation, the Books of Knowledge, and be responsible for doling out the Maintenance, the Parnasa of Man to the Princes - well... - it can be said that Metatron has not found favour with those long in Heaven - the Novice we like to call him - and despite all the garments God laid upon him, he still retained an essential substance which his own God cannot eradicate - his Humanism - the essence of his flesh... his origin - being in the white drop can never leave him, nor remain hidden to those who know where to find it within him - and what does that afford Michael ? - what do you suppose this little soldier of God, God's little gift to Himself, that accuser of all except Moses, that condemning soul of all of his own kind, who dismissed the free-will his own God gave to Man, to condemn Man instead - oh yes, that friend of Mankind... - what do you think his essence holds dear kin Michael ? - it holds an ancient Man attachment to that most valuable of treasures in our places - thought...

Michael ...so you have been stealing Parnasa have you Hassatan?...

Hassatan ...yes Michael, I abused that for years - the favours Metatron's thoughts created for me amongst all those greedy Princes of Nations - I simply threatened at times to inform your Father if they continued to perversely deny the needy here on earth - it just ensured that the Parnasa was squarely shared around any places the Princes found me roaming - so yes Michael, I did steal the Parnasa, but back from the pilfering Princes here...

Michael ...okay Hassatan, very good - but Metatron's thoughts Hassatan... - what did you really discover with him brother - is he also a party to betrayal?...

Hassatan ...the Metatron - him!... that snivelling and secretly fearing fool - no, we could not risk a direct approach on him for he, like so many Michael, can't be trusted - no, he was simply a wealth of information that I tapped into - those many many thoughts of his - some of which were meant to serve him to hide the most precious jewels he had been allowed to see - and those shielding garments God bestowed upon him - yes, good... but never complete like the rest of Creation - so Michael, that Man-Angel was plundered like apples from an orchard, and he never suspected a thing - we Princes of Thought have always been worthy of our title dear brother...

Michael ...and so then Hassatan, what was it that you plucked from that snivelling mind of Metatron? - keep to your course now Hassatan or only more of the pain will be made to come into your being again... - and remember, you come this day seeking with your words to the Jesus, to proclaim that he is nothing of the true being he is, seeking to deny him his station and cast him as some half breed - what then could the mind of Metatron have afforded you in this exercise of your deception?...

Chapter 29: Hassatan Proclaims the Son of God

...Hassatan's eyes stared - hollowed - withdrawn - at Michael... - confusion swept in and took hold of his forehead - he quickly turned and looked at Sammael - confused - a look of fear then joined his face... - Michael started to snap his fingers...

Michael ...hey.. hey \- over here Hassatan...

...Hassatan quickly turned back to face Michael - he continued to stare...

Michael ...relax Hassatan... - it is your brother Michael here... - now tell me - how did you plan to say the Jesus is not the Son of God?...

...Hassatan's eyes then recognised something in his own thoughts, and eased a little... - his right eye then changes focus and began to come back, to appear normal \- with it part of his face began to unclench, to unwind from the place it had been locked away...

Hassatan ...but I know he is the Son of God you fool...

...Michael jolted with a grimace and twitched - muttering under his breath ...time, time... stay with me Adversary... - he stiffened a little towards Hassatan...

Michael ...but you were going to proclaim in Heaven otherwise Adversary...

Hassatan ...so you say Michael - so you say - I though, as you know, cannot lie - mine was to test the substance of Jesus' claims and of what Gabriel understood he had started... - even Gabriel did not truly know the result, the outcome, of what he only informed Mary about - Paraclete is otherwise never to be normally seen let alone heard, so instead I went directly to the supposed product of what Gabriel had been told to begin - but before Jesus uttered a word after his crucifixion I knew he was - he is... the Son of God...

Michael ...but only a little time ago, back in the place Bharat, you claimed Jesus to be a lesser being did you not - do you deny this?...

Hassatan ...great crouching Michael you make a poor Adversary - yes, I did, and before I was able to hear Jesus calmly reply that I was wrong, on which point I would have agreed with him, well, instead I was poisoned by your setting Jesus to a plot – you see dear brother, the words that he was less than he is needed to be put to him, for him to refute categorically, despite the fact that I personally, and only I personally, knew that he was, is, the Son of God - but Heaven needed to hear his words on the issue, his refuting my claims, his knowledge of himself - I then was only going to later confirm him from what I had seen...

Michael ...and what was that Hassatan - what can you say you have seen of Jesus that gives you this confidence?...

Hassatan ...because he is now Elohim - his resurrection, which I alone witnessed, was from being touched by one of the Six Rays of Elohim - the essence of this Creation flows through him now, in abundance, unmatched by anyone here - were he not the Son of God his resurrection, following his death on that cross, could have only been through me, through my being compelled to allow him to the Tree of Life - the Tree I, Michael, guard, and to which this one time enigma did not go - as much can readily be confirmed by the Cheribum who guard the path to same - no, only a Divine death could be revived by a Divine force greater than the Tree of Life, a thing only meant for the mortals of earth Decreed as saved upon their deaths, but needing the Tree to remain saved \- Jesus, on the other hand required more, he required Creation itself to touch him from his sleep...

Chapter 30: Hassatan gives words of the Adoil

...Sammael looked at Jesus - Jesus was bound watching the Hassatan - Michael appeared annoyed...

Michael ...so very good to hear Hassatan - but still we have not heard of what this could have meant to you... what you plucked from Metatron could have done for you - your plans dear Hassatan, appear to this point... well, very ill-formed for one who moves about with such confidence - surely there is more of the Great Adversary, surely you knew what you were going to do in an existence containing a proclaimed Son of God - surely your plans were to subvert that fact, and not just leave as you so indifferently say - where too would one as you go Hassatan? - where could you possibly go in this Universe where your God could not have you found ?...

...half of Hassatan shifted - half of him - his leg closest to the floor kicked his upper leg... - it was strange movement... - then again the Hassatan spoke... and it seemed, from the locked side of his face...

Hassatan ...from this Universe you dumb goat \- beyond this place - away from you and your stupidity, from the bureaucrats.. .from the disasters...

...Michael raised his eyes then a lilt upwards with his head to the tomb's top, laughing extraordinary...

Michael ...oh, and where would the way to that place be Hassatan? - beyond this place.... dear brother... oh please, I beg your indulgence to laugh upon you...

...Hassatan's eyes steeled and formed and braved deep into those of Michael's...

Hassatan ...the Adoil - the flow-through for the Six Rays of Elohim, and the place for passage to the Divine Worlds...

...Michael snapped-to - sobered - instantly checking the Hassatan's eyes...

Michael ...the Adoil you say Hassatan... go on - is this what you found in the Metatron - the Adoil's place?...

Hassatan ...as sure brother as you crouch before me - and that is where the Jesus was to go...

...Jesus looks at me confused, tilting his head at me at this talk of the Adoil - I lent near his face...

Paraclete ...for later, but yes... Hassatan speaks truth - other higher Heavens, palaces...

...Michael moved in and grabbed the side of Hassatan's face, a thumb to an eye, pulling an eyelid sideways, tight...

Michael ...even if Metatron's thought was good, how did you think Jesus would pass through the Adoil with you...

Hassatan ...through a great act of deception to you Michael.... wait for it - through an act of his exercising his free-will... - don't you get it Michael... nothing forbids Jesus from choosing to go through the Adoil if he is shown the way... nothing... - so yes Michael, after discussion, reasoning and his obtaining an understanding of Heaven and what has transpired in the past - and for the fact that Jesus now knows the Elohim, so would have known... can feel a passage through the Adoil as Goodness and Greatness and Right - he would go willingly, especially for Mankind...

Michael ...and you know the way there... to the Adoil? - how did you propose getting there - of finding it?...

...Michael released his grip. holding the back of Hassatan's head... supporting him, eager to hear the answer... - Hassatan felt this... and he eased... \- his other eye then began to come to his seeming normal \- as he breathed better...

Hassatan ...the actual way Michael - well, you may have learnt that had you not conspired falsely to have Jesus poison me, fool - no, the rest you will never know, but know this - some around you do know the way, and they will forever ensure you do not find it, or ever enter it... - and to be sure to save you some time and effort dear brother - these others I have shown the skills for hiding thoughts from even Him, He who holds all the Secrets of this Creation but does not practice them like some have come to do well \- the Blood of the Lamb was unique, but be aware that now your chance is lost dear brother... - and you will never know which of the brethren who walk with you, also see the good for Mankind in seeing that sword of yours taken to your own neck...

...Michael's eyes were first steady as Hassatan spoke this... then he clutched the hair of Hassatan hard and as quickly raised the Hassatan's head from the ground, before then slamming it into the stone floor... from where Michael rose to his feet and walked to the rear of the tomb... - Hassatan did not make a sound after his face smacked to the ground - and nor did he move...

...Michael turned from the rear of the tomb, paused, then at speed bound at Hassatan kicking him again deep in his gut - Hassatan half-rolled as his mouth wailed and his hands bent inwards at the wrists, pain streaming to every part of him, reborn again in him...

Michael ...and who else Hassatan - who else was to make this great journey with you and Jesus - speak before I throttle you again and again and again...

...Hassatan rolled back on his side - breathing rapid then slowing slowly, as he spoke...

Hassatan ...Mastema... and the remaining Watchers - they were to come - they being deserving more than most \- they have suffered outrageously for doing His work - and you Michael, you have been there often to make sure of that suffering, of that I know your part to be sure - you paranoid malevolent fuck of your Creator - clearly you sicken me...

...Michael baulked with a raised fist – but the Hassatan raised a halting palm...

Hassatan ...and most certainly his companion Mary Magdalene... in due course... - to... to avoid another Metatron debacle... to save Mankind - because with Jesus... it was foreseen that if he is raised to sit with the Father, then the future of Mankind will again be imperilled - another Great Judgment would be brought to bare on these essentially good people... deprived of the proper nourishment due to them - no, to avoid his capricious and merciless hand being taken from behind Him once again to wipe out whole nations, whole peoples by what... another flood or a scorching of all earth ?... and for what...being a species even He finds too complex, and which haven't bore Him the image He seeks... so once more in His frustration... - but for taking Jesus for His latest labours, His prize... He takes the free-will He gifted them and uses it as a reason, a sword, to smite them - they who already live in fear of Him....that, my dear brother, is not how a loving Human Father acts towards his children, let alone an omnificent Lord able to command the Heavens and the stars...

...I looked to Jesus - tears ran long - his light shroud wet at his neck, his hands clasping his knees... he listened on...

Michael ...so you would have led the Son of God away from his people then, and away from his God...

Hassatan ...yes dear soul friend... to hopefully save Mankind from a fate like those of the Flood - for without the Jesus about, to be set to the task like Enoch, like Metatron did describing the inequities, the wrongs only of Mankind, then our Lord would have no witness by which to base another Judgment, another Decree to decimate Man - that Michael, is the bad use to which an adversary can be put, which you are now so naively learning...

...Hassatan rolled his head to face the top of the tomb...

Hassatan ...once through the Adoil he would have come to learn of how to come and go here... after learning and talking with the others to be met, who he should meet with... their experiences of time before even your own existed... in the 955 Divine Worlds... the 18,000 other places tended to by those Divine Worlds... - a journey now which you have likely imperilled, if not vanquished with your fear, haste and paranoia...

...Hassatan breathed out... his eyes closing...

Chapter 31: The Origin of the Mirror

...Hassatan spoke through closed eyes...

Hassatan ...so, Michael... are you satisfied - have you enjoyed the fruits of your earlier solar chat with the Son of God?...

...Michael reacted with a jolt to look upon Hassatan - he had been standing, thinking, one arm propped on the other, some fingers to his mouth... uncurling his arms he walked to stand over Hassatan...

Michael ....not nearly enough - for so long as that eternal grin still finds its way to your face I know there is more you have failed to confess.... so, oh Great Hassatan - why take Mastema and the rest of the Watchers with you - by what honour were they to secure such a favourable passage away from their present circumstances - come now, I can see it boiling behind your eyes... - here, let me help you for a moment...

...then, Michael just dead dropped... one knee caving into Hassatan's chest \- he wobbled a moment as he managed to force the knee further in where he had struck the wind from Hassatan... Hassatan's breath exploded out... he could not breath now... not until Michael gave-up his weight, sliding his knee down Hassatan's chest to the floor to join his other - on his knees Michael lent over Hassatan's ear...

Michael ...ssspeak...

...Hassatan... rolled... looked to Sammael, looking... his lips pressed tightly together, being crushed together by his teeth in agony... something looking to burst from his mouth - his head began to shake, to swing, turn from side to side, appearing... wanting to say no to Sammael... an imploring look... he then stilled - his eyes turned streams... brilliant tears watered... glistening - pure - Sammael screamed...

Sammael ...enough Michael - brother Hassatan hold fast, hold fast... you have said enough...

...Michael moved on Sammael sword out, outstretched and on course for Sammael's throat, stopping a few steps from Sammael, screaming...

Michael ...I will be the one to say when this stench within Heaven has had enough, and no conspirators of his shall have any a word in the matter, so shut your fiery mouth Sammael before I ensure it remains so...

...just as quickly Michael wheeled about and moved back to Hassatan taking a small hop to drive down harshly his foot into the neck of Hassatan, pushing it unnaturally, like broken, into the stone ground - Hassatan bellowed agony and his lower body went into a chaotic thrashing spasm... like a great fish just brought to deck...

...as the kicking slowed, Michael withdrew his foot... slowly moving backwards... the Hassatan... eyes closed... began to whisper...

Hassatan ...I split Man - I suggested Azazael with Mastema create and make known to Man a tool for observing himself... seeing himself, for once, beyond imperfect reflections in pools of water - this thing... was later to be called a mirror \- and ever since has Man been twained and confused from God, split, and further from knowing Him, or His unattainable image... - now the image which Man can see and often secretly adores, covets, is now an image they see as closest to any god they know to behold - this mirror... the miracle of themselves... - it enthrals and can consume them - and strangely, this mirror... when they look upon themselves, well, God can be ever so faintly sensed there, but can't at all be seen by Man - the Elements prevents it from Man, the dimensions just didn't cross as we thought they would, to allow just a hint of His Majesty to shine forth, to be sense-seen by Man...an irony, even a mistake of mine I never foresaw - it was just to be a gift, a pause in the pursuit, something subtle and wondrous for Humans... a pleasing trick for Him...but it has never changed, never helped Man but distanced Man, yet it has excelled him – Man's free-will... it just went wild after that thing got away, the mirror - and I have regretted it ever since...

...Michael collapsed into folded legs... mouth open a little, his eyes now gazed upon Hassatan...

Michael ...and what else have you come to understand of this Hassatan?...

...Hassatan opened his eyes to clear... very clearly at the top of the tomb...

Hassatan ...it showed Man, given the tool, could safely create their own gods, individual to each - themselves \- to be silently respected by all... terrestrial, mortal, with powers confined simply to the strength of each Man, but sufficient enough to produce contentment in Man - it is only God's and the Angels' constant intercessions in their affairs that prevents them from solely pursuing this simpler life, where they would worship their own simple splendour, rejoicing in the simple fact of their existence... their individuality... - it is all they require, all they need, but our God seeks... continually asks much more of them, which is more than any terrestrial being is able to give, given the simple resources and existence our God allows them... - but no... such is His wish, and His wishes are for me to observe...

...Michael looked at Sammael... then to me... then to Jesus... - the Hassatan had spoken words unheard before... of also a rule broken... a one rule for all against the giving of Secrets to Man, that which also brought the Watcher Angels undone before God... - this mistake by Hassatan, this thing of ages ago... it would be Hassatan's undoing - but this, of all things... is not enough ... my thoughts spoke ... he is essentially good - wise... a friend of Mankind... a spirit of love... \- I looked at Jesus who was in searching eyes - growing confused at the silences \- the continued bewildered stare from Sammael... - then Jesus began to feel a pain, an anguish in his chest - he moved back holding his chest... then in fear, looking at me...

Jesus ...what is this I feel Paraclete?...

...confusion and panic quickly rose in him... - I raised a hand and sliced through the air, releasing Jesus from his pain before I spoke...

Paraclete ...I'm sorry dear Jesus... that was me - it is gone now - but it was my pain ... I fear we have found more than was ever sought - more than I ever expected - matters not foreseen, yet now seen abundantly - a thing felt and lived with for eons - a simple, shadow thing - and you know - he's right - He is there - He is before them in the mirrors and they can't sense it properly - it has been a source of confusion for Man ever since - so they unwittingly err and behold themselves instead -- oh how Hassatan concealed this for so long - kept it to himself for so long \- and his burden is true - he truly is of regret and has suffered for Man ever since.... and what he did - oh my what may have been otherwise - oh my... and for this - this \- he must now go from us - for this... mistake...' - turning to Hassatan - '...oh my Hassatan I forgive you, but you cannot be forgiven - He can't forgive you - you will be forsaken...

Chapter 32: A Great Scream

...no sooner had I finished speaking of the Hassatan being forsaken...

...then \- a brilliant light flash filled the tomb only white... a severe true white brightness... lost to look anywhere - then wind wound from everywhere, unseen... and a scream came everywhere from the entire glowing brightest of immaculate beings at once - and it was of Hassatan - rising like the unbearable without belief, but sure we knew and found no hope - so never known swept through all sound and became light itself - consuming all matters... all matter was become consumed and lit to fire glowed - I looked about and saw something not known where both the Michael and the Jesus and I bled through burned clear flame essence, showing essential structures within each - then a reverse - an instant freezing blast covered all and everyone - a moment... encased still in ice clear - all the tomb's inside one piece of ice in a moment paused... then white did burn hot the Hassatan - ice dissolved to water, streaming turned vapour steam, then to an inferno wind of fire - rock stone glowing near lava's look... a sun Hassatan had become... we of his corollary bled burned bare through to his white white light, dissolving colour dark to white... and the scream screamed.... and screamed over a time never known - suspended through perception grappling in unknown substance... screamed through all of every Universe was unbound I.. I.. I ...

...I then collapsed... to seeming sleep... adrift... with thought of a death I have never known... - a waking... slow... slow.... and about me strewn, heaped in their collapses, Jesus and Michael and others unknown... - who seemed fallen from shadows they had been hiding in... all appearing as though dead in form and face - a sight never before seen... of Angels... everywhere heaped... - I slipped back to the ground and laid my face against the stone, the cool stone - how strange I thought as I slipped away to where I do not know again... remembering before slipping away... across the world went a breath... a great breath... of... of Hassatan...

...an eyelid opened to the place... the place turned sideways...

...my eye moved...

...Hassatan lay not awake - colour had returned to his being... the final strongest effect of the Blood had passed him, it seemed... - but no stirring, no moving, his eyes closed to the world and Universe...

...then...

...then the eye caught Michael move... head rising... then giving way to the stone floor again... his shoulders pressed the stone to raise his head - it wavered... swung... lank - then force entered his neck... his head bobbed-up, weary... bleary, his eyes looked...

Chapter 33: Michael Leaves

...I turned my cheek on the floor... my eye to Sammael... still on the ground like the rest of us, but propped on his rocking elbows... looking off into the distance, some clarity in his eyes... I followed his line of sight and could see... - Sammael had found the eye of the Archangel Dubbiel... also recovering where he lay off in the distance, from shadows beyond the wall of the tomb, he had fallen... from an ethereal space he had created - probably was observing all this, quietly unseen until now - when Sammael had Dubbiel's eye, Dubbiel nodded hazily back at Sammael... an acknowledgment of something discussed before it seemed... before this whole spectacle had begun... - in a silent unnoticed moment, Dubbiel left... to clear... to where I did not know...

...Michael had managed to his feet, though crouched, one hand to the ground... he scratched about... searching... found his spear... then raising it a little... prodding Hassatan again - seeking more - he kept prodding... then he lurched a hard thrust of the spear at Hassatan, Michael nearly falling, rolling over... but then - Hassatan whipped \- grabbed the spear by its head before it touched his side - Michael drunkenly struggled but could do nothing - Hassatan was too weak to do anything more, but speak... and sure... his eyes calm, though closed...

Hassatan ...no, Michael, the rest... well, you forget so quickly... I am the Mind Michael - even now there are some things you would ask if you knew them, if you could see the thoughts I do \- your thoughts - and they won't be seen by you, I can assure you of that...

...Michael weakly struggled for control of his spear, then gave up...

Hassatan ...even this concoction of Divine Blood isn't enough for seizing my stopping or opening of thoughts... I am... the Prince of Minds Michael - but we know what your Presence here, through us both, has done here...

...Hassatan yanked then threw the spear away to the side of the tomb, where it stayed...

Hassatan ...and what He knows of me and you now \- you asked more than He wishes to know, or absorb - now you, dear other me, has done it again - and what He does now you and I can only wait to see - so... so much for your Divine mission here Michael - your honourable efforts could prove to be the greatest spark on matters beyond your fumbling grasp...' - Hassatan breathed deep... then exhaled... - '...again...

...Michael rose to stand - surveyed the tomb - beings everywhere...

Michael ...well... \- I have certainly heard enough for what is required - you know the Universe has heard you spew out here Hassatan - I look forward to seeing you present yourself before what can only be a Great Court of Justice, within three days, to stand before your accuser - me, and all the 70 Princes of earth...and with that I take my leave and thank you, Paraclete and Jesus, for the gracious assistance you have provided our Lord ...

...Sammael stumbled to his feet - moved forward on Michael, staggering, and stopped...

Sammael ...go Michael - you have stayed enough - return to your tablet washing - I am sure you have messages for others now - but now you should remember to take even more care of who you choose to talk your truths to...

...Michael looked only at Sammael... - then, as he appeared to ready to clear... - Hassatan stirred - a murmur - moved a little - mumbling at first - mumbling where his face still met the cold stone... - Michael stilled to look - Hassatan rolled his head, his shoulders... his body, to face Michael... his eyes alive...

Hassatan ...oh, and do think of a good long bath in the Nehar di-Nar dear brother - you need a bit of cleansing fire in you \- you are getting slightly on the nose you know...

...Michael turned swiftly with his sword out flicking it to stop just before Hassatan's heart...

Michael ...it is your putrid heart that will be stinking the Seventh Hall shortly, and like the foul meat of Man, it will be thrown to the rats of Ghenna to devour...

Hassatan ...yes brother, and blessed be His Glorious bloody Kingdom forever and ever, as sure it will be with you, as His blessed mask - and be sure to have Gabriel pipe it up now when I arrive... - but remember this, for it will always be so...

...the Hassatan's eyes... they began to shine... - his voice, different...

Hassatan ...you will take thousands of years to know even a little of what I am, who I am, let alone what I know - and in damning me you damn your very Father, son - and this alone will break you - He who has given you all is now being done in by his son, his special son, and you can't see it, any of it... you are so damned - blind to this Essence you bloody Humanity... - Michael... I am the Mind - here you would have asked some things if you knew your own mind to do so... - if you could see the thoughts I can of yours - and yes, we know you hate this aspect of me, but it is also of you, as you know \- but even this Divine Blood was not enough to stop what can be seen in others... and in you Michael - in you is not found who you believe you are, for you are not able to see all, yet you still project beyond the realities you know - quite your attribute... - but that is not your fault - it was always meant to be... you were always meant to show Him better to Himself... by hiving you off to be you, before us all... so dear brother, dear me, do try and show some cheer, because your Father loves this of Himself, of you, for you knowing you so incompletely, so easily - you exist to help Him define His dimensions after all, and... well, don't you do such a great job defining those you think you live in... - all the best brother, all the best...

...and with that Hassatan put his head to rest on the stone... - Michael stared now with a child's eyes, then broke with a turning to look at all about... all who were looking upon him...

Michael ...yes Hassatan... we have heard much from you, and too much on this occasion - I leave and expect you soon...

...and without looking to Hassatan Michael went to clear... - Sammael went to Hassatan... he was again in exhaustion after his parting words for Michael..

Chapter 34: The Seven Essences of God Revealed

...the Hassatan was away from this place again, exhausted - Sammael's kneeling to him did not change anything in his being - Sammael stopped and turned to me...

Sammael ...why did you allow this Paraclete?... \- clearly you appear here for following or being with the Jesus... \- what could have led you to understand allowing this was right?...

Paraclete ...the Seraphim Sammael, and Michael and, and others...they made it known their support for an ordeal, but this... this was not what I understood the Seraphim expected - it was meant to be to know if Hassatan was clean of sin, before he would be allowed to take certain actions - what those actions were to be I never learned - but this, these words of his were never made known as possible to me...

Sammael ...you Paraclete have been unknowing of something - until this time there was a purpose in few knowing, but Hassatan's words to Michael have revealed enough already - enough to reveal the rest... - ...Paraclete, Hassatan is the Seventh Spirit, the Seventh Essence of God - he is part of your companion, lady - your companion without the protection of the Shekina - now poisoned by His own son - he...' - turning to Hassatan - '... was never meant to be overcome like this - never was your Lord, this part of Him, Hassatan, never was he going to overcome the paralysing bureaucracy of the Seventh Heaven... - he was to simply take this Creation Jesus, the essential fruits of everything, every Human and more, take him beyond here - away from the Michael's and those of his kind - to take some dead and some old faithful - and now through your innocent complicity, your working for those Seventh Heaven Angels afraid for their existences, their places... \- afraid of being left behind...

...Sammael looking to the Heavens, then his head fell, shaking from side to side...

Sammael ...what has been undone here.... - and those imbeciles, those bureaucrats have no idea who Hassatan is - he is the stuff of their very Lord and Master - and what they have done now! - ignorant fools who knew no better...

...startled by this revelation of Sammael I turned to Jesus... - '...touch me Jesus...' - Jesus lent to me and stretched-out his arm \- as his hand came to me I began to feel more of his Essence flow through me, filling me with his very Sacred being from being his Father's Son - I held a palm up to him, then I moved across the tomb, slowing above the Hassatan... - I leant forward and touched Hassatan's face - a static ran through me... - a small shock - and then - there - I knew the true Essence, the origin of Hassatan... - my Lord... - and slowly I withdrew to the side of Jesus, unable to take my eyes from those closed of Hassatan... - Sammael was graceful to simply allow and watch what was needed by me ... certainty...

Sammael ...so you see what has happened here Paraclete - he is part of who I form a part of as well.... - your Lord... - He identified eons ago Seven of his strongest qualities - I am one and from Hassatan's words you may now understand Michael as another - and Hassatan is the most exemplary and courageous of we Seven - of Him... - He was tired of the past thousands of failures, so this time, for this earth, He allowed his Judgments separate life, just in case his Throne, as the seat of Judgment, was to prove to be the problem, a cause of those past failures... - and He was right - too much talk, too much discussion, too little independence of thought on so many matters... - and Hassatan has been the profound one of us for so long now - and there is the reason he was never allotted a realm of Heaven to oversee - why he has been quite the free being... he is our God's free-will \- His most deadly aspect and why Michael fears him so, because there is so much unknown and unpredictable about him - but let me tell you this - he has obeyed and never gone against pronounced Words of our Lord - but as His free-will, Hassatan is nearly the most creative force in this Universe, and thereby, a most powerful single Presence here, because he possesses the ability for complete freedom of thought here - a matter that has weighed upon him for eons... - and it was by this ability, that he had found the verse needed by the Lord, and was to take Jesus to embody words to be found within it...' - looking at Jesus - '...to the verse Jesus, to the one verse that only matters - and it is right in front of every Angel's and Man's face - the uni verse \- the one verse of all Creation, for here and beyond the Divine Worlds - and the word is not the Lord \- it is not His name - it is the name of who allowed Him this playground... - not what is written in the Divine letters found around His crown, like all secrets, just another to be known by some... - and a crown \- do you understand ?... why should the Holy of Holiest need to wear anything if they are truly the great, truly omniscient... and that is the true measure of that crown's verse - because those who do wear it do so because they must, so to be reminded from where all of what they have and fear flows...' - turning back to me - '... do you get this understanding ? - when He did this, separated His qualities, it was because He understood his debt is all about Man's burden - and Hassatan, through Jesus, was to save Man for and from God, and in so doing, assist God in helping Man... - fuck free-will \- what they fuck has that done but screw with Man further - it was a thing created on a bet anyway - did you see Adam skipping around with it Paraclete ? - ohhh it's all soo long ago now its tiring to bring it up with you - but, what there is now, after your helping the Lamb here - the Lamb! no less - is a house fucked up \- look at my brother, my kin, part of my King...

...I moved to Sammael... I bowed before him going to both knees - I kissed his feet - I said... I am sorry... I knew not what I was doing...

...Hassatan reached out and took hold of my wrist...

Hassatan ...forget your part here Paraclete, you were not to know...

...he drew to an elbow, then slowly righted to sit, drawing his legs up a little, he rested his arms on them and looked around... at us and the others still fallen - weary - some revived...

Hassatan ...quite, as I see again, the showing...

Chapter 35: The Key

...amidst the silence everyone present gave sight to the Hassatan seeing him revived... then Jesus let one of his legs go and slide on the stone towards Hassatan... - he had been through more than I could ever want to know, and here he was, my Jesus, caught in a centuries old dispute between well, those who I once thought were simply brothers... - he breathed in to firm his body, then spoke to Hassatan...

Jesus ...but the key Hassatan, I must know of the key...

...Hassatan raised his eyes to the Jesus with grace, and sadness... - he explained that he gave the key to Anaphiel centuries ago for safe keeping - the Prince who keeps the keys of Heaven - the key was entrusted secretly by God to him- being a key to no more than access to a hidden cell of Ghenna, named by Ghenna's Angels in jest as the bottomless pit - it was there where Men who should have been placed into a purgatory cell or even saved, were wrongly placed with a servant Chief of Ghenna, to be tormented - God knew what He had done, because He had done it on purpose, so no one could seek to correct the Judgment He had passed, neither the Irin & Qaddishin nor Metatron...

Hassatan ...He then simply made me promise to safeguard the key, the key which locks passage to the place - as, or so it seemed, He wanted a special breed of earthly Man to release one day - a group who He would hear repentance from, who would then go forth and serve Him as faithfully as Metatron, for having been released from their torture and torment, and being made instead Divine after eons of pain - but you Jesus, apparently now destined to be Proclaimed the Son of God, this means now you never did need the key - why, your very word alone was always enough to break the lock to the pit, for those wrongly Judged so long ago...

...Hassatan then went on to say that Jesus had been sent to get something back which was always properly kept by Hassatan - God's minion - where conspirators had begun circulating the untruth that he had stolen it - so to making him appear dishonest... -Jesus then took bold and commanded Hassatan to summon Anaphiel, which Hassatan with a half laugh, shaking his head at Jesus, did wearily \- instantly Anaphiel arrived from clear, confused, and at the sight of Hassatan fell prostrate due to the splendour of Hassatan - Jesus questioned Anaphiel, Hassatan indicating to Anaphiel to answer his questions, about the key - Anaphiel confirmed Hassatan's story, but not knowing what the key was ever for... - Jesus then asked for and received the key, after Hassatan again gave Anaphiel an exhausted nod that it was OK to hand it to Jesus - Hassatan thanked Anaphiel for his service and loyalty and dismissed him, commanding him to never speak of what had occurred here, or of his having ever met Jesus on earth - Anaphiel acknowledged, stepped back, bowed, and went to clear, and was gone...

...Jesus looked at the key - looked at Hassatan, then lifted his head to look at the distant wall... - his eyes returned to Hassatan...

Jesus ...I am truly sorry for my part...

...Hassatan then looked slowly to the floor, his head softly moving backwards and forwards, deep in thought, acknowledging this grand gesture of faith and purity in Jesus...

Chapter 36: The Archangels Revealed

...Jesus, looking at the simple key in his hand, turned slowly and walked back to sit... - Sammael took my attention...

Sammael ...Paraclete... you must appeal to your Lord - you alone must take the matter to Him - you only must go to your Lord - let Him know your part - what you have witnessed - that His needs must let Hassatan go to earth only \- and nothing more... - He must intervene for Himself, and you must mention my being here and Michael - and the rest...- take a look about you Paraclete...

...holding my eyes, Sammael swept an arm about himself... - high in the once shadows came to his light the others of the Archangels - revealed, as being here this whole time to this... this happening...

Sammael ...all the rest of the Seven have been sitting here secretly, silently, so to consider what Michael would reveal, and to hear the words of their brother Hassatan....

Uriel ...go Jesus and complete the task you agreed with Michael - release the detained - now... - because of the position Hassatan now finds himself in, he can no longer attend to your Judgment, so of that task we will attend to later, vouching we four to our Lord to instead give you leave to return later - such is your apparent state after your death you have otherwise nowhere else to go but to Him anyway, in due course - but before then to your disciples go, where you may spend another forty days in their Presence to give them your final counsel - but of what has transpired here you shall never speak of to Man - on the fortieth day you will be visited, and acknowledged, so that you may accompany one of us before our Lord to complete your passage into His Higher Halls - of your Judgment, that can be regarded as done and a formality at the same time - of course there will be Procession followed by Proclamations \- but for now, go - the matters that have taken place here demand greater attention by your Father, so with your peace go, and let us attend to their urgency - soon Jesus, we shall share other spaces together, but now, please go in faith on my words...

Jesus ...thank you I do Uriel, as sure as I know you from a desert once... - but I must ask the way to the Ghenna place...

Uriel ...go Jesus, and the way will be made open to you - Michael already made it so for you...

...then emerged from the shadows from behind these four Archangels came more High Angels to be seen - a gathering was taking place... - murmurs were heard, and mostly it was heard that Hassatan had suffered an injustice - others to say Hassatan had been fouled beyond any suitable measure... - now both high rank and low had formed to look upon Hassatan's slow recovery from the Blood of the Lamb - these late comers knew nothing of the substance of his ordeal - they only speculated upon his seeming weakness - and wondered loudly and ignorantly amongst themselves... - I turned to Hassatan, then looked at Sammael...

Paraclete ...I must intercede now by your mercy Archangel - some time please...

...Sammael withdrew to the other Archangels...

Paraclete ...we know the course set by Michael - I will do as Sammael asks, and soon see you...

...Hassatan nodded... his cheeks rose, his eyes went to mine \- he smiled warm and brief for me... in his love I was given that moment - then he stopped... and slowly surveyed around - at what had amassed of Angels - then, without a hint, he went to clear... - looking through where he had just left, I regained myself and turned and drew to Jesus, and without shame took to his side...

Paraclete ...I fear you know too much son - what have I done?...

Jesus ...yes, maybe, and maybe you have done too little...

...Jesus stood and walked at the great rolling stone that held passage to this place - once his tomb - he walked and then simply walked through it... out... gone from sight...

...with that Gabriel reached for a horn slung behind him, and raising it high, let loud a trumpeting that turned all present away to leave this place, all moving off into clear, returning to their respective duties and tasks without further word - and then the place was silent but for the burning of Sammael who stood alone looking upon me... before he too also went to clear, leaving me alone in that place... from where soon after I left to clear also...

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Chapter 37: Hassatan Settles Affairs

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...Jesus' journey would take time to complete - he was alone being given no Angel escort when sent his way - I chose to follow Hassatan... - he had much at stake in the short time he had after his time with Michael - and there was much he could do before his Judgment... he is the Hassatan after all...

...after spending time alone, I went to clear from the place... and coming from clear... - Hassatan had gone where I did think - to Naamah his companion - he explained what had been said with Michael to her, and that he likely would have to go, to leave her and Heaven, or... that their God may annihilate him... - he and Naamah embraced... and then a kiss with the Passion... a Passion came - then came on them in firestorm consummating their hold of each... until she wept too much, relaxing, calling out love, love for him to come to him, and save him... - he let his companion go... and went... to clear...

...from clear \- to before a great army of Powers Angels – and Hassatan's second-in-command addressed him upon arrival...

Remiel ...Great Hassatan - Sammael through his brother Dubbiel informed of grave matters arising from your time with the Jesus, and requested assembly of your army of Powers, and to await your arrival - here your Majesty, stand all the Powers ready to heed your words, and if ordered, march in battle on your command - Hassatan your Powers stand at the ready...

...Remiel stilled his gaze into a silence with Hassatan...

Remiel ...Master Hassatan - you truly are Great...

...upon which he turned and stepped back with arm flowing to present Hassatan his assembled Powers... - Hassatan surveyed a great valley outside a Hall of Heaven, where before him in the hundreds of thousands, all kitted and ready for battle, stood the most formidable assembly of God's warriors ever seen in Heaven... - all having instantly brought themselves together at the word of the call sent from Sammael - from on-high Hassatan stepped forward to address his army of Majestic Powers... - shouting... clear - measured...

Hassatan ...with thanks to our God you are here... - I say this clear... - the Jesus is no Metatron... - he is a Man... he is our God... and he is of Paraclete...

...some Powers bold were heard to raise a cheer...

Hassatan ...I have heard of words from the Powers... words readying in opposition to this Jesus... - no more will they be spoken - no more will they be heard, even of Mind... - follow Jesus are my words - follow this new one - he listens and does not move when things do not mean peace for Mankind - he truly loves Man... - much time with your Chief the Jesus spent with me - and he listens... – instead, Michael has been found to be the one the Powers should fear...

...Hassatan looked far to his right and then to his left over his Great army...

Hassatan ...because Michael is now manifest as the fear of God also, and so is unpredictable... - he is the one who cares little for Man... \- look now to Sammael after I am gone...' - voices cried out - '... he is the greatest ally of the Powers - place your trust in him... \- your faith in our Lord should be restored - together with the Jesus go forth in strength and honour, and an eye on the continued existence of those on earth we are sworn to protect, and convey this message to your Principality counterparts, which Angels serve as a vital link in the continued prosperity of Man in the face of overwhelming corruptions.... the corruptions that have been brought to bare by those Princes that it is not our task to name - ...look to our Mighty futures together again... and soon I seek...

...then, quickly sublime, Hassatan was gone to clear...

...then to my Lord I went to clear...

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Chapter 38: The Trial of Hassatan

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...in Heaven, in the Seventh Hall, a massive assembly in the wings - some in the crowd talking softly, that they would be spared - others, who say Hassatan has held firm - others wonder aloud asking what has occurred... others... what has gone wrong... - Angels on the sidelines, shuffling, listening as to whether the Hassatan would provide details - name names - others as to if he would burn...

...Michael stepped out from near to the Throne... moving to stand near a few of the Merkaba - Seraphim and Cherubim - he stood amongst them... slowly he looked over the assembly below, and as his gaze moved over the gallery of those moving into the Great Hall, he spoke low, and with a face unchanged... - his lips barely to be seen moving...

Michael ...your Hassatan confessed to many things - your names he mentioned in passing too, and he did this before the Paraclete who was present throughout... - forget Hassatan, and all of your dealings with him, and nothing further of this will ever be spoken of again... and be sure that I do not hear you speak for him here...

...those Seraphim and Cherubim Angels who listened without looking upon Michael, discreetly gave eyes to each other as Michael withdrew from their Presence...

...Hassatan then came from clear to appear before the Throne of God - the Hall soon to turn to see his arrival, Angels quietening one another... - Hassatan's head was bowed and still - he was solitary and without need to look about... - the place settled to a rare quiet...

...an Irin Angel came from behind the Veil - head bowed, he moved to the edge of the Throne's place, and stepped - near the Hassatan - to a ledge close to the fiery rivers... - the assembled went further quiet - the Irin raised his head to look straight forward and began to speak, loud...

Irin ...the Hassatan is before Judgment - the Hassatan is now known for providing a Secret of Creation to the two Grigori Angels Mastema and Azazel - an act forbidden - and for his knowledge that the Secret would be given to Man, the Hassatan therefore stands accused... - who here stands in the defence of the Hassatan ?...

...then silence... no Angel seated, stood... nor was any other to be heard in this silence...

Irin ...a defence is called again for the Hassatan...

... and still, the silence remained throughout the Hall...

Irin ...on this occasion an Archangel is called forth to stand in defence of the Hassatan...

...Michael looked at his brother Archangels grouped off in a distant high alcove - they without faces of seeming thought, simply looked back at him... silence stayed deep within the Hall...

...Hassatan turned to the Irin, his back still to the assembled...

Hassatan ...fear not Irin - I too am Archangel - I shall be the words you seek...

...the Irin, unmoving but for his eyes towards the Hassatan, paused a moment... then bowed while withdrawing to where he came - to behind the Veil... - Hassatan waited for the Irin to go, then slowly turned to take in, in one sweep all the assembled... - he then, strangely, unexpected, looked to me - to where I was unseen high above and behind a soft fire shroud... meant to be from any view... - when he had found my eyes, he spoke... while only looking to me...

Hassatan ...there is no one and only God - just one God here... in this grand room who has an access to a Power the rest of us do not - and nothing more...

...Hassatan, then looking to the Veil, looked for the Irin and Qaddishin...

Hassatan ...do as you undoubtedly will and most certainly, must...

...the Irin and Qaddishin could, for those close, be heard conferring with God \- hushed tones rose amongst the Angels present... - the Irin from before came forth from the Veil, his eyes immediately upon the Hassatan, as he arced to a place near before him...

Irin ...your greatest betrayal Hassatan is your arrogance - your defining characteristic - with your ingenious arrogance you betrayed and perverted, by your impatience for change \- a change from eons of Holy Order - an order Created over eons of Greater again failed swamps and despair - Great you are indeed, but your thoughts betrayed you and sought to alter and anticipate those of your Divine Father, for which no kind mercy can be availed - so it has come to this...

...but the Hall shook to a slowly rumble that ebbed to stillness... the Veil parted a slice allowing a line of Great Splendour forth, falling through the Hall's middle, across the rivers... across the steps to bathe directly over the Hassatan...

My Lord ...and here you find Us Hassatan... yet you persist with tales... - more than all the others of Heaven - of all the Heavens, and of all My High Palaces - more than all the others - you Hassatan, you...

...Hassatan looked directly into the Splendour... eyes wide - clear... focused...

Hassatan ...We, Father... we both know why...

...the Veil then slowly closed on Hassatan...

...the Irin, head still looking to the floor, appeared speechless... off guard... - when a time had passed after the Veil's closing, he continued...

Irin ...the sentence... - is by Decree of the Irin and the Demand by the Word of the Qaddishin, that from this moment forth, Hassatan is banished from all the Halls of the Heavens, where he shall see the end of times forever more in a place of Ghenna on earth...

...the Irin was unsteady... and without looking to Hassatan turned, and moved straight for the cover of the Veil... - Hassatan turned slowly again to find my eyes, pausing as he did, then he lowered his gaze to the rivers... - in a moment short the Angel Radweriel stepped from the side and proceeded to where the Irin had stood...

Radweriel ...the Decree is done - let the Hall reveal an opening to cast the Hassatan from...

...jostling noise begun... the floor of the Seventh beyond the Throne, and just beyond the river changed form to blur, beginning to turn to a great circular swirl... - I then left my place and cleared to amongst the Araboth assembled, near the Hassatan... - they were much seized by my Presence and seized from words - I turned to the Radweriel and commanded he close the place about me and to the Hassatan - he looked upon me stunned, then his hand went out - he clicked, and my world was a shroud to walk in, as I did straight to Hassatan... - I stopped when I clutched both his hands in mine, drawing him down to one knee...

Paraclete ...if I had known before what is now clear to only a few - you, my distant husband... - well... - but if you would take this with you...

...Hassatan looked down into my hand, opened, revealing a small twig - Hassatan's eyes widened in knowing it could only be from one Tree in Heaven of his Greatest care - the Tree of Life.... he looked up to meet my eyes again...

Hassatan ...I will, and with thanks I take... - with it I will know more with Mankind and look to their tomorrows after death... to see what light may better fall onto Mankind's fate...

Paraclete ...be mindful Hassatan- Jesus, who like you, now knows too much - he could be said to be your distant son - and any acts brought to bear on the Father will be acts brought to bear upon him - remember his knowledge, what his motivations and beliefs actually are, Man... - he could prove to be your greatest ally and strength when you least expect it..

Hassatan ...that, my Father's companion, remains to be seen - but your sentiments are understood and will be kept secure in Mind...' - looking around - '...and be sure to visit this betrayer from time to time - you warm my thoughts and heart with your Divine Holy Spirit...

...with this I rose and left the steady eyes of Hassatan - approaching the Radweriel I called quickly for the shroud to be dropped from about the Hassatan, and kept to only me, as I absorbed behind some Seraphim I knew dear... - the Hall's swirl had opened to show great space of wild chaos... it was open... - Hassatan turned to face where he was to go - he walked the steps to the Nehar di-Nar and stopped to turn - he looked to where I could not be seen but found my eyes his way - no expression on his face... - then he stepped to the side, and instead of walking the bridge made for him, he walked into the river - as he went to place his first foot into the stream's fire, a fright never known here like this went through all those present, all in pause of breath... as he then stepped in... and then continued his stepping... stepping to his waist he proceeded through the Great Nehar di-Nar, to emerge Hassatan whole the other side... he showed nothing and continued his way to the opening - the crowded assembled now gasping in many shocks - I found my mouth wide open, my heart being felt fast... - he walked on to the opening's edge, the opening to his never to Heaven again... - Hassatan simply looked down upon his destiny - he then slowly raised his right hand to touch his forehead... his Mind... then did what I know not of... - he touched his left shoulder - then his right - and then upon his heart his hand did stay... - he raised his head with eyes closed... his ankles slowly rose... and freeing his arms outstretched wide he tipped forward, over and into and gone from sight... I shrunk and collapsed to my heels, pulling myself all around tight, holding the tears to my cloth...

...then murmurs began loud - the yells - then others who follow - a giant movement of mass from the assembled pushed, heaving... a scream of outrage heard... - more movement in the wings - glances everywhere - observations heard everywhere in the crowd, and by some in authority... - I stood behind my shroud, but moving was all about the room - a moment or two of this jostle passed...... then others, others jostled through the crowd and rushed forth and plunged forth through the same fiery chaos Hassatan had gone by.... - to follow him... - and many more pushed others aside to do the same - others not Powers Angels, but also Powers in the many appeared and went there too, upon the many hundreds, they gave to the torrent in but a short moment of breath \- my eyes wild open to the sight, the spectacle... and then amongst those to go to him, I did see his Naamah enter the Hall and go from sight to her Hassatan too... - then Michael came trying to have some stopped... Gabriel sat back, watching, a face of resignation .... Dubbiel seen with him on the higher balcony... a look of sadness upon his face.... - and God... and for those who could see, sounded in weeping, silently, behind his Veil... - much silent confusion in the crowd of those remaining - then a seeming freezing of time - all so slow no one can reckon the moment - a width stretch, of time in the Heavens... where then I, Paraclete, went to talk with God, to have Him stop this turmoil, this exodus, in all present - end this confusion \- calling for Him to raise His hand to stem the flow of followers to Hassatan, for it is frenzy \- to close the choice off \- '....stop this, please... I am his companion in Spirit too...' - and then snap... our God acted.... - the opening closed then... and time I did restore for all... - Michael ordering for the exits to be sealed - addressing the assembled - telling them to return to their duties... and to... forget Hassatan...

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Chapter 39: A Ghenna Cell on Earth

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...I returned from Heaven's moment, to the path Jesus had been walking from his tomb - Jesus was coming upon the cell of Ghenna - unseen and opaque on earth - a place unseen by Man - but terrestrial in form to see - Jesus approached the door - before the key he holds nears the lock, the door falls open, taking by surprise Jesus and an apparently resting Angel standing guard on the other side...

...as Jesus was about to speak the Angel fell prostrate to the ground....

Jesus ...do you know who I am Angel?...

Angel ...yes Master... - the Jesus - you are said our Father's Son of earth and I give you praise as I give praise to our Lord and Master...

Jesus ...Angel, tell me of this place and your being here... - and rise to your feet Angel - look upon me...

...the Angel rose as commanded, though held to a stoop below the gaze of Jesus...

Angel ...Lord Jesus... - I was made to safe this door eons too many for me to know - I have kept early souls here after their Judgment, as was the Decree from the Seventh Hall...

Jesus ...I ask this of you Angel - did you ever know these early souls to have been truly wicked once ?...

...the Angel paused... unsure - but Jesus held a gaze pure... - sincere in the question...

Angel ...my Jesus I saw only Men Decreed wicked who once would have been otherwise seen... but the matters of the Seventh are for the Great Ones Jesus, in their Wisdom, to behold, and do as they say...

Jesus ...Angel - you shall go to your direct authority now, and seek leave from your station here by my request, and you shall not return... - are you alright with these words of mine?...

Angel ...my Lord has uttered and so does Heaven know my passage is blessed - and now I do your pleasure and take leave on the instant...

...the Angel took a step backwards, bowed to a pause, then went to clear...

...Jesus stepped through the door into more than a cell, but instead a vast chamber that went beyond what his eyes could see - he moved towards a central great chasm about which wound many levels, most holding many doors to many fathoms below - and deep the chasm went below... from where he looked over an edge... deep down to a darkness where sight could not go... - Jesus wandered to the path to his side, and no sooner had he done so when a many of the separate doors parted open one by one out to a great length before him - Jesus stopped to see what was to come, and slowly come did a moving open of each of these doors, slowly and at times different - and from the doors began to appear many a soul, moving free from their bonds here over a time unknown - some souls Jesus looked upon as known from stories old - Men of accord and apparent note in tales ancient once said to him... - these souls began to amass in the area about the Jesus, and upon coming near each fell prostrate proclaiming the Majesty of Jesus for his gift of caring to come to them... - Jesus stood as the numbers grew to an impossible to count... - after a time all to leave their cells had done so, all now still... quiet and waiting for the words of their apparent saviour... - Jesus looked to the near distant door to this place, then turned to those many gathered about him...

Jesus ...I am thankful for having come to meet you all this night - I tell you all now to go and leave this place \- there before us is the door from this place, and it forever now is opened for you, so go... - ...once through the door you shall see the earth, from where you shall directly go for audience with the Archangel Michael, who expects you soon - tell him of my sending you to him and of my wish you each be eternally saved, in the eyes of your God, and to forever enjoy tending to His gardens in Heaven... - and now I ask you each to rise as one, and go...

...and with this each Man rose and slowly took his turn to move the last distance to beyond the door of here... - Michael it seems had expected just this very procession, for as each soul was a few moments from the opening to this Ghenna place on earth, an Angel appeared to receive each individually, where each went to the Heaven of my Lord most peacefully to clear...

...Jesus stood silently, for the long period it took, until the last soul of this place had finally gone to clear... - he then was alone... - after a time in thought he went to leave - he was but a step returned to his path outside this place when the sky took his attention - stopping him, he looked up... his eyes widening in the reflection of what he saw...

...a great ball of streaming fire in light, long in tail, coursed earth bound and sure, in a silence strange to behold - he felt the approaching Presence... it was unquestioned... it was the flight of Hassatan, and the many who had taken with him in the casting... here now Majestically they all did fall by this flight... their fiery ball... to earth forever more... - before Jesus the thing came sweeping down and direct for its place - and spectacular a Great collision exploding fire and light could be seen to rapture them to the deepest belly of this Ghenna place on earth... - Jesus stood simple looking back through the opening from which he had just come... the shadows deep began to die, when came a fierce breath of vapours throwing speeding fire sparks charging up and through the opening from this place, the hair and cloth of Jesus being blown straight to streaming all about him... until then it did exhaust, and pass away to stillness all about him once more...

...at that time... at the door to this place, Jesus looked at the key in his hand... and dropped it, the door ajar...

...I watched him turn, and in so doing, turn his back on the sight of his far Father's irreparable fall to his place, to earth - Jesus stared at the ground as he began to walk the ether returning him to his tomb, where too much had been heard, where many things by many unknown to Jesus, had been said about his Father - and on his face.. the things the Hassatan had said dwelt - these thoughts were felt in his feet's walking...

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Chapter 40: Talk with Pontius Pilate

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...at a distance I stayed with Jesus, to follow him back to where his route led him properly to mortal earth again - to his tomb - there he sat in thought for a good time, still, silent... finding matters of peace - after this time he rose and left the place, encountered some he knew, and others he did not - then left them to attend to his matters... - he moved in and out of the clear now as he proceeded upon the ground of earth - a sight to behold and never seen in my time of any as he, of a Man of God... - and softly too a dust could be seen to fall from him... as his old physical being appeared to be falling away, to be replaced by a new form, much in kind to his old, but one filled with a splendour soft amongst Man... a glow Majestic...

...I then went to clear to where I was needed...

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...soon I returned to my Jesus, and upon the instant of my coming from clear, Pontius Pilate opened a curtain to his library to find Jesus sitting there... staring at the floor, unaware that Pilate had walked in it seemed, though only being a few steps away from each other... - Pilate baulked and went into freeze for a moment, his pupils widened in fright... then after a moment passing, he relaxed, slowly, as he saw a Jesus not moving, or looking for him... - Pilate stayed still a time longer, then sought to relax by reclining some of himself on a table just behind his rear...

Pilate ...it seems then Jesus, my hands are not clean...

...Jesus broke his gaze to this and gave Pilate his face...

Jesus ...did the innocence you sought foresee this Roman? - or did your tax collecting blind you this far? - who do you see before you now?... - a king of his accusers or some other today?...

...Pilate held without giving a thought to see on his face... - Jesus held the eyes with him, then rose to continue...

Jesus ...I am here returned and shall remain so for forty more only - let you make known of my Presence to those who matter, and that they shall not cross mine nor the paths of those I shall be in counsel with - and this includes my love Mary Magdalene...

Pilate ...and how far do you wish this request go forth strange Jesus?...

Jesus ...tired governor that you are, let these small matters be done so that I may leave your astonished gaze to more easing views - and be not fearful of me Pilate, for as you have, so will you continue to make your own destiny here on earth.... otherwise I have nothing more to say to you - let us part in peace now...

...the Pilate continued a moment more his sight upon the face of Jesus... - then in a quick instant of shutting his eyes he drop bowed his head deep to him...

...Jesus walked past the Pilate and when doing so gave the Man a soft hand upon his head as he went - Pilate fell further in shoulders and gripped hard the table that was holding him... - Jesus walked on to the doors of this room, large doors that opened as he approached - on the other side two guards to either side were caught, surprised faces, as the Jesus walked past them - immediately they each looked back into the room from which he emerged, to see Pilate, head still bowed... looking sideways and unmoved... just watching the Jesus walk a long hall with day light at its end...

Chapter 41: Crowded Market

...I rose slowly, directly through the structure of Pilate's place, rising just above to see where Jesus met with the sun... - Jesus walked some steps, then took to an open space - then into a distant crowded market place - Pilate had come to lean upon a column, standing, watching him go, without a word, but a marvel in his eyes... - the Jesus could, to the naked Human eye, be seen to glow ever so lightly, though the sun's radiance protected him from being too noticed - I continued my rising to the Heavens to return, and saw then the Hassatan was to be found standing on the roof of Pilate's place - arms clasped behind his back and moving not a stir, he was also watching Jesus move off into the market place, a look on his face... a face calm... the breeze with softness on his hair, his eyes each glistening, and in peace... - as I rose further I could see that one of his hands was fondling something - a peer closer I looked... and could see... a small branch with him, and a key...

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