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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

saw another mighty angel coming down from
heaven, robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above
his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs
were like fiery pillars.
One of my favourites is an angel covered
in eyes. Revelation 4:6 also before the throne there
was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as
crystal. In the centre, around the throne, were four
living creatures, and they were covered with eyes,
in front and in back. In Revelation 4:8, it says that
each of the four living creatures had six wings and
covered with eyes all around, even under his
wings. Day and night, they never stop saying:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was,
and is, and is to come."
I do not know about you, but if I saw, one
of these covered with eyes, I might question if
they are from God, and this seems to be so with
many of St John’s descriptions. As wild as they
seem, it is highly unlikely that he made them up.
It seems certain that they hold some symbolic
meaning, but with no explanation, St John leaves
us pondering their meaning.
The book of Revelations, as well as certain
texts in the Old Testament, speaks of angels that
wreak destruction. Certainly judging by their
actions, it does seem evil in that God’s love is to
save the sinner and that Jesus came not to
condemn those that would believe in him, but that

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