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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

“hill of testimony or Mound of Witness,” and
“Avenging” meaning God’s vengeance, was
authentic, and especially because vengeance
belongs to God to inflict revenge, not man.
This implies that it is improper for people
to interfere with that which correctly belongs to
God. - When we are angry and attempt to avenge
ourselves, we should remember, therefore, that
we are infringing on the sole prerogatives of God
himself.
This is no small matter when it comes to
countries and cultures where sectarian or other
religious violence continues through revenge, the
curse of which being unending violence. The
vengeance of man cannot satisfy the justice of God
and in fact, usurps his unique place as the one and
only judge of all the earth. This is a grievous and
mortal sin if we do so.
Although not yet convinced, I could see
the possibility of “Gilead” referring to Flame
Ministries International and perhaps also to the
Cathedral Praise Meeting as ‘Mound of witness”,
and if so, this would mean that anyone attempting
to harm either would face the angel who would
administer God’s just judgement on their behalf.
For the next twelve months, this was my
unspoken position. At the time, we suffered some
rejection by people in the Catholic community and
in the Catholic charismatic renewal and maligned
as fundamentalist heretics. - In those early days,
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