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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels
time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s
reach.
"Then from his mouth, the serpent spewed
water like a river, to overtake the woman and
sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth
helped the woman by opening its mouth and
swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed
out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at
the woman and went off to make war against the
rest of her offspring, those who obey God’s
commandments and hold to the testimony of
Jesus.” (Revelations 12 1-17)
Chapter 7 to 9, where it says, “And there
was war in heaven” refers to the events prior to the
creation of Adam and the physical universe. As
we have seen, we find in Genesis 2: 9, God also
warning about two trees in the middle of the
Garden of Eden - the Tree of Life, and the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Understanding the role of angels, and
especially the fallen ones, this is significant
because these trees are not a separate situation
with regard to Lucifer’s fall and his influence on
human life to this day and beyond.
Cast down before the creation of Adam,
Lucifer, referred to as the Serpent is already on the
earth. The two trees with either eternal life or
eternal death were there before the creation of
Adam, and so God did not tempt Adam with the
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil as many
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