At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was 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." Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
-The Book of Revelation 4:2-11
In the realm without flesh, a realm of ghostly incantations made real, is where I stood. A throne of onyx rose from the depths, encircled by 7 smaller thrones forged from the agonies and woes of sinner and saint alike. A figure sat atop the throne, his features chiseled from stone, hardened in the heat of Hades. A hateful decadence played as on audience of this King, as it danced on the air in a defiling display.
The seven smaller thrones were divided amongst visions of equal fearsome disgraces. Upon the first four thrones sat the Four Horsemen. Conquest sat upon a throne of white, perhaps cause by the heat of of the fires of hell, as each lie which cursed his lips. War sat upon a throne of blood, a golden chalice clinched in his fist, blood spilling over the rim. Famine was next, the sickly and rotting form on a throne of purest black, adorned with bone and sinew. Death sat atop the throne of hardened wood, of pine, oak, or gopher. The image of St. Peter reciprocated the image of the Lamb upon the day of crucifixion.
The three remaining thrones were empty of life. No living thing stirred. A blade left plunged in the seat of the first, a book opened an over-turned upon the second, and the splintered fragments of a cross left to rot atop the last.
There were no other visions, no souls in the surround. No sound was emitted, no word uttered into the dark. Pain wrought this body, or spirit I was. Blood would trickle from my eyes. There was no use for worship in the place, no ease to this torment, no aid to the pain. I has been said that hell is no patch of earth, no place of the physical plane. Hell is the separation from the God of Adam, for eternity and beyond. Those who would believe this have not seen this place. Hell is real, the Serpent is real. He is here.
-The Book of Truth in Deceit 6:6-16
When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
-The Book of Revelation 9:2-12
The beasts are loose, their bark and their bite. The sting will come swift, though death will not. Pray for it, search for it within, beg and plead. You will not find an end to the torment. Hell hath shown her fury, hath warned of her fangs. This war may be lost, but this battle belongs to us. There is nothing as dangerous as the determination of those who have nothing left to lose. Amen.
-Summary of this mornings "Black Sabbath Sermon"
-The Church of Perdition
-The Priest of the Fallen
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was 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." Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
-The Book of Revelation 4:2-11
In the realm without flesh, a realm of ghostly incantations made real, is where I stood. A throne of onyx rose from the depths, encircled by 7 smaller thrones forged from the agonies and woes of sinner and saint alike. A figure sat atop the throne, his features chiseled from stone, hardened in the heat of Hades. A hateful decadence played as on audience of this King, as it danced on the air in a defiling display.
The seven smaller thrones were divided amongst visions of equal fearsome disgraces. Upon the first four thrones sat the Four Horsemen. Conquest sat upon a throne of white, perhaps cause by the heat of of the fires of hell, as each lie which cursed his lips. War sat upon a throne of blood, a golden chalice clinched in his fist, blood spilling over the rim. Famine was next, the sickly and rotting form on a throne of purest black, adorned with bone and sinew. Death sat atop the throne of hardened wood, of pine, oak, or gopher. The image of St. Peter reciprocated the image of the Lamb upon the day of crucifixion.
The three remaining thrones were empty of life. No living thing stirred. A blade left plunged in the seat of the first, a book opened an over-turned upon the second, and the splintered fragments of a cross left to rot atop the last.
There were no other visions, no souls in the surround. No sound was emitted, no word uttered into the dark. Pain wrought this body, or spirit I was. Blood would trickle from my eyes. There was no use for worship in the place, no ease to this torment, no aid to the pain. I has been said that hell is no patch of earth, no place of the physical plane. Hell is the separation from the God of Adam, for eternity and beyond. Those who would believe this have not seen this place. Hell is real, the Serpent is real. He is here.
-The Book of Truth in Deceit 6:6-16
When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
-The Book of Revelation 9:2-12
The beasts are loose, their bark and their bite. The sting will come swift, though death will not. Pray for it, search for it within, beg and plead. You will not find an end to the torment. Hell hath shown her fury, hath warned of her fangs. This war may be lost, but this battle belongs to us. There is nothing as dangerous as the determination of those who have nothing left to lose. Amen.
-Summary of this mornings "Black Sabbath Sermon"
-The Church of Perdition
-The Priest of the Fallen