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over the earth began to swirl and dissipate. Things moved quickly after that. The rest of the demons raced behind Satan and stood near the edge to see what was going on. It was thrilling and horrifying at the same time. Not since we fell from heaven had we heard the voice of God, but there it was, perfectly clear as His words pierced the atmosphere, and we fell on our faces as if dead.
He said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
You cannot begin to imagine what it was like. Let me try to explain so that you can understand our mounting fear. Illumination beyond what any eyes could bear penetrated the darkness and banished it from the face of Earth. All of the misery, destruction, ignorance, sorrow, and wickedness that had made up the "darkness" started to disappear. It was not light as you have experienced it.
It did not come from a star or fire. It came from God Himself. It was blinding, without shadow, and there was no hiding from it. It was painful to us. It was as if our entire being were one great eye that had been in total darkness now suddenly thrust into glaring sunlight. That is what it felt like, only worse. One can close an eye that has been assaulted by bright light, but there was nothing we could do to shield ourselves.
Satan howled as he slunk back, seeking refuge in the deeper darkness of second heaven. We pulled back into the blackest cave with him, trying to hide and waiting to see what God would do next.
Then God said, "Let there be sky between the waters to separate them."
Every one of us was transfixed and unable to move.
I had forgotten what it was like to hear Him speak and bring order out of chaos with just His word. How can I describe what it was like to hear His voice again? It was like delicate bells and peals of thunder all coming together in beauty and majesty.
Everything within me yearned to jump up and cry out to Him, "Here I am, God. Please take me back. Let me come home with You." Instead, I rolled into a ball and bit my tail so I could not speak. I could not chance it.
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear."
It wasn't so much that God was creating something that never existed before. It was more like He was calling Earth back into its original order before our fury had been unleashed upon it. Not being subject to time ourselves, I can't really say how long it took us to scandalize and pillage Earth into the travesty it became, but for Earth, it was a painful and slow process. Now God was speaking, and the elements of Earth came into perfect order before the words were completely out of His mouth. Seconds—that's all it took for Him to restore Earth and cancel everything Satan had done to it.
That's when it first occurred to me that this was a very strange thing for God to do. Think about it. W h a t was the point? W h y would He send Ruah Ha Kadosh to call the chaos back into order? Didn't God know that it would happen all over again? At least that would be the case if He allowed Satan to retain any access to Earth. Since He had not yet destroyed any of us, I presumed that He wouldn't. But it made no sense to me to restore Earth unless He planned to banish Satan once and for all. I wondered if He had really thought this through. I wasn't the only one perplexed by this strange action of God.
"Why is He fixing it?" a demon near the door of the cave asked.
"He must plan to destroy Satan—and us," someone else whispered.
"He can't. He won't. It isn't time." I was relieved that someone besides me could confirm that such an action would indeed be outside the rules.
"He must be planning to send Satan somewhere else—and us with him," the first demon replied.
I didn't dare contradict an already nervous demon, but I knew that wasn't going to happen. He sent Satan to Earth for a purpose, and although I couldn't figure out what it was, it had to be for some other reason than tearing the place to shreds. God must have a
He said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
You cannot begin to imagine what it was like. Let me try to explain so that you can understand our mounting fear. Illumination beyond what any eyes could bear penetrated the darkness and banished it from the face of Earth. All of the misery, destruction, ignorance, sorrow, and wickedness that had made up the "darkness" started to disappear. It was not light as you have experienced it.
It did not come from a star or fire. It came from God Himself. It was blinding, without shadow, and there was no hiding from it. It was painful to us. It was as if our entire being were one great eye that had been in total darkness now suddenly thrust into glaring sunlight. That is what it felt like, only worse. One can close an eye that has been assaulted by bright light, but there was nothing we could do to shield ourselves.
Satan howled as he slunk back, seeking refuge in the deeper darkness of second heaven. We pulled back into the blackest cave with him, trying to hide and waiting to see what God would do next.
Then God said, "Let there be sky between the waters to separate them."
Every one of us was transfixed and unable to move.
I had forgotten what it was like to hear Him speak and bring order out of chaos with just His word. How can I describe what it was like to hear His voice again? It was like delicate bells and peals of thunder all coming together in beauty and majesty.
Everything within me yearned to jump up and cry out to Him, "Here I am, God. Please take me back. Let me come home with You." Instead, I rolled into a ball and bit my tail so I could not speak. I could not chance it.
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear."
It wasn't so much that God was creating something that never existed before. It was more like He was calling Earth back into its original order before our fury had been unleashed upon it. Not being subject to time ourselves, I can't really say how long it took us to scandalize and pillage Earth into the travesty it became, but for Earth, it was a painful and slow process. Now God was speaking, and the elements of Earth came into perfect order before the words were completely out of His mouth. Seconds—that's all it took for Him to restore Earth and cancel everything Satan had done to it.
That's when it first occurred to me that this was a very strange thing for God to do. Think about it. W h a t was the point? W h y would He send Ruah Ha Kadosh to call the chaos back into order? Didn't God know that it would happen all over again? At least that would be the case if He allowed Satan to retain any access to Earth. Since He had not yet destroyed any of us, I presumed that He wouldn't. But it made no sense to me to restore Earth unless He planned to banish Satan once and for all. I wondered if He had really thought this through. I wasn't the only one perplexed by this strange action of God.
"Why is He fixing it?" a demon near the door of the cave asked.
"He must plan to destroy Satan—and us," someone else whispered.
"He can't. He won't. It isn't time." I was relieved that someone besides me could confirm that such an action would indeed be outside the rules.
"He must be planning to send Satan somewhere else—and us with him," the first demon replied.
I didn't dare contradict an already nervous demon, but I knew that wasn't going to happen. He sent Satan to Earth for a purpose, and although I couldn't figure out what it was, it had to be for some other reason than tearing the place to shreds. God must have a
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