Mishael Angel of the Lord

About the Book

Author’s Notes about Mishael – Angel of the Lord

My novella began as a short story project for my blog. It was to have marked my comeback as a fiction writer after a long self-imposed hiatus from writing in order to concentrate on other projects. Along the way, my project grew in scope and size, from a short story to a novelette and then a novella and, half a year later, I was prodded by a certain family member with the suggestion to publish Mishael - Angel of the Lord.

I initially resisted the suggestion, but for a long time after that, I felt urged on by the Holy Spirit Himself to step in that direction. I prayed long and hard for the Lord's confirmation that He had a purpose for the book's being published, which He did, in providing the funds, in a dream I had about my subject matter - angels - (there outside my window, two large angels were locked in battle and hurtling from the sky), and in directing me to exact places in my manuscripts where I needed to correct and rectify the errors I had made in my doctrine of angels.

And here we are - about nine months later.

In a nutshell Mishael - Angel of the Lord is a fictional tale about faith and love. In the Christian Fantasy / Science Fiction genre, it is set against the backdrop of the Tribulation Hour.

The premise of this novella revolves around a battle for the soul of Mishael between the heavenly powers – the Holy Angels of the Lord and the Fallen Angels and Nephilim led by Lucifer. Mishael is the newly-created half angel, and much-loved pupil of the Archangels, Michael and Gabriel, who are training him in the ways of spiritual warfare.

As he grows in prowess and skill, Mishael becomes a formidable threat to Lucifer, who orders his minions to thwart his unique mission at all costs. The race for Mishael's soul commences, putting all the angels' faiths to the test. As the battle continues to rage between the forces of the Lord's triumvirate of holy angels – Michael, Gabriel and Mishael, and those of the unholy troika of Antichrist, False Prophet and Lucifer, enemy lines start to become blurred climaxing in loyalties being questioned.

What drives this story is not so much the plot as it is the relationship between the protagonists – Mishael and the Archangels, Michael and Gabriel, thence the preponderance of emotions in my narrative such as love, happiness, loyalty and faithfulness, and anger, sorrow, disappointment and longing.

My inspiration for writing Mishael is both personal and instructional. In recent years, there has been a surge in interest in vampirism, lycanthropy and witchcraft being promoted in the media and various publications that is fomenting the perennial pursuit of eternal youth and immortality. However, few appear aware of the New Spirituality and occult slants entrenched in this popular culture, which is pursued by today’s youth in the mainstream and ecumenical churches.

In Mishael, I had wanted to show there is a true way to immortality, which is diametrically opposed to what is suggested by the occult themes of popular culture.

There is also a popular misconception about angels and demons (Nephilim and fallen angels), portrayed in and popularized by the media and upheld by the general populace. A common misconception is that entities in the spiritual dimensions are intangible beings because spirit beings; on the contrary, both holy and demonic angels are not only tangible but also tactile beings, conscious of sensation and capable of being locked in embrace and hand to hand combat.

Another myth among human beings in their conception of beings in the spirit realm is that angels are emotionless creatures that act out of pure and cold logic, blindly following their leaders’ orders, whether the leader is God or Satan. This cannot be further removed from reality; if anything at all, since angels are free will agents, not only

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