>Do you think for a second an archangel cares if it lives or dies in a battle
This is an interesting question - leaving aside what species might be included under that title.
The enlightened human has no fear of death - knowing that the human form is but a container for at least one greater entity. There may however be a preference to avoid particular means of death.
The human typically contains a soul and the soul, while immortal is not eternal, being progressively dissolved after the 3rd initiation.
Does the same occur to the higher entities anchored in the form of the enlightened human?
So, do archangels also contain (or are part of) higher intelligences that are not averse to a worthwhile loss of the outer form?
>So the jist I see is we are capable as humans of a higher self that needs the archangel force to balance our equation of life! So was Elijah and archangel Medatron the higher and lower self of Elijah?
Fascinating thought foxfires, easy to imagine... mmm...
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
>So was Elijah and archangel Metatron the higher and lower self of Elijah?
I am reminded here of the three pillars on our Tracing Boards.. some topped with cloud, others topped with figures and yet other with luminaries. These pillars are in the company of a ladder...
>Matthew 17:4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
It is an interesting scene - suggesting that both Moses and Elijah would need shelter from the weather - being present in physical forms.
It is possible that the scene with Jesus, Moses and Elijah is actually an adaptation of a much earlier event - that the editors of the NT wrote in some scenes to give extra credibility to the figure of Jesus.
>What if the people in the bible are not personages, but rather personifications?
They might look like personifications, but a better model may be to consider that the texts have been amended over the centuries to meet the political and theological requirements of the time.
For example, the characters of James the Just and his brother Jesus seem to have been combined. And some of the events of the Lord of Life (Horus) have been included, e.g. the raising of Asar and Lazarus.
Another example is Solomon who cannot be found in OT locations and dates but who may well be Suleiman the Magnificent (16th century) adapted to theological requirements.
Similarly the astronomical event at the crucifixion of an eclipse before Passover and darkness across the land cannot be matched around 33 AD, but a match is found for about 1150 AD.
Even worse, the astronomical scenes (showing planets and constellations) in Egyptian tombs cannot be matched to the official historical periods but may all be matchable to medieval times.
I stood down some of what at the time i though was the nastiest evil on this side of the Galaxy! And I just told it LOOKS Like I get Judged and according to you I am gonna get or become toasted! So thanks for letting me know, Now Please take me before the Judge of all things and let me stare it in the Face and then I get to die
I had a very similar experience foxfires... the devil himself!
I was given a choice of taking off a crucifix from around my neck or being killed. I chose not to take it off (which really surprised me because I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to being sacrificed) - I was being carted off to my doom, absolutely terrified!! As a final thought, I called upon the Holy Mother (not my usual habit) to be with me. I was instantly freed and shown by imagery that She would always protect me not matter what danger surrounded me.
All the above happened in an altered state, so I was very surprised some time later, when relating the experience, to hear that another Bro in my lodge had almost the exact same experience.
That got me wondering if it was related to initiations. The testing time. Are we ready for the next step.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
>shown by imagery that She would always protect me not matter what danger surrounded me.
I tend to think that I have similar protection - to the point of rarely being sufficient circumspect when confronting inner plane entities. I do however encourage others to be cautious.
The difficulties generally arise when the lodge or human is not actually clean enough for the proposed confrontation.
For example, protection or tyling does not help much if the dark influence is already inside.
I used to share a house with a fellow who came to me once complaining of possession. So I went up a couple of planes and zapped the entity - but it stayed put. I went up another plane and zapped again. Still there. And another plane. Still no result.
So I asked what was happening and was told that I was dislodging the entity but it was immediately invited to return by the negativity of this fellow.
Apparently the fellow knew that he should not be living and working where he was but would not leave. This constituted a form of deliberate negativity and hence he was open to any dark entities taking an interest.
He left about a year later.
Baldwin recites a parallel case with a woman having trouble with entities and he tracked her vulnerability back to her being molested by her father, and while knowing that it was wrong, not objecting. Thus passive consent to the dark actions of another long ago may remain as an on-going weakness.
I tend the view that the devil is a theo-political construct arising out of god-led wars earlier in Earth history. Thus the leader of the main group not in power was depicted as the leader of an evil horde. When control of the Earth changed hands so did the identity of the evil one.
Parallel struggles exist on higher planes with the logoi of the planets competing for influence and followers in the solar system. That could be seen as natural family rivalries at that level, but on Earth the impacts within humanity can easily be seen as evil. E.g. the logos of Saturn patronised the Nazi movement.