At some time in the past, present or future...<br/><span style="font-style: italic">"My Lord, the humans will engage in a terrible conflict. Millions will die," one of the many angels in heaven attempt to employ reason with our lord God. He was not perturbed, nor was he disuaded by the comments. They come as no surprise, because he was aware of these events even before the people about to participate in them are. <br/><br/>God smiled at the angel, he beamed warmth into her bosom. She felt accepted, loved and valued all at the same time, just from his presence. "Are you not concerned for the welfare of the people?"<br/><br/>"The people will live. The people will love. They will experience life in all its grandeur. These experiences, they will take to their graves. They will pass on a legacy to their children. Their children will learn from their experiences and hopefully improve upon their own lives. I am not concerned about the people." God embraced the angel making her feel as she was the most important entity in the universe. At that very moment, she was. But was this before, during or after the 9th of November 1939? The true answer is all of the above. Time works differently in heaven. Events that have not happened are about to happen. Events about to happen have already been played out. God smiled and radiated warmth and love over the land.<br/><br/>"My child, as long as man loves one another and learns to increase their capacity for love, by loving thy neighbor, he will continue to walk this earth. When the majority of man becomes enamored by his own greatness, believes he is me and that he is obligated to no one, then we will worry. When man turns his back on the church, the one true faith, ignores his brother's pleas. Ignores his neighbors requests, then we can worry. It is when my name is spat upon, that Raphael is instructed to blow the horn. Upon his first blast, Rapture. All those who have respected my wishes and held me close to their chest, will be swept up into heaven. All those children who have not grown to an age where they can make decisions on their own, will be brought to my table, to join me in heaven. Those who have died recently and not had their bodies interred, will find themselves by my side in heaven. To the men remaining on the earth, they will see these people's clothing. They will see their cars, train or other modes of transportation that they may have just recently been driving continue as their laws of physics would have them do. The Rapture will cause chaos amongst all who remain. There will be those who follow him, the one who resides in the underworld and there will be those who have yet to decide. If they wish to preserve their eternal soul in love and happiness in heaven or to spend eternity with the demons of hell, not engaged in some lust-filled orgy, but in some of the most painfully excruciating experiences repetitively occurring over and over again for all of eternity. They must chose. It is not for us in heaven or for Satan in hell to decide their fate. They decide of their own which way they will go. I will help them arrive in heaven if they love thy neighbors and learn to expand their capacity to love. But those who espouse hatred and show only apathy toward their brothers and neighbors are bound for the other world.<br/><br/>"When Raphael blows his horn the second time, Tribulation. Then the people left on earth will make their decisions. They will experience worldwide hardships, disasters, famine, war, pain, and suffering, which will wipe out more than 75% of all life on the earth before the Second Coming takes place. The tribulation will be a difficult time for the people, much worse than the devastation they are about to endure. It will last exactly seven years.<br/><br/>"At the end of the tribulation, seven years after it begins, Raphael will blow his trumpet a third time, making the arrival of my son. He will walk upon the earth not as a lamb, but as a lion and bring more death and destruction upon those few who remain. He will lead the four horsemen through the lands and wipe the remaining vistiges of mankind from the earth.<br/><br/>"My friend, yes it will be a horrible time for them, but that will be there punishment when they turn their back on me. I give them life and I give them love. I am not upset when one, two, a handful or even one society turns their backs on me. Satan can try to take over the world or even attempt to nullify both heaven and earth, but there are sufficient numbers of good men still walking this planet who will stop Satan. There are men of moral integrity and courage ready to lay down their lives for justice, for the love of their fellow man. They will provide aid to their enemy for they know in their hearts it is best to forgive thy enemy, even at the darkest hour. It is because of those good men, with chests filled with love who walk the earth that I am not concerned about the events in one nation on the eve of one of the most cataclysmic events in the history of mankind.</span><br/><br/>Raphael listened to the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. He did his part to appear as though he belonged. He saluted and chanted the same ignorant statements in concert with the vast array of Germans and nazis assembled. He knew Adolf Hitler was a vile man, but he forgave him anyway. He knew it was not time to blow his trumpet. The events about to happen would be horrific and remain burned in the memories of men for centuries to come. Raphael was happy and remained outside. He felt the warmth of God's love. It strengthened his own resolve.<br/><br/>When the demon Darcy arose to speak at the dais, he recognized her exactly for what she was. She may have sat at the right hand of Satan himself. She may have been his spouse for all the evil that poured from her form. She was someone Raphael needed to watch. But his charge was not to stop Darcy, Asmodei or any of these other demons from perpetrating the worst crime in man's history, but to observe and protect the soul of the one witch who was given God's blessing of an eternal soul. For this reason alone, Raphael emitted a blast of God's warmth, LOVE out to every person or creature in the room. The blast was imperceptible to every human in the room. It was similar to a kick in the testicles to the demons, but a loving firm kick rather than one of those harsh painful ones. It was meant to bless the humans, though they knew not what was happening. They remained lost in their euphoria. It was also meant to break Darcy's grasp. It was meant to remind them that God still loves them and they are welcome into his house when they are ready.<br/><br/>To Isolde,<span style="font-style: italic">"God still loves you,"</span>was again whispered to her for only her to hear. Maybe the one calling herself Darcy could hear it too. It would be painful to her ears if she could. Raphael smiled knowing these pitiful demons were worried about their own existence. He had no intention of banishing them to hell at this moment. For he knew, there course was set in stone. Their day was coming, but it was not this day.