WAR IN HEAVEN

Far beyond the scramble and bustle of our finite world, beyond the moon, the sun, and the stars, there is a place where time meets space and infinity and eternity merge. It is the abode of the eternal God, whose name is Holy, whose signature is Love. Gloom's darkened shadows find no room in this city awash in the brilliant resplendence proceeding from His glorious throne Ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands angels waiting to do His commands ceaselessly sing the magnificent refrain, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of Host.

Here, in this ambience of rapture, sin was conceived in the mind of Lucifer, an angel highly favored by God. The secret brooding of his sub-conscience formulated itself into thoughts, "I am better, much better than a mere angel," he mused. "In fact what would God do without me?" he pondered. This angel — a covering cherub, full of wisdom, perfect in beauty, a continuing witness to God's constant and abiding love, until the day sin was found in his heart. Standing continuously in the presence of God, perpetually sheathed in ceaseless beams of glory emanating from the Almighty, Lucifer had ample evidence of God's love and God's power.