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Valley of God [Read chapters 1-4]

a deancas horror au by valleydean (emmbrancsxx0) halloween horror series

SUMMARY: Dean and Castiel have been dating for a little under a year, and things are going great - or, at least, that's what Dean thought. On the weekend before the summer solstice, Cas is hired to take a group of campers on an excursion through the Appalachian Trail in the Hundred-Mile Wilderness. Much to Cas' shock, Dean tags along. When the campers are attacked by mysterious forces in the forest, they end up in a peculiar town hidden under an eternal mist. Soon, members of their group start to go missing, and Dean can't shake the feeling that something led them to town for a purpose.

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“Start from the beginning,” Ishim said.

At once, Charlie, Jo, and Victor began talking over each other.

Ishim held up his hand, silencing them. “One at a time.”

Everyone was quiet then, waiting for someone else to talk. When it became apparent no one would, Dean opened his mouth, figuring somebody had to do it.

Cas beat him to the punch: “We were hiking the Appalachian Trail and took a small detour to the ruins at the top of the mountain—”

“The old temple ruins?” Ishim confirmed.

Cas nodded. “We made camp not far from them. Some time in the middle of the night, we were awoken by… To be frank, I’m not sure what it was. Something attacked us. It shook our tents like it was trying to get inside.”

“An animal?” Ishim asked.

Cas shook his head. “No. I… We heard screaming. There were whispers. Some of us saw people in the forest.”

“Can you describe these people?”

“We didn’t get a good look at their faces. It was too dark.”

Ishim hummed. Then, “What happened then?”

“I thought it would be safer if we got off the mountain. I told the others to run,” Cas explained, and Dean narrowed his eyes at the back of his head. He remembered what Cas had said before he left the tent. Something about Dean being safer there. And now he was saying they hadn’t been safe at camp?

It didn’t make a lick of sense.

“We lost each other as we came down the mountain,” Cas was saying. “One of us may still be in the forest. If he isn’t here…” Cas shook his head mournfully down at his lap, but there was something in the line of his shoulders. Dean couldn’t place it. “I’m afraid he might be hurt.”

“Look, is it possible it was people from the town playing a prank?” Victor cut in.

Ishim sat back in his chair, not taking a second to mull it over. He shook his head immediately. “No. We keep to ourselves. We don’t get many outsiders.”

“You’re telling me,” Jo grumbled, probably thinking the same things Dean was.

The clothes, the streetlamps, the cobblestones, the town marshal? It all looked like something out of a 1800s period drama. Dean felt like he’d just stepped out of a time machine.

“Where are we?” Charlie asked.

Ishim said, “Nahaliel.”

Dean frowned. “That’s the name of the town? Kinda a mouthful.”

“It means Valley of God,” Ishim told him, shooting Dean a hostile look. Dean didn’t really care what the name meant!

Suddenly, the door swung open again. Dean jolted, at the end of his rope. He wasn’t the only one, because everyone whipped around, too.

Benjamin came back inside, two other people in tow. First was a slender guy who, even though it was the middle of the night, was dressed in a three-piece suit with a collarless shirt held together by a diamond stickpin. His shoulders were held back, making him look taller and more imposing than he actually was. Behind him, there was a stern-looking woman in a white blouse tucked into a long skirt. Her hair was pulled into a tight bun. An antique carved ivory cameo brooch was pinned to her collar.

Ishim stood up and said, “This is Raphael. He’s Nahaliel’s acting leader.”

Leader. Not mayor or governor. Leader.

Acting leader, actually. Dean didn’t know if it was worth it to ask what happened to their regular one. He really didn’t give a shit, anyway, considering how many other things were going on. Either way, these people were weird as hell.

Dean figured they must be Mennonite or something. That was the only explanation he could come up with.

“Raphael, these people were camping near the ruins on the mountain. They said something attacked them. One of them is still missing.”

“I see,” Raphael said. His tone was deep and dark, baritone. It shook inside the hollow of Dean’s bones. He spoke with absolutely no inflection at all. “Your friend?” He stood to the side of Ishim’s desk and gave them all the once-over. Dean felt himself tense when the guy’s eyes briefly passed over him. Like Raphael’s voice, his expression was unyielding and emotionless.

“Their friend,” Cas corrected. “They were on a tour. I’m their guide.” He said the last part sullenly, like he was blaming himself for what happened. For losing Garth. Dean’s heart tugged before he remembered he was mad at Cas.

Recovering, Cas looked up at Raphael again and said, “My name is Castiel.”

“Castiel,” Raphael repeated. “You were the guide for all…” He inspected everyone else again, like he was counting them. “Six of them?”

Dean’s forehead wrinkled. It was kind of a weird thing to say. Maybe the guy was just trying to figure out if everyone else was accounted for.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cas pull his shoulders back. “Yes. Including Garth.”

“The one who is missing?”

Cas nodded. “We thought, maybe, he saw the lights of your town and came here but…” He paused, and Dean could practically hear the cogs in his head turning. When he spoke again, he asked, “This town. How long have you been here?”

“A long time,” Raphael answered. “We were founded centuries ago.”

“That’s impossible. I’ve been this way hundreds of times. I’ve never seen this place.”

Dean tensed his fists on his lap, because Garth was still out there and they were getting off topic.

“Yet, here we are,” Raphael said.

“But—” Cas started.

Dean cut him off, “Who the hell cares?” He stood up, ready to go back into the damn woods and find Garth himself if he had to. “We’re wasting time standing around here with our dicks in our hands. Meanwhile, Garth’s still out there with who the hell knows what!”

“We will find your friend,” Raphael told him, slow and measured, and maybe Dean was just freaked out and overreacting, but this didn’t feel like the usual removed, calm public service guy attitude found in cops taking witness statements. Raphael was starting to piss him off.

Finally, Raphael turned to Ishim and said, “Form a search party and begin looking immediately.”

Ishim nodded, seeming ready to hop to it.

“Great!” Dean bit out. “I’m coming, too.”

“Me, too,” Victor said, his chair legs scraping on the wooden floor as he got up. Benny leaned off the wall.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve all been through an ordeal,” the woman who’d walked in with Raphael finally spoke. Everyone in the room turned to her. “You should rest. Let us handle the search.”

Dean told her, “Look, lady—”

“Naomi.”

“Right. Naomi,” he said, trying not to lose his patience. “I don’t think any of us are gonna rest very well until we find Garth. He’s our buddy.”

“And our people know these woods,” Naomi returned pleasantly. “There’s no sense in another one of you getting lost out there. Our marshal will find your friend quicker without you. In the meantime, there’s space for each of you at the inn. I’ll take you there. It isn’t far.”

Dean was still wary, even though the reasoning made sense. He looked at the others, trying to gauge what they were thinking. All of them shared uncertain looks with one another.

Cas sighed and relented, “Yes. Thank you.”

“Excellent. If you’ll follow me.”

Maybe all of them were just too bone-tired to do anything but go with the flow, but they all followed Naomi out of the marshal’s office. Together, they started down the street.

Ahead of him, Charlie and Jo had their arms around each other as they spoke in soft voices. Victor and Benny were looking around at their surroundings. Cas kept his head down, his shoulders tucked up to his ears.

Dean figured now was as good a time as any.

He rushed to Cas’ side and demanded, “You wanna tell me what the fuck all that was about at camp?”

Cas looked at him, expression drawn but eyes deep wells of emotion. “Dean, I promise, I’ll explain everything later.”

No way. Not good enough.

Dean stopped walking abruptly and grabbed Cas’ arm, manhandling him around. “Yeah, how ‘bout you explain now?”

Cas’ gaze roamed Dean’s face. His mouth was open, like he’d start talking at any second, but he never did. Dean didn’t know if he was searching for an excuse or what, but his patience was running out.

Cas inhaled. “Dean—”

“Please keep up! The mist is thick tonight. We wouldn’t want you losing your way,” Naomi called from up ahead, pausing to look back at them. The others did, too, all of them blinking Dean and Cas’ way.

Slight embarrassment uncurled in Dean’s gut. He looked back at Cas, whose face was shored up into a neutral mask again. Cas dipped his chin down and started walking after the others.

Dean flapped his arms against his sides in defeat and stomped after him.

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Gabriel — Drawn Digitally via Procreate Jan 2024 ; for the game, DEMØNS & MAJIK TCG

“He went to strike down Earthe but was halted by Gabriel, the First Angel. Gabriel waved his hand and Nahaliel came from Nothing, and assisted Gabriel in defending against the Darkness.”

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"The Golden Scepter." From Esther 4: 9-11.

Our story, about a Babylonian god, Marduk and his friend, the goddess Esther who are trying to save Jewish people from a genocide in ancient times continues. At the core of the tale is the need for government, religion, and the people to stratify, to be as different as possible, so long as the foundation of the community precludes the need for rivalry.

Unity does not imply conformity, which never works. All the evil done in the eyes of the Lord towards Jews, gays, Muslims, black people, poor people has happened because of conflict between diversity and conformity. It is unsettling to think we missed out on this one in particular, I think the idea of foreign gods going to bat for the Jewish people is very cool, perhaps it is an omen for the Mashiach in some way.

The fate of the Jewish people in the Book of Esther depends on the ability of Esther to convince the King of Persia to wave his golden scepter. Staves, scepters, pillars, all of these pertain of course to the amazing powers of the penis. The scepter itself s mentioned in Chukat:

The Journey to Moab

10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth "water skin". 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim "beyond the crossing", in the wilderness that faces Moab "water of the father" toward the sunrise. 12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley "cooling" . 13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon "a ringing cry", which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites "talkers". 14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:

“. . . Zahab[e] "gold" in Suphah and the ravines,     the Arnon 15 and[f] the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar     and lie along the border of Moab.”

Supnah= Passed Over, Passer Over, One Who Transits, Flower Forth, Deducer, He Who Looks At Something From All Sides.

"After he makes water from the skin and cries out, he passes over, he flowers, knows he has passed over and can see the world from all sides. Then, he has a beer and sings."

16 From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

17 Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!     Sing about it, 18 about the well that the princes dug,     that the nobles of the people sank—     the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah "the gift", 19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel "the region from beyond", from Nahaliel to Bamoth "the deducer", 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab "father's water" where the top of Pisgah "the summit" overlooks the wasteland.

->The first marks of sentience are the ability to commit, to be patient, to avoid gossip, slander, resurrectionists, and their proponents. Virginity is also a mark, one we must eventually erase by devirginizing the boy, leaving not one regret behind.

We touched on this a little before; greatness in a kingdom or its rulership does not come form the knife it comes from the scepter. Rulers who choose to be feared instead of loved will fear for their own lives for all time. Those who choose to be loved will receive some protection from their own people.

The scepter the gadag represents the decision to be great instead of fearsome. This decision must be made before the boy becomes a man and takes his place in the culture:

"The verb גדל (gadel) means to become strong or great, particularly by combining many ordinary elements into a big strong strand or collection of some sort.

The noun מגדל (migdal) or מגדול (migdol) literally describes a place or agent for greatness. It's the word for tower, and a tower is not only a big strong thing consisting of many bricks, it also formed the center of a community around which all houses and all activity unfolded. From their tower people kept lookout over the community's territories, and launched offensives when the community was attacked.

A tower could carry a fire and from it folks trumpeted signals. Towers drew its people from wherever they might roam. Over time they developed into central storage houses, banks and seats of government. Towers are buildings around which the greatness of a people forms and in which it becomes manifested."

9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. 

10 Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”

We discussed Day 13 in a prior forum now we must define Day 30. Day 13 is when things go tilt, "enough is enough." Day 30=1102, יאאֶפֶסב‎‎, jaapesb, "a display of theophanic brilliance that inspires others."

"The verb יפע (yapa') means to shine or radiate and appears to be reserved for the radiant element of theophanic displays (Deuteronomy 33:2, Job 10:3, Psalm 50:1).

But curiously, this verb's sole derivative, the feminine noun יפעה (yip'a), meaning brightness or splendor, is applied to the king of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:7 and 28:17 only).

The adjective πας (pas) declines into the more familiar forms παν (pan) and παντος (pantos) and expresses oneness, wholeness or totality.

The noun אב ('ab) means father and possibly comes from the root אבה ('bh). A verb spelled and pronounced exactly the same as the assumed root of the word אב ('ab) is the verb אבה ('aba), meaning to do something under obligation or upon request.

The noun בן (ben) means son and probably comes from the verb בנה (bana) meaning to build, such as a house. From בן (ben) in turn comes the word בת (bat), which means daughter. Linguistically unrelated but still striking is the word בית (bayit, or beth in constructs such as Bethel or Bethlehem), which means house. And equally unrelated but still striking is the verb בין (bin), literally meaning being able to see a difference; perceive or discern. A derivative of this verb is the substantive בין (ben), meaning between.

So by Day 30 we want to graduate up to a ruler who is a jaapasabin, "the son or product or the fruits of the actions of great Godliness and beneficence turned into a way of life."

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 9: Hathak went back. "the lovemaking went forward." Recall in Jewish Hebrew the future goes back, not forward. The same way someone in line behind you is ahead of you in terms of temporal mechanics, anything that goes forward goes back.

The Number is 3364, גגו‎‎‎ד‎, גגד, "the top coat."

Theophany explains all the ways religion manifests in society. Theophanics explain behaviors. We have decided for example, that we think God hates Jewish people. The theophany then means we think is killing Jews pleases God so we do it. In Esther, the god Marduk says the opposite, so the theophany here would mean we do not kill other people because of an inexplicable prejudice.

So the top coat, the final layer of paint or of an outfit is the one that finishes off the approach.

v. 10-11a:  Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court.

Theophany begins in the mind. All the princes and princesses of Israel must report like the goddess Esther in order to create the proper illustration of the Torah in their conduct. The Number is 9798, ט‎זטח‎ ‎"the surface."

11b: without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”

The opposite of a report is a call. In Judaism regret is affiliated with death. The Law was given to prevent regret. Genocide is of course mankind's greatest regret.

The Number is 12092, קךץב‎, kachtsev, "a vector like an arrow."

The Kabbalah between all of this and our salient point is quite a leap, but it means "to choose in a manner that creates a weight bearing structure that can endure." Also "calm confidence and propensity."

"The verb αρκεω (arkeo) describes structural resistance to an outside pressure — hence our English words "ark" (see below), "arc" and "arch," the latter of which describes a construction designed to resist gravity caused by the weight of stones atop the arch. Our words appear to derive from a very old Proto-Germanic word for bow or more specifically: having the qualities of a bow or pertaining to a bow (hence our word "arrow" which also derives from this word). These roots also provided the word αρκευθος (arkeuthos), which describes certain plants and trees with resilient or bendable branches, such as Juniper trees and Phoenicia's famous cedars.

Most generally our verb αρκεω (arkeo) means to ward off or support against collapse brought on by outside forces. Hence the noun αρκεσις (arkesis), meaning help; the adverb αρκεοντως (arkeontos), meaning strong enough or sufficiently supportive; the adjective αρκιος (arkios), meaning to be relied on, sure enough; and the noun αρκος (arkos), meaning defense (unused in the New Testament). This latter noun is identical to an unusual variant of the much more common noun αρκτος (arktos), meaning bear, and see below for a discussion of this.

Our verb is used a mere 8 times in the New Testament, see full concordance, but from it stem the following important derivations:

The adjective αρκετος (arketos), meaning sufficient or enough, with the implication of being sufficient to avert collapse (Matthew 6:34, 10:25 and 1 Peter 4:3 only).

The noun αρκτος (arktos), meaning bear, the both docile but at times wildly fierce animal that was also known as αρκος (arkos), which is identical to a noun meaning defense (see above). This suggests that this formidable mammal was proverbially known for both its latent strength and calm confidence and also for its propensity to defend itself and its young in bloody battle.

The Greeks applied their word for bear to the familiar stellar constellation we know as Ursa Major, or Great Bear, then Ursa Minor, Little Bear, and ultimately to the entire arctic north and even the arctic south. Since 42 is the signature number of Egypt (the 42 body parts of Osiris became 42 governmental districts), the story of the two bears who tear up the 42 boys of Bethel, obviously comments on the relationship between the three dominating wisdom traditions in the 6th century BC: that of Hellas, Egypt and the Jews of Persia. In our e-book How The Mind Works (free, no tricks), we explain that the mental sphere is self-similar to the biosphere, most basically divided into toe-walkers and flat-footers. The toe-walking super-group comprises all herdlings (sheep, cows, pigs, but also cats and dogs), whereas the flat-foot super-group comprises most burrowers (mice, rabbits, beavers but also apes and thus humans).

The toe-walkers are reactionary and follow only their senses, whereas the flat-footers are natural mystics, whose imagination (δοκεω, dokeo, to imagine) tells them more about the greater albeit invisible world than their immediate observations. Bears, though natural members of the dog family, adapted and became flat-footers and cave-dwellers. In the mental arena, these are Greek philosophers, formidable beasts but ultimately rather useless to the shepherds (ποιμην, poimen), whose true dogs (κυων, kuon) form the formal governments of the human herds. Note that our English word "bear" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "bher-", which puzzled scholars divide in two: root "bher-" (1) is thought to mean brown or bright, whereas the much wider attested "bher-" (2) means to bear or carry. Here at Abarim Publications we don't see the need to assume two separate roots, since the bear was evidently indeed known as the "bearer." Our noun occurs in the New Testament in Revelation 13:2 only, where the "feet of the bear" obviously don't refer to furry clumpers but rather to the constitutional basis of a non-belligerent but nevertheless heavily secured society. For more on the two cosmic bears that upheld the canopy of heaven, see our articles on the nouns σπογγος (spoggos), sponge, and μοδιος (modios), the measuring basket beneath which nobody would place a candle (Matthew 5:15).

Together with the pronoun αυτος (autos), meaning self: the adjective αυταρκης (autarkes), meaning self-sufficient or capable of keeping oneself from structural collapse (Philippians 4:11 only). From this word derives:

The noun αυταρκεια (autarkeia), meaning self-sufficiency, the quality of being capable to keep oneself from structural collapse (2 Corinthians 9:8 and 1 Timothy 6:6 only).

Together with the preposition επι (epi), meaning on or upon: the verb επαρκεω (eparkeo), meaning to add to support or to sustain support (1 Timothy 5:10 and 5:16 only)."

So to wave the golden scepter and spare the Jewish people from complete eradication is way the gods and men of the ancient world attempted to explain man has no future if he cannot eke out a consitutional basis for "non-belligerence."

Believe it or not, we have this, it is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but no one respects it. We would rather be cruel, petty, dysfunctional and make silly ridiculous excuses all the time.

The Declaration of Human rights, which was signed by the President and ratified by the Congress is akin to federal law, it cannot be sidestepped. The sentiment, found in the Torah cannot undergo changes become the object of suspicion. Yet we engage in genocide, torture, start wars, and allow criminals of all sorts enter our governments and distort the meaning of manhood and we seem not to care until the breaking point is nigh and the body counts are high.

The correct vector, direction and magnitude of the arrows of our thoughts are supposed to perform in the opposite manner: prevent harm, foster lawful goodness, and ensure the human race does not falter. This Torah is especially pertinent to those in positions of authority.

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Numbers 21:17-22 KJV

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: [18] The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: [19] And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: [20] And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. [21] And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, [22] Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

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Numbers

Chapter 21

1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

Numbers 21

Diane Beauford

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Numbers 21: God Gave The Canaanites Over To Israel To Completely Destroy

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 

2 Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.” 

3 The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

The Bronze Snake

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 

5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 

7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 

9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

The Journey to Moab

10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. 

11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise. 

12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. 

13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 

14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:

“. . . Zahab in Suphah and the ravines,     the Arnon 

15 and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar     and lie along the border of Moab.”

16 From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

17 Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!     Sing about it,

18 about the well that the princes dug,     that the nobles of the people sank—     the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, 

19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 

20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

Defeat of Sihon and Og

21 Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:

22 “Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel. 

24 Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified. 

25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements. 

26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.

27 That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;     let Sihon’s city be restored.

28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,     a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab,     the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

29 Woe to you, Moab!     You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives     and his daughters as captives     to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 “But we have overthrown them;     Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah,     which extends to Medeba.”

31 So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

32 After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. 

33 Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

35 So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land.

[doesromandoart]

Unnatural: character concepts/designs

okay I started these in like... September 2019 I believe? so some of these designs are outdated at this point, but since I doubt I’m going to actually finish these I’ll just post them now before I forget about them

[cadaver1ne]

GORETOBER DAY 6: CHAINS

[amai-6]

[amai-6-art]

Been on a Satan/Red Man and Harpy world binge, along w some memes haha

Basically what’s under the cut boils down to:

(forgot/left out his tattoos and scars. but here he is caring for his harpy and their child-to-be.)

Satan and his child, whom he has a Distaste for, cant u tell? hahaha

Satan was SURE he had sealed that Sacrificial Blade away securely, but Felix is nothing but CHAOS. 

Made some angels to go w our little demons. (so far these are mine, more tba) These are their first sketches/designs. some changes may come w time.

Nahaliel is ‘blind’, but that doesn’t stop him from being a warrior, esp since he’s being sent out to fight the Antichrist of all enemies.

Nahaliel sees differently, and these are doodles/ideas on how he does perceive things around him. Felix is literally utter chaos hahaha

Nahaliel was made to fight/destroy Felix, and Barbiel develops emotions for Felix o:

After some time, Felix and Nahaliel are battling in the End Days, Felix saving Nahaliel (always so nice to Nah no matter what Nah says about him via what he’s been taught), and Nahaliel unable to finish the mission he’s been sent on. (which is basically a death mission, since Felix isn’t the prophesied antichrist, the just threw an angel at him that could get the job done and prepare for the Actual Antichirst) Felix feels differently on it all, and wants to just be friends with the angels. Nahaliel decides that he cannot kill Felix, so God smites him with lightening. But Felix snatches Nah’s halo right before and breaks it. Causing an explosion and then going to save Nahaliel’s soul from the Well of Souls. Nahaliel is brought back, forsaken and upset that he was just tossed to the side, he becomes a demon on Felix’s team. Barbiel had broken up with Felix, with hurt feelings and anger towards him by this point, and seeing him bring back Nah reminds her how sweet he RLY is. She too, falls and sides w him, setting her halo where Felix hopefully would never find it. …..

He found it.

[aversvm]

Nahaliel

Nahaliel, angel of the streams, is an archangel of creation and one of the prophetic angels of God. For forty years she walked alongside the Israelites in the desert, making water flow from the rolling rock that accompanied them when the prophet Miriam sang for it. When Miriam died, she left in mourning and the well dried up, but God ordered her to return and listen to Moses’s words instead. When Moses struck at the rock instead of speaking to it, Nahaliel angrily let the water rush out at such force that it knocked him over, refusing to provide water until Moses had been duly reprimanded for his actions. She was not a camel, after all, to be pushed into performing through force.

Her temper cost her, and when the Israelites had reached the promised land, she was sent to guard the jail cells of heaven for a time to reflect on her actions.

The civil war in heaven took its toll on her, even if she refused to take part in any of the direct fighting- she was losing friends, family she cared about, and both sides were to blame. Caring hurt too much, and so she closed herself off to emotions.

After the war, the emotionless being she had become appeared to be of some use. Her loyalty was to heaven, and it didn’t matter to her who was running it. With emotions no longer affecting her judgment, she became the perfect hunter, tracking down those angels who thought to escape punishment by running away and showing no mercy to those who got in her way.

[pinkfruitgender]

do you think you could recommend some fairycore / angelcore / lovecore names please and thank you? ^^

sure thing anon. if these dont fit what you want, let me know and ill try again.

fairycore names

winnie

meadow

spring

nyx

briar

cricket

stone

aqua

buzz

sparkle

glitter

robin

venus

sapphire

dandelion

oriole

windy

citron

jade

ember

rhubarb

garnet

pumpkin

petunia

soleil

eve

buttercup

flix

bumble

timber

twig

dew

dusk

comet

bear

stormy

spark

lapis

tidal

angelcore names

gold

feather

heaven

divine

halo

daniel

joshua

azriel

anahel

zophiel

amriel

suriel

zerachiel

ariuk

sabrael

rasiel

dalquiel

amitiel

jeremiel

laurette

nahaliel

yofie

nuriel

tadhiel

felice

anahita

adelphi

lovecore names

cupid

scarlet

pink (the best name?)

blush

rose

chocola

arrow

heart

amor

amias

agape

lev

valentine

lover

glow

beat

kiss

love

red

white

berry

eros

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and og the king of bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at edrei.

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. — Numbers 21 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 12:9; Genesis 21:19; Genesis 28:20; Numbers 11:6; Numbers 14:45; Numbers 20:16-17; Numbers 20:21; Numbers 23:28; Numbers 33:43-44; Numbers 33:45; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:1-2; Deuteronomy 3:4; Joshua 13:25; Judges 11:18; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 18:4; Nehemiah 7:1; Psalm 105:2; Song of Solomon 7:4; Isaiah 15;1-2; Jeremiah 48:18; Luke 24:27; John 3:14-15; Acts 8:24; 1 Corinthians 10:9

[imperator-a-day]

Lore 7: “Exarch” Example

Nahaliel is the angel of Gardens, Streams, Patio and Brightness. The voice of Heaven is no longer separeted from their consciousness: rather, they have merged with it, their mind one with the will of the creator. Their Sphere are at the heart of Heaven, they define and shape it;

Indeed in the center of Heaven stands the Water Gardens. They are beautiful. They birthed some of the Angels, flesh of the celestial realm. Beneath the gardens flow rivers, which descend towards canyons and gorges, into the valleys of heaven, carrying with them the beauty of the realm until they trickle down toward the rest of creation. Heaven's lakes and streams glitter with an ever present Brightness, and the marble columns of its Patio do shine like precious stones. It is said there has always been such things in Heaven, even though there were once no such concepts as gardens or rivers, or liquids, or brightness.