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Can Fiction REALLY change your life?, May 12, 2006
In this world where people's intelects have been tainted to tend to believe fiction over fact due to television, I tend to hesitate when someone says that a fiction book changed their life.
However, it was not through reactions to this book that I was drawn to it, but it was through an interview with Wendy Alec that I decided to take my precious time and attempt to read this book THE FALL OF LUCIFER.
What most people do not remember or know is that The author of the Harry Potter Series claimed that she was dictated the Harry Potter series in her kitchen and put them in a vault to release over time (I heard her say this in person- it was not through other people's recounts of what she said). The books are so "dangerously close to reality" according to many who are high up in the wiccan realm that they have had many high level wiccans very upset that this book is putting the most powerful spiritual concepts into the hands of unskilled and inexperienced children who can so easily abuse them. They have had to develop counseling lines in England to handle the enormous requests that these *fiction* books have engendered toward the wiccan religion.
I always find it amazing how people can think nothing of this kind of claim about a book or book series when it comes to a book like Harry Potter, but when someone else says it about a book that is about biblically based things, it is put down terribly.
Wendy Alec said that this book flowed so easily that it was like it was being written through her and not BY her. It was not the claim, but her manner that drew me to this book.
When I came here to Amazon, and read some of the reviews, I knew that I had to try it.
The Fall of Lucifer is a fiction book which takes place through the other side of the looking glass so to speak. Instead of being on earth viewing the heavenly kingdom and the pre-adamic wars in heaven, the reader is looking through the other side of the looking glass from the heavenly perspective- and then down at earth when it is created.
This kind of perspective is very hard to pull off successfullly. As I read this book, many times I shook my head in disbelief at the way that this book ebbed and flowed like it had a life of its own- as if it were a story being told by someone with inside knowledge of what really happened.
In essence, this story starts with the angels and the Triune Godhead living in the first heaven. It describes the life that they had together, and then shows how a seed of evil began to take root in Lucifer- one of the three brothers on the angelic trio- Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer.
Each was created to fulfill an important position, but they lived in harmony until this seed of evil began to germinate in Lucifer. It had to do with the creation of man to be close with Jah (God the Father) and the jealousy that began to take root in Lucifer.
A glimpse of the pre-adamic dwelling of Christos (known to western culture as Jesus) in the first heaven and his standing there is very insightful. The great war in heaven which involved 1/3 of the angels choosing to follow Lucifer was effectively portrayed- not everyone wanted to go , but they were confused at their loyalties, having never been confronted with these types of choices until that point.
The origins of hell and the original purpose are put out for the readers inspection. The creation of Man and Woman and their relationship to the earth as owning the deed there lays out well the reason that Lucifer (name changed to satan to indicate his desire to be king of his own domain- now hell) HAD to get Adam and Eve to bow to him INSTEAD of Jah (God the Father) is very well laid out.
The whole reasoning behind the Jesus visiting earth, His death and ressurection is explained in a way that I have never seen before in any book- ficton or otherwise- all in one place.
The book leaves off with a sequel in the offing, but does not leave the reader feeling lost.
My impressions of this book over all are- the beginning is very hard to follow for me because of all of the different unusual names there- I had a hard time keeping them all straight. Eventually, I managed, but I will be reading it again to make it easier this time.
I found that reading this book went quickly and kept me reading- I rarely get to read books anymore. I had to put it down several times in the course of a few days, but it was easy to pick up and resume without having to read it all over again, another big plus.
Every book has their head scratching moments, and this book had a couple, but for the most part, I found it profoundly insightful, and like I sad at the beginning of this review, it was like the story took on a life of its own and I could feel it weaving itself around me as I read this book. Evil suddenly takes on a whole new level of perspective as does the constant battles on all fronts to snuff out Christianity and Judiasm through each generation. Every attempt to destroy Christianity carries the trademark of satan each time behind the faces that are used to try to accomplish this task.
Many questions and curiosities that I have had filed for years suddenly made sense. It has affected me deeply and I am amazed that someone like Wendy Alec could write a book with this much intensity and accuracy- but then again, like JKRawlings once did- Wendy Alec did not assert that she wrote it alone........
This is one of the highest impacting books that I have read in a very long time. I can not recommend it highly enough.
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Bravo! Exceptional!, January 8, 2006
I have to say right off that this is certainly one book you do not want to miss reading. Author Wendy Alec has taken the age old story of the rebellion of Lucifer and brought it to life in a way you will never forget.
You are taken into the very heart of God's angelic angels, Michael, Gabriel and of course Lucifer and you are transported in the very heavenlies. You will experience deep emotions, sense the depth of God's love and feel His hurt and you will grasp a deeper understanding of a rebellion that touches mankind even to this day.
Let me tell you, this is one outstanding read, the visual you will experience in your mind by the excellent definition of characters and locations will blow your mind, exceptional. Powerful from start to finish, a work that touches the very core of mankind's existence and given one of my highest recommendations.
Shirley Johnson
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