Journal of the Angelic
Mark A. Raborn
Reviewed by: Ashley Merrill
For starters, I am not a huge fan
of religion. So when I received this book to review I thought I had
made a
mistake in accepting it, but grudgingly decided to give it a shot. I
must say, that
I am very glad I gave it that shot. Mark A. Raborn did an excellent job
at
writing this. He writes from a viewpoint
of an angel, Karamus. His book outlines
the events that took place among the angelic before humans came to be.
Mark A. Raborn takes his readers on
a journey through the heavens and introduces us to his interpretation
of god
and his billions of angels. He tells the
story of how Lucifer betrayed the Holy Father, Jahveh, by taking over
the
kingdom of heaven and deceiving billions of angels into worshipping him.
What made me turn the pages in
interest was not the actual story itself, but the way it was written. The language flowed beautifully and the level
of description was amazing. One of the
things that I really appreciated in this story was the constant
reminder that
when the angels spoke, or more importantly, when God spoke, the author
reminds
you that their words are spoken in a “language for which no humanistic interpretation exists, for it was
communication of a higher knowing than that of mortal creatures
(Raborn, p.
117).” I believe that this was done to
constantly remind you that as you are imagining this story unfolding,
the
reader should be imagining a power greater than themselves, one so
great and
holy that we could never begin to decipher what they are saying.
As someone who is not familiar with
the Bible or any of the stories in it, I found that reading this for
the first
time perked my interest greatly; causing me to wonder what else was in
the Bible. When Jahveh allowed his son to
sacrifice himself to save the angels, I really enjoyed the story of how
earth
was created and what was put on the earth, and how Adam and Eve came to
be. I felt bad for the angels that were
condemned to earth and turned into humans; not the ones who worshipped
Lucifer,
but the ones who were undecided who they wanted to worship as their god. I did not think that Jahveh should have been
so tough on them.
I would highly recommend this book
to anyone looking for a truly great read. I would even recommend this
to
someone like me, who does not follow this faith. If
you stop thinking as this book as a
religious book, and just enjoy it for what it is, then this is a really
great
read!