Then Andronicus went ahead to tell them of the fallen demon's triumphs.
He told his listeners that during the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah, Chemosh knew that the angelic visitors to the city were not
there on a picnic. His suspicions were confirmed when the mob outside
Lot's house that were edged on by his minions were struck blind.
Immediately, he fled to Nineveh to escape being destroyed.
Many decades later before Babylon was destroyed, Chemosh perceived
that the great city was in grave danger when gates were always shut at
night were left wide open obviously by means pioneered by the host of
heaven. He lied to his superiors and subordinates that he had an
important assignment in Jerusalem. He was needed to help oppress the
minds of the remnants in the land. That was before the battle for
Babylon turned in the favour of the army of heaven.
As Andronicus spoke, a cock crowed. That was the first of many yet to come.
He said, "i had previously wondered at his ingenuity without coming to
the fact that all Chemosh had was an understanding of times and
seasons. He bore at heart Isaiah's prophecy concerning Cyrus, the
persian king that went ahead to conquer Babylon during the reign of
Belshazzar, son of Nebuchadnezzar. Isaiah's prophecy abt a man named
Cyrus was fulfiled with Cyrus' birth 175 years after the word had gone
forth. Chemosh steadily monitored the slow rise to prominence of the
Cyrian and particiularly took interest when the Cyrian king began to
plan an assault on Babylon. Our enemy was confident that Babylon's
demon prince could contain Cyrus. However, he knew that the reign of
the head of Gold in Daniel's vision had ended and now was the season
of the breast and arms of silver, when he saw a contigent of heavenly
warriors from the south launch a surprise attack on the over-confident
demonic ranks. Though small in number, he knew that it was a factor of
persistent, heartfelt prayers and a larger force, more daring than the
first, would arrive."
Andronicus paused like someone who was trying to recollect something,
then exclaimed, "if I am not mistaken, the both of you were among that
contigent that--"
"Now I remember and understand," blue-eyed Olyrus exclaimed. "That was
one of earth's decisive battles ever fought. Though few in number, all
we had to do was stand firm and hold them back until re-inforcement
came. Words cannot tell the joy that filled our hearts as we saw the
Archangel Gabriel leading the fiercest of warriors to ever grace the
field of battle. Only on rare occasions had a host like that been
summoned. It was their arrival that hastened the defeat of the enemy,
then the watchmen were induced into deep sleep, leaving the gates of
the city wide open. Then the armies of the Medes and Persians
possessed the city. It was only after we had won that the writing on
the wall was done by Michael."
After all they had been told, Zenas and Olyrus still didn't understand
how that had created a personal animosity between the angel and the
demon. When they pepressed further, he told them what Chemosh had
done.
Dark-haired Andronicus waded into the dark archieves of the past on
how the foul spirit had wecked the family of a missionary to
sub-saharan Africa in the preceding years after David Livingstone (the
great missionary)'s death. He told them how this unknown gospel
labourer's daughters were tempted and led away from Christ during
their father's mission to Africa. It was so bad that when it was time
for the man's periodic leave to England, his daughters weren't just
immoral, they were living in brothels. The hard facts hit him like an
express train. He was so heartbroken that it affected his health
greatly. Immediately he returned back to his station in Africa, he
fell sick and a few weeks later, went to meet his Lord. The work he
had laboured tirelessly to pioneer was grounded for the next 50 years.
He had no one to uphold his arms as Aaron and Hur upheld that of Moses
in the Israelites' battle wit the amalekites at Rephidim.
It was Chemosh who had done the harm to the missionary's daughters and
the angel was not going to let him go scot free.
The most painful part to the warrior was that this missionary, whom
Andronicus was assigned to take care of, had died before his time.
The story kept its listeners transfixed. It was a tale of love and
faith, hope and trust, and of betrayal and a turning aside to bo evil.
The spellbinding effect of the story was broken by the worship that
sudden emanated from the praying man. Immediately, the three warriors
felt supernatural strength surging through their bodies as they were
submerged in the glory of God's mobile presence.
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