Special I: The Deity And The Days Of Creation (Remastered)

In the vast darkness and emptiness, a Light shone brightly and its glow radiated in the midst of nothingness.

The Light gave off life around the dullness of existence, and as the Light glowed in clarity, it had consciousness and wisdom within.

It was getting lonely, there’s no concept of time, space, but only darkness around the Light, it tried to find others like itself, but proved hopeless, it grew tired of existing alone, and it craved for fellowship, for someone or anyone to talk to.

Then… “LET THERE BE LIGHT!”

The Light spoke with its mighty voice and there came another light, the darkness was still there, but there was another light, the other light doesn’t have the same consciousness as Him, but there’s something in His words, He realized He can create life with His words.

He divided the light from the darkness, and then called the light, “Day”, and the darkness, “Night”.

He then created the concept of space derived from the division of the light and darkness, and designed the concept of time. That was the first day of His creation.

He created a firmament above the waters, and called the firmament Heaven.

He fashioned three layers of Heaven - the first one was the skies, then the black atmosphere, and then the spiritual haven, His home, the Silver City.

In the vast place of the Silver City, He still felt lonely, the roads were silver and gold, the pearly gates, shining and shimmering.

His light reflected in every corner of Heaven, but there’s still no other one with the same intelligence.

He then decided to create soldiers, guards, and beings who will be helping Him in maintaining the universe He was starting to create and mold.

“COME FORTH, MY CHILD.” And the firstborn angel was formed.

A double-edged sword which has two pair of fluffy wings, whitest, purest, and with the spirit of God, and the life inside it, the Light called the sword, a Seraphim.

“.שמך יהיה מיכאל” The Light spoke of a Celestial language. He gave the Seraphim free will and a consciousness. He also gave it wisdom as far as He has.

[Translation: שמך יהיה מיכאל – Thy name shall be Michael.]

White as snow, with a purity robe, and golden armour, four whitest wings, illuminated its light, and the beauty of purity of the angel amazed its Creator. “MICHAEL MEANS HE WHO IS LIKE GOD.”

Befitting, God or the Light is pure, holy, and beautiful. Its brightness brought warmth to everything around.

He wasn’t contented with just one. The Light thought that the Seraphim may get lonely as He was. He created another one, so different, so colourful and glamorous. With four colourful wings, illuminated in its rainbow-like armour and white robe, He spoke, “MY BEAUTY! MY MASTERPIECE MANIFEST!”

And another Seraphim manifested, created entirely with His words. “THOU SHALT BE CALLED SAMAEL.” His tone, somehow, was filled with joy and grief at the same time.

The possibilities of future for Samael were quite blurry and stemmed many situations.

He understood that there was something that may change in His creation. He gave them free will, the freedom to choose whatever they see fit, however, He also warned them of the consequences of disobedience.

“SAMAEL MEANS THE BLINDNESS OF GOD.” He gently and firmly spoke, suitable for what the future holds for the colourful angel.

The two angels looked at each other, reflected in each other’s form- the only difference was their colour.

“YOU’RE TWINS - ONE FACE, BUT TWO CREATURES.” The Light explained to the two.

He was so pleased with the two Seraphim that soon, He created tens and thousands more angels, with different purposes and different shapes and sizes. He personally named all the angels based on their futures. That was the second day of creation.

On the third day, the Light spoke, “LET THE WATERS UNDER THE HEAVEN BE GATHERED IN ONE PLACE, AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR.” The waters in the firmament quickly gathered into one place and He called the waters, “Seas”, and the dry land appeared in the midst of the seas and He called it “Earth”.

The Light commanded Ariel, the Principality controlling the waters to manipulate the densities of the Seas to differentiate the places and sections of the waters, and Ariel gladly did so.

The angel also put some water in the banks, low lands, and flowing active rivers and gulfs.

“AMAZING.” Ariel blushed in the Light’s praise. He viewed the lands, the seas, the brown and blue hue of gradient around, and the white beaches and shores. There was something missing.

“LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH GRASS, AND HERB YIELDING SEED AFTER HIS KIND, AND THE TREE YIELDING FRUIT, WHOSE SEED WAS IN ITSELF, AFTER HIS KIND.”

And the Light gave Raphael the tasks of fashioning the herbs, the plants, and the grass of the Earth.

As the Archangel of Virtue, he freely controlled nature and its elements, and he followed God’s command, he designed many herbs, medicinal, poisonous, and edible ones, he formed the fruits, created vines, vegetables, and many more.

“WONDERFUL.” The Light gave Raphael a pat in the back - truly becoming of His true nature, the Giver of Life.

The greenish lively grass, herbs, plans, and the trees, all raised their voice to sing out praises to the Almighty.

Then on the next day, He spoke to the Heavens, “LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVEN TO DIVIDE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT, AND LET THEM BE FOR SIGNS AND FOR SEASONS, AND FOR DAYS AND YEARS. AND LET THEM BE FOR LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVEN TO GIVE LIGHT UPON THE EARTH.”

The Light then handed the order to Samael, the light-bringer, to devise and fabricate the stars, the sun and the moon.

The sun was for the day, while the moon was for the night, and the stars supported the moon in the darkness with their energy, heat and light.

“MARVELLOUS!” He couldn’t help but wonder in awe. He looked at Samael in utmost fascination. The Almighty has been very pleased with the lights in the heavens. And God saw that it was good.

After the string of lights around the planets and earth and the heavens, God’s deep voice articulated once more, “LET THE WATERS BRING FORTH ABUNDANTLY THE MOVING CREATURE THAT HATH LIFE, AND FOWL THAT MAY FLY ABOVE THE EARTH IN THE OPEN FIRMAMENT OF HEAVEN.”

And life in the seas and in the skies appeared, great whales, fishes, and birds, and flying creatures. Jophiel, who is the Angel of War and Beauty, took care of the order of the food chain of the fowls and fishes, he also fashioned every winged creature – prey and predator alike, while Raphael, designed the fishes and the deep-sea creatures – prey and predator alike.

“EXCELLENT!” The Light blessed the creatures saying, “BE FRUITFUL, AND MULTIPLY, AND FILL THE WATERS IN THE SEAS, AND LET FOWL MULTIPLE IN THE EARTH.” And that was the fifth day.

There were living creatures in the seas, in the air, but not in the land. The Light expressed His desire once more on the sixth day, “LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH THE LIVING CREATURE AFTER HIS KIND, CATTLE, AND CREEPING THING, AND BEAST OF THE EARTH AFTER HIS KIND.”

And Samael fashioned the cold-blooded animals, while Michael designed the warm-blooded animals.

Jophiel once more ordered the food chain of the land animals, and Raphael developed the plants for reproduction and survival from the land animals.

Everything was perfect, from the view point of the angels, the beauty in the heavens and in the earth has been achieved, but… the Light has a lingering feeling, discontentment, and there’s something that He longs for.

As He got back to heaven, in the midst of the Silver City, He muttered to Himself, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS: AND LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, AND OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH.”

And so God, near the end of the sixth day, went back to Earth, moulded mud and dirt to a humanoid shape, one with no life yet, but was fashioned to hold vessel the spirit of God, a free soul, and power to dominate the earth.

As His heart skipped a beat for His finest and latest Creation, He breathed into the nostril of the humanoid-shaped creature.

The brown muddy creature breathed his first breathe, the mud transformed to human skin, plumped with melanin, brownish in its colour, and with its brown eyes, it look directly at the Light.

And God declared His blessings to man and said, “BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY HERB-BEARING SEED, WHICH IS UPON THE FACE OF ALL THE EARTH, AND EVERY TREE, IN THE WHICH IS THE FRUIT OF A TREE YIELDING SEED; TO YOU IT SHALL BE FOR MEAT. AND TO EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH, AND TO EVERY FOWL OF THE AIR, AND TO EVERY THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH, WHEREIN THERE IS LIFE, I HAVE GIVEN EVERY GREEN HERB FOR MEAT.”

“ASTOUNDING!” The gratification He felt was out of this world, the discontentment and the feeling of linger, disappeared as man walked with the Light in the midst of the Garden of Eden.

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good, and He rested on the seventh day.