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Beyond Flesh and Blood: The Ultimate Guide To Angels and DemonsWhen I originally released Beyond Flesh and Blood at the beginning of last year, I don’t think I did a good job of really explaining what it was about or the purpose of my writing it. In my opinion, it is on the same level or maybe even better than As The Days of Noah Were.

For starters, those of you that have read As The Days of Noah Were, will be familiar with some of the content because it was inspired by Chapter 4: The Angel Theory, which is 32 pages long. Beyond Flesh and Blood is a 230 page expansion on that chapter. The reason I wanted to expand on that chapter was because I didn’t feel that the chapter alone could completely convey the involvement and importance that angels actually play in the Bible.

Much of what we’ve been taught about angels, demons, spirits, and other supernatural occurrences has largely come through tradition, and not scripture. Because the supernatural is a personal interest of mine, I wanted to go deeper into what it is that the Bible really says about the subject. A lot of the book was a learning experience to me, and the book is essentially documentation of that experience. I will readily admit that I thought I knew a lot more about the subject than I actually did before I started writing the book. During its completion, I learned the following:

  • The Bible Mentions At Least 15 Different Kinds of Spirits.
  • The Bible Makes Multiple References To Female Spirits.
  • The War In Heaven Very Closely Matches The Babylonian Story of Marduk.
  • Older Depictions of Molech Very Closely Match The Greek Minotaur.
  • The Idea of Dispensations Is Not Unique To The Bible

I’m sure I learned a lot more during the writing process, but those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Here is a quick look at the Table of Contents and what you’ll find in the book:

  • Chapter 1: Angelology and Demonology 101
  • Chapter 2: What Are Angels?
  • Chapter 3: The Ranks of Angels
  • Chapter 4: The Rise of An Adversary
  • Chapter 5: The War In Heaven
  • Chapter 6: The Abilities of Angels
  • Chapter 7: The Origin of Demons
  • Chapter 8: The Technology of Angels
  • Chapter 9: Supernatural Deception
  • Chapter 10: The Destiny of Angels and Demons

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In my opinion, if you want an in depth of angels, demons, and the spirit realm according to the Bible, Beyond Flesh and Blood is the book that you want to read.

What Readers Are Saying

“I read Angels: God’s Secret Agents by Billy Graham when I was in high school (1992 – 20 years ago). that book kept me captivated for years… up until last week when I finished BEYOND FLESH AND BLOOD: ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ANGELS AND DEMONS.” – Ken Adams

“This book was very well written. I have read many books on this topic and this book is the one I would recommend to anyone starting out on the subject. It even provided new perspective for a veteran such as myself.” – R Droeger

“The author was very knowledgeable in all subject matter and used a format for presentation that kept each topic equally interesting and informative. I highly recommend this work for reference or for pleasure reading.” – Scott Abrams

“Excellent! Thought book was very well researched and written looking forward to reading more books written by Minister Dante Fortson” – Amber McKinney

“This is a book I will read again and again (just like I am doing with his other book “As The Days of Noah were”) There is SO much mind blowing information in his books that it is hard to take in at one time. These books were an answer to prayer for me and have taught me more than I could have ever imagined. I highly recommend this book for those seeking a deeper understanding and greater insight into the Bible.” – T. Nelson

“I have yet to finish it as I just bought it today, but I stopped reading it to write this review because I cannot stress enough how pleased I am to have discovered this fabulous author.” – F. Lemay

If you have not yet grabbed a copy of Beyond Flesh and Blood, you can click here and get it on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle. If you have read the book, please leave feedback and let everyone know what you think about it.

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Beyond Flesh and Blood – Special Announcement

This collection will take spiritual warfare to an entirely different level. As many of you have heard, I am working on my latest book, Beyond Flesh and Blood. This project has been well over a year in the making, but it’s coming down to the final weeks. Many of you have written to tell me that you are looking forward to the release, but I have to admit to only giving partial information about the project.

The Collection

This release will not just be one single book, but will consist of several elements specifically tailored to meet the needs of as many people as possible. Altogether, there will be four books, one DVD, an audio series, and a PowerPoint Presentation released.

  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: The Ultimate Guide To Angels and Demons
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: Modern Supernatural Warfare
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: Teacher’s Edition
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: Condensed
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: DVD
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: Audio Series
  • Beyond Flesh and Blood: PowerPoint

The reason for this type of release has several purposes. Spiritual warfare is a very serious part of the Christian walk, and the battle field is changing every day. The same old spiritual warfare books and sermons just won’t cut it anymore. We are facing a very real threat to our physical flesh and our souls. This series will cover the hard to answer questions that both Christians and non-Christians ask:

  • How do we fight a spiritual battle?
  • What are angels?
  • Do dead people turn into angels?
  • Are angels and demons the same thing?
  • Where do demons come from?
  • Does demon possession still happen?
  • How do Christians explain ghosts?
  • What is transhumanism really about?
  • Why the modern obsession with creating hybrids?
  • Are animal human hybrids against God?
  • How does someone become saved?
  • Over 100 more questions…

This collection will not only be a teaching tool for Christians, but a witnessing tool for people caught up in everything from false church doctrines to modern day vampirism. All of the books in this series will feature the plan of salvation at the end of every chapter, so you don’t have to search for it if it is needed on the spot. You will be able to lead someone to Christ even if you have never done it before. For those of you out there that don’t have the money, you will not be left out. You will be able to use the new referral system to get everything for free, once it is completed. If you don’t have the money or simply don’t want to spend the money, start referring people now (click here for details). All of your past, present, and future referrals will be counted.

Modern Supernatural Warfare

I would consider this book to be spiritual warfare 101, but it contains so much more than the basic information. This book focuses mainly on the following:

  • Salvation
  • The Armor of God
  • False Doctrines Within The Church
  • Several Other Key Issues

The intent of this book is to provide a strong Biblical foundation before entering into a study of angelology and demonology. Although you may be tempted to skip over the basics, you may find a completely fresh perspective in the information provided. If you have never been through a course or class on spiritual warfare, it is a must that you read this book before reading The Ultimate Guide To Angels and Demons.

The Ultimate Guide To Angels and Demons

This was originally part of Modern Supernatural Warfare, but as it began to develop, two chapters soon became over 100 pages, then a book all it’s own. The material covered in this book is all about the supernatural enemies we face. This book goes into details about:

  • The Rise of Satan
  • The War In Heaven
  • Hybridization
  • Transhumanism
  • Demonic Possession
  • Exorcism
  • Much more…

While many people will say that we shouldn’t focus on or learn about the above, the Bible never tells us to be ignorant of these things. In fact the Bible spends a great deal of time warning us about what will take place during the end time. If I’m correct about the near future, spiritual warfare is about to become very real and very physical.

Teacher’s Edition

This version is for those people that teach Bible studies and may not have time to put together a comprehensive study on spiritual warfare. The Teacher’s Edition contains Modern Supernatural Warfare and The Ultimate Guide To Angels and Demons all in one book. In addition to that, it comes with the PowerPoint Presentation and pre-made Student Handouts for your class. Both the PowerPoint and the Handouts can be downloaded immediately and customized to fit your needs.

Audio and Video

For those people that don’t have time to read or just plain don’t like to read, you can sit down and watch the DVD with friends or listen to the CD in your car.

Abridged

This version is specially made for Students participating in a Bible study class. Much like CliffsNotes, the Abridged version will summarize all chapters in both books in the series and contain key scripture references. For those people on a budget this is an easy way to conduct your own study and search the scriptures on spiritual warfare.

Discounts For Everyone

Starting on the official release day I’ll be offering a 10% discount on my website for first week only. After the first week, discounts will be available, ranging from 10% – 20%. Here is how to get your discount:

  • Abridged: 10% off Coupon
  • Modern Supernatural Warfare/Ultimate Guide To Angels and Demons: 15% off Coupon
  • Teacher’s Edition: 20% off Coupon

The above discounts will be available in the above corresponding books. If you purchase a book in the first week, you are strongly encouraged to share the discount codes found in your book. Feel free to post them on Facebook, Twitter, websites, and blogs. If your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ share the codes freely online, everyone benefits. If no one shares the codes, they will not be available. With that said, if you buy the book, please share your discount code with everyone.

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The Origin of Demons – Part 3

This is another excerpt from my upcoming book, Beyond Flesh and Blood. As always, some of the information may change during the editing process, but feel free to leave any comments you have on the subject.

I Will Be Like The Most High

For those that have been conditioned their entire lives to believe that hybrids are the stuff that mythology is made of, the above information may not hold much weight. It does not seem like these hybrids were being created for no reason. There actually seems to be a very valid reason for fallen angels, especially Lucifer, to attempt to create a hybrid creature.

“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” – Isaiah 14:13-14

Lucifer’s ambition was to be like God in every way possible. In order to reach this goal, it was necessary for him to mimic what God had already created. The problem with hybrids is not that they appear all over the world in the myths and legends of other cultures, it’s that they appear in the Bible as guardians of God’s throne. It is possible that Satan was trying to copy creatures that were made by God.

“Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.” – Ezekiel 1:5-10

While it is not an exact description of the Shedu that the Assyrians were worshiping, there are several similarities that stand out:

  • Calf’s Foot
  • Multiple Wings
  • Face of a Man

Is this a coincidence or is this proof that the hybrids of mythology have their origins in Lucifer’s attempt to “be like the Most High?” This is where spiritual warfare crosses over into the physical realm. It is entirely possible that when we look at the carving of a Shedu, we are looking back into a period of history in which abominations conjured in the mind of Lucifer and the other fallen angels, actually walked the Earth. Even more disturbing is that science is actively pursuing the creation of animal/human hybrids much like those mentioned in the myths and legends throughout history.

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The Origin Of Demons – Part 2

This is another excerpt from my upcoming book, Beyond Flesh and Blood. As always, some of the information may change during the editing process, but feel free to leave any comments you have on the subject.

The Origin of The Sa’iyr

The Sa’iyr are an interesting group of spiritual beings because, like the Shed, they too were considered to be hybrids. Here is how the Strong’s Concordance defines the word Sa’iyr:

  • Sa’iyr (Hebrew) – Satyr, Faun, He-Goat, Shaggy

The origin of the word Sa’iyr is sa’ar (to shiver, be horribly afraid), which we went over previously. Stories of Fauns and Satyrs are most prominent in the myths and legends of other cultures, but here we find a reference to the same creatures in the Old Testament. So what exactly are Fauns and Satyrs?

“The faun is a half human – half goat (from the head to the waist being the human half, but with the addition of goat’s horns) manifestation of forest and animal spirits which would help or hinder humans at whim. Romans believed fauns inspired fear in men traveling in lonely, remote or wild places.”

As we have seen, the origin of the Satyr beliefs have their root in the Hebrew word for fear. Over a thousand years later, the Romans held the same belief that these hybrid creatures struck fear in the hearts of men that traveled alone. The Hebrews feared these creatures and as a result, also worshiped and made sacrifices to them.

“And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.” – Leviticus 17:7

The words God uses, while speaking to Moses, in the above verse are interesting because it provides a link between the Sa’iyr and another legend surrounding these creatures. God refers to the people “whoring” after the Sa’iyr. The Hebrew word used is zanah, which is translated as prostitute, whore, whoring, and fornication in the Old Testament. Much of the Church teaching on fornication has been diluted down to only mean sex. However, throughout the Bible, there is a strong connection between fornication and pagan worship. In every legend of Fauns and Satyrs, they are well known for their sexual escapades with human women and sometimes men.

“Satyrs are described as roguish but faint-hearted folk, subversive and dangerous, yet shy and cowardly.As Dionysiac creatures they are lovers of wine and women, and they are ready for every physical pleasure.”[2]

Among the list of activities in Satyr mythology, is their associating with music, dancing, playfulness, and orgies. The Old Testament actually contains a reference that associates the Satyr with dancing.

“But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.” – Isaiah 13:21

The word translated as Satyrs in the above verse is the same word translated as devils in Leviticus 17:7. This leads us back to the question, “were stories of these creatures more than just myth and legend?” As we continue digging into the Sa’iyr, we encounter one in particular that is said to be the origin of the word “pandemonium”.

“Pan aided his foster-brother in the battle with the Titans by letting out a horrible screech and scattering them in terror.”

According to legend, it was this scream of Pan that led to pan-demonium among his rivals. The Greek word daimonium refers to being under the influence of a demon. Pandemonium literally translates as “under the demonic control of Pan”. The story of Pan is linked to a great battle for the heavens in the Greek culture, but when we look deeper into the Hebrew culture, we find a similar story of a fallen angel by the name of Azazel. The name Azazel was used in the movie, Fallen, starring Denzel Washington. In the movie, Azazel was presented as woodland demon that had the power to possess humans and animals. Surprisingly, we find mention of Azazel in the Bible in association with sin and goats.

“And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.” – Leviticus 16:8

It is important to point out that this particular goat was not the fallen angel in question. The Hebrew word translated as scapegoat is Azazel, which means, “the goat that has gone astray.” The story of Azazel is actually a very old Hebrew belief that does not come from the Bible, but from events that they believe happened prior to Noah’s flood.

“Azazel is represented in the Book of Enoch as one of the leaders of the rebellious Watchers in the time preceding the flood; he taught men the art of warfare, of making swords, knives, shields, and coats of mail, and women the art of deception by ornamenting the body, dying the hair, and painting the face and the eyebrows, and also revealed to the people the secrets of witchcraft and corrupted their manners, leading them into wickedness and impurity; until at last he was, at the Lord’s command, bound hand and foot by the archangel Raphael and chained to the rough and jagged rocks of [Ha] Duduael (= Beth Ḥadudo), where he is to abide in utter darkness until the great Day of Judgment, when he will be cast into the fire to be consumed forever.”

This particular belief comes from 1 Enoch, which was hidden in Qumran, along with other books of the Bible. 1 Enoch also appears in the Ethiopian Bible and many other early translations. It was also a very popular book during the 2nd Temple period, and is referenced by both Peter and Jude. While it is not considered scripture, both Jews and early Christians considered this book to be a very important book that reflected early beliefs about Noah’s flood. Did the creation of Satyrs begin with a fallen angel that rebelled against God? While we can’t say for sure, it seems to fit the motive of fallen angels that want to corrupt all of God’s creation.

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The Origin Of Demons – Part 1

This is another excerpt from my upcoming book, Beyond Flesh and Blood. As always, some of the information may change during the editing process, but feel free to leave any comments you have on the subject.

The Origin of The Shed

The Shed were well known throughout the Middle East as powerful spirits. The first place in the Bible that we encounter the Shed is in reference to Israel worshiping them.

“They sacrificed unto devils (Shed), not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.” – Deuteronomy 32:17

The deeper we look into the words of Moses, the stranger the entire verse becomes. The first thing that we notice is that sacrifices are being made to these Shed by the Israelites. The second aspect to this strange scenario is that Moses points out that these were new “gods” that not even their fathers feared. In order to keep this in perspective, we have to remember that the Israelites had just been freed from Egypt, where they worshipped many different gods. The Shed were completely different than the gods that were worshiped in Egypt. Moses also tells us that they were “new gods that came newly up”.

  • New – Chadash (Hebrew) – New thing, something new.

Not only were the Hebrews sacrificing to these Shed, Moses points out that their fathers did not fear them. This seems to imply that the Israelites may have had a genuine fear of the Shed that did not exist in previous generations. Let’s take a look at the word used for fear in Hebrew.

  • Fear – Sa’ar (Hebrew) – to shiver, to be horribly afraid.

The Israelites were much more than scared; the English equivalent  to the word sa’ar would be terrified. Not only were they terrified, but it is in the book of Psalms that we find out just how terrified they were and what kind of sacrifices they were making to the Shed.

“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,” – Psalm 106:37

The Israelites were so scared that they began to sacrifice their own sons and daughters. What kind of entity would make a person so fearful that they would kill their own flesh and blood in a sacrifice? Unfortunately, the Bible does not give us a description of these entities, but there was another culture in the area, that were worshipers of the Shed and kept very detailed records of them, including carvings and depictions.

The Assyrians and Babylonians worshiped creatures known as the Shedu. Both cultures were closely connected and spoke the Semitic language Akkadian, which was very similar to ancient Hebrew. According to the beliefs at the time, the Lamassu (female) and the Shedu (male) was the same creature. These beings were depicted in the following manner:

According to the Assyrian and Babylonian cultures, the Shedu were hybrids with the body of a bull, wings of an eagle, and the head of a man. Stories of hybrid creatures generally appear in two time periods: very ancient history and modern times. As we continue digging into the origin of demons, we will see that there is a very strong connection between demons and hybrid creatures.

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