Ezekiel's Eyes

John Alvin Pease

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EZEKIEL'S EYES IS SET ON THE EVE OF THE TRIBULATION - A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY INTO the supernatural.  A young man, Ezekiel, whose faith in God is unwavering and ever steady, finds himself in the middle of the age-old fight of good versus evil.

Ezekiel was born with the ability to see evil in all of its forms.  But not only that, he was gifted the ability to kill it as well.  On the flip-side, he can also harm an angel, which puts him in a unique position, and he now finds himself sought out by both sides.

The demons want him because if they were to possess him, they could use him to harm angels before the appointed time, which is something none of them can do at present.  The angels want him because he represents a threat, which they cannot allow to be exploited to shift the balance of power that has been preordained.

An angel, Joshua, recognized all the good and potential within Ezekiel and chose to mentor and train him to stay hidden from Evil's sight, while helping him to develop his gifts.  Joshua prepared Ezekiel for the impending battle he would soon have to face with the dark one, Nestor, a powerful demon who devours a person's physical body and their immortal soul.  He seeks gifted ones like Ezekiel and adds their power to his own.  Souls like Ezekiel's are very rare and referred to as keys.  There are twelve of them in total that remain, and Nestor is intent on finding all of them.  He would try to possess who he could, and then use them to draw the other keys to him - killing any that resist, taking their power and souls, until there were no more.

Joshua believes that Ezekiel not only has the power to resist Nestor, but to destroy him as well, as the time of Tribulation draws near. 

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Religión
• Bible fiction
• Christian novel
• Inspirational fiction
• General officer
• Supernatural
• General
• Christian
• Fiction
• Bible

Informations

• Publié par: Franklin Green Publishing
• Date de parution: 12 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781936487462
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Ezekie l’s Eyes One Man’s Ability to See into the Realm of Evil and Good
© 2022 Jo hn Pease
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Acknowledgments
To God the Father for his blessings and for keeping me within his grace and mercy. For giving me the mindset to write a fictional story that highlights God as the ultimate power and protector, and shows that through God, all things are possible with faith and prayer.
To my mother, Joy Roberts Pierre. For the many hours of her time she spent listening and exchanging ideas. For pointing me in the right direction when looking for inspiration within my bible. And for never tiring of reading my story after so many changes and rewrites over the course of me finishing my book. I don’t know what I would have done without her love and constant s upport.
To my brother Jeffrey Pease, who planted the seeds in my mind that inspired me to write this book. I might never have taken this journey if not fo r you.
To my wife, Nina, and my son, Jaiden, whom I love more than words can express, for putting up with me when I shushed everyone in the house until I could complete my thoughts and write them down. Thank you for putting up w ith me.
To Pastor John Ramirez, my mentor, who was like a never-ending battery that constantly recharged my mind and my spirit. There were times unbeknownst to him, when I was feeling lost and unsure of what to do. He would stop by with a pleasant word or quote that would lift me up and out of that dark place, and onto a brighter path. Thank you so much for your positivity and support, for your love and belief in me. And for the cheesecake you would send from New York. LOL God bl ess you.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand f orever.
—Isaiah 40 :8 (ESV)
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
—2 Timothy 2: 15 (ESV)
Chapter One
The Rebirth
In the beginning, when Ezekiel saw the face of evil in the shadows, it had always been blurred. But this time it was crystal clear and hor rifying !
Ezekiel stood in the Folsom California State Prison courtyard, with a bloody knife in his hand, looking over the bodies of two men. One of the men was in pretty awful shape; the other would pull through with care. He could hear the sirens sound as the prison guards quickly made their way toward him. Strangely enough, his mind wandered to his past . . . and everything that had happened to him leading up to this moment.
As long as Ezekiel could remember, he had always been a little bit faster, stronger, and smarter than the next guy. Whatever the occasion called for, depending on his situation, he was up for the task. He never really gave it too much thought—at least not until recently. As far as Ezekiel could remember, he was four years old when he began noticing things—scary things. He could see evil, or demons, or whatever you chose to call it. It hid inside of people and used them like puppets, doing everything within its power to corrupt people. Some spiritual types would say that what he saw was a person’s aura. Some were bright, others were dim, and some were dark—but whatever you called it, he could see it as clear as day. Now you might imagine that this was a good thing. It was like having a one-up on things, so to speak. The only problem was that evil doesn’t like to be seen; and when it is, it will make sure that it’s not. So when someone like Ezekiel comes along pointing it out to others, he becomes its target.
The spirits who lived inside people were the easiest for Ezekiel to deal with, because he could spot them right away and usually avoid them. These people had very dark auras. However, it was the spirits that didn’t need permanent hosts that were the hardest for him to spot, and consequently the most da ngerous.
Now I know what you are probably thinking: So what? How can a spirit , evil or good, be of any real consequence in our world? Well, have you ever heard of Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam, or Adolf Hitler? These were very unassuming people at first glance, but what lived inside of them was pure evil, and we all know what they did. And oh yeah, there’s something else I forgot to mention, something I left out about Ezekiel. Not only could he see the evil that lives within a person, he also had the ability to pull it out and destroy it. The downside of this seemingly wonderful power was if it wasn’t done correctly, the host would be destroyed as well. To do it correctly took preparation, prayer, and fasting. Demons played for keeps. When they possessed a soul, they meant to take it to hell.
A soul, once released from a possession, must stay close to God, because that demon will always lurk around waiting to redeem that soul unto itself. In fact, it will not only return, but it will also bring along seven more demons to assure the victim remains bound. If the host is killed, the soul is al so lost.
Ezekiel’s journey began when he was born, or more accurately, when he died. Ezekiel was a breach birth, and when the doctor turned him around, the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, cutting off his air supply. He died within moments of his birth. Seven minutes later, the doctors successfully revived him, but he had changed—he had the sight. And though his memories of that time remain cloudy, as they are for most people, Ezekiel truly could tell when evil was present from birth. Of course, all he could do to let anyone know was cry.
It is said that people who die and come back sometimes become conduits for the spirit world. Ezekiel believed that was what he was, a conduit; but he was much more than that. When he was young, he saw shadows that seemed to move on their own. Most everyone has had that happen to them: you see a movement in the shadows and take a second glance, and nothing is there. But it was different with Ezekiel; when he looked, he would see something looking right back at him. Sadly, to his dismay, as time went on, these occurrences only became more f requent.
Sometime around Ezekiel’s fifteenth birthday, an old black woman who smelled of lavender and lilacs stopped him on the street and said, “They will be coming soon.”
“Who?” Ezekiel asked.
“The faces in the shadows—they will be coming soon!”
Her words caused chills to run down his spine, because he suddenly realized the things he had been seeing were not his imagination but were, in fact, real. And something beyond his reasoning told him they wanted him. For what, exactly, he didn’ t know.
He asked the old woman, “What are they?”
She shrugged and said, “The devil’s hands. They’re the devil’s hands.”
He frowned and shut his eyes for a second, and when he opened them, she was no longer there. This type of thing began to happen to him more and more often. People would walk up to him and say, “They are coming,” or “Get ready.” It was surreal.
It was around that time that he also began to dream about a man named Joshua who would show him things, people, and places to avoid. Once, he dreamed that he came upon an alley, and Joshua told him to avoid it, but he didn’t listen. A homeless person was sitting on the ground in the alley asking for help. He approached the person, ready to offer help, when he heard Joshua’s voice whisper in his ear, “Don’t do it! Stay away from him. You’re not prepared.” Ezekiel turned to ask Joshua what he meant, but he wa s gone.
Ezekiel couldn’t explain why he didn’t just listen to Joshua in the dream, because every fiber of his being was telling him that everything was not as it appeared to be. Instead, Ezekiel walked toward the man and extended his hand, offering him a few dollars. The man grabbed Ezekiel by the wrist and began to pull him closer. His grip was cold and strong. Ezekiel could feel his essence draining from his body. He tried to break away but he couldn’t, and there was a strong smell of vinegar and rotten eggs. Ezekiel could feel his lif