Road to Armageddon.The first murder on earth

CHAPTER 6

It was only a few decades after the eviction, when the earth had its first human death, a murder in fact.
It happened when members of Adams now growing family, two young sons of Adam, started to argue over whoes offering was most likely to be pleasing to God.
The rebel angels were behind the scenes, inciting each man against the other, goading them on, as fun, and were amazed, with how little effort, it took to influence Adams offspring.
Things soon got out of hand though, when Cain got angry and killed his brother Abel, in a fit of rage.
This death was extremely upsetting to Jehovah, and bode ill for the future.
The guilty angels Vulcan and Minerva were identified, hunted down and punished, by the ex Cherub of the garden, but the damage was done.
A preventable death, a murder of one of his humans had occured on his watch, and Keruv felt the embarrassment, this caused him.
The angels angels were a little more circumspect and cautious now, in their dealing with man, but this didnt stop them from gaining tremendous fun, over the next generations enticing them to give up larger andlarger proportions of their hard toiled for produce, in the way of offerings to appease the angels into securing for them an ample harvest. Something within their remit and abilities to do, but the demons had now gown lazy, werary of working for the betterment of man, and prefered to just tauntthem and use them as a form of entertainment.

Gabriel and Uriel reported all these acts of incitement and coruption perpetrated by the other side to Michael.
Unsanctioned alters had also been identified although they were not as yet attributable to anyone, were still a cause of great concern as the Most High was not thought to be the intended recipient of its devotion.

Jehovah made his feelings on the matter, well known, at the next meeting of what in the earliest days were called, the daily crisis meetings.
"Michael. We may have to rethink our stance down there. It is imperitive that retain some influence in this realm. We must not let it become, just a recruiting ground and play area for our adversary Satan. Yes, we must call him that now! I have definately decided that, this is what must call him from now on, Satan the deceiver.
I want you to return our hosts down there to give us greater intelligence coverage, and I require, out of principle, that there be at least one family of humans functioning in that realm, that knows of me and the dire battle that we are engaged in, for their benefit, and that
we will protect them come what may.
It must not be allowed to go completely adverse against us down there.
Who would have thought, just afew years ago that I Jehovah would have to give such an order like this. Michael, we are living in sad times son.
Use the power of my name again in this. I will tolerate no opposition in this. This is not for testing. My word must be heard.
It must be final and supreme, even in the face of bitterest opposition.
Seek out those who are mine, of the humans.
When you have set all our forces in place my son, come back as soon as you can. I fear, Ihave grave words I wish to speak to you".

Michael took his leave and sought the advise of Uriel and thus selected dour Jeremiel to oversee the intelligence hosts, down there on earth.
Jeremiel, casting around for clear thinking ambitious astute Cherubs recently promoted to Anointed guardian rank, chose Hannah, Sarah and Ruth to head up the new departments of enemy personnel, operational capabilies, logistics etc, and finally tactical and strategic intentions.
Saphira was brouht in to head hunt for the loyal and if necessary instructed human families required by the Most Highs proclamation.
The forces now arrayed against the demons grew, day by day in numbers as well as formidibleness, matching angel for angel now, in the lower realm, something easier for Michael to achieve, with his greater resources.