Its a rainy night and Hank is “troubled in Spirit ” he was restless and couldn’t sleep. He had cleaned off the graffiti off his house. He kept replaying and thinking about his conversation with Brummel. Everything is bothering him. After laying in bed for 2 hours Hank finally drifts off to sleep. But then his dreams start to sour. He started to feel frantic and Chaotic He started running and hearing screams, Nothing made sense except that the feeling of Stark terror. He wanted to scream but was fighting unseen enemies. He wasn’t sleeping but he wasn’t awake. He was in between, when he sees a black velvet creature floating above his head. Then he feels a very heavy blow to his chest. He then starts looking at his room. The goblin in the corner was just a shirt hanging in the corner. Now Hank knows he is awake and is hearing noises throughout his house and clattering in the kitchen Hank starts to pray.
I am one that likes to sleep to noise. I now am starting to be more careful about what I allow myself to fall asleep to as that in between is when we are more receptive to the spirit world. I would rather fall asleep listening to Gods word or Christian fiction than some show full of sin.
Hank is now walking through his house turning on lights. He is seeing moving shadows, He discovers that the clatter in the kitchen was a spatula that slipped out of his holder. As he is walking through the living room he is starting to pray again. He is the surround with the inability to see or hear, His throat is closing. Unable to speak Hank screams in his mind Jesus Help Me. Then he started to rebuke them. The cries from the demons were so loud that they woke Mary up.
According to the Angels the demons descended with arrogance. It was the 1st time that demons had been confronted and rebuked by Hank. Hank had passed his 1st test and won the battle.
Mary and Hank start digesting what happened. They acknowledge that it was demons. Hank is down on himself because he thinks he failed because he wasn’t prepared and walked into it. He and Mary pray to be better prepared next time. *But how do you prepare by doing book knowledge and experience are 2 different things.*Mary tells Hank the same thing I just said after the prayer hasn’t God done that. The demons are gone “how are you going to know how to fight satans direct attacks unless you just do it.” Hank realizes he is now a veteran. They end the night praying thanking God for the experience.
*** Meanwhile at Hogans****
Marshall had the same dreams and feeling heart pounding fear. He hears voices, thinking that it could be a radio or Sandy. He grabs a bat and starts going through his house. Sandys bedroom door is open which is abnormal. The front door was also open and No Sandy. He locks the door turns around and notices how dark the living room is. He went outside to his porch and suddenly felt safer. When he returns and shuts the door it is described as shutting himself in with vipers. All the emotions of fear and panic returned.
Outside the Angels watched as the demons played Havoc with Marshalls mind. Guilo could hardly watch and do nothing once again having to be held back. Marshall almost hits Kate with the bat as she scared him. She was woken up by what is described as a party. Marshall informs Kate that Sandy is not in her room. We learn that Sandy did not come home with Marshall. Marshall is white from the terror only being able to vocalize that he is scared. Kate warms milk for Marshall and they start talking about Sandy and how all 3 of them have a responsibility in the current state of their relationship. Can I say how much I love the women in this book and at this moment Kate. She recommends outside help and a counseling session with Pastor Young, their pastor.
Bernie calls Marshall to let him know that her film has scratches on it on the frames of the people at the booth. That the film was exposed and put back. She checked her Camera and nothing was wrong with it. We end the chapter with the Angels commenting on how Marshall we never much of a sleeper and that Rafar has awakened him.
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