Angels In War (The First World War) Part 2
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Pax, a correspondent of Light dated July 10th, 1915 was enquiring into the many stories of the visions at the battlefront, which were widely circulating. He quoted the following from an artilleryman: and they absolutely vouch for the truth of it.
Two English nurses at a hospital at St Germain-en-Laye, Paris, stated that the accounts were not only implicitly believed, but were absolutely known to be true . . . 'No French newspaper,' she said, 'would have made itself ridiculous by disputing the authenticity of what was vouched for by so many thousands of eyewitnesses.'
The paper Universe reported an officer's letter from the battlefront
about a party of thirty men and an officer who were cut off in a
trench. In order not to be trapped they decided to make a sortie
against the enemy, and although they were so few against so large a
force, they dashed out into the open shouting, 'St George for
England!' As they ran on they became aware of a large company of men
going along with them, and even leading them on against the enemy
trenches. Afterwards the officer talked with a prisoner whom they had
captured. The prisoner asked a very strange question:
'Who was
that officer on a great white horse who led them? Although he was so
prominent, none of our men had been able to hit him!'
G. G. Monck of Martock reported a young lieutenant in Oxford who'd been all through the retreat from Mons and had been wounded at Neuve Chapelle. He said it was simply miraculous, but was perfectly true. Almost the same thing happened at Neuve Chapelle.
A young woman who was at Stepney Soldiers and Sailors meeting, said she had just received a letter from her husband who was at the battle of Neuve Chapelle. He wrote: In the course of the battle I saw the angels all around us.'
It's Happened Before!
Yes, it's happened before! Long ago in fact. It's recorded in the oldest book in the world. Compare these reports of Mons with a similar record in the Bible: 2 Kings 6:16,17, when Elisha was given the ability to see God's hosts of angelic fighters all around.
When the king of Syria was at war with Israel, he said to his officers, 'We will mobilise our forces at ... (naming a place in secret)'. Immediately Elisha the prophet warned the king of Israel, 'Don't go near . . . (naming the same place), for the Syrians are mobilising their troops there!'
The king of Israel sent a scout to see if Elisha was right, and sure enough he had saved him from disaster. This happened several times.
The king of Syria was puzzled and called together his officers and demanded, 'Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel about my plans?'
'It's not us, sir.'
One of the officers replied, 'Elisha the prophet tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!'
'Go and find out where he is at once!' raged the king. 'We'll send our troops to seize him!'
The report came back, 'Elisha is at Dothan!'