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    COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM: 1
    COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM: 1
    COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM: 1
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    COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM: 1

    By R.L. Coleman

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    When an Agent o f Death ‘Grim Reaper’ claim the soul of a man abandoned by his Guardian Angel ‘Seraph’, he decides to assume the responsibilities of the missing seraph, and escort the disembodied soul to The Gates Of Paradise. Once there, he is reluctantly assigned as a temporary Guardian to the soul of a newborn scheduled for birth. But, the guardians of the hospital nursery are skeptical of the Grim Reaper, and they are not convinced of his statue as a temporary Guardian. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.L. Coleman
    Release dateAug 11, 2017
    ISBN9781386145356
    COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM: 1

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      COMPLICATIONS In The SPIRIT REALM - R.L. Coleman

      Dedication:

      This book is dedicated to those who realize, the Essence

      of the Divine,

      resides within the Holy Temple of the Mortal Body.

      Table of Contents:

      The Calling—————————————Chapter 1.

      The Neophyte———————————-Chapter 2.

      The Family————————————-—Chapter 4.

      The Evil One———————————-—Chapter 5.

      The Merciless One—————————Chapter 6.

      The Family—————————————-—Chapter 6.

      The Guardians Unite————————Chapter 7.

      The Ruse Is Up————————————Chapter 8.

      It’s Hell To Pay———————————-—Chapter 9.

      There’s Yet To Come———————-—Chapter 10.

      ––––––––

      Complications In The Spirit Realm

      Chapter 1.

      The Calling

      As a violent thunderstorm rages above the city of Manhattan, a

      drunken alcoholic huddles beneath a makeshift shelter behind an old

      rundown tavern. Half conscious and drunk, he lay in garbage and filth

      as rats scavenge through trash looking for discarded food. The

      homeless man has given up on life, living day to day on cheap alcohol

      and handouts. His poorly constructed cardboard home offer little

      shelter from the powerful thunderstorm raging above. In his hand he

      holds a half empty bottle of cheap vodka, as a big fat sewer rat slowly

      crawls across his filthy hand looking for shelter and food. The

      disgusting rodent startles the intoxicated man awake, he opens his eyes

      in time to witness the rat’s long gutter stained tail dragging across his

      filthy hand. Suddenly he becomes aware that someone is standing over

      him in the torrent rain. A bright flash of lightning from the storm

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      clouds above, reveal the terrifying image of a grim reaper. While the

      drunken man stares silently at Death, a great roar of thunder follows

      the lightning above. Before him stands a tall thin figure of a man

      wearing a long black hooded robe, it is torn and tattered by the

      toiling of time. His face, only a dark shadow hidden behind the hood of

      his robe, his glaring eyes glow red, like hot coals in a fire. In his large

      skeletal hand he holds his sickle of death, an instrument used in the

      service of cause and effect. The homeless derelict is unfazed by the

      appearance of Death, he is too broken to be worried, and too drunk to

      even care. What the hell do you want? ask the man in a drunken slur.

      I have come to relieve you from your pain and suffering, says the grim

      reaper. The intoxicated man has lived a lifetime of disappointment and

      failure, death has a little meaning to man who has never really lived.

      Get the hell outta here ands let me die in peace, says the intoxicated

      man, dismissing the grim reaper’s threat. Then, the drunk unscrews the

      top from his cheap bottle of vodka, lifts it up to his trembling mouth,

      draining it of every drop. Afterwards, he throws down the empty bottle

      sending it crashing to the large skeletal feet of the reaper. "You have

      been given the gift of life, yet you choose death," says the reaper.

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      Well I will give you the death, you most certainly deserve, he

      declares. Then slowly he raises his death sickle, before striking the

      man releasing his immortal soul. The immortal soul lingers

      disorientated above it’s former body, before it too separates into

      another spirit form.

      The soul is the immortal personality, which is a part of divine

      essence, and the spirit is the temporal passions of the human-being,

      which sometime remain at the place of death for an undetermined

      period of time. Divine law require, there be a guardian awaiting the

      disembodied soul at the moment of death, so as to escort the

      confused and helpless soul to the Gates of Paradise. But this poor

      soul has apparently been abandoned by his guardian, and there is no

      seraph available to perform that service.

      Although no the duty of a grim reaper, this reaper decides he

      himself will do, that which he is not required to do. He has not the

      ability, to create an ethereal threshold to paradise as do the seraphim,

      but he has the desire, and he know the way. Take hold of my hand

      says the grim reaper as he reaches out.

      The soul, confused and perplexed by his unfamiliar form, takes

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      hold of the reaper’s large skeletal hand after struggling desperately

      to orientate himself above the body. Then, together they quickly

      ascend above all of his earthly troubles. Is this paradise ask the

      bewildered and confused soul. No, not yet, replies the grim reaper

      with a simple answer. As they travel through the vapory mist above,

      dark storm clouds form disapproving faces of the seraphim as they pass.

      They continue their journey through a very thick mist, until they arrive

      at a very bright light. Through the glaring light emerges the powerful

      Gatekeeper, holder of the sacred keys to paradise. 

      He is the keeper to those who seek passage. His face is a deep dark

      complexion, as ebony wood from the African forest. His head and face

      are hairless, except for white bushy eyebrows above his small dark

      eyes. His heavy robust form, is covered by a long radiant white

      robe, fasten together by a row of golden button from top to bottom.

      The sacred keys to paradise hang securely from the golden sash

      around his waist. Who go’s there? demands the Gatekeeper in

      his deep intimidating voice. It is I, Death, responds the grim

      reaper. The Gatekeeper’s voice turns angry,  "You are forbidden

      here Death," scolds the Gatekeeper. "It is only the realm of death,

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      where you belong, you do not belong in this most sacred place"

      continuing his rebuke.

      The Gatekeeper is outraged that a grim reaper would not only dare,

      but to even have the ability to reach this higher realm. "This realm is

      forbidden to all grim reapers" says the angry Gatekeeper. "Only

      worthy souls, and the seraphim are welcome here," he informs.

      But it was compassion that motivated this reaper to assume the

      responsibility of a missing seraph. "There was no guardian in

      attendance at the passing of this soul," says the grim reaper. "So

      there was no guardian available to help this soul through transition"

      explains the reaper. But this explanation is not enough to satisfy the

      Gatekeeper, as he continues in his rebuke of the goodhearted reaper.

      Death is never allowed in this most sacred place he continues. The

      compassionate reaper is without defense, and though his decision was

      noble, his actions are clearly a violation against divine law. "How

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      can I resolve this dilemma," the Gatekeeper wondered. "Because of

      this unusual situation, there is no Guardian to reassign to the

      incoming soul," he further reasoned. 

      There is only but one solution to this unusual dilemma, and that is

      to Assign this grim reaper  as a temporary guardian, until a seraph is

      available to replace him. "But can a reaper

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