The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

departed spirit to enjoy the life on earth they were abruptly deprived of continuing in their own flesh. The covenant was to continue until the departed relative could obtain more permanence through reincarnation. Any surviving relative that resisted this custom could cause the deceased to see second death, which was accepted to be worse than the first death they experienced. If the deceased suffered harm in the afterlife or experienced a supposed second death, the person in charge of their posthumous care was penalized. Family favors, special talents and giftings, and privileged stature in society were all at risk. The practice was eminently more meaningful to rulers and nobles because they were believed to be empowered by their ancestral spirits. In regard to the second death, the Lord Jesus confronted this fallacy in Revelations 2:11, 20:6, 14, and 21:8, by promising His overcomers exemption from the second death. People’s elaborate funerals and worship of the dead more than the living is predicated upon ancient ancestral worship where death was misunderstood and final. In the New Testament, Christ takes away its sting to make elaborate ceremonies for the dead unnecessary. 59. Angel—A) A heavenly/spiritual being, divine messenger, sent as an agent, ambassador, or emissary to conduct business on behalf of God in the affairs of men. B) May be stationed as a territorial ruler or despot in countries and nations as their spiritual power and authority. C) The Hebrew word for angel is malak. In the Greek it is aggelos. They comprise the Creator’s “protocratic forces” of creation. Since people die, they exist to reassign and uphold those ordained to replace them in the standing institutions of the world. God did not suffer them to be eliminated every time their founders or leaders died. See Protocratic. 60. Angelic Agencies—Areas of creation over which angels or spirit beings have authority to govern, manage, adjudicate, and administrate. These include fire, water, and other elements; people and their lives; nations and countries; rulers; spiritual or spherical territories. Exodus 23:23 and 32:34; Revelation 22:16. 61. Angelic Delegation—The supernatural guard or contingent of spiritual beings dispatched by God to undergird and support a prophet’s (or any minister’s) ministry. The delegation constitutes the supernatural forces that provoke the spirit world to manifest themselves in their designated and ordained earthly modes. Their power and license as citizens of the invisible worlds of God’s creation is to evidence the material form or formats of God’s provision on the earth. The entire entourage consists of spiritual watchers, people’s guardian