The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

rescued them from jail and performed other miraculous feats were the very ones assigned to the New Creation church’s establishment. What is significant about the angels of the seven churches is how the seven angels track with the seven continents of the earth that the New Creation church was to populate. Moreover, they precisely coincide with the seven spirits before God’s throne that were sent out into all the earth. Prophets clearly see this as but another dimension of the Almighty’s plan to reconcile all things to Himself that are in heaven and on earth as Colossians 1:20 explains about the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Beyond this is the interesting note that in the end it is seven angels that see to the end-time judgment of the earth, and they utter statements as witnesses as well as mere messengers of God’s wrath. See Revelation 8:2, 6. See explanations of Protocratic and Angels. The seven angels’ last-days activity only commences after the church they have kept for millennia is raptured from the earth. See Revelation 7:9. 64. Animal Sacrifices—The slaughter of an animal for the purposes of appeasing and communing with a deity. Typical ritual sacrifices were sheep, oxen, goats, lambs, dogs, horses, donkeys, and mules. These are in addition to the array of birds, reptiles, and insects that were offered. Hebrews 7:27 and 10:6. Also the book of Leviticus. 65. Animal Skins—Used as fetishes, animal skins were important to the ancient world and were worn for or by the priests and shamans to attire themselves in what was to be imagery of their tribal deity. Animal skins served significant purposes in the Bible. The first time we see them is in Genesis 3:21 where the Lord made coats of skin to cover Adam and his wife after their original glory departed. From there, the obvious use of animal skin is established. Even today, leather and other animal skins are used for warmth and covering. However, as with everything else the ancient peoples set their fancies on, whether for necessity or not, religion invariably became the stronghold that tied the object or element to community life. To represent their god in worship and ritual, priests of religion often donned animal skins. They were frequently adorned for prayer and protection, and worn to ward off evil spirits. In this context, animal skins were used as fetishes. See Fetish. They were often chosen to represent natural images of the land’s gods. Snakes, lions, tigers, and dragons were favored as well as bird parts. When the entire animal was not worn, their perceived powerful parts were for the priest to capture the slaughtered animals