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The 7 Archangels

In today’s post, I wanted to we’re looking at the seven Archangels,, also known as the Watchers. Over 80% of the world’s population believe angels exist, so we’re not alone.

The term Archangel itself is derived from a Greek term that means chief angels. Archangels are superior beings that are the extensions of God himself. Hence they personify his grace, power, and majesty.

All the archangels are considered healers. Typically they come as surgeons, ready to repair our bodies through mending our souls.

What are archangels in terms of rank? Archangels are at the topmost hierarchy in the Angel world. They are arguably the closest beings to God. Archangels are powerful beings in the spiritual Realm. They watch over other angels, humanity, and also other aspects of the universe itself.

Most people believe that you can learn to communicate with them and also evoke their power in times of need.

Currently, there are only two archangels named in the Canonical Bible that the Protestants and the Catholics used. They are also named in the Koran as well. These archangels are Gabriel and Michael.

Originally, there were seven archangels discussed in the Book of Enoch. These archangels were removed from the scriptures because of a reason that we will discuss here. The other five angels are known by many names, but they’re popular names include Ariel, Raphael, Azriel, Jophiel, and Chamuel.

They appear in stories which date back to the Bronze Age when the first temple was built in 300 BCE. This is also when King Solomon built his first temple in Jerusalem.

The battle between Lucifer and Angel Michael can be found in the Book of Revelations, but the battle takes place in heaven and not on Earth as much as Lucifer fights a host of angels. Only Angel Michael is named among them. That is because the rest of the story was removed from the canonical Bible in the period between 366 to 384 BCE by Pope Damasus.

The Council of Rome also played a part in removing the story from the canonical Bible.

Let’s take a look at each of the seven archangels and their attributions to humankind.

Archangel Michael

The name Michael basically means he who is as God’s. Archangel Michael is known as the Angel of Protection and also the most powerful among all angels. He  is also considered to be the leader of the angelic realm and the patron of righteousness, mercy, and justice.

That said, the Scriptures have always depicted him as a warrior carrying a sword in his hands.

Being an Archangel, Michael commands a legion of guardian angels, all serving as the first line of protection, the will of God and faith.

What’s even more interesting, Michael only says 4 words.

“The Lord rebuke you” -Jude 9

These are the words that Michael says directly addressing Satan.

In the scriptures, Michael argues with Satan about the body of Moses. However, not a lot is said.

Michael is the most interesting biblical Angel that’s next to Gabriel and Lucifer.

Michael is arguably the most famous Angel in the Bible.

Archangel Gabriel

Archangel Gabriel’s name can be translated to mean the strength of God or the Hero of God. Archangel Gabriel is the holy messenger of God. But unfortunately in the conical Bible, Gabriel is not referred to as an Archangel. However, many Christians believe him to be.

Angel Gabriel is the one responsible for guiding the Wise Men to Christ. Additionally, the Angel is mentioned in the Quran as an Archangel.

Gabriel is neither female nor male, but the Angel sort of resembles feminine qualities. The reason why Christians refer to Angel Gabriel as an Archangel is due to the Book of Enoch that was released between the old and New Testament.

In the book, Enoch refers to Gabriel as an Archangel. Otherwise, the word Archangel is only used in the Bible.

Archangel Gabriel only speaks directly to three people. The Angel appears to Zechariah to tell of the future, birth of John the Baptist, to prophet Daniel, and lastly to Virgin Mary.

The first time Gabriel is mentioned in the Bible is when he appears to Daniel to explain his vision. Gabriel explains the vision to Daniel after being called upon by God.

Archangel Ariel

The name Ariel can be translated to mean the Lion of God. That means that Ariel is responsible for protecting the plants, animals and elements of the world which include wind, fire and earth.

Therefore, anyone who will bring harm to God’s creation is usually punished by Archangel Ariel. So whenever you’re conserving the environment, ask for help from Arial.

Arial not only protects God’s creation, but she also guides people to protect it as well. Whether she does it herself or uses others to help. The main aim is protecting what God created.

Archangel Azrael

The name Azrael can be loosely translated to the Angel of God in Hebrew.

Some people actually refer to him as the Angel of destruction and renewal. However, that’s not a reason to fear him. He is not the bringer of death, but rather the spiritual guide.

His role is to guide souls during death to crossover calmly. The role of Azrael sort of resembles the role given to Anubius found in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Additionally, Azrael is credited for being a spiritual counselor during times of grief. Azrael ensures that you don’t completely lose your mind or even do something that you shouldn’t do or to that.

Azrael keeps track of those people who are born every day and those who die. Therefore, he knows the exact population of the world at any given moment.

Archangel Raphael

Raphael is known as the ultimate physical and emotional healer in the realm of the Angels. This means that he is not only a healer of people, but he also guides healers in their process.

Additionally, Raphael can help you let go of your addictions and has the power to heal physical injuries.

The name of this Angel can be loosely translated to it is God who heals.

That said, it probably doesn’t surprise you that Raphael has the healing power, and the people who need healing will always pray to Archangel Raphael.

The Angel helps in restoring and maintaining peace and harmony to the world and in the realm of angels. He also watches over travelers to ensure they have a safe journey home.

Raphael works in conjunction with Michael to help relieve stressors and fears that might affect your health.

Archangel Jophiel

The word Jophiel means the beauty of the Lord. That said, the main power of the Archangel Jophiel is to help us maintain our beauty and life and also giving us positive thoughts.

She is also known as one of the few female archangels to exist. In short, jophiel helps us to appreciate the beauty of the world. Therefore, when you stop to admire a flower, chances are you’ve been visited by Jophiel.

Whenever you feel negative thoughts, the best idea is to pray to Jophiel for positivity.

So when all your negative thoughts are replaced with positive vibes, then you’ve been visited by Jophiel.

Additionally, Jophiel also helps to boost your creativity and imagination, all in the aim of trying to show you how miraculous the world is.

If you ever lose sight of the meaning of life, then pray to Jophiel for clarity.

Archangel Chamuel

Lastly, the name Chamuel translates to he who sees God throughout history.

This Angel has been called different names over the years. Therefore, it’s easy to confuse Chamuel with other angels.

His sole mission is to bring peace to the entire world. Most people believe that Chamuel can see the interconnectedness of all things that exist. He also assists us by giving us the strength to fight adversity.

Chamuel is known to help people find lost items and also find important parts of their lives.

Additionally, Chamuel also helps to heal anxiety and bring peace to a troubled nation.

He repairs relationships and any misunderstandings between humans.

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Step 3: Allowing your desire to materialize

Now some of you may be saying that you’ve had desires in the past that got you excited, yet they never resulted in anything.

Keep in mind, though, that this is a 3-step process.

You’ve identified your desire and given it your attention.

The third step is allowing your desire to materialize, so let’s begin.

Allowing is simply the absence of negative vibration and doubt is a negative vibration.

In fact, allowing is the most important step of the process.

You may have heard the saying “just allow it”.

Telling yourself this doesn’t help you to allow.

If you doubt you can have something, you are sending a negative vibration.

This negative vibration is cancelling the positive vibration of your desire.

Simply put, having strong desire (positive vibration), and having strong doubt (negative vibration), cancel each other out.

Therefore, allowing occurs in the absence of doubt.

You know you are allowing something when you hear yourself saying statements such as:

  • “Ah, what a relief!”
  • “You know, maybe I can have this.”
  • “Now this feels possible.”

In all three of the above expressions, what you are actually describing is the feeling of the negative vibration being removed.

Most people say that allowing is the most difficult step in this simple formula – It’s not the most difficult step, it’s only the least understood.

Most people don’t understand how to allow so they become frustrated when people say “just allow it”.

Allowing can be explained through a simple children’s game – here’s how it works.

A number of marbles rest on sticks that criss-cross through a clear cylinder.

The sticks represent resistance/doubt, the marbles represent desire, and the fallen marbles represent manifestation (allowing).

In the course of the game, the sticks are removed allowing some marbles to fall to the bottom of the cylinder.

But the only way the marbles will fall is if the sticks are removed.

In the same way, having a strong desire is not enough – it is only when your resistance is removed that your desire is manifested.

The faster your resistance is removed, the faster your desire can be realized.

Simply put, the speed at which the law of attraction manifests your desire is in direct proportion to how much you are allowing.

  • Having a strong desire with strong doubt means your desire will not be manifested.
  • Having a strong desire with just a little bit of doubt means your desire will come through slowly.
  • Having a strong desire with no doubt means your desire will be manifested quickly.
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Step 2: Giving attention to your desire

To increase your vibration simply means to give your desire more positive attention, energy and focus.

It is not enough to merely identify your desire, you must also give it positive attention – giving it positive attention ensures that you are including the vibration of your desire in your current vibration.

With guidance from above you get more of whatever you give your attention, energy, and focus to.

If, however, you identify your desire and don’t give it attention, energy, and focus, there is no help given.

The key here is to identify your desire and continue to give it attention.

As you’re giving it attention, you are now including the vibration of your desire in your current vibration.

Your current vibration is what the guidance from above responds to.

Some people are good at identifying their desires and then they tuck their list of desires away and never give it attention again, but the guidance from above can only respond to what you’re giving your attention to.

In what follows, we will explore the idea that every one of us is surrounded by a vibrational bubble, where all of our current vibration is store.

You must be sure to include the vibration of your desire in your current vibrational bubble.

Imagine that you have a bubble that is surrounding you and capture within this bubble are all the vibrations you are sending out.

The guidance from above is responding to whatever is inside your vibrational bubble.

It is essential to understand that all your goals, dreams, and desires are outside of your vibrational bubble.

If they were inside your vibrational bubble you would already have them and be enjoying them.

Now that you have new clarity about your desire, it’s necessary to include that vibration in your current vibration because that’s what the guidance from above responds to.

If you create your desire list and put it away in your sock drawer, your desire won’t manifest because guidance from above doesn’t respond to things in a sock drawer. It only responds to what is currently in your vibrational bubble.

Notice that when you say “no” to something, you just gave it attention, energy, and focus – in that moment, it also becomes included in your vibrational bubble.

The bottom line is, giving anything attention of any kind includes it in your current vibration.

One of the keys to make the law of attraction work for you lies in keeping your desires within your current vibration – your vibrational bubble.

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God’s law of receiving

Let’s face it – you’ve wanted more succes by doing everything that everyone said you should do, yet what you’ve been seeking has been slow to come.

You tried very hard, especially at first, to learn all the right stuff, do all the right things, say the all right words, and be in the right places…but more often than not, you seemed not to get what you wanted…which hurt a lot.

Earlier in your life, when you were first dipping your toe into the idea of achieving success, you found satisfaction in matching the expectations of others who were laying out the rules for success – the teachers, parents, and mentors – who surrounded you and seemed confident and convincing.

“Always be on time;
Always do your best;
Always be honest;
Work as hard as you can;
Strive for greatness;
No pain, no gain;
Never give up.”

Over time, however, finding satisfaction from gaining the approval of those who laid out those rules waned as their principles of success – no matter how hard you tried – did not yield the promised results.

Moreover, it was really disheartening when you stood back to gain some perspective on the whole picture and realized that their principles were not, for the most part, bringing them real success either.

And then, to make matters worse, you began meeting other people (who clearly were not following those rules), but who were achieving success apart from the “old” formula that you had been so eager to learn and apply.

Thus, you found yourself asking:

“What’s going on here? How can those who are working so hard be receiving so little, while those who seem to be working so little are achieving so much?

My expensive education hasn’t paid off at all – and yet that billionaire dropped out of high school…

My father worked hard every day of his life – and yet our family had to borrow the money to pay for his funeral…

Why doesn’t my hard work pay off for me the way it was supposed to?

Why do so few really get rich, while most of us struggle to barely get by?

What am I missing?

What do those financially successful people know that I don’t know?”

When you are doing everything you can think of (truly trying your best to do what you have been told) is supposed to bring you success, and yet success doesn’t show up, it is easy to become hopeless and eventually angry at those who are displaying evidence of the success you desire.

You may even find yourself sometimes condemning their success simply because it is too painful to watch them living the life that you want.

This is the reason why I want you to read my blog– because you CAN have what you want.

Yes, you read that right.

You just need to know HOW to get there by listening to the guidance from above.

Don’t worry, you’ll soon understand what I’m talking about.

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As you sow, so shall you reap

In the New Testament, Christians are very familiar with the phrase “As you sow, so shall you reap.”

This idea, presented to Christians (and Buddhists alike, in the form of Karma), has also been presented in many other great religions on Earth and has been presented by modern philosophers as well.

When we hear the word attraction, we often think about the person who makes us feel the best.

But attraction is also a power in nature that can act over great distances.

According to science, attraction is something that affects absolutely everything in the universe.

When we look back over the history of science, we remember that Newton’s law of gravitation first told us that every object in the universe was attracted by every other object.

Furthermore, Einstein’s theory told us that attraction arose out of a space-time continuum, and that the attraction objects had for one another was actually their very reason for existence.

The earth, the sun, and all the other celestial bodies would never have been formed if it weren’t for the power of attraction.

But the power of attraction is not only a great mystery in terms of the stars and planets but a great mystery in terms of people’s lives.

When two people come together, there is often an irresistible quality of attraction that overpowers every other desire they have.

Because this power is so closely connected with the power of love, the attraction can even keep two people together forever.

The spiritual law of attraction stated in another way says that “whatever we hold in mind tends to manifest in our lives.”

What this means is that we attract the things that we think about.

In other words, by instilling our emotional energy into certain things, we bring them closer to us every day.

Sure, keeping a positive attitude certainly isn’t an easy thing to do.

Each day, people will tell themselves many negative things.

These negative ideas will sometimes be expressed in the light of day by a seemingly happy person and yet, when we get to know the people who are thinking these ideas, we may find that they are actually quite depressed and afraid of many things.

People make a lot of decisions based on these negative feelings and it isn’t always apparent how much it is affecting their lives.

It will often appear to be quite bad when you take a closer look inside.

The negative tendencies that people pursue in their lives often help to confirm the initial fears that they have. They lose their jobs, their friends and their closest loved ones to problems that seem beyond their control. This seems impossible to change and yet, the law of attraction tells us something different.

People’s thoughts and decisions often promote the very kind of negative evidence that they initially set out to prove.

Simply put, they are the very cause of their own problems.

By focusing on the negative, the negative comes to pass.

The law of attraction tells us that, whatever we give our attention to becomes our point of attraction, ultimately becoming the thing that we magnetize into our lives.

This is even true for the things we try to separate ourselves from or fight against because we find that we are still giving these negative things our constant attention.

Getting over our fears and negative emotions can be quite a challenge when we are applying the law of attraction in our lives.

In order to be successful and attract what is positive, it is helpful to see the challenges ahead.

If we know what to expect in terms of the law of attraction, we will be prepared to attract only the things that are truly best for us in our lives.

People who see a negative future become discontented. This seems obvious and yet, negative people seem intensely committed to their own negativity. It is as though they felt there was some great honor in seeing the bad side of things.

The evidence they were looking for about the world and the negative “reality” of life always seems to arrive with predictable accuracy because the law of attraction is working in all areas of the Universe.

In order to stop this negative thinking, it is best to look at the way it manifests itself so as to uncover a larger field of attraction and open ourselves to more positive energies.