Eddie studied the lists carefully. The order of the apostles
changed depending on which gospel was used, but Philip
was always listed fifth. A strong Jesus connection. Five. Could it mean Philip? Is this Charlotte saying that I was the apostle 151
Philip in a previous lifetime? Eddie’s best guess based on the clues he had was that the connection with the number five
had to be Philip.
Well, this seems a bit mind blowing to say the least. The
apostle Philip? How could that be? Eddie thought. There is no way that could be possible. There must be a different answer than that. There are churches all over the world named after this guy. No way could I and the apostle Philip be the same soul in different lifetimes. Get the hell out of here! Not a snowball’s chance in hell this is the answer! Eddie chuckled to himself and continued his quest.
That night, Eddie had a dream.
He saw a great city full of tall buildings with thousands
of people in it. There was a marketplace full of shops full
of vendors selling their wares. It looked like the scene out
of a movie, something thousands of years ago. The air was
filled with the aroma of fruits and vegetables as old men
were bartering their produce when all at once, he heard a
trumpet blast sound throughout the entire city. The people
stopped what they were doing and proceeded to kneel on
the ground facing east.
Eddie turned to the direction of their prayers and saw
a titanic snake hover over the city. It had a black head
with an expanded hood like a cobra’s, a red body, and a
silver tail. Two horns protruded out of this great snake. It
opened its mouth, and fire was shot forth. It lifted itself to its full stature and began to survey the crowd, moving its
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head back and forth. It almost looked like a giant dragon to
Eddie except it was without wings. It spotted some priests
dressed in black who began to move toward the snake. The
priests were chanting something unidentifiable to him.
They were carrying a small, frightened child on a gurney,
who looked to be about two years old, dressed in a white
robe. The little boy was bound and gagged. The snake eyed
up the little child with relish, hissing with pleasure.
Oh my god, they are going to feed this lovely child to this hideous monster. Eddie knew he had to act fast. He unsheathed his sword, which was somehow labeled Sword of Truth, and
yelled to the snake, “Come get me, you bastard!”
The snake noticed Eddie, hissed, and then lunged its
enormous head toward him.
With one fell swoop, Eddie struck the snake between
the eyes, splitting its head wide open. With a magnificent
crash, the snake toppled itself over, its head landing near
the marketplace where Eddie was standing.
Immediately the crowd was outraged and rushed
toward Eddie.
“Why are you angry with me?” asked Eddie to the
oncoming masses.
“You’ve killed our god!” shouted the men closest to
Eddie. “Crucify him!” yelled some others.
They began to tie him up upside down to this cross
when Eddie opened his eyes and looked around the room.
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It was just a dream. Looking at the pillow, he noticed it was soaked with perspiration.
“What the hell was that all about?” Eddie asked to
himself as he made himself to the bathroom to do his daily
morning ritual.
The dream was so lucid that he thought nothing else
but it the entire day. That afternoon, he got on the Internet
and looked up everything he could about a giant snake
matching the one in his dream. He searched and searched
but found nothing. He found many large snakes, but none
to fit the description of some snake god that people seemed
to sacrifice children to. It gave him an uneasy feeling, one
he couldn’t shake himself from.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
“But, Mommy, they’ll come back!” said Joan.
“Oh, don’t be silly darling,” said Elizabeth.
Joan was worried that if she didn’t talk to Eddie for a few
days, then the bad guys as Joan called them would return.
Joan’s excitement all began when Eddie told Elizabeth
that he would be going to the Electric Forest music
festival in Rothbury, Michigan, on June 26–29, a four-day,
Woodstocklike event that featured camping and lots of
music. He had been looking forward to it ever since he
received his tickets for the event in February.
It wasn’t the festival itself that bothered Joan, it was
the fact that she wouldn’t be able to talk to Eddie for four
days. He had told her that there wouldn’t be any cell phone
service because it was held in the middle of a forest with no
service available.
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Ever since that night that Eddie had slain Joan’s and
Jessica’s monsters, it became a habit that he would have to
call them before they went to sleep and tuck them to bed
through the phone. The twins felt much safer knowing that
their daddy was watching over them while they slept. While
they had practiced this nightly habit, those grey monsters
had remained away. Now that Eddie was planning on being
away for those four days, the twins were concerned that
there would be a return. Elizabeth thought the whole thing
to be ridiculous.
Joan was adamant. “Mommy, I’m scared, don’t let him
go away! You’ve got to tell him to stop from going!”
“Honey, he has been planning this for months, I’m not
going to tell him not to go,” stated Elizabeth. There was no
way she is going to tell Eddie that he couldn’t go to this
music festival that he had been eagerly looking forward to
going to for months. For the last few days, it was all he had
talked of.
“They’ll come back!” Joan shouted and then ran off
to the twin’s bedroom, putting her head in her pillow to
cry. Mommy just doesn’t understand. Then she prayed to her angels, Please, God, send me your angels to protect me while Daddy is gone. Amen.
Elizabeth could only watch her run off and wonder just
what has gotten into her child.
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True to Joan’s prophecy, they did return four days later. They did so with a vengeance as they tormented the children
through howling voices, screaming, ranting, and taunting
during the day and with nightmares in the evening. They
threw threats: “We are going to kill your daddy,” followed
up with sickly laughter, and “We are going to take your
mommy away from you,” with more laughter. Images were
shown to the twins of their daddy being in a car wreck
with his mangled body lying on the ground. Another image
shown was him being hung with a noose around his neck.
Elizabeth was frantic; it was four days of living hell for
herself and her children as dark, negative forces made these
three their number 1 priority. The twins wouldn’t sleep for
fear of the nightmares returning. Since they wouldn’t sleep,
neither could she. When they did nod off for a few hours,
it was a horror show complete with gruesome images of
their daddy.
Joan woke up screaming one evening with visions of her
crucified father in her head. “Mommy, they did it to him
upside down!” was all she could mumble as she sat on the
bed, shaking for an hour afterward. “All because he killed a
giant snake,” she said later.
As those grey demons were busy tormenting the
children, Baphomet returned on the fourth night of Eddie’s
absence. All three of them saw his image standing at the
foot of their bed.
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At his appearance, the three of them screamed in terror.
All were huddled together on the bed, shaking for fear of
their lives.
“Mommy, save me!” screamed Joan.
Jessica, with a death grip around her mother’s waist
could just sob and whisper, “Please, no,” followed by “Bye,
bad guy, bye.”
“No need to be frightened,” he began. His voice was
immensely deep.
Elizabeth managed a whisper, “What do you want from
us?”Baphomet leaned his head back, roared laughter that
had the sound of rushing waters, and when he did, the
entire house shook. With that, the three let out screams.
Then he spoke, “I want nothing from you, dear Elizabeth.”
“What about my children?” she inquired. Her fear was
so great, she could barely mouth the words. She looked over
at her nightstand to see if she could grab the lamp and
swing at him, then she remembered what happened the last
time she tried that.
“It’s my mission to stop them,” he answered. His gaze
upon the twins was intense.
“Stop them from what?” she couldn’t stop the shaking. I
really need to get a gun, she thought.
“A gun wouldn’t do you any good. And to answer your
question, to stop them from their destiny,” Baphomet
responded.
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Great, he can read minds too. She gathered her strength enough to think for a second and asked, “What destiny?
And how can you stop destiny?”
“Simple. By killing them. And to answer your first
question, the destiny of the prophecy of John.”
“The prophecy of John? What are you talking about?”
“Read the eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelations.
The prophecy of the two witnesses,” he answered.
“No,” she screamed, “I won’t allow it!” Now she was
pissed off. No one in earth or in heaven was going to touch
her daughters. She didn’t care whom made the threat. She
was about to move toward him when she felt that invisible
dark force surround her.
“You won’t be able to,” he began, but at that moment,
the phone rang.
That must be Eddie! He must have returned from his music
festival, Elizabeth thought. As soon as Elizabeth picked it up, Baphomet disappeared.
“Eddie, thank God it’s you!” Where did Baphomet go? Did
he leave because of Eddie?
“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” he asked.
“Oh, you wouldn’t believe it.” She began, but then Joan
asked for the phone with a look that said she needed to
talk to her daddy right then. Elizabeth handed the phone
to Joan.
“Daddy, is that you?” Joan’s voice was urgent.
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“Yes, honey, are you okay?” Eddie wondered, What the
hell is going on in Australia? Elizabeth and Joan both sound like they had just seen a ghost.
“Thank God it’s you, Daddy, I’m okay now. Please talk
to Jessica,” Joan said. A wave of relief flushed through Joan
as she handed the phone to her sister who also spoke briefly
with Eddie. Jessica then gave the phone back to Elizabeth.
“What the hell is going on over there?” asked Eddie.
Their breathing was quickened, and the girls sounded like
they had just been through hell.
She relayed to him the last four days of the hell they had
been put through. How the children had been thoroughly
tormented by these beings who wouldn’t leave them alone.
Upon hearing all this, Eddie couldn’t help but feel guilty
for being away those four days and vowed never to leave
them again. He also couldn’t help but be curious as to this
power he seemed to hold over these demons. They told me
that as soon as I called, he left. What kind of power is this that I have? Where did it come from?
The next day, Elizabeth’s parents, Bob and Helen, were
over for a visit.
Joan described to them what happened the night
before while her grandparents just listened in shock
and amazement.
“And then my daddy just pulled the head off this one
and yanked the arms off that one. He killed them all.”
Joan was showing them with arm-waving motions of the
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proceedings and gritting her teeth while she talked about
it all.
“Dear child,” began Helen, “I think your imagination is
running away with you.”
“No, Nanny, it’s true,” objected Joan. “Daddy killed them
all. Well, all except the one with the goat head. He crushed
them and pulled all their arms and legs off them! He’s like
a championship wrestler! The champion of the world!”
Helen looked over at Elizabeth, who answered her
mother’s questioning looks, “She’s speaking the truth
mother, and I’m just as amazed as you are.” Then she
thought to herself, This Eddie is a very remarkable man.
True to his word, Eddie called them every night and
promised he would never leave them for an extended
period again.
During the July 1 phone call between Elizabeth and
Eddie, he told her what he had found out in his research
about the strong Jesus connection and the number five.
“The only thing I came up with was the apostle Philip.
He’s always listed fifth,” said Eddie.
“Eddie, my grandmother came to me last night and
confirmed that you are Philip, but you had to find out for
yourself first or it would be some kind of spiritual violation according to the angels she talked with,” said Elizabeth.
“This blows my mind. How can I be Philip?” asked Eddie.
“Honestly, I don’t know, but it’s true.”
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Eddie thought for a moment. To him, there was
something deeper happening here, and he just couldn’t put
his finger on it. “I know a lot about the Bible, sweetheart.
I’m having a hard time wrapping myself around the idea
of me being one of Jesus’s chosen twelve apostles. That I
actually walked around with him for three years. It’s beyond
my belief.”
“What does the Bible say about Philip?” she inquired.
“Not a whole hell of a lot. There’s more written about
him in scriptures that aren’t included in the Bible. I wonder
why that is the case.” Eddie went silent for a moment
thinking, Yeah, why would there be more about him not in
the Bible than is in the Bible? Good question, I must find that out. “Elizabeth, it looks like I’m going to have to do some research on this guy.”
Elizabeth could understand why Eddie was having
a hard time with this. When a person thinks of a saint,
they don’t think of someone who is just another guy. But
then again she knew that Eddie wasn’t your average fellow;
he just destroyed a bunch of demons according to her
daughters. “Eddie, do you believe what Joan said about you
killing all those monsters?”
“Sure, why wouldn’t I?” It seemed strange to him, but he
knew those twins don’t lie.
“Does it say anything about the apostles having special
powers?” she asked.
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“Oh, that’s right! They do! I forgot all about that!” Eddie
was excited now. Elizabeth was on to something here.
“Well, what is it, Eddie?” She knew she just jarred his
memory over something very important.
“They had the ability to cast out demons!” said Eddie.
“It was a gift given to them by Jesus. It all makes perfect
sense now!”
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Thirty-seven days after the demons left the twins, they
returned, yet this time they were different.
“Elizabeth, slow down and tell me what happened,”
pleaded Eddie. Twice Elizabeth had tried to relay the story
of the previous night with Eddie, but due to her being so
anxious and excited, she had failed.
“Well, according to Joan they were both sleeping in her
bed together. Then she awoke and saw a whole bunch of
what she calls giant lizards at the foot of her bed. They
reached out to grab the twins when she says she saw a
blinding, bright light show up behind the lizards,” she
started and then hesitated.
“Yes, go on,” said Eddie while guiding her through
this process.
“Then Joan said the bright light reached out with two
hands from behind the lizards and yanked them off the
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twins. She said it was like they were going to take or
abduct them, and this light shows up and stops them,” said
Elizabeth.
“Okay, sweetheart, keep going,” said Eddie.
“You don’t believe this do you?” asked Elizabeth.
“Oh yes, I do. So then what happened?” asked Eddie.
“She said this light reached from behind the lizards and
then threw them. Like tossed them aside or something. Do
you know what I mean?”
“Yes, honey, and then what?” asked Eddie.
“She said she had a look at the light, and it was you,”
said Elizabeth.
“Me?” asked Eddie.
“Yes, you. That you was the light. And then she said that
you proceeded to beat them all up,” said Elizabeth.
“I was the light? How many were there?” asked Eddie.
“Joan said there were dozens of them and that four got
away,” said Elizabeth.
“How did they disappear?” he asked.
“She said they just disappeared before you could get
your hands on them,” she replied.
“Hmm, she said that the light looked like me, eh?”
“Yes, that you was the light,” said Elizabeth.
“Did she say anything else?” he asked.
“No, that was pretty much it,” she answered.
“Is she around? Can I talk to her?” Eddie asked.
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“Yes, let me go get her.” Elizabeth put down the phone
and went off to fetch Joan.
While that was happening Eddie was thinking, Giant
lizards! What the hell are giant lizards? She said they came to abduct the twins. Why would they want to do that? What kind of threat would these twins be that they would want to do that?
Are these beings aliens or demons? His thought process was interrupted by Joan.
“Hi, Daddy! How are you?” said Joan.
“I’m doing well, honey.” He paused and then spoke,
“Your mommy tells me that giant lizards came last night
and tried to take you?”
“Yes, Daddy, but you beat them up and killed them all.
Well, not all, four got away.” Joan told the story like she
would tell a story from an event at school, like it was not a
big deal. It seemed that Joan was handling the event much
better than her mother had.
“What did they look like?” asked Eddie.
“Giant lizard men. Scaly like crocodiles, and their color
was green like the trees,” said Joan.
“You said I killed them?” inquired Eddie. This was the
part that was really blowing his mind.
Now Joan was getting excited. “Yes, Daddy! You was
pulling them all apart and kicking and punching them.
They sounded like cats when you hit them!”
“Like cats?” asked Eddie. This story’s getting better
every minute.
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“Yes, the way cats sound when they screech and get into
fights. Daddy, can I go play now?” Joan was already bored
by this whole thing, and her favorite show was due to come
on the Disney Channel.
“Sure, honey, run along, put your mom back on the
phone,” said Eddie.
Joan handed the phone back to Elizabeth.
“Hello,” she said.
“Hell of a story, I’d say,” said Eddie.
“Eddie, there is one other thing we haven’t told you yet,”
said Elizabeth.
“Oh yeah, what is that?” he asked.
“The twins have bruises on their legs and arms from
where these giant lizard men tried to take them,” she spoke.
“What? Bruises? You mean this wasn’t a dream she
had?” He was incredulous at this latest news. Bruises? They did try to abduct them after all!
“I’ll text the pictures to you,” Elizabeth said.
Ten minutes later, Eddie received the images of the
bruises along the girls’ legs and arms. There were bruises
along the forearms and the calf muscle regions. Like
something had grabbed them and was ready to take them
away but was interrupted from doing so.
All day long he couldn’t stop thinking about the event.
These giant lizard men had tried to abduct the twins for
some reason, and he showed up as some brilliant white
light and annihilated them. What could it all mean?
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After hours of thinking about it he thought that maybe
Elizabeth’s friend Charlotte was correct, that he was the
Apostle Philip in a past life and that he had this amazing
ability to cast out or to kill demons.
This was definitely a lot for Eddie to take in. The apostle Philip? This guy was a saint in pretty much every Christian denomination out there, he thought. He decided then and there that he would read everything about this apostle
whether it be in the Bible or not. He had to find out more
about this Saint, and then maybe he would begin to find
answers to what is going on with the twins.
That night, Eddie had another dream.
He saw a great leopard came out of a forest, and it ran
and threw himself at his feet.
Then it spoke to Eddie, saying, “I worship you, servant
of the divine greatness and apostle of the only-begotten
Son of God. Command me to speak perfectly.”
Eddie then said, “Okay, speak to me.”
Then the leopard said, “Hear me, Eddie, groomsman of
the divine word. Last night, I passed through the flocks of
goats and seized a kid. Then when I went into the forest to
eat it, after I had wounded it, it took a human voice and
wept like a little child. Then it said to me, ‘Oh, leopard, put off your fierce heart and the beastlike part of your nature
and put on mildness, for the apostle of the divine greatness