When I was young I heard a story,
of a soul God sent to Purgatory!
So terrible was his sin,
it could never be forgiven!
Forbidden from ever entering Heaven,
he was condemned to Purgatory and forsaken!
After watching Azrael suffer many years,
God's Angels were brought to tears!
They begged God to set his soul free,
so in Heaven he could be!
But ignored by God their request,
they took upon themselves a quest!
They went down into Purgatory,
and lifted his soul to Heaven in glory!
When God asked them why they did this,
they said he had suffered enough in Abyss!
God combined all the Angels’ innocence,
and they outweighed all Azrael’s sins!
Finally God said he agreed,
and Azrael’s soul would remain free!
God declared all Azrael’s sins forgiven,
and welcomed him into Heaven!
I was told this story by a Catholic Nun,
and now I tell it to you everyone!
Duke Sherman
Thank you for posting this, I started to look it up after I heard it on a show I watch called Fringe S3 Ep 17 - what you posted was exactly what I was looking for. Take care
ReplyDeleteif you haven't ever watched fringe here is a link if your curious it's great for the curious mind.
http://www.letmewatchthis.ch/tv-5154-Fringe
I looked it up myself after watching season 3 Ep 17. I am watching the full seasons at the moment, I really enjoy Fringe
Deletehahaahha Christina F, im actually watching that Fringe episode right now and i also came to google to find out about the story of Azreal.. this helped a lot (:
ReplyDeleteI'm watching that episode as well, but I'm curious as to what the full text of the story of Azrael's ascension might be.
ReplyDeleteIts especially interesting becuase Azrael wasn't a person but one of the nephilim, a group of angels which were given the task of observing humanity but not interfering. These angels rebelled against Gods wishes and descended to earth and comitted all manner of naughtiness, the worst of which -according to the apocryphal Book of Enoch- was teaching mankind 'secrets of heaven' which man was not meant to know. The rebellious angels were eventually hunted and Azrael himself was buried alive -if memory serves- beneath a mountain.
http://www.amadan.org/Innomine/Azrael.htm
ReplyDeleteWe must be careful when these types of stories come up. I love Fringe but they got this one wrong. On the show and in this story they say a nun was the souce. I can tell you it was not a Catholic nun.
ReplyDeleteLets break it down:
So he was sent to purgatory forever ..
Not what we know about that place we believe purgatory is temporal with heaven its final point right?
We see all the Angels pulling him out of purgatory (without Gods knowledge or permission).
Not possible as we know angels are profoundly obedient to God and would never do that.
Then we see that he has sinned so bad he has unforgivable sin...
Doesn't make sense because the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit not to mention that purgatory is a place to purge out sin not somewhere sin remains on you
Finally, he weighed the good angels against his sins ...
God has no need to measure our sins against the goodness of angels because His great mercy far exceeds anything man or angels do and His forgiving power would be more than enough. But if this story is depicting someone in hell then we all know no matter how much angels goodness would amount to it would never remove someone who put themselves in there and as scripture teaches us there's no getting out...period!
Its a matter of studying Catholic Apologetics. God bless
Not all angels are obedient to God if that were true then there would be no Devil or any demons that follow him. It's very hard to know what is or isn't true when it comes to religion. Stories to explain a situation are very common like folklore. Believe that a man hundreds of years old gathered ALL the animals on Earth to save them from a flood that covered the world?? Stories have some truth to them or at least at one time and as time passed the details got told over and over and exaggerated. We will probably never know the exact reason for this particular story could b to give hope or to inspire those who had none or to quite innocently put a small child to sleep.
DeleteWow! I'm just watching that episode of Fringe right now and decided to google the ascension of Azreal.
ReplyDeletelol watching fringe and saw this as well. I always google the stuff they talk about on fringe..ITS SO INTERESTING..thats why I love the show :P
ReplyDeleteNINA SHARP IS THE BEST :D
I'm watching the same fringe episode. I also heard the story about the Angel Azrael from the Epic of Enoch. I think this is a man though. I may not know much about Catholic Apologetics, but I couldn't say such a story isn't possible. Granted angels are obedient to God, they still are presented with a choice. Whether to follow God or not. It could be that since the angels brought him to heaven that he could stay because his sins became their sins vicariously, because they brought him to heaven. That way their goodness could be weighted against his sins.
ReplyDeleteWow, thats interesting i'm from watching fringe too! So only people who actually watch the show have posted something
ReplyDeleteYep saw it on fringe too, downloaded the episodes. And like all in here, fringers.;o)
ReplyDeleteBut many movies contain information like this, but mostly they get it wrong, but atleast you get set on the track. they call it Jinns when it are dybbuks en vice versa etc. )O+->
COME on guys, READ your BIBLES, you all have them...
ReplyDeleteColossians 2:8-9, 18-19 ESV
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
anybody remember John 3:16 ??? Don't waste your time learning theology from sci-fi
WOW, I'm watching the series Fringe right now and saw the nun sitting and telling the story of "Azrael's Ascension to Heaven".I became curious and googled it.I love the show
ReplyDeleteThere is only one way to heaven, read the book of Romans. God is omnipotent so entering heaven by any other set of rules are impossible. Only through saving faith a gift of the Holy Spirit leading to confession of our sins in repentance. while confessing Jesus as God the Son of the Father thus resulting in God the Father seeing us through the righteousness of Christ. This leads to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the beginning of our sanctification. At our death our soul will be in the presence of God. During the rapture our souls will be joined with Glorified flesh for eternity.
ReplyDeleteWonderful story, but there's confusion in posted comments. I believe in the heiarchy of angels. There is a difference between angels and archangels and I believe the nephilim were washed away with Noah's flood.
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