Once upon a time, there was nothing. Darkness and nothingness. Imagine a place where there is no sound, no light, no air, no nothing. Literally just a manifestation of a void. Some say this is what the inside of a black hole is like, some say this is the state of existence when everything dies. Nothingness, the void, is indeed a place but a place without substance of any kind. What an existence to behold if it even is an existence at all.
One day a Being was born. This was no human. This was no monster. But somehow, it was alive. Finally, there in the void lived an existence that transcended all human understanding. The darkness of the void was no longer alone, but the Being was. The Being was the only thing in the darkness, the nothingness. Such a Being was so aware it understood somehow, some way, that the void was not good. The void began to overcome the Being, with a natural instinct to bring the being back into non-existence. This was not because the void was bad, but because the void was nothing. It knew nothing, thought nothing, felt nothing it just "was". So naturally when something came into or out of the void, there was an instinct for the void to swallow it whole just as a creature has the instinct to eat and survive.
The Being was asleep, because in the void there is nothing else. Sleep was a form of existing, but when dwelling within nothing, what is there to wake up to? What is there to see? Hear? Feel? The Being was withering away, back into non-existence. And then something amazing happened…
The Being became aware of the end, the death, it drew towards. This awakened something that simply did not exist in the void; a brand new instinct. However, this instinct was not for the void, but a gift TO the Being from the void. The Being had such a presence that when the void became aware of the existence, it worked with it to evolve something new… something different.
The void drew the Being closer to its end, and miraculously the Being AWOKE. With this awakening the Being's awareness became heightened. The being could feel the end near, but surrounded by nothing, what could It do? With everything the Being had in existence, it did something never done before; it spoke. What sounds, the very first sounds ever,that the Being made had no importance. What came after was the beginning of something that was never seen before.
The moment the being spoke into the void, there was a rupture in the nothingness. A shaking so mighty the void began to expand until it exploded. The explosion birthed an infinite expansion of the void itself. That expansion started something it never could before, a feeling of space and room to roam.
The Being now knew there was SOMETHING in the nothing, and It could feel this all around Itself. The Being wasted no time and began to evolve faster than any thought could run across our minds. In the next moment the being understood what needed to be done, so it spoke once more. This time, the sound that was made, created exactly what the Being was thinking and feeling it needed.. light.
As suddenly as the Being spoke there was a flood of something new, something that could combat the effects of the void. As soon as this new thing was born, named "light", the Being could see. What the Being now saw was the infinite amount of colors, beams, and even substances floating all around It infinitely. All of the things It felt come to existence when It uttered the first sound. The Being understood then, Itself, was also infinite. The Being had no body, had no mouth, and yet somehow existed and with so much power.
For a little while the Being roamed around the space, which was easy due to existing in an infinite form. Without a body, the Being could be everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. The Being wandered for a short while and had seen all there was to see. The Being had even found the former piece of Itself that gave it life in the first place, the void. The void was now small enough to be seen as a thing, and no longer able to overcome what was unintentionally created by it. The Being saw that with It's words, It made creations, and with these creations It knew the void would be pushed farther and farther away. The void was indeed still alive, but nowhere near as powerful as it once was. The Being wasted no more time once It saw all there was to see, and It decided it was time to create Itself a special place where It would reside. As beautiful of a place the eruption made, the Being instinctually craved a place It could rest and build in comfort. After all, who wants to spend life wandering aimlessly with no home or stopping point.
The Being knew what it had to do, it used It's power over this infinite place It created, and started smashing together all the random floating substances. It did all this with nothing but pure intent and thought. It smashed together so many things, new chemicals started to evolve and be born as a reaction to the glorious doings of this Being. The Being saw Its creations were so good, they too began to birth new things that could thrive all on their own. When the Being was done, there were huge rocks floating all over the infinite space. These rocks were all special and unique and not one was exactly like the other. The rocks were so big they began to cause even more atmosphere reactions and began to pull other smaller substances near them. Some rocks were so big they pulled other large rocks to them and they would rotate around each other. The Being saw this and loved it, so It continued to do more. Once the space was full of mind blowing objects and colors, reactions and behaviors, the Being named this place "space" because that's all it was down to the core.
Now, it was time for the Being to create its home. The Being decided this place needed to be special, even more special than what was already existing. It decided this place was going to be a place of light as well as a tribute to the second sound that it ever made. The Being grabbed a rock that was floating, the biggest one it could find, and birthed an idea. The Being took hold of the evolving chemicals around it and created an infinite special source of light, it was named "fire". The Being used this fire and casted it onto the rock which created an enormous glow throughout a small portion of the infinite space. The Being loved this and saw it was good, but it was not enough for the special place it would call home. The Being then decided it was time to create a whole new space, and allow this one to rest for a while.
With much time and work, the Being started creating a beautiful place that had a light so bright it could never be seen by human eyes. The light was so bright, the burning planet would instantly turn into nothing in the presence of it. The Being was not done…
In this new place the Being created so many wonderful things and they all had some form of life of its own. There were huge pillars here, golds and stones and jewels there, and all kinds of new things that did not yet exist. There were fields of grass with an infinite variety of plants and they all sang, even with no mouth for the sound to come out of. Everything the Being had, it passed in some small form onto everything The Being created in this new place. The Being was pleased with all of the good things it was doing, but for some reason, the Being still felt alone. Yes, the fields may sing as well as the walls and pillars too, but they just were not enough for the Being to be content. The Being found Itself in the middle of creating more rooms inside of this special place, when it decided it was time for something new, yet again. This time the Being wanted companionship, a connection that could mimic the way It and the void were once connected as one.
The Being stopped working on building the special place and started to build some special creatures. Creatures that could move and speak and listen. The Being came up with some frightening creatures to keep by its side. One creature had; 6 wings, a face, feet, hands, and appeared to be full of fire just like the rock in space. The Being created two of the wings to cover the creatures face, another pair to cover the creatures feet, and the last pair were so the creature could get around since it too had no body. The creature could speak to the Being, however the creature and its like flew around the Being singing praises to it for simply bringing them to life. The Being loved the creatures, saw they were good, and just like anything It loved, it gave the creature a name; "Seraphim" nicknamed the fiery ones.
Although the Being loved all its creations the same, The Being decided that the Seraphim was wonderful but could not fulfill everything the Being needed. So the Being created another creature and this one would assume the purpose of companionship and also transport. The Being could get around just fine, however with infinite knowledge the Being knew somehow, It would need a grand chariot of sorts some day. This creature had a body but the body was the form of a literal wheel, multiple wheels. Two wheels intertwined together with rims and spokes. The rims of the creature are literally full of eyes all around it. The Being created 4 of these creatures, one for each wheel of Its chariot. The creatures also sang praises to the Being constantly nonstop, just like the Seraphim. The Being named this creature; "Ophinum" nicknamed the "Thrones".
The being made another creature that would be closest to the Ophinum as if to go hand in hand with them. This creature would accompany the Thrones whenever the Being would need to take the chariot, literally standing one next to each wheel. This was not the last creature the Being created, however it was the last creature created of such high ranking with the Being. This creature too had a bit of a scary appearance, this time with only 4 wings. Two wings covered the body and sometimes the feet, the other two wings were used for flight. There were eyes all over the creature's back, hands, wings, and body. This creature had 4 heads all different: one resembled an ox, one resembled a lion, the third a bird, and the fourth head closely resembled the human face. The feet of the creature were like the feet of a goat. The Being understood that this creature was good, and the closest it had come to creating the one true creature that resembled the idea of the Being itself. The Being made many of this creature and It named this one "Cherubim" nicknamed "Cherub". As they were created to be connected to the Ophinum, whenever they moved so did the Thrones. If the cherub went right, so did the Thrones. If the Cherub used their wings to go up, so did the Thrones follow without ever showing change in direction. The Cherub was one rank higher than the Thrones, enabling them to be their navigator when traveling with the Being.
After the most powerful creatures the Being could create were alive, the Being went back to Space. The Being saw how much all of the things in space evolved and grew and even created things of their own while it was away. This inspired the Being to create a place within space that could mimic some of the original things It created in the special home that it built (that has yet to be named).
The Being took a medium to small sized rock and drug it through space. The Being made sure the rock banged and smashed into every single smaller rock it came to pass. This made the rock grow slightly larger all the while creating whole new chemicals and reactions. After the Being brought the rock through enough dragging, It set the rock near the big burning rock that lit the small area of space. The Being began to cook the rock and decided that the heat alone would be too much. The Being then grabbed a smaller rock that was so cold it had a bright hue when looking at it from afar. The Being strategically moved these rocks around each other for years and years all with complete intent. The being watched the rock evolve and bring forth the things that had been perfectly constructed already in the Being's special home.
The rock developed water, and it covered the entire surface of the rock. This water was not good, and had chemicals that created poisons that would disrupt the evolution the Being wanted to come forth. So the Being decided it was time to push the rock closer to the burning rock, which caused the water to boil and bubble. The Being saw this was good and in some ways purified the poisons. When the boiling began to be too much, The Being perfectly timed, pulled the rock farther and farther away from the fire. Just enough to keep half of the rock within the light at a time. The Being kept the smaller rock near the opposite side so that the dark side of the rock would have at least some light, as well as keep the waters from boiling over. When the Being saw this was all good, it named the fire rock "Sun" and the cool rock "Moon".
The Being watched as the new rock grew content and slowly evolved into a replica of the beautiful place it built outside of space. In order to keep the balance, The Being allowed all of these rocks to always rotate around each other. The new rock was now named "Earth" and had fields of grass and flowers, as well as rocks on the surface that did not float, yet, stretched up towards space. The Being noticed these things did not sing, they did not speak, but were still indeed alive. The Being made it this way so there would still be very huge differences between this replica and the real home, to cause no confusion and keep all rank in place. The being was almost finished with Earth and made one more power move before leaving the Earth to rest and evolve. The being took small pieces of the fire that consumed the Sun, and shot them all over Space allowing them to burn within themselves. These balls of burning gas could be seen from any large Space rock surface, and resembled tiny twinkling lights in the skies of whatever rock's surface you rest upon. Now, the Earth was done, and the Being was very pleased.
Back to the special place the Being went, in order to finish creating buildings and rooms and wonders there. The Being chose to make a few more special creatures during the downtime between building the home, trying It's best to create something that would perfectly display the image the Being had of itself. They too had to succumb to a ranking of their own beneath the first-tier creatures. The second tier of creatures had three types; Dominions, Virtues, and the Powers. The third and final tier of creatures actually most closely resembled the image the Being was desperately aiming to create. They too had three types; Principalities, Archangels, and the Angels. Each group has their own specific purpose, as well as their own specific set of powers. The Being knew it would use some creatures more than others, thus giving them a different type of importance. Even so, the Being still loved ALL it's creations just the same.
The Being lived in harmony with all its beautiful creations, even the scary looking ones. They all resided in the special home the Being seemed to never finish building because of how grand It imagined it to be. The being also seemed to take close to the Cherubs, as they were deemed to be closest to the Being, the right hand men. However, The Being still had a feeling of discontent. While gazing upon all the creatures it created, the Being decided to try one last time to create this perfect special creature that would mimic how the being saw itself. The Being realized that maybe all the powers were not necessary, maybe taking a simple approach would get the results it desired. After all, the Being started all of this with just a simple yet powerful sound. The being began to work and work and took inspiration from all those it created that resided in the special place with it. The Being took so much time and focus, it almost ignored the attention of all other creatures that literally existed for it. The Being was finally done, and took a look at the marvelous work. The creature was so plain, so simple, so weak, yet so beautiful and amazing. The youngest of all the creations, definitely the least powerful, yet somehow the Being took so much love, pride, and joy over this silly new creation. The creature had; no wings at all, only one head, two arms and hands, two legs and feet, and a torso. The head had a face, this face was equipped with two eyes to see, two ears to hear, and only one mouth to speak. The Being understood that since there were no special powers for this creature, it would need some extra inside parts to make this creature actually function. So, the Being created meaty, slimy, and fatty organs to go inside of this creature to make sure it could survive on its own instincts. The Being understood also that with this new beautiful creature, it would need a new place to reside. This is because the special home being built was not equipped in any way to house anything that had no powers and was so weak. The Creature simply would not be able to survive let alone come to life like all the other living things residing in the special place.
The Being hatched another idea, and hurriedly returned to space to check on Earth. The Being was pleasantly surprised to see the replica of the special place had evolved into something very new (yet still similar to the special place). The Being realized this was the perfect place to house its new beloved creation. Not only that, the being decided to place some gifts down there to ensure the creature would survive. The Being began to mix up and speed up evolutions and chemical reactions that created special, too tiny to see, creatures that evolved to what was named "animals". The Being created hundreds and hundreds of these animals of all different shapes, sizes, for different purposes. The Being made these creatures as a less independent companion, for the new prized creature waiting to be brought to life. The animals would survive off of the many plants and living things already residing on the earth, keeping the new creature at the top of the rank (even for those animals that outsize the new creature). These animals were made very similar to the new creation, however they usually had more legs, body hair, and even eyes than the humans. Some animals even had wings, some had claws, but they all had exactly what was needed for it to survive and multiply like all other things that did not reside in the special place.
Once the Being finished with the animals, the Being decided to give the new creature one more thing on the earth. This item was a plant, a large magic tree actually. This tree sat in the middle of a special garden that the Being would keep the creature in, as some sort of special home for them on Earth. The Being finished this special garden and ordered all animals to stay out of it unless the new creature brought them there. Finally ready, the Being took the new creature, and laid it gently on the ground next to the magical tree. The Being saw the creature still would not come to life so it realized what needed to be done. The Being mimicked the action of a sound, but without any noise. Instead, the Being blew air into the creature and just like that, the creature's eyes opened and it sprung to life. The Being was immeasurably pleased, and named this creature "Human" nicknamed "man". The Being realized that due to the extreme simplicity of this creature, the Human could not actually see the Being with its eyes, but the Human could definitely feel and hear the Being from the one thing the Being shared with it, a Soul or Spirit. This was the only thing the Being could give to the Human that would allow it to thrive and live without existing in the special place.
The Being spoke to the Human every chance it got, intrigued by how amazingly close it was to the vision of itself. The Human loved and spoke to the Being as if it was a part of him, because at its core, it was. The Human loved the beautiful gifts and love the Being gave him, but one day he expressed to the Being that he was not content. The Being asked 'why' and the Human simply explained he felt lonely. The animals were great, but they simply could not provide the companionship the Human craved instinctually. The Being set back and understood the Human felt exactly what It felt while trying so many times to create the Human. The Being got an idea and placed the Man in a deep, deep sleep. While the Man slept, The Being opened the Human up on its torso, and decided to take a piece of rib bone from the Man. It would not cause any issues for the Man and he was none the wiser nor felt any pain. The Being took the rib and the formula used for the man, added a few special things and took some away, until It created a brand new Human creature. This creature looked just like the Man, except there was a bigger top half of the torso, and a different organ at the bottom of the torso that was made to literally fit and connect the Humans as one, like a puzzle piece.
The Being also gave them both hair all over their bodies but mostly on the top of their heads. The Being named this new Human the "Woman", and laid her right next to the Man while he slept. Just like with the Man, the Being blew air into the woman and she woke up. The Man woke up as well and when they saw each other they were so pleased they instantly loved each other, and loved the Being as their Father. The Being gave the couple some rules for the earth and told them that Human was the name of the creature they were, but they will have an additional name to distinguish them from other humans. The Being then explained how the lower torso body parts work and told them they were to make as many humans as they pleased, because this too would please the Being. The Being told the couple that they were in charge of every thing on the earth and they were to name them individually. The Last thing the Being told them was the garden they were in is their home, and they may venture out of it if they please. However, the garden is where they are most safe so they are welcome to only stay there if they choose. The Being explained how all the food in the garden was for them and they may eat as they pleased. The Being explained It was going to go back to its home for a while so It may continue to work and create rooms in the special place.
The Humans asked "what is your home called? Where is it? Can we come with you?" seemingly talking to the air considering they could not physically see the Being. The Being responded "I am going to my home and although I love you so very much, it is not a place for you while in this form. You would not survive, so in order for you to live, you must stay here. Do not worry though, I am infinite and that means I'm everywhere and nowhere I want to be at any time. I can be with you in a moment. All you have to do is call on me. That is how much I love you. Now, before I go, I must warn you not to touch the food on the Large tree in the middle of your home. The tree has food on it that is NOT good for you to eat, because it comes from my special home. It will truly harm you in this form, so please do not eat it. Any other food you see or find is yours to have… Oh, as for my home, one day you will see it I promise you. But for now, you may call it Heaven which means the sky, because from where you are that is where Heaven is located" and with that the Being left for Heaven to finish building it and tending to It's other creations that live there. The Humans were so happy and joyful, they spent all their time naming animals and plants, and any liv....
!!!BOOM!! the door crashed open, wood hinges shattering into pieces. The story book fell to the floor as 7 year old Emunah watched 2 cloaked men drag his mother out of the door by her feet. She screamed and flailed as her fingernails bled while she gripped and scratched at the clay dirt floors trying to get away. 2 more cloaked men stood in the doorway cackling and cheering as the poor woman screamed "Emunah! Run! Please don't hurt my baby!" Emunah screamed for his mother and ran to help as a cloaked figure literally threw him across the room with one hand. Emunah's vision blurred as he watched his mother get dragged by her feet, into the darkness of the night by the 4 cloaked men. Emunah reached his little hand out and uttered "mother" as his vision went black and he collapsed onto the floor…