Reader's+Notebook

Apocrypha- 10/26/09 First Esdras:I began reading this stories and it seems to be about the priests in Israel. It goes on to talk of the rituals and the way the priest are so posed to honor god and what not. It really did not drive into angels and what not so much. Except until it gets to Esdras 1:50 where it goes into detail about gods messengers(another name for angels) and about how they made a sport of gods prophets? __ Esdras 1:50 __

10/28/09 Esdras ch. 2: It went on to talk about hoe the Egyptian king said he is from god and his war he want to commit is right. The Jerusalem king dint care and was killed. This is a little off topic but i don't think there are anymore re fences it really goes on to seem to be most about how kings are divinely right and they can commit no wrongs. Ive have looked through the rest of the book and there seems to be no more reference to angels, spiritual beings, messengers, or anything. So i am now done with this book.

10/30/09 Esdras ch 3 and 4: It is a parable about wisdom and power. It is about how a king has a party then while he sleeps his night guards decide to find out which of them is most wise. They write down a statement on a piece of paper and then the king wakes and reads them. The men present there case. One says wine, the other says kings, but the finale one says woman and truth. He is appointed most wise then convinces the king to re-build Jerusalem like he said he would.This entire story yet again had nothing to do with angels so it again was a waste

11/3/09 Esdras ch 5: It is about the exile out of the country of the wise guards people. It just talks about them leaving and the places they went through and how difficult it was for them along the way. Still nothing about Angels or demons. I am beginning to think i should skip this book all together and go into the next one in the Apothicra.

11/5/09 Yeah completely swamped by work sorry

11/9/09 Found amazing site[] works really well and help to understand literature better. The next book is the book of ester. It is about a queen who saves the Jewish people from King Hamish and his evil plans. It is used to promote happiness and glorification of the Jewish people.

11/13/09 The next book i read was first Maccabees. It is in the time of Alexander the great ruled. It goes to talk of the Maccabees family and their military exploits. It is a basic time line used to show the history of the family. It is a very dry book for what it is so posed to be about. Still very little mention of angels or demons anywhere in the text and the only places when they are mentioned it is in the role of a messenger form or duty.Finally something good. In 2 Maccabees there is some talk of Angels. They are shown as Gods warriors and lead Israel into battle as horse mounted angels. It is the first time in the apothicra that portrayed them as anything more than messengers. This still is present in the book as well because of the many miracles that happen during it. So this book basically buielt upon the duty's of the angels to humans.

11/23/09 http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/apocrypha.htm The next book to read in the series is Bel and the Dragon. It is about Danell and the Babylonians. It is the additional stories of how danell made the king not beleive in the pagan gods but in god him self. Also it includes a story about how Danell was feed during his stay in the lions pit.There is only one reference to any angels this time and it was when they picked up someone by there hair and carried them away to feed him.

12/9/09 Sorry i haven't been here in awhile i have been hunting. then sick, then dentist, then college visits.So yeah

12/15/09 Well now that i have read almost over half of the Apocrypha i am deciding wither or not to pursue another religion for my next observations or to stay with Catholicism or to see what came just before it. I am strongly leaning toward the side of different religion because i have the idea that angels are messengers over all with only a few as anything different and that demons are just angels that went against god.