The Kingdom of Darkness

By Jeremy Nittler

What if the best way to understand good is to understand evil? What if the best way to understand light, is to understand darkness? What if you could read the Bible from the vantage point of The King of Darkness himself? Where did it all begin? Who was Satan before the fall, and what events led up to him becoming evil? Why and when did he fall from Heaven? Author J K Nittler wants to take you through a mystical journey back in time, to show you the hidden things that have been lost in the modern day discussions in the Bible, even those of scholarly tables. By reading this book, you will discover both the beautiful sides of evil, but also of goodness, of holiness, and hopefully even the heights and the depths of the Father’s love for us all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662446368

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Part 1

The Book of Samael

Chapter 1

The Creation

Time. A brilliant explosion of blinding light. The beginning. God created the heavens and the earth. On the first day, He created chaos, darkness, evil; then order, light, and goodness. Therefore, the first may be equal in value to the second.

Before time itself began, Elohiym created us—the gods. We are called Bene of Elohiym or sons of God. Elohiym means a plurality of gods. Therefore, since we are the sons of God, we are also by default little gods ourselves (demigods).

I was the first, the greatest son of Elohiym. He named me Sephiroth out of His love for me because I was the wisest, and the most beautiful of all His sons in the kingdom of Zion. His love so great, He anointed me, bestowed upon me His own tunic of beauty and glory. He placed me above His throne, the second and third cherub below the throne, among the stones of fire and ice that He created us from. He placed me above the four seraphim that are around His throne, the cherubim that are behind and before His throne, above the seven archangels underneath His throne.

I was the anointed cherub.

Elohiym is the morning. I was His sun. My light, the brightest star of the heavens. My rhythm and melody, the most pleasant to hear. My beauty, my radiance supreme above all my brothers to behold. Our love, the music, worship and fellowship inspired beyond any dream imagined. No words exist in creation able to describe the beauty and the glory of Elohiym and His Zion.

The Earth

Our love, glory, and beauty were without compare and seemingly endless. After eons passed, however, we became aware we were no longer satisfying Elohiym’s love. Whether from complacency or simply boredom, He turned His eyes and heart from us and created another kingdom, another son. A son not in our likeness, but still in the likeness of Elohiym as are we. He created a new species, far less superior to that of ourselves: less powerful, beautiful, and so much less glorious. God made not only a son but something new, unknown, never before seen or imagined. In His own image, a daughter, the first. Her beauty was breathtaking. The very moment my eyes fell upon her, my heart stopped for that one quick second. I knew I was in love with her. My heart was hers. Her beauty was different from ours. It was that difference that drew me to her, captivated my very being. Alas, God made Liyliyth only for Adam. I knew He would never let me have her. My consultation would be the knowledge that Elohiym loved me above all others. I could live with that, would live with that. However, after He created Adam and Liyliyth, He left His throne frequently to visit them in His new kingdom. Our time together grew less and less. A realization formed in my heart. I was no longer His most beloved son, no longer above all others. I quickly became infuriated. First, by His creation of a different son and daughter of God; secondly, by His relationship and love for them; and thirdly, by making the daughter so beautiful that I began to love her more than God. And finally, by embarrassing me by affirming in front of all the angels that I was not allowed to touch her because she belonged to Adam. I grew loathsome of following His rules. I spied on them, jealous of the love He shared with them, and attempted to satiate my infatuation with Liyliyth. When Elohiym would leave the Garden of Eden where He placed them, when Adam lay sleeping, I would go to Liyliyth. I gave her flowers. I named one after her. I told her how beautiful she was to me, how I wished her to be mine, but it was against God to do so. My very existence became unbearable because of God and my desires to have her as mine. If I could not have Liyliyth as mine, then I wanted to die. But death for me was not possible unless it was God’s choice for me. Time passed, and my desires, jealousy, and want grew in strength until one day, I overheard God telling Adam not to eat from a particular tree because it would cause him to die. In the dead of night after that very day, I returned into the garden and feasted on the fruit from that tree, hoping for death to end my sorrow. But I didn’t die as God had warned Adam. Instead of killing me, it opened my eyes. It gave me knowledge. I went from feeling like I had to follow God’s rules to realizing the freedom to be who I wanted to be. The very thing that God said would kill me actually made me wiser. But there was a price. I started to feel weak and tired. My light began to dim. I started feeling sick and disfigured over time. I started having pain and sores in various places of my body. And I started growing hair in strange places. I had traded power for freedom. And at this point, I really hated God and everything He had taken from me. I began looking for my own way, my own truth. I needed something to make me feel better like before. I didn’t go back to Zion after that. I wouldn’t go to God for the answer. I couldn’t face God or my brothers ever again. I would hide in the shadows of earth. Earth would be my abode forever.

Love and Hate

All my thoughts now were of Liyliyth, wanting Liyliyth. Before I became too disfigured, I went to the garden to try and win her love. I told her what God had done to me to gain her sympathy and asked her if she found happiness with Adam. She expressed her happiness was not always found with Adam. I assured her that it would be different if she was with me. She would not be submissive to me as she was to Adam. She could be anyone, anything she wanted with me. I would do anything for her if only she would leave Adam to be with me. My power was so much greater than Adam’s; and I could protect her from the wrath of God, so she no longer had to obey Him.

At first, she ran from me. With patience, I continued my relentless pursuit of her, my only true desire and want. I had an eternity to win her over. I roamed the earth, searching to find a suitable place for Liyliyth and I, since I could not take her to Zion. I finally found a beautiful place east of Eden full of precious metals in the fertile topsoil and beautiful night sky that reminded me of the Zion I no longer had. I named it Kish because of the difficulties of my life that God had caused. I spoke to her, painting it’s beauty with my words and assuring her how wonderful our lives would be together. It took time. I was patient as she was my only desire. Eventually, over much time, she stopped running. She listened. She came to me, and together, we ran away into the night. Our love was magical. I wanted it endless and forever. Without warning, God sent three of my brothers to talk to her, try and convince her to go back to Adam. The one thing I loved and desired, God was trying to steal from me. I was enraged with God all the more. And I also hated Adam because he had become the apple of God’s eye and the pinnacle of God’s creation and His favorite son as I once had been. God wanted Adam to have her instead of me. God loved Adam like He had once loved me. In that moment, I desired a plan to destroy Adam and the great love God had for him.

Liyliyth and the Satyr

I went back and forth between Kish and Eden to spy on Adam and devise a plan of destruction. I had become weaker and frailer to the point where it was even difficult for me to fly or to teleport. So I started talking to the different animals to ask them if any of them would help me. There was only one at the time that would. Red Dragon told me that he had compassion and understanding toward me, so he would help me. He started flying me back and forth between Kish and Eden. For you see, dragons were common back then. God created them on the fifth day. They were called in Hebrew the Gadowl Tannyin. I noticed that God had given another woman to Adam after Liyliyth rejected the offer to return to him. Adam named her Eve because she would be the mother of all the living. She was beautiful and yet repulsive to me at the same time. She was inferior to Liyliyth in that she was taken from Adam’s own rib. I suppose it would be so she would be more submissive to Adam than Liyliyth was. The next time I returned to my home, I was ready to welcome Liyliyth with open arms. But when she saw me, instead of love and pity, she looked at me with horror. I asked her what was wrong. She composed herself and told me that I had sprouted horns, and my face was becoming contorted. I told her I was sorry and that I would always love her. Disappointed at what I was becoming and thinking I would never be worthy of her, I left our home and mounted my red dragon, never to return.

A Tale of Two Dragons

I returned to Eden continuing to spy on Adam and Eve. I had two goals now: first, to destroy the relationship between Adam and Eve, then Adam and God; and secondly, to become worthy of Liyliyth’s love again. I noticed Adam and Eve were extremely fond of the animals. Adam had named them by the type of animal they were classifying them. Eve would give them pet names. She had one kid dragon that she was particularly fond of, a small green dragon named Tippy. So beloved to Eve, the small green dragon, her Tippy, slept on her feet at night. I started to devise a plan. God had warned Adam and Eve not to ever talk to me, and as I was hideous to look at, it ruled out my ability to approach them. So I needed an emissary. I had my red dragon, who was my servant now, tell Tippy about me. With much in common, they became good friends over time. The animals all loved and trusted each other because there was never intent of harm between them in the beginning. The wolves and the sheep slept together as well as the lions and the lambs. Eve was never concerned about the friendship. My dragon asked Eve if Tippy could go flying with him. The garden was small, and Tippy had grown, becoming too large to stay confined there. She gladly obliged. Eventually, Red Dragon introduced the smaller green Tippy to me. Like I had my dragon, I manipulated Tippy, telling him, You are no longer Tippy. You are only a green dragon. Tippy became my loyal servant. I called them my serpents, and over time, I was able to convince Green Serpent not to love Eve anymore.

The Fall

I started collecting other serpents, deceiving them and bending them to my will. I taught them my wisdom, taught them to hate God, to defy their natural order. I taught them how to win over other serpents, telling Green Serpent to keep going back to deceive Eve, pretending he still loved her. Win her affection as much as you can. Green Serpent was instructed to tell Eve at night while Adam slept that he had something amazing for her to see. As orchestrated, Green Serpent led her to the tree that had cursed me when I ate from it. He was to do anything to convince her to eat the fruit. When Green Serpent was speaking with Eve, Adam had awoken, following them to the tree. Tippy got her to eat from the tree, and her eyes were opened. She had both good and evil inside of her. As she shared a bite with Adam, he also was awakened. Satisfaction devoured me. I had achieved my first goal.

The Cursed Ground

I continued to spy on Adam and Eve after they had partaken the fruit that cursed them. I watched them as their light and vigor slowly diminished, just as mine had. I watched them make decisions on their own apart from God. I watched as they hid from God behind the thicker trees and the other animals. Eve began asking Tippy what to do. Tippy would then ask me and pass my words to her. Adam would do as Eve told him, so to my great satisfaction, I controlled Adam and Eve by proxy. He was their intercession on my behalf. I gave Tippy a new name. I called him Terry because he was my terrible dragon. But something else interesting happened I did not expect. Tippy lost his wings and legs. In fact, all my serpents did. The grass and the trees started to wither and die. The water gradually stopped coming out of the ground to water everything. The animals’ demeanor changed. They stopped loving and trusting each other as they did before. The wolves and the lambs no longer slept together because the wolves started eating the lambs since they were not fed directly from God’s hand of provision anymore. The sky and the heavens became dim and hazy in the day and in the night. You couldn’t see the sun, moon, and stars or the planets as well. You couldn’t see God’s throne or the heavens open anymore. Then some of my brothers came to Eden. The same three that had tried to convince Liyliyth to return to Adam came back and kicked them out of the garden. Eve asked them why, and one of them told her that now God would not let them eat from the Tree of Life in the middle of the garden or they would live forever in their cursed state of both evil and suffering. One of them drew his sword, and it began to burn with holy fire. Adam and Eve ran from the sword as it chased them, and I knew what I had to do.

The Rise of Samael

The flaming sword was not forbidding animals to enter Eden since they were still loyal to God. And the serpents had a new ability. Their lack of arms and legs caused them to be sneaky. Terry was still small enough that none of the other animals noticed him slithering in the grass. So I asked Terry to slither back into the garden and up the tree of life to grab a piece of the fruit and bring it back to me. I waited in anticipation since I could no longer get close enough to see the garden without the flaming sword chasing me away. To my utter delight, Terry brought me a piece of fruit, without even piercing it. I picked it up and held it high, gazing at it with desire and delight but also with fear. I felt torn apart. Half of me said I would be doomed forever, and the other half said I would be immortal and powerful beyond my wildest imagination. And my former brothers said it would make me like God, so I ate. And from the moment the juice slid down my throat, I felt invigorated, unlike never before. It felt like lightning coursing through my veins. I was shaking and spasming, a combination of pain and pleasure I never thought possible. Once I started eating, I couldn’t stop. I devoured all of it ravenously, like the beast I had become. I had become the satyr: One-third goat, one-third man, and one-third bull was my accursed form. It was God’s punishment for my defiance of Him: to make me a man that was lower than the angels and to make me twice as much beast, which was even lower than a man. But when I ate the fruit from the tree of life, I was transformed again, almost instantly. I became a new being of both light and darkness, both order and chaos, and both good and evil. I became an immortal being like God. I would never again be Sephiroth. I renamed myself Samael because I was no longer God’s loving son. I had found a new world order. I was now the venom of God and the blindness of men.

Chapter 2

The War

The Death of Terry

When I ate the fruit of life, my appearance had drastically changed. I no longer looked like a beast or a man. I didn’t even look like I used to as an angel. I looked a lot like Elohiym. Not only did I gain immense power and glory but I also strikingly resembled God himself but with lesser glory and lesser beauty than His own. Little Green Serpent and giant Red Serpent knew the difference. They could see through my DECEPTION OF OUTWARD APPEARANCES. They were my only friends at this point. I did think of Liyliyth often and longed to be reunited with her. My first thought was to return to her and never look back. But I had a strong desire to return to Eden with my newfound powers and see if I could obtain more of the fruit. I stood at a great distance and sent Terry back in. But he didn’t make it in before the flaming sword turned and saw him. He tried to slither toward the tree as fast as he could. But his speed was no match for the sword. As soon as it touched him, he turned to ash and floated away. Terry was only one of two of my loyal friends I had left. The other serpents left after they were cursed. But I still had Red Serpent. I didn’t dare approach the garden myself, not knowing if the sword would kill me. I didn’t want to take any chances.

Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof

I had turned once again to go to Liyliyth when I suddenly realized I could use my new appearance to my advantage. I waited until I could see the two guardian cherubim without seeing their sword. I brightened my appearance greatly so they couldn’t see me as well through the light.

As I approached them, Sansenoy, one of the two, asked me, Father, is that you?

Trying to mimic Elohim as much as possible with my voice, I said, Yes, my sons. It is I, Elohim.

Senoy, the other one, said, There is something different about you.

I replied, Yes, my sons, there is. I told them that I have been roaming the earth since they have been guarding Eden and that after Adam and Eve sinned and the world fell into darkness, my appearance had also changed.

I asked them where the third cherub, Semangelof, was, and Sansenoy said, Now you are toying with us, Holy Father. You are Semangelof! They both chuckled, and then I chuckled as well; and then we all chuckled.

Hohoho, I said. Yes, my sons. After I left you to guard the garden, I had to roam the earth to discover how fallen and corrupt it had become. And now I have a new name that I want you to worship. I am calling myself Samael, the God of this world. Bow down, my children, and worship me.

Senoy said, If you really are Elohiym, then show us a sign. So I held up my left hand to heaven, and lightning began to build in the sky. It built up in a storm cloud until the lightning was bigger. And then all of a sudden, a lightning bolt came down from the sky and right into my hand. I held it there as my brothers stood in awe and wonder. It is you, Father! Senoy said. And so both Senoy and Sansenoy prostrated themselves before me and worshipped me. And I told them that since I was no longer the God of heaven and that I had brought my kingdom to the earth as the God of this world, I wanted them to reject the name of Elohim and the God of heaven for He is no more. They hesitated for a minute and said, "That sounds like strange