Nicholas Berg is the protagonist in Wilbur Smith's novel Hungry as the Sea. We meet Nicholas as he walks up the gangplank to his sea-going tug in the cold, damp air. He is thinking of his life as it now confronts him. He had been the prime mover at Christie Marine, one of the world's ...
2. The Inhabitants of Heaven
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Wilbur M. Smith
Of all the supernatural beings mentioned in the Scriptures, it is the angels who are constantly depicted as being identified with heaven. When the angel of God called to Hagar in the wilderness, we read that this call was heard "out of heaven" (Gen. 21:17). When the angel appeared at the time of the vision which Jacob heard at Bethel, he saw a ladder reaching to heaven on which the angels of God were ascending and descending. Often the angels are called the "heavenly ones" (Ps. 29:1) or the "heavenly host ...
