Editorial August 10, 1940 Issue

Michael and Gabriel

George Shaw Cook

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven." When reading the foregoing verses from the Apocalypse, students of the Scriptures may sometimes have been perplexed to know how there could be "war in heaven," since heaven is generally acknowledged to be a place or state of complete harmony.

Students of Christian Science in particular may have wondered about this Biblical passage, because in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 587) "heaven" is defined by Mary Baker Eddy as follows: "Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government by divine Principle; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere of Soul."

It is obvious that in a state of consciousness governed by divine Principle there is no place for war or strife of any kind. It is therefore plain that if there appears to be anything in the nature of warfare, it is occurring not in the spiritual realm of pure, divine consciousness, but in a suppositional realm of so-called human consciousness.

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