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26. Mist and Rainbow. 1940 – 1944

1st September 2001 by Arthur Eedle

In the first world war, Britain entered because of an ultimatum we sent to Germany over the invasion of Belgium.  In the second world war, we  entered because of another ultimatum,  this time against  Germany’s accession of Poland. This began on 3rd September 1939. I was only eight at the time,  but I can still remember hearing the news bulletin on the radio,  and  the  war years living in London during the blitz are ever with me in memory.  I can recall my parents’ feelings of horror when we learned of the impending fate of our men in France in May  1940,  being surrounded by the advancing German army with no apparent way of escape. It seemed that all hope was lost.

But King George VIth called the nation to a day of prayer.  It was like  the  first  world war all over again.  In answer to  the  fervent prayers  offered  up  by  thousands  of people,  there  was  a  divine intervention,  not  so  much by angelic  beings  displaying themselves visibly this time, but in another way.

Britain  had  organised what was known as “Operation  Dynamo”,  in which all those who owned boats of seaworthy condition were made  ready to  sail across the Channel on May 29th 1940,  to evacuate our men from Dunkirk.  It  was  an  act of desperation,  and many  casualties  were expected as a result of German air activity in the region. But the Lord caused a mist to shroud the Channel throughout the operation,  and  all these hundreds of boats were able to bring back 338,226 Allied  troops from  Dunkirk between 29th May and 4th June.  Had it not been for  that mist,  we should have been as sitting ducks waiting to be picked off by the  Luftwaffe.  God  had  heard our prayers and answered in  the  best possible  way.  It was not that we were more righteous than the German people.  But in our distress we did the right thing. We called upon the only One who could help,  and He came to our assistance.  An evil power had taken over Germany, using black magic to reinforce its evil  ways, and though it was allowed a time to operate, it had to be brought to an end.

Britain   prepared  for  war  out  of  a  state  of  almost  total unreadiness.  But  in 1944 the country was ready to attack  instead  of defend.  The  D-Day forces were ready.  A ship was ready to take a Pipe Line  Under  The Ocean (PLUTO) from Fawley Refinery in Southampton  to France,  so that the invading forces could have a continuous supply  of fuel.  The  nation had little idea of what was going on,  but there was much prayer being offered at this time.  And then on 6th June 1944, our forces moved across the Channel, and it was announced over the  radio. My  father was amongst those to go,  and he knew when it would be,  but never  breathed  a  word to us at home during  his  last (embarkation) leave.  But he did say that King George VIth had visited the camp wherethey  were,  and  had shaken hands with all the Tommies.  We knew  that something was soon to break.

I would now like to quote from the book by W.B.Grant, entitled “We Have  a Guardian.”  I  referred  to this  in  an  earlier  chapter  in connection with the Angels of Mons.

“Since the days of Noah the rainbow has been a sign in remembrance of God’sjudgment  upon the wicked and His promise of future mercy.  It is  therefore of interest that features of the “shoulder flash” worn by officers   and  personnel  attached  to  Supreme Headquarters   Allied Expeditionary Force in 1944 were a rainbow and a sword.  This badge was described by THE SUNDAY TIMES thus:

The   shield-shaped   cloth  patch  with   a   black   background, representing  the darkness of Nazi oppression,  bears  the  Crusader’s sword  of  liberation with the red flames of avenging  justice  leaping from  its  hilt.  Above  the sword is a rainbow, emblematic  of  hope, containing all the colours of which Allied flags are composed.

In a most singular manner, the rainbow was further associated with the  Invasion Forces when on D-Day,  as the combined British and Unites States Army of Liberation landed on the Normandy beaches, a magnificent bow  was  arched over the battle area. The following  account  of  the phenomenon was given in THE SPHERE on 26th June 1944:

Lately  there  has been talk in some parts of  the  country  about signs  in the sky.  The one depicted by our artist in this drawing  was witnessed  over the Invasion area at dawn on D-Day.  The rainbow spread right  across the combat zone in brilliant colours,  only fading  from sight  after thousands of our men had seen it and been heartened by its appearance  at the outset of the great adventure.  One  aeroplane  crew reported  that they had flown through the middle of it whilst  carrying out a bombing mission over the beaches.  It stood out as plain as could be. “I watched it for quite a while,” said the aircraft’s gunner. Below him at the moment was the whole panorama of the invasion,  withvessels crowding  in on the beaches,  gun-flashes and bomb-bursts all along the coast and fleets of aircraft flying over to cover the  ground  forces. Coming at the precise moment when it did,  the rainbow of invasion morn might rank with the Angels of Mons of the first world war.”

W.B.Grant  finished  his  account  by saying  that  at  the  D-Day celebrations  40 years on in 1984,  the country failed to give God  the glory for preservation and eventual victory in time of war.

After  reading  the account of how an aircraft flew right  through the  “rainbow”,  I can only conclude that it couldn’t have been due  to rain at all, because no one can ever reach a rainbow, due to the manner of its formation.  Hence this BOW,  or coloured arch across the sky was undoubtedly a heavenly sign given to the invading forces. And the speed with which the invading forces moved across Europe was  staggering.  By September  8th Paris and Brussels had been liberated.  On March 7th the following year the Allies moved into Germany.  Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, and Germany surrendered on May 7th 1945.  And that was VE day,  “Victory in Europe.” Later in the year,  on August 15th, victory was achieved over Japan. The war was over. The time for assessment had begun.

As a footnote to this chapter we might well remember that Adolph Hitler had been indulging in various forms of occult activity for years before he emerged as leader of Nazi Germany. We have had occasion to mention that he kept a copy of Madame Blavatsky’s book by his bedside. It held its place along with that other destructive volume, Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital.” These two books provided Hitler with all he wanted to know. They gave him the concepts of a super-race, of Aryan dominance, and a hatred of Jewry. Put those two ideas together, and they form the impetus for all his atrocities. That is why he had to be destroyed. His ideology was not shared by all the German people.

In those years before the outbreak of war in 1939, Germany was flooded with large posters of  Hitler. His face was seen everywhere. Now, in 2001, I understand that the face of the Maitreya is being displayed on huge posters in London. This shadowy figure is emerging out of occult darkness to stand on the world stage. Some have even dubbed him the Antichrist. It remains to be seen just what will happen. One thing is certain. Christians cannot afford to shrug their shoulders and ignore all the signs. A Third World War may not be on the horizon, but Satan has other devices for the destruction of mankind. Whereas the second world war was a technological war, the third world war is more likely to be a supernatural war. If this proves correct, we as a nation will be even less prepared for its outbreak than in 1939.

To finish this chapter, I should like to append some lines that were found in the Bible of Major Malcolm Boyle, who was killed in action after landing in France on “D day”, June 1944.

If I should never see the Moon again
Rising red gold across the harvest field,
Or feel the stinging of soft April rain
As the brown earth her hidden treasures yield,

If I should never taste the salt sea spray
As the ship beats her course against the breeze,
Or smell the dog rose or the new-mown hay,
Or moss and primrose beneath the tree,

If I should never hear the thrushes wake
Long before the sunrise in the glimmering dawn,
Or watch the huge Atlantic rollers break
Against the rugged cliffs in baffling scorn,

If I have said goodbye to stream and wood,
To the wide ocean and the green clad hill,
I know that He who made this world so good,
Has somewhere made a heaven better still.

This I bear witness with my latest breath,
Knowing the love of God, I fear not death.

Filed Under: Recognising the Hand of Judgment

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

Recognising the Hand of Judgement

Introduction

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

1. St. Augustine. The 14th Centenary of his arrival in Britain

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

2. The fire at York Minster, July 9th 1984

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

3. Louise Brown. First test-tube baby. 1978

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

4. “Papal infallibility” 1870

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

5. The Great Seal of the United States of America

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

6. Benjamin Crème and the Maitreya

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

7. Helena Blavatsky and Theosophy

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

8. Counterfeit miracles

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

9. The testimony of a Messianic Jew

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

10. “Spiritualism” and “Enlightenment”. Karl Marx and Charles Darwin

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

11. San Francisco Earthquake, and Azusa Street

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

12. The Llanelli Vision of July 1914

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

13. The Olympic Games revived. 1896

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

14. The emergence of the European Union. Revival of the Roman Empire

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

15. The Dreyfus Case, 1894 – 1906

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

16. Dr. Theodor Herzl

1st August 2001 By Arthur Eedle

17. Dr. Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Congress

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

18. Russia, Lenin, and Aristocoli’s prophecy to Valentina

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

19. The loss of the Titanic, 1912

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

20. The loss of the Airship R101

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

21. Suffragettes and Women’s Liberation

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

22. The Angels of Mons and the White Cavalry. 1914 – 1918

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

23. The House of Windsor, Balfour, Allenby, 1917

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

24. The Upper Hand and the Lower Hand – Two Systems

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

25. The Twenty Year Truce. 1919–1939

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

26. Mist and Rainbow. 1940 – 1944

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

27. The Nazis and the Nuremberg Trials

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

28. Queen, Archbishop, and Church

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

29. Lawlessness in British Politics

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

30. The Royal Family

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

31. The Puppet Masters

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

32. Drawing the threads together

1st September 2001 By Arthur Eedle

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