The Demonic Realm
An excerpt from "Visions Beyond the Veil" by H.A. Baker

The headquarters of the evil hosts are in the middle heaven. Here are thrones from which the devil's angels exercise their satanic rule over the earth. These rulers of darkness are diverse: some are more massive than others, there is variation in dress, crowns, facial expressions, dispositions, and in authority. In every respect they are as diabolical in appearance and action as the hosts of Satan are expected to be.

These rulers of evil are in constant competition with one another. Each resents the authority of those who have greater power. All are jealous of one another and covet the places of the highest rank. Those of the highest rank hold their positions, not by the consent of those in the lower ranks, but solely by their own superior vehemence and power. Groups and individuals are constantly quarreling and conflicting with one another.

All wear crowns representing different classes and ranks. All desire to sit on the highest thrones and supervise the work of evil on earth, rather than debase themselves to delegated offices on the lower thrones.

Those of the highest rank sit on thrones in the middle heaven. They rule over innumerable hosts of evil spirits from whom delegations are constantly sent to the earth to deceive its inhabitants, to oppose the righteous forces, to strengthen places of weak demonic forces on earth, and to bind and carry the souls of evil men to hell when they die.

Although these evil angels fly in the highest heaven to the very gates of the new Jerusalem, and although they descend to the earth and fly in its air, their center is in the middle heaven with thrones of authority where they are gathered in countless numbers. Here some hosts of evil spirits of various sizes fly hither and thither, while others move more cautiously. A certain halo surrounds the evil spirits of higher rank.

All are alike in some respects: All have wings, all have crowns, all belong to the heavens. The appointed messengers go to earth only temporarily. When their evil errand is finished, they return to heaven.

The hosts of evil spirits on earth are very different from the devil's angels. These on earth have no wings. They can walk and run quickly. They can move freely but apparently do not leave the earth. They vary in size from a few inches to three meters in height. They wear brightly colored clothes with many stripes and have handsome caps of various shapes and colors. Some, on the other hand, wear rags or dirty clothes.

Some of these demons on earth have very little power and are of a fairly harmless nature. Others, however, are large in stature, fierce in appearance, and have great power. Those on earth oppose righteous people and the work of angels among men. In one of their conflicts with an angel, earthly demons of the highest order, assisted by others of the lower order, gathered together and attempted to strike the angel with clubs, swords, and other weapons. By faith and by praising the Lord, the angel was able to withstand this powerful assault so that he was neither struck nor even touched by the evil one. The demons of lesser power, who stood watching the conflict from a distance and saw the unsuccessful attacks of their companions, implored the evil powers in the heavens to send a force of angels from the air. In answer to this prayer, ten angels were sent down. As these approached the earth, the demons clapped their hands in joyful welcome. When the evil angels from above reached the scene of the conflict, these less powerful demons withdrew and stood respectfully and silently in the presence of the satanic delegation from above, who now took over the conflict with the angel. These forces the angel could also resist with prayers and faith until suddenly the glory of God descended and chased away all the evil hosts.

The boy who saw a Christian man die also saw:

What happens when an unsaved man dies.
When a man died who had not heard the gospel, his soul, after being released from his body, wandered unhindered from place to place on earth until one of the devil's angels came down from heaven, bound him with chains, and forced him down to hell.

The death of a professing Christian who had known the Lord but had not sincerely repented was even more terrible. When this man was dying, the demons awaited with devilish delight at his deathbed the deliverance of the soul of this hypocritical man, once a professing Christian. The demons began to bind him before he had left his body, and completed the binding of their prisoner the moment he drew his last wicked breath. The hypocrite was not allowed to enjoy a moment of walking the earth in freedom. An object of ridicule to his demonic captors, he was instantly dragged down to hell with horror.

It was a special sport among the demons to bind such a wicked man in chains, drag him about on the ground, snatch him up, and then strike him down again and again, and drag him like a dead dog. After this pleasure for his captor, the man was dragged down the dark road to the devilish regions.

There was:

A Boy dragged from Adullam to Hell
Because of his bad behavior, he was dismissed as an errand boy by an officer in the army. After seeing him begging in the streets for several days, we took him to the Adullam asylum. He promised to reform, appeared outwardly decent, heard the gospel for a long time, and felt remorse.

Then various things disappeared from the asylum, but the thief was not found until this boy was caught trying to sell the stolen goods. We then removed him from the asylum. After several months of begging, when this boy repeatedly promised to reform if we would allow him to return, we gave him another chance. The Lord also gave him another chance, for there were clear signs of the Holy Spirit and supernatural revelations sufficient to convince the simplest man. The boy himself received anointings from the Holy Spirit, for the Lord confronted him directly about his sins and showed him the right path. Despite this, the boy ran away and joined a street gang of beggar thieves. A few months later he fell and broke his arm. It became infected and he was dying when he was taken to the hospital. In the hospital he was so hopelessly disobedient that he was thrown out and was soon in a dying state on the street. He then came to us with promises of reform, and we took pity on him and took him in once more.

Day by day he drew nearer to his end. The night before he died I was awakened by horrible shrill screams that sounded like the eerie howls of some wild animal or something diabolical. The next day when the boy died I was not at home. As he lay dying in excruciating pain, delighted and hideously diabolical demons gathered around him. As the soul left the body, the boy saw his captors, cried, howled, screamed, and called out as loud as he could in the wildest terror, "Mr. Baker, help! help! help! Oh, Mr. Baker come quickly! Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker! Help, they are all around me with chains! They have come to me. Help, help, Mr. Baker, help! Oh, oh, oh, help! help! They are binding me with chains. Help! help! Oh, oh, oh, help!

O-h-e-l- "

Visions of Hell
Repeatedly, children have had visions of hell and the burning lake of fire. The first time someone was in the anointing of the Spirit, they usually had a vision of hell. They were bound with chains and led through areas of darkness. Some children could hear demons all around them in this area. If they were taken far away, they could see a faint light in the distance, which was a reflection of the burning lake of fire. Some children were taken so close that they could see the burning lake of fire before them. All the time they spoke of the blood of Christ and claimed that they would not obey and become slaves to their captors. They truly believed that Jesus would save them. We have already told how the Lord intervened with His blood-bought salvation before they reached the burning lake of fire.

The Bible shows that hell is a place of darkness, and it teaches that some of the devil’s angels are now kept in chains of darkness awaiting judgment.

The children saw not only darkness in hell, but also:

The burning lake of fire
which was always approached through a region of subterranean darkness. In the vision they were taken to the edge of a great lake of fire in a semi-dark pit from which clouds of smoke rose. As the smoke subsided, the fire in the lake became diffuse, but as the smoke rose slightly, the burning lake of red and green flames and its inhabitants were clearly visible.

As the children gazed down into the den of hell, we saw them holding on to some piece of furniture or getting down on their hands and knees, leaning cautiously forward to peer down into the hellish regions. They looked for a moment and then drew back, afraid of falling in. They were horrified by what they saw. Then they looked cautiously again and drew back. Sometimes the children lay on their bellies for fear of slipping and falling in as they looked over the edge to the lake of fire.

The lost were seen entering hell. Some fell in, some went over the edge, and some were bound with chains and thrown into hell by demons. One boy saw groups of wicked people bound in bundles ready to be thrown into this fiery furnace.

As the fire subsided and the smoke cleared, wails were heard from the unfortunate. As the fire periodically increased in intensity and the smoke rose slightly, screams and wails of agony were heard.

A person rolled around on the floor, screaming as a suffering soul would have done in hell.

In the lake of fire there was a sea of ​​hands reaching out for help. Those down there pleaded for help from those looking down on them. We could hear the children speaking to them just as one hears someone talking on the telephone, that is, hearing the conversation only at one end. It might sound like this: "I can't help you." "No, I can't do anything for you." "When you were alive, you didn't obey the gospel." "No, it's already too late. Before you came here, I preached to you, but you made fun of me and despised Jesus. Now you know that I spoke the truth." "No, I can't do anything. This is a judgment from God." "If you had obeyed, you would now be rejoicing with us in heaven." After such a conversation, the children were taken to heaven to rejoice in the fellowship of Jesus or taken to the glory of the golden streets in God's paradise.