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Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Nisroch appears in Book VI of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (first published in 1667) as one of Satan's demons. [ 11 ] [ 9 ] Nisroch, who is described as frowning and wearing beaten armor, [ 11 ] calls into question Satan's argument that the fight between the angels and demons is equal, objecting that they, as demons, can feel pain ...
Numerous etymologies have been proposed to account for the name Metatron, but there is no consensus, and its precise origin is unknown. [15] [16]: 92–97 Some scholars, such as Philip Alexander, believe that if the name Metatron originated in Hekhalot literature and Merkabah texts such as 3 Enoch, then it may have been a magical word like Adiriron and Dapdapiron.
"And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness ...
The destroying angel passes through Egypt. [1]In the Hebrew Bible, the destroying angel (Hebrew: מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, malʾāḵ hamašḥīṯ), also known as mashḥit (מַשְׁחִית mašḥīṯ, 'destroyer'; plural: מַשְׁחִיתִים, mašḥīṯīm, 'spoilers, ravagers'), is an entity sent out by God on several occasions to deal with numerous peoples.
The Primum Mobile is the abode of angels, and here Dante sees God as an intensely bright point of light surrounded by nine rings of angels (Canto XXVIII). Beatrice explains the creation of the universe, and the role of the angels, ending with a forceful criticism of the preachers of the day (Canto XXIX):
The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The great chain of being (from Latin scala naturae 'ladder of being') is a concept derived from Plato , Aristotle (in his Historia Animalium ), Plotinus and Proclus . [ 4 ]
[1] [2] The depiction of the ladder reflects the importance of angels and demons in Eastern Orthodox spirituality. [2] The icon also shows a gaping maw, representing the Devil himself who is devouring a monk who has fallen from the ladder. [5] The ladder shows some monks who have almost reached the summit as being tempted by demons and falling. [6]