Then He ordered some of His beloved friends to precede Him and announce
His arrival.”
XXI.1
“And while they, Prince Satan and Hell, were talking to each other as previ-
ously said, there occurred a shrilling voice of a great clap of thunder and a
Ps. 24
spiritual cry: ‘ Open the your gates, and be lifted up, O eternal gates, and the
(23):7
King of Glory will come in.’ And when Hell heard these words, he said this
to Satan, his Prince: ‘Depart from this place quickly and flee from my seats.
And
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if you are a mighty warrior, then fight with the King of Glory, for what keeps
me bound in duty to Him?’ Thereafter he expelled Satan, his Prince, out of his
seats. And when Satan was expelled, he looked at the multitude of the heavenly
folk and troops, but he did not see that the King of Glory had arrived there and,
nevertheless, did not want to go towards them and rather escaped from their
countenance. Then he took the shape of an awful dragon, whose largeness is
compared to that of the Midgard Serpent, about whom it is said that it lies
around the whole world. Then he saw those signs that occurred in Jerusalem,
that Our Lord was breathing His last, and immediately.”
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