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The work of Satan and his error appeared in every nation and every
people. They worshipped fire and images and beasts and trees, and served
living things and sea-monsters and every beast of the earth. God was not
content with this for His creatures. God was more merciful than the merciful
amongst His creatures. He appointed One who should preside over their
salvation and their redemption from the temptation of Satan and his error.
When the prophets of God saw this, that the children of Adam were lost, and
that the Devil had conquered them, and that no man could save the race of
Adam from error and destruction, the prophets and apostles of God entreated
God and asked Him to come down to His creatures and His servants, and to
preside in His mercy over their salvation from the error of the Devil. One
of them said, "Lord, bend the heavens, and come down to us." One
said, "O Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, shew Thyself to us, stir
up Thy might, and come for our salvation." And one of them said,
"There is no intercessor and no king, but the Lord will come and save
us." Another prophesied saying, "The Lord sent His word and healed
us from our toil and saved us." Another prophesied saying openly,
"He shall come and not tarry." The prophet David prophesied
saying, "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord, God is the
Lord, and hath appeared unto us." He said also, "The Lord shall
come and shall not keep silence: fire shall devour before Him, and it shall
be very tempestuous round about Him." What shall I shew and make clear
from this prophecy about the Christ? when the prophets prophesied and said
that He is God and Lord and Saviour. It is He who came down from Heaven a
Saviour to His servants. The throne is not divided, for verily God and His
Word and His Spirit are on the throne, and in every place complete without
diminution. The heavens and the earth and all that is therein are full of
His honour. When God saw that His creatures were destroyed and that the
Devil had prevailed against them, and that all nations and people served him
* * * * * If God, to Him be glory and power! wished to destroy Satan, (He is
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