They have to use fraud or guile this time. Don’t worry, he tells them, they will rise again, but they can’t fight God in the same way. The angels are brave soldiers and nobody could have foreseen that such an awesome army could ever be defeated. Satan rekindles their hope with a speech. They all look unhappy, though they are glad to find that Satan is not in total despair. The angels rise up quickly, assemble in squadrons. Satan addresses the fallen angels, and tells them to rise up now, or remain fallen forever. He then suggests that his forces reassemble on the plain so they can figure out a plan of action. Satan suggests that he and Beelzebub move to a nearby plain and think about how to war against God, deal with the horrors of their circumstances, and repair their losses. Although they’ve been beaten, all is not lost. Satan describes how he and a bunch of other angels fought with God and lost. In Hell, Satan, lying on the burning lake, just fallen from heaven, looks around bewildered, finds Beelzebub.
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