Again the voice of Jesus was heard saying: "Lift up your gates, O Prince; and be ye lifted up, ye gates of hell, and the King of Glory will enter in." The Prince of Hell then cried out: "Who is the King of Glory?" upon which the prophet _David_ commenced to reply to him, but while he was speaking, the mighty Lord Jesus appeared in the form of a man, and broke asunder the fetters which before could not be broken, and crying aloud, said: "Come to me, all ye saints, who were created in my image, who were condemned by the tree of the forbidden fruit . . . live now by the word of my cross." Then presently all the saints were joined together, hand in hand, and the Lord Jesus laid hold on Adam's hand, and ascended from hell, and all the saints of God followed him.[212:2] When the saints arrived in paradise, two "very ancient men" met them, and were asked by the saints: "Who are ye, who have not been with us in hell, and have had your bodies placed in paradise?" One of these "very ancient men" answered and said: "I am _Enoch_, who was translated by the word of God, and this man who is with me is Elijah the Tishbite, who was translated in a fiery chariot."[213:1] The doctrine of the descent into hell may be found alluded to in the _canonical_ books; thus, for instance, in I. Peter: "It is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the spirit: _by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison_."[213:2] Again, in "Acts," where the writer is speaking of David as a _prophet_, he says: "He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, _that his soul was not left in hell_, neither his flesh did see corruption."[213:3] The reason why Christ Jesus has been made to descend into hell, is because _it is a part of the universal mythos_, even the _three days'_ duration. The _Saviours_ of mankind had all done so, _he_ must therefore do likewise. _Crishna_, the Hindoo Saviour, _descended into hell_, for the purpose of raising the dead (the doomed),[213:4] before he returned to his heavenly seat. _Zoroaster_, of the Persians, _descended into hell_.[213:5] _Osiris_, the Egyptian Saviour, _descended into hell_.[213:6] _Horus_, the virgin-born Saviour, _descended into hell_.[213:7] _Adonis_, the virgin-born Saviour, _descended into hell_.[213:8] _Bacchus_, the virgin-born Saviour, _descended into hell_.[213:9] _Hercules_, the virgin-born Saviour, _descended into hell_.[213:10] _Mercury_, the _Word_ and Messenger of God, _descended into hell_.[213:11] _Baldur_, the Scandinavian god, after being killed, _descended into hell_.[214:1] _Quetzalcoatle_, the Mexican crucified Saviour, _descended into hell_.[214:2]