OUR FATHER WHO CASTS DOWN THE REBEL Part 2

The book of Isaiah chapter 14 verses 9 - 10 says this;

The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones—all those who were kings over the nations.

They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”

Examining this passage again, it is notable the realm of the dead is described as "below".

As well, the realm of the dead is described as having agency so that it is responsive to changes of conditions and is able to stir spirits or to make kings rise from their thrones.

Also, it is notable that at the time that the king of Babylon arrives, the realm of the dead has to rouse spirits and has to make kings rise which implies that the inhabitants of the realm of the dead are in a sleeping state or in repose and have to stirred into wakefulness or attentiveness.

It is also notable that the inhabitants of the realm of the dead are weak or powerless. They are animated at the will of the realm of the dead and they describe themselves as "weak".

Those who go down to inhabit the realm of the dead are subject to the administration of the realm itself. They are powerless and they languish in a sleep state or inert state even though they have self-awareness and their faculties of thought with them.

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