After the rest and strengthening found in the House Beautiful, Christian descends. The road that once climbed now falls sharply into a low and difficult place—the Valley of Humiliation. Here, the journey changes. No longer is the struggle merely inward or circumstantial.Now the enemy stands before him. Apollyon. “I am an enemy to this Prince you serve,” the dark figure declares, “and I seek to destroy you.” Christian does not flee. He remembers what he has been given.