The War Revealed The archangel Raphael continues his account to Adam, now describing what had been hidden: war in Heaven. Satan, no longer content with inward rebellion, gathers his followers and dares the unthinkable—he makes war against God. What follows is not chaos, but order under strain. Michael and the faithful angels stand firm.

Last week, we began our journey into Paradise Lost by John Milton. Milton opened the poem with a solemn declaration of his purpose: to tell the story of man’s first disobedience and to “justify the ways of God to men.” Now the story itself begins. And it begins not in Eden — but in Hell.