Last night's History segment, 'Clash of the Gods,' featured Hades, the Custodian God of the Underworld. It was interesting that they concluded with Hades own death prophesied in the Book of Revelations. There was also a segment where Orpheus, the great musician, went to hell to make a deal with Hades to let his wife go back to the earth and the living with him. Orpheus played so well that even Hades shed tears and agreed to let him take his wife back under one condition ............ 'as Orpheus left hell and returned to earth, he must never look behind to see his wife Eurydice. Making his way back to the living Orpheus was tempted to look behind himself so badly because he couldn't be sure that Hades wasn't playing a trick on him, just as he is about to step into the land of the living, Orpheus couldn't resist and turned around, and as his eyes fastened on his wife Hades reclaimed her ..... this has a parallel in scripture to Lot and his wife; when she turned to look back on Sodom turned into a pillar of salt.
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