Devil (2021) Digital Arts by Andrey Elenev

Our journey lies across the great sea of fire. We must go on till we come to the
middle of hell. There we shall see the most horrible site that ever was or will be
-- the great devil chained down in the middle of hell. We will set off on our
journey. Now we are coming near the dwelling place of Satan. The darkness gets
thicker. You see a greater number of devils moving about in the thick darkness.
They come to get the orders of their great chief. Already you hear the rattling of
the tremendous chains of the great monster! See! there he is -- the most horrible
and abominable of all monsters, the devil. His size is immense! Is.viii. He shall
fill the length of the land. St. Francis saw him. He was sitting on a long beam
which passed through the middle of hell. His feet went down into the lowest
depths of hell. They rested on the floor of hell. They were fastened with great,
heavy iron chains. These chains were fixed to an immense ring in the floor. His
hands were chained up to the roof. One of his hands was turned up against
heaven, to blaspheme God and the saints who dwell there. Apoc. xiii. His other
hand was stretched out, pointing to the lowest hell. His tremendous and horrible
head was raised up on high, and touched the roof. From his head came two
immense horns. Apoc. xiii. I saw another beast having two horns. From each
horn smaller horns, without number, branched out, which, like chimneys, sent out
fire and smoke. His enormous mouth was wide open. Out of it there was running
a river of fire, which gave no light, but a most abominable smell. Job xli. Flame
cometh out of his mouth. Round his neck was a collar of red hot iron. A burning
chain tied him round the middle. The uglinesses of his face was such that no
man or devil could bear it. It was the most deformed, horrible, frightful thing that
ever was or will be. His great fierce eyes were filled with pride and anger, and
rage, and spite, and blood, and fire, and savage cruelty. There was something
else in those eyes for which there is no name, but it made those on whom the
devil's eyes were fixed tremble and shake as if they were dying. One of the
saints who saw the devil said she would rather be burnt for a thousand years
than look at the devil for one moment!

Rev. J. Furniss, "Sights of Hell"