Matt asked:

Why does Satan fall for 9 days when he is cast out of heaven? I am not aware of the Bible referencing the number 9. Is this a reference to old tradition or to apocryphal writings? Is there symbolism attached to the number?

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DaniloOliveira I believe it's from Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica, by Hesiod.

"Hesiod asserts that a bronze anvil falling from heaven would fall nine days before it reached the earth. The anvil would take nine more days to fall from earth to Tartarus."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarus

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