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[Alexandr Korol]

the person just didn’t see it and didn’t know it, and perceived it as a stick. And there are many things in the world that people don’t see because they think it’s a stick. But if you give them an explanation and call it something else, show it from a different angle, it takes on an entirely different meaning. And that’s what the song ‘Dunya sits at the gates’ is about. And, basically, through all my “Alternative History,” through all my volumes, that’s what I’m doing. I’m, in essence, sharing my unconventional, different, alternative perspective with the reader. How I look at the world from a different angle, how everything is structured, that maybe it’s not this, but that. Do you understand? It’s just a song. And about “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” – that’s from somewhere very famous, something from the Bible. You see, this isn’t mine, it didn’t steal my attention, I didn’t read it in the Bible, I didn’t even check, but I heard it not only from the old man, even in films, it’s mentioned in many films, “I will build my church on this rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Well, you can Google it now if you want to check the interpretation. I just, if I read the text correctly, I can interpret it. At least I’ll share my perspective on how I see it. Well, from Matthew, the Holy Gospel. “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” This is a very famous quote. We’ve all heard it somewhere and encountered it. It’s interesting why the gates of hell should prevail over something – “even the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” I don’t know what exactly “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” means, because the word “gates” is misleading. Why gates? If it were simply that hell would not prevail over it, the church. Well, the church is the assembly of believers, and that hell won’t consume them. But maybe, here’s “Dunya,” “the mouth,” and “at the gates,” maybe that’s why he gave the riddle? That “the mouth of hell,” maybe the mouth of hell won’t prevail over it? And that’s why he sang the song about Dunya. That Dunya sits at the gates, and no one can tell where Dunya is and where the mouth is, because it’s the same thing. So, at that time, I perceived this messenger and what he said as everything being right in front of us, but people were misinterpreting it. They called it something else –