It alllllllll makes sense when looking at it from the Gnostic viewpoint

We are in the realm of an accidentally created perverted (powers) creator god called Ialdabaoth

This is not the real pleroma, this realm was moved (hidden) outside of that by Sophia who created Ialdabaoth by accident without the approval of the father and without the assistance of her other half

This realm isn’t even real , that’s why he’s come with a sword

This realm ends when the human spirit realizes who they are, where they live, and how they got here

The realm becomes absorbed back into the pleroma. This realm is satanic. The circle of life is satanic. Our lifestyles here is satanic. Everything is backwards, everything is suffering, even desire and pleasure here is a form of suffering (imagine a drug, you go up, then you go down)

Your loyalty/obedience/belief — if you think this is it , you’ll die and respawn here again and again and be energy to the demons of Ialdabaoth