The LAST highest Resort of the World.
PERIOD
PERIOD
And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Behold in a wonder full dream during the whoreable nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was taken and shown a mountain top ...
even the highest mountain top of the entire world of the worldlie ...
even the very snow covered peaks of the highest mountains of THE WORLD.
and there was a very very exclusive Resort there ...that ONLY ...the very chosen select richest and most power full persons could enter in ...
and THAT for ONLY the very chosen select richest and most power full people had BOUGHT ...THE VERY HIGHEST RESORT OF THE WORLD.
and they had thought and devised and planned and DISCOVERED the LAST RESORT ...and had BOUGHT IT ...FOR THEMSELVES EXCLUSIVELY. PERIOD ...NO EXCEPTIONS !
YET others secrretly lurked and watched for THEIR CHANCE ...to occupy ..."to have and to hold"... THE SAME PLACE
and AGAIN ...this very HIGHEST RESORT ...had been occupied BEFORE ....of PEOPLE ...WHO WERE THE SAME.
and the HIGHEST RESORT ...THE RESORT ...OF THE HIGHEST PEOPLE ... had set empty for a LONG LONG TIME ...
and so the .the very chosen select richest and most power full persons sat in THEIR PLACE AND PLACES ...grinning and laughing and PROUDLY smiling one upon another ...
Yet the place stunk somewhat of the mold of rottenness ...well that could be fixed ...it only needed money ...and a very few exclusive workers ...
Nevertheless there they sat ...LOOKING DOWN UPON AND OVER THEIR ENTIRE WORLD
and looking forward to "their rest" in the highest most luxurious ( luxury US ) rooms and beds and balconies ...of any place in THEIR WORLD.
Yet ...even as they sat there the "water" started to trickle and dry up ...
nevertheless said they thought and said "nothing to be concerned of ...
and they ordered a "service" person ...that "serviced" them ...to go find the source of the problem ...
and a man went out upon the cold hard frozen ground at TOP OF THE WORLD ...to FIND THE SPRING ... that provided "water" to the place ...
evenso when he arrived at the end of the conduit ...the valve had been SHUT OFF ...
and the "service " man went to turn the "waters" back on ...
YET suddenly there was the loud CRACK of a high powered rifle ...and the ice and snow ...spit up ...in the "service" man's FACE ...
and the "service" man fled ... back to the RESORT ...of the HIGHEST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ...
and the "service" man reported that "the waters" ...WERE SHUT OFF ... and guarded by a single man with a rifle ...
and that for there were ALWAYS OTHERS ...who WANTED TO OCCUPY ...THE HIGHEST ...RESORT OF THE WORLD.
nevertheless "THE OCCUPIERS " worried NOT for they just sent out ...another "service" men ...to "REMOVE" the problem ...
and the LAST "service" man went out of the HIGHEST ROOM ...of the 'HIGHEST PLACE ... to "take out" and remove " the threat " ...
Yet he too was fired upon ...
and so "IT WAS " as BEFORE ...THE SAME ...FOR THERE WAS ...AND IS ...ALL WAYS OTHERS ...WHO WANT ...DEMAND ...AND CHALLENGE TO HAVE ...THE HIGHEST RESORT OF THE WORLD.
EVEN TO THE END OF SUCH A RESORT ...
EVEN TO THE END OF THE UNGODLIE WORLD. PERIOD
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
Jesus then full of the holy
ghost returned from Jordan, and was carried of the spirit into wilderness, and
was forty days tempted of the
devil. And in those days ate he nothing. And when they were ended, he after ward
hungered. And the devil said unto him: if you be the son of God command this
stone that it be bread. And Jesus answered him saying: It is written, man shall
not live by bread only, but by every word of God.
And the devil took him up into an high
mountain, and showed him all the kingdom of the world, even in the twinkling of
an eye. And the devil said unto him: all this power will I give you every *whit
and the glory of them: for that is delivered to me, and to whosoever I will, I
give it. If you therefore will worship me, they shall be all yours. Jesus
answered him and said: here, now get from me Satan. For it is written: You shall
honour the Lord your God, and him only serve.
And he carried him to Jerusalem, and set him on
a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him: If you be the son of God, cast
yourself down from here, now. For it is written, he shall give his Angels charge
over you to keep you, and with their hands they shall stay you up that you dash
not your foot against a stone. Jesus answered and said to him, it is said:
you shall not tempt the Lord your God. As soon as the devil had ended all
his temptations, he departed from him, for a season.
And Jesus returned by the power of the spirit into
Galile, and there went a fame of him through out all the region round about. And
he taught in their synagogues, and was commended of all men.
And all the world was of one tongue and one language. And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sinear, and there they dwelled. And they said one to another: Come on, let us make brick and burn it with fire. So brick was their stone and slime was their mortar. And they said: Come on, let us build us a city and a tower, that the top may reach unto heaven. And let us make us a name, for peradventure we shall be scattered abroad over all the earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had builded. And the Lord said: See, the people is one, and have one tongue among them all: And this have they begun to do, and will not leave off from all that they have purposed to do. Come on, let us descend, and mingle their tongue even there, that one understand not what another sayeth. Thus the Lord scattered them from there upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city. Wherefore the name of it is called Babell, because that the Lord there confounded the tongue of all the world. And because that the Lord from there scattered them abroad upon all the earth.
THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES Chpt 4
Go to now ye that say: today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell, and win: and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away: For that ye ought to say: if the Lord will and if we live, let us do this or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
Jacob boiled pottage, and Esau came from the field and was fainty, and said to Jacob: let me sip of the red pottage, for I am fainty. And therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said: sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau answered: Lo I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do me? And Jacob said: swear to me then this day. And he swore to him, and sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of red rice. And he ate and drank and rose up, and went his way. And so Esau regarded not his birthright.
what profit shall this birthright do me?
HE FIRST OF THE MACHABEES Chpt 1
In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, which moved much people with their council, saying: Let us go and make a covenant with the Heathen, that are round about us: for since we departed from them, we have had much sorrow. So this device pleased them well, and certain of the people took upon them for to go unto the king, which gave them license to do after the ordinances of the Heathen. Then set they up an open school ( at Jerusalem ) of the laws of the Heathen, and were no more circumcised: but forsook the holy Testament, and joined themselves to the Heathen, and were clean sold to do mischief.
Every man can *eschue a person moved to anger, for what he doth wisely? Even so shall the Lord of Hosts take away from Jerusalem and from Juda, all possessions and power, all meat and drink, the captain and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man, the worshipful of fifty year old, and the honorable: the Senators, and the men of understanding: the masters of crafts and orators. And I shall give you children to be your princes,( sayeth the Lord ) and babes shall have the rule of you. One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy will presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable. Ye when one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say: Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril.
Then shall he swear and say: I can not help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people. For Jerusalem and Juda must decay, because both their words and counsel are against the Lord, they provoke the presence of his Majesty unto anger. The changing of their countenance betrayeth them, yee they declare their own sins themselves, as the Sodomites, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded. Then shall they say: O happy are the godly, for they may enjoy the fruits of their studies. But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous for they shall be rewarded after their works. O my people, *ribaudes oppress thee, and women have rule of thee. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out the way of thy footsteps. The Lord is here to commune of the matter, and standeth to give judgement with the people. The Lord shall come forth to reason with the Senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them: It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard, the robbery of the poor is in your house. Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and marred the faces of the innocents? thus shall the Lord God of Hosts revile them.
Moreover thus sayeth the Lord: Seeing the daughters of Sion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes: seeing they come in tripping so nicely with their feet: Therefore shall the Lord shave the heads of the daughters of Sion, and make their beauty bare in the day. In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, *partlets, and collars, bracelets and hooves, that goodly flowered wide and boarded raiment, brushes and head bands, rings and garlands, holy day clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins, glasses and smocks, bonnets and *taches
And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth, and for their beauty witherdness and *son burning. Their husbands and their mighty men shall perish with the sword in battle.
*eschue (avoid, escape) *ribaudes ( extortioners :MN). *partlets = ruffled covering for the neck. *taches = buckles, clasps, fasteners. *son burning exactly as recorded
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 24
As the time of noe was, so likewise shall the coming of the son of man be. For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noe entered in to the ship, and knew of nothing, till the flood came and took them all away: So shall also the coming of the son of man be. Then two shall be in the fields, the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused, two shall be grinding at the mill the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused. Wake therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come. Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready, for in the hour ye think he would not: will the son of man come. If there be any faithful servant and wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in season convenient, happy is that servant whom his master (when he cometh) shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my master will defer his coming, and begin to smite his fellows, ye and to eat and to drink with the drunken: that servants master will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not ware of, and will divide him, and give him his reward with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 23
And there were two evil doers led
with him to be slain. And when they were come to the place, which is called
Calvary, there they crucified him, and the evil doers, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left. Then said Jesus: father forgive them, for they *wot
not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people
stood and beheld.
And the rulers mocked him with them saying
he help other men, let him help himself, if he be Christ the chosen of God. The
soldiers also mocked him, and came and gave him vinegar and said: if thou be
that king of the Jews save thy self. And his superscription was written over
him, in Greek, in Latin, and Hebreu: This is the king of the Jews.
And one of the evil doers which hanged,
railed on him saying: If thou be Christ save thy self and us. The other answered
and rebuked him saying, Neither fearest thou God because thou art in the same
damnation? We are righteously punished, for we receive according to our deeds:
But this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus: Lord remember me
when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him: Verily I say unto
thee, today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 20
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the people which are in the four quarters of the earth Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea: and they went up on the plain of the earth, and compassed the tents of the saints about, and the beloved city. And fire came down from God, out of heaven, and devoured them: and the devil that deceived them, was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were and shall be tormented day and night for ever more.
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 12
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: A woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. And
she was with child and cried travailing in birth, and pained ready to be
delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, for behold a great
red dragon having seven heads, and ten horns and crowns upon his heads: and his
tail drew the third part of the stars, and cast them to the earth.
And the dragon stood
before the woman, which was ready to be delivered: for to devour her child as
soon as it were born. And she brought forth a man child, which should
rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her son was taken up unto God, and to
his seat. And the woman fled into wilderness, where she had a place, prepared of
God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
And there was a great battle in heaven,
Michael and his Angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his
Angels, and prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven. And
the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan was cast out.
Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels
were cast out also.
And I heard a loud voice saying: in heaven
is now made salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
his Christ. For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night. And
they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony,
and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the
devil is come down unto you which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.
And when the dragon saw, that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had been a river, because she should have been caught of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed, up the river, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And I stood on the sea *stonde.
this flood is the wicked waters of any and all LIES ...especially evil spiritual lies ...even as the king james bible of Gog and Magog ...fills the land ...
even true evil ...evil masked in good ...evil masked in love ...
and how we must do the SAME THING ...bid Jesus that WE are able ( within IN abled ) to walk on the the wicked waters of satan THAT NOW FLOODS THE EARTH.
And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered: for to devour her child as soon as it were born. JUSTIFICATION OF ABORTION comes to mind
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 25
When the son of man cometh in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory, and before him
shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall
set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. Then shall the
King say to them on his right hand: Come ye blessed children of my father,
inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I
was an hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was
harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. I was sick and ye
visited me. I was in prison and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer
him saying: master, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or a thirst, and
gave thee drink? when saw we thee harborless, and lodged thee? or naked and
clothed thee? or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee? And the
king shall answer and say unto them: Verily I say unto you: in as much as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Then shall the king say unto them that
shall be on the left hand: depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire:
which is prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and
ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no drink. I was harborless, and
ye lodged me not. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was sick and in prison,
and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him saying:
master, when saw we thee an hungered, or a thirst, or harborless, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them
and say: Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting pain: And the
righteous into life eternal
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 18
And after that, I saw
another Angel come from heaven, having great power, and the earth was lightened
with his brightness. And he cried mightily with a strong voice saying: Great
Babylon is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils, and the
hold of all foul spirits, and a cage of all unclean and hateful birds for
all nations have drunken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the
kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and her merchants are
waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures.
And I heard another voice from heaven,
say: come away from her my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye
receive not of her plagues. For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God hath
remembered her wickedness. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her
double according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which
she filled unto you. And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly so
much pour ye in for her of punishment and sorrow, for she said in her heart: I
sit being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her
plagues come at one day, death, and sorrow, and hunger, and she shall be burnt
with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth her.
And the kings of the earth shall beweep her
and wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived
wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, and shall stand
afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying . Alas, Alas, that great city
Babylon, that mighty city: for at one hour is her judgment come. And the
merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy
their ware any more, the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones,
neither of pearl, and raynes and purple, and scarlet, and all thine wood, and
all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and
of brass and of iron, and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense,
and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, beasts, and sheep, and horses, and
chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
And the apples that thy soul lusted after
are departed from thee. And all things which were dainty, and had in price are
departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more. The merchants
of these things which were waxed rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear
of the punishment of her, weeping and wailing, and saying: Alas, alas, that
great city, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with
gold, and precious stone, and pearls: for at one hour so great riches is come to
nought.
And every ship governor, and all they that
occupied ships, and shipmen which work in the sea, stood afar off, and cried,
when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: what city is like unto this
great city? And they cast dust on their heads, and cried weeping, and wailing,
and said: Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships
in the sea, by the reason of her costliness, for at one hour is she made
desolate.
Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy
Apostles and Prophets: for God hath given your judgement on her. And a mighty
angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying:
with such violence shall that great city Babylon be cast, and shall be found no
more. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters,
shall be heard no more in thee: and no crafts man, of whatsoever craft he be,
shall be found any more in thee. And the sound of a mill shall be heard no
more in thee, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, shall be heard
no more in thee, for thy merchants were the great men of the earth. And with
thine enchantment were deceived all nations: and in her was found the blood of
the Prophets, and of the saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 6
And I saw when
the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four beasts say, as it
were the noise of thunder, come and see. And I saw. And behold there was a white
horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him, and he
went forth conquering and for to overcome. And when he opened the second seal, I
heard the second beast say: come and see. And there went out another horse that
was red, and power was given to him that sat thereon, to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill one another. And there was given unto him a
great sword.
And when he opened the third seal, I heard
the third beast say: come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse: and he
that sat on him, had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say: a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures
of barley for a penny: and oil and wine see thou hurt not. And when he opened
the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say: come and see. And I
looked. And behold a green horse, and his name that sat on him, was death, and
hell followed after him, and power was given unto them over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, that cometh of
vermin of the earth.
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar, the souls of them that were killed for the word of God, and for
the testimony which they had, and they cried with a loud voice saying: How long
tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth? And long white garments were given unto every one of them.
And it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until the
number of their fellows, and brethren, and of them that should be killed as they
were, were fulfilled.
And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal,
and lo there was a great earthquake and the *sun was as black as sack cloth made
of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood: and the stars of heaven fell unto the
earth even as a fig tree casteth from her, her figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind. And heaven vanished away, as a scroll when it is rolled together. And
all mountains and isles, were moved out of their places. And the kings of the
earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and
in rocks of the hills: and said to the hills and rocks: fall on us, and hide us
from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the
lamb: for the great day of his wrath is come, and who can endure it
*sun: this is sun, spelled originally sunne
...
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 13
And it happened after the seven days, that I dreamed a dream by night.
And behold, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the floods
thereof. And I looked, and behold, the man was strong and increased with the
clouds of heaven: And when he turned his countenance to consider, all the things
trembled that were seen under him: and when the voice went out of his mouth, all
they burnt that heard him, like as the earth when it feeleth the fire.
After these I saw, and behold there was
gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the four winds of the
heaven, to fight against the man, that came out from the sea. And
I looked, and behold, he graved himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it.
But I would have seen the border or place, where out the hill was graven, and I
could not.
I saw after these, that all they which came
to fight against him, were sore afraid, and yet *durst they fight. Nevertheless
when he saw the fierceness and violence of the people, he neither lift up his
hand nor held sword, nor any weapon: but only (as I saw ) he sent out of his
mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips the wind of flame: and
out of his tongue he cast sparks and storms, and they were all mixed together :
the blast of fire, the wind of the flames, and the great storm, and fell with a
rush upon the people, which was prepared to fight and brunt them up everyone: so
that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing seen, but only dust and
smoke. When I saw this I was afraid.
Afterward saw I the same man come down
from the mountain, and calling unto him another peaceable people: and there came
much people unto him: some were glad some were sorry, some of them were bound,
so that they were carried and brought forth.
Then was I sick through great fear, and I
awaked, and said: thou hast shown thy servant all thy wonders from the
beginning, and hast counted me worthy, that thou mightest receive my prayer:
show me now yet this interpretation of this dream. For thus I consider in my
understanding: Woe unto them that shall be left in those days: and much more woe
unto them that are not left behind: for they that were not left, were in
heaviness.
Now understand I the things that are laid
up in the latter days which shall happen unto them, and to those that are not
left behind. Therefore they are come into great perils, and many
necessities, like as these dreams declare. Yet is it easier, that he which
suffereth hurt come in these, then to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and
now to see the things that shall happen in the last.
Then answered he me, and said: The
interpretation of the sight shall I show thee, and I will open unto thee, the
things that thou hast required. For thou hast spoken of them that are left
behind, and this is the interpretation. He that taketh away the peril in that
time, hath kept himself. They that be fallen into harm, are such as have works
and faith unto the Most mighty. Know this therefore, that they which be left
behind, are more blessed, then they that be dead. This is the meaning of the
vision. Where as thou sawest a man coming up from the deep of the sea, the same
is he that God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self will
deliver his creature, and he shall order them that are left behind. And where as
thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came a blast of wind, fire and storm,
and how that he lift up neither sword nor weapon, but that the rushing in of him
destroyed the whole multitude, that came to fight against him: it signifieth,
that the days come, when God will deliver them that are upon the earth, and in a
trance of mind shall he come upon them, that dwell in the earth. And one shall
undertake to fight against another, one city against another, one place against
another, one people against another, one realm against another. When this cometh
to pass, then shall the tokens come, that I showed thee before: and then shall
my son be declared, whom thou sawest climb up as a man. And when all the people
hear his voice every man shall in their own land leave the battle that they have
one against another, an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as
they that be willing to come and to overcome him by fighting. But he shall stand
upon the top of mount Sion. Nevertheless Sion shall come, and shall be showed,
being prepared and builded for all men, like as thou sawest the hill graven
forth without any hands. But my son shall rebuke the people that are come for
their wickedness, with the tempest, and for their evil imaginations: and their
pains wherewith they shall be punished, are likened unto the flame: and with out
any labor, shall he destroy them, even by the law, which is compared to the
fire.
And whereas thou sawest, that he gathered
another peaceable people unto him: those are the ten tribes, which were carried
away prisoners out of their own land, in the time of *Oseas the King, whom *Salmanasar
the King of Assiria took prisoner, and carried them over the water, and so they
came into another land.
But they gave them this counsel, that they
should leave the multitude of the Heathen, and go forth into a farther country,
where never mankind dwelt: that they might there keep their statutes, which they
never kept in their own land. And so they entered in at the narrow passages of
water of the Euphrates, and God showed tokens for them, and held still the flood
till they were passed over: for through that country there was a great way,
namely of a year and a half journey, for that same region is called Asareth.
Then dwelt they there unto the latter time: and when they come forth again, the
Highest shall hold still the springs of the stream again, that they may go
through, therefore thou sawest the multitude with peace. And they that be left
behind of thy people, are those that be found within my border. Now when he
destroyeth the multitude that is gathered together, he shall defend his people
that remain, and then shall he show them great wonders.
Then said I: O' Lord, Lord, show me this:
wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the deep of the sea? And he said
unto me: Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know these things that are in
the deep of the sea, even so mayest thou not see my son, or those that be with
him, but in the time of the day. This is the interpretation of the dream
which thou sawest, therefore thou only art here lightened: for thou hast
forsaken thine own law, and applied thy diligence unto mine, and sought it. Thy
life thou hast ordered in wisdom, and hast called understanding your mother, and
therefore have I showed thee the treasure of the Highest. After three days I
will show thee more, and talk with thee at more large, yee heavy and wondrous
things will I declare unto thee.
Then went I forth into the field, giving
praise and thanks greatly unto God, because of his wonders which he did in time,
and because he governeth the same, and such as is in time, and there I sat three
days
*durst= dare *Oseas = Hosea, *Salmanasar = Shalmaneser
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 2
Thus sayeth the Lord: I
brought this people out of bondage, I gave them my commandments by my servants
the Prophets, whom thou wouldest not hear, but despised my counsels. The mother
that bear them, sayeth unto them: Go your way ye children, for I am a widow and
forsaken: I brought you up with gladness, but with sorrow and heaviness have I
lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done the thing that
is evil before him. But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken:
go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord. As for me, O' father, I
call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not
keep my covenant: that thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a
spoil, that she bear no more. Let their names be scattered abroad among the
heathen, let them be put out of the earth, for they have thought scorn of my
covenant.
Woe be unto the Assur, thou that hidest the
unrighteous by thee. Thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and
Gomorha, whos land is turned to pitch and ashes. Even so also I will do unto all
them, that hear me not, sayeth the almighty Lord. Thus sayeth the Lord unto
Esdras: Tell my people, that I will give them the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which I
would have given unto Israel. Their glory also will I take unto me, and give
them the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for those.
The tree of life shall be unto them a sweet
smelling ointment: they shall neither labor or be weary. Go ye your way, and ye
shall receive it. Pray for yourselves a few days, that they may dwell therein.
Now is the Kingdom prepared for you, therefore watch. Take heaven and earth to
witness for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good, for I live
sayeth the Lord. Mother embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness:
make their feet as fast as a piler, for I have chosen them, sayeth the Lord.
And those that be dead will I raise up
again from their places, and bring them out of their graves, for I have known my
name in Israel. Fear not thou mother of the children, for I have chosen thee,
sayeth the Lord. And for thy help I will send thee my servants Isaie and Jeremy,
after whos counsel I have sanctioned and prepared for the twelve trees with
diverse fruits, and as many wells, flowing with milk and honey, and seven
mountains, where upon there grow roses and lilies, wherein I will fill my
children with joy. Execute justice for the widow, be judge for the
fatherless: give to the poor: heal the wounded and the sick: laugh not a lame
man to scorn: defend the cripple, and let the blind come into the light of my
clearness. Keep the old and the young within thy walls: wheresoever thou findest
the dead, take them, and bury them, and I shall give you thee, the first place
in my resurrection. Hold still (O' my people) and take thy rest, for thy
quietness is come. Feed thy children O' thou good nurse, establish their feet:
As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not be one of them
perish, for I will seek them from thy number, vex not thy self.
For when the day of trouble and heaviness
cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shall be merry and
plenteous. The heathen shall be jealous, but they shall be able to do
nothing against thee, sayeth the Lord. My hands shall cover thee, so that thy
children shall not see the fire everlasting. Be joyful O' thou mother with thy
children, for I will deliver thee, sayeth the Lord. Remember thy dead children,
for I shall bring them out of the earth, and show mercy unto them, for I am
merciful, sayeth the Lord almighty.
Embrace thy children, until I come, and show
mercy unto them, for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.
I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon
the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel. But when I came unto Israel they
set me at naught, and destroyed the commandment of the Lord. And therefore I say
unto you, O' ye Heathen that hear and understand: Look for your shepherd, he
shall give you everlasting rest: for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the
end of the world. Be ready to the reward of the Kingdom, for the everlasting
light shall shine upon you for evermore. Flee the shadows of this world, receive
the joyfulness of your glory. I testify my favor openly: O' receive the gift
that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him, that hath called you to
the heavenly Kingdom.
Arise up! and stand fast: behold the
number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord, which are departed from
the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord. Take
thy number O' Sion, and shut up thy purified, which have fulfilled the law of
the Lord. The number of thy children that thou longest for, is fulfilled:
beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people which have been called from the
beginning, may be hallowed.
I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great
people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs of
thanksgiving. And in the mist of them was a young man of high stature, more
excellent that all they, and on every one of their heads he set a crown, and was
ever higher and higher, which I marveled at greatly. So I asked the angel, and
said: Sir, what are these? He answered and said unto me: These be they that have
put off the mortal clothing and put on the immortal, and have testified and
knowledged the name of God. Now are they crowned and receive the reward.
Then said I unto the angel: what young
person is it, that crowneth them, and giveth them the palms in their hands? So
he answered and said unto me: It is the son of God, whom they have knowledged in
the world. Then began I greatly to commend them, that stood so stiffly for the
name of the Lord. And so the angel said unto me: Go thy way, and tell my people,
what manner of things and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen!
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 6
And he said unto me: In the beginning when the ground was made: before the
world stood, or ever the winds blew, before it thundered and lightened, or ever
the foundations of paradise were laid, before the fair flowers were seen, or
ever the moveable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of
angels were gathered together, or ever the highness of the air was lifted up,
afore the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys of Sion
were hot, and the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of
those that now sin, were put aside, before they were sealed that now gather
faith for a treasure: then did I consider and ponder all these things,
and they all were made through me, and through none other: Then answered I and
said: which shall be the parting asunder of the times? Or when shall the end of
the first, and the beginning of it that followeth? And he said unto me: From
Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacobs hand held first
the heel of Esau: for Esau is the end of this world, and Jacob is the beginning
of it that followeth. The hand of man between the heel and the hand. Other
question ( Esdras ) ask thou not.
I answered then, and said: O' Lord, Lord, if
I have found favor in thy sight, I beseech thee, show thy servant the end of the
tokens, whereof thou showest me part the last night. So he answered and said
unto me: Stand up upon thy feet, and hear the perfect voice and sound. There
shall come a great motion, but the place where thou standest will not be moved.
And therefore when thou hearest the words be not afraid: for of the end shall
the word and the foundation of the earth be understand. And why? the word
thereof trembleth and quaketh, for it knoweth, that it must be changed at the
end. And it happened, that when I heard it, I stood up upon my feet, and
harkened: And behold there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like
the sound of many waters, and it said. Behold, the days come, that I will begin
to draw near, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth, and will begin to
make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt equity with
unrighteousness, and when the low estate of Sion shall be fulfilled: and when
the world, that shall vanish away, shall be oversealed, then will I do these
tokens.
The books shall be opened before the
firmament, and they shall see altogether, and the children of a year old shall
speak with their voices: the women with child shall bring forth untimely
children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up: and
suddenly shall the sown places appear as the unsewn, the full store houses shall
suddenly be found empty, and the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every
man hearth, they shall be hastily afraid. At that time shall friends fight
against one another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with them.
The springs of the wells shall stand still,
and in three hours they shall not run. Whosoever remaineth from all these things
that I have told thee, shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your
world. And the men that are received, shall see it, they that have not tasted
death from their birth: and the heart of the indwellers shall be changed, and
turned into another meaning: for evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be
quenched. As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be over come: and
the truth, which hath so long been without fruit, shall be declared. And it
happened when he talked with me, that I looked demurely upon him, before whom I
stood, and these words said he unto me: I am come to show thee, the time of the
night for to come.
If thou will pray yet more, and fast seven
days again, I shall tell thee more things, and greater than before: for thy
voice is heard before the Highest: for why? the Mighty has seen the righteous
dealing, he hath seen also thy chastity, which thou hast had ever since thy
youth: and therefore hath he sent me to show thee all these things, and to say
unto thee: Be of good comfort, and fear not, and haste not with the times that
are past to think vain things, and make not haste of the latter times.
And it happened after this, that I wept
again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfill the three
weeks, which he told me. In the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again,
and I began to speak before the Highest: for my spirit was greatly set on fire,
and my soul was in distress, and I said: O' Lord, thou speakest unto thy
creature from the beginning ( even the first day ) and sayest: Let heaven and
earth be made, and thy word was a perfect work. And then was there the spirit,
and the darkness was yet on every side, and silence: there was no mans voice yet
from thee. Then commandest thou a fair light to come forth out of thy treasures,
that thy work might appear and be seen.
Upon the second day thou madest the spirit
of the firmament, and commandest it to part asunder, and to make a division
betwexed the waters, that the one part might remain above, and the other
beneath. Upon the third day thou broughtest to pass, that the waters were
gathered unto the seventh part of the earth: Six parts hast thou dried up, and
kept them, to the intent that men might sew and occupy husbandry therein. As
soon as thy word went forth, the work was made. For immediately there was great
innumerable fruit, and many diverse pleasures and desires of temptation, flowers
of changeable color and smell, and this was done the third day.
Upon the fourth day thou commandest that the
Sun should giveth his shine, and the moon her light: the stars didest thou set
in order, and gavest them a change to do serve even unto man, that was for to be
made. Upon the fifth day, thou sayest unto the seventh part ( where the waters
were gathered ) that they should bring forth diverse beasts, souls and fishes.
And so it came to pass, that the dumb water and without soul, brought forth
living beasts, at the commandment of God, that all people might praise his
wondrous works. Then didest thou preserve two souls, the one thou callest *Enoch
and the other Leviathan, and did separate the one from the other: for the
seventh part ( namely where the water was gathered together ) might not hold
them both. Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day,
that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills. But unto
Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely the most, and hast kept him to
devour what thou wilt, and when. Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto
the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and all that
creep, and ( besides this ) Adam also, who thou madest of all the creatures: Of
him come we all, and the people also, whom thou hast chosen specially unto thy
self. All this have I said now and spoken before thee, that I might show, how
that the world was made for our sakes. As for the other people which also come
of Adam thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like spittle, and hast
likened the abundance of them unto a drop ( that falleth ) from the roof of the
house.
And now, O Lord, the Heathen which have ever
been reputed as nothing, have gone to be lords over us, and to devour us: but we
thy people ( whom thou hast called the first born, thy only begotten, and thy
fervent lover ) are given into their hands and power. If the world be made now
for our sakes, why have we not the inheritance in the possession with the world?
How long shall this endure?
* Enoch = "dedicated" in root Hebrew
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 8
And he answered me,
saying: The most Highest made this world for many, but the world to come for
few. I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras: As when thou asketh the earth, it
shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould, where earthen vessels are made,
but little of it that gold cometh of. Even so is it with the works of this
world. There be many created, but few shall be preserved. Then answered I and
said: Then swallow up the wit ( thou soul ) and devour the understanding, for
thou art agreed to harken and to give ear, and willingly to prophesy: for thou
hast no longer space given thee, but only to live. O' Lord, wilt thou not give
thy servant leaven, that we may pray before thee, and that thou mayest give seed
unto our heart, and build our understanding, that there may come fruit of it:
and that everyone which is corrupt, and beareth the state and place of man, may
live?
For thou art alone, and we all are one
workmanship of thy hands, like as thou hast said, and like as the body is
fashioned now in the childbed, and thou givest the members, and thy creature is
preserved in fire and water: and nine months doth thy work suffer thy creature,
which is fashioned in her: but the thing that is present and the thing that is
preserved, shall both be kept together: and when time is, the childbed deliver
the thing, that is kept and grown in her.
For thou hast commanded the breasts to give
milk unto the fruit, that the thing that is created and fashioned, may be
nourished for a time: and then thou disposest and orderest it with thy mercy,
bringest it up with thy righteousness; nurturest it in thy law, and reformest it
with thy understanding, mortifiest it as thy creature, and makest it living as
thy work. Seeing then that thou destroyest him, which with so great labors is
created and fashioned through thy commandment, thou couldest lightly order, also
that the thing which is made, might be preserved.
And this I speak now of all men in general,
as thou knowest: but of thy people, for whose sake I am sorry: and of thy
inheritance: for whose cause I mourn: and of Israel, for whom I am woeful: and
for Jacob, for whos sake I am grieved: therefore begin I to pray before thee,
for myself and for them, for I see the fall of us even of us, that dwell upon
earth. But I have heard the swiftness of the judge, which is to come: therefore
hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee.
This is the beginning of the words of
Esdras before he was received: O' Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness,
whose eyes are lifted up in the air, whose stool is exceedingly high, whose
glory and majesty may not be comprehended, before whom the Host of heaven stand
with trembling, whose keeping is turned in wind and fire, whose word is true,
whose talking is steadfast, whose commandment is strong, whose ordinance is
fearful, whose look drieth up the depths, whose wrath maketh the mountains to
melt away, and whose truth beareth witness: O' hear the prayer of thy servant,
and mark with thy ears the petition of thy creature.
For while I live, I will speak, and so long
as I have understanding, I will answer. O' look not upon the sins of thy people,
which serve in the truth. Have no respect for the wicked studies of the Heathen,
but to the desire of those that keep thy testimonies with sorrows. Think not
upon those that have walked *feintly before thee, but upon them, which with will
have known thy fear.
Let it not be thy will to destroy them,
which have had beastly manners, but to look upon them that have clearly taught
thy law. Take thou no indignation at them, which are worse then beasts: but love
them, that always put their trust in thy righteousness and glory: for we and our
fathers have all the same sickness and disease, but because of our sins thou
shalt be called merciful.
For thou hast mercy upon us thou shalt be
called merciful, where as we have no works of righteousness: for the righteous
which have laid up many good works together, shall out of their deeds receive
reward. For what is a man, that thou shouldest displeasure at him? Or what is
the corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so rough toward him?
For of truth there is no man among them that
be born, but he hath dealt wickedly: and among the faithful there is none, which
hath not done amiss. For in this ( O' Lord ) thy righteousness and thy goodness
shall be praised and declared, if thou be merciful unto them, which are not rich
in good works.
Then answered he me and said: Some things
hast thou spoken right and according unto thy words it shall be. For I will not
verily consider the works of them, which have sinned before death, before the
judgement, before destruction, but I will rejoice over the work and thought of
the righteous, the holy making and the reward. Like as I have spoken now, so
shall it come to pass. For as the husband man soweth much seed upon the ground,
and planteth many trees, and yet always the thing that is sown or planted is not
all kept safe, neither does it all take root: Even so is it of them that are
sown in the world, they shall not all be preserved.
I answered then and said: If I have found
grace, then let me speak. Like as the husband man seed perisheth, if it not
receive rain in due season, or if there come to much rain upon it: Even so
perisheth a man also, which is created with thy hands, and is like unto thine
own image and to thy self, for whos sake thou hast made all things, and likened
him unto the husband mans seed. Be not wroth at us, O' Lord, but spare thy
people, and have mercy upon thine own inheritance: O' be merciful unto thy
creature.
Then answered he me and said: Things present
are for the present, and things to come for as such as be to come. For thou
wantest yet much, seeing thou may lovest my creature above me: I have often
times drawn near unto thee, but never to the unrighteous. In this also thou art
marvelous before the Highest, in that thou has humbled thy self, as it becometh
thee, and hast not regarded thine own self, that thou art had in such honor
among the righteous. Therefore shall great wretchedness and misery come upon
them, that in the later time shall dwell in the world, for they have walked in
great pride.
But understand thou for thyself, and seek
out glory for such as be like thee: for unto you paradise is opened, the tree of
life is planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready: a
city is builded for you, and a rest is prepared, yee perfect goodness and
wisdom. The root of evil is marked from you, the weakness and moth is hid from
you, and into hell flyeth corruption in forgetfulness. Sorrows are vanished
away, and in that end is shown the treasure of immortality. And therefore ask no
more questions, concerning the multitude of them that perish. For they have
taken liberty, despised the Highest, thought scorn of his law, and forsaken his
ways.
Moreover they have trodden down his
righteousness, and said in their heart, that there is no God, yee and that
wittingly, for they die. For like as the thing that I have spoken of, is made
ready for you: Even so is thirst and pain prepared for them. For it was not his
will that man should come to naught: but they which be created have defiled the
name of him that made them, and are unthankful unto him, which prepared life for
them. And therefore is my judgement now at hand. These things have I not showed
unto all men, but unto few: namely unto thee, and such as be like thee.
Then answered I and said: Behold O' Lord,
now hast thou showed me the multitude of thy tokens, which thou wilt begin to do
at the last but at what time and when thou hast not showed me
*feintly =dodge, maneuver, pose, pretend
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 15
Behold speak thou in the ears of my people the words of the prophecy, which I
will put in thy mouth, sayeth the Lord: and cause this to be written in a
letter, for it is the truth. Fear not the imaginations against thee, let not the
unfaithfulness of them trouble thee, that speak against thee. For all the
unfaithful shall die in their unfaithfulness. Behold sayeth the Lord, I will
bring plagues upon the world, the sword hunger, death and destruction: for
wickedness hath the upper hand in all the earth, and their shameful works are
fulfilled.
Therefore sayeth the Lord: I will hold my
tongue no more unto their wickedness, which they do so ungodly: neither will I
suffer them in the things, that they deal with all so wickedly. Behold the
innocent blood of the troubled crieth unto me, and the souls of the righteous
complain continually: And therefore (sayeth the Lord) I will surely avenge and
recause unto me all the innocent blood from among them.
Behold, my people, is led as a flock of
sheep to be slain, I will not suffer them now to dwell in Egypt, but will bring
them out with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm, and smite it with plagues
as before, and will destroy all the land of it. Egypt will mourn, and the
foundations of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment, that God
shall bring upon it.
They that till the ground, shall mourn: for
their seeds shall be destroyed through the blasting and hail, and an horrible
star Do warneth the world and them that dwell therin, for the sword and their
destruction draweth nigh, and one people shall stand up to fight against
another, and swords in their hands. For men shall be unsteadfast, and some shall
do violence unto the other: they shall not regard their king and princes, the
ways of their doings and the handlings in their power. A man shall desire to go
into the city, and shall not be able. For because of their pride the cities
shall be brought in fear, the houses shall shake, and men shall be afraid. A man
shall have no pity upon his neighbor, but one shall provoke another unto battle
to spoil their goods because of the hunger of bread, and because of the great
trouble.
Behold, I gather together and call together
all the kings of the earth which are from the uprising, from the South, from the
East and Libanus to turn unto them, and restore the things they have given them.
Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, and recompense
them in their bosom. Thus sayeth the Lord God: My right hand shall not spare the
sinners, and my sword shall not cease over them, that shed the innocent blood
upon the earth. The fear has gone out from his wrath, and the sinners like the
straw that is kindled. Do warneth them that sin, and keep not my commandments,
sayeth the Lord. I will not spare them. Go your way ye children from violence,
defile not my sanctuary: for the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him, and
therefore delivereth he them unto death and destruction: for now are the plagues
come upon the world, and ye shall remain in them. For God shall not deliver you,
because you have sinned against him.
Behold, an horrible vision cometh from the
East, where generations of Dragons shall come out, and the people of the Arabes
with many chariots, and the multitude of them shall be as the wind upon the
earth, that all that hear them raging in their wrath, may fear and be afraid:
and as the wild boars out of the wood, so shall they go out, and with great
power shall they come, and stand fighting with them, and shall waste the portion
of the land of the Assirians.
And then shall the Dragons have the upper
hand, not remembering their birth, and shall turn about swearing together in
great power, to persecute them. But these shall be afraid, and keep silence at
their power, and shall flee: and one out of the land of the Assirians shall
besiege them, and consume one of them, and in their host shall be fear and
dread, and strife among their kings.
Behold clouds from the East, and from the
North unto the South, and they are very horrible to look upon, full of wrath and
storm. They shall smite one upon another, and they shall smite at the great star
upon earth and their star, and the blood shall be from the sword unto the belly,
and the smoke of man unto the camels litter: And there shall be great
fearfulness and trembling upon the earth, and they that see wrath shall be
afraid, and a trembling shall come upon them.
And then shall there come great rains from
the South and from the North, and part from the West, and from the stormy wind
from the East, and shall shut them up again, and the cloud which he raised up in
wrath, and the star to cause fear toward the East and West wind, shall be
destroyed: and the great clouds shall be lift up, and the mighty clouds full of
wrath, and the star, that they may make all the earth afraid and them that dwell
therin, and that they may pour out over all places an horrible star, fire and
hail and flying swords, and many waters: that all fields may be full, and all
rivers, and they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills,
all trees, wood, and the grass of the meadows, and all their fruit. And they
shall go steadfast into Babylon, and make her afraid, they shall come to her and
besiege her: the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her.
Then shall the dust and smoke go up unto
heaven, and all they that be about her, shall bewail her: and they that remain
under her, shall do service unto them that have put her in fear: And thou Asia
that comfort thyself also upon the hope of Babylon, and art a worshipper of her
person: Woe be unto thee thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself like unto
her, and hast decked thy daughters in whoredom, that they might triumph and
please thy lovers, which have always desired to commit whoredom with thee: thou
hast followed the abominable city in all her works and inventions.
Therefore sayeth God: I will send plagues
upon thee, widowhood, poverty, hunger, wars, and pestilence, to waste thy houses
with destruction and death, and the glory of thy power shall be dried up as a
flower, when the heat ariseth that is sent over thee. Thou shalt *bespeck as a
poor wife that is plagued and beaten of women: so that the mighty and lover
shall not be able to receive thee. Would I so hate thee sayeth the Lord? If thou
haddest not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of thy hands, and said
over their death, when thou wast drunken: set forth the beauty of thy
countenance.
The reward of thy whoredom shall be
recompensed thee in thy bosom, therefore shalt thou receive reward.
Like as thou hast done unto my chosen (
sayeth the Lord ) even so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into
the plague. Thy children shall die of hunger, and thou shall fall through the
sword. Thy cities shall be broken down, and all thine shall perish with the
sword in the field. They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and
eat their own flesh, and drink their own blood for very hunger of bread and
thirst of water. Thou unhappy shalt come through the sea, and receive plagues
again.
In the passage they shall cast down the
slain city, and shall root out one part of thy land, and consume the portion of
thy glory. They shall tread thee down like stubble, and they shall be thy fire
and shall consume thee: thy cities and thy land, thy wood and thy fruitful trees
shall they burn up with the fire. Thy children shall they carry away captive,
and look what thou hast, they shall spoil it, and mar the beauty of thy face
*bespeck= speaking; to give grounds for believing
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 16
Woe be unto thee Babylon and Asia, woe be unto thee Egypt and
Syria: gird yourselves with clothes of sack and hear, and mourn for your
children, be sorry, for your destruction is at hand. A sword is sent upon you,
and who will turn it back? A fire is kindled among you, and who will quench it:
Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that will drive them away? May any man
drive away an hungry lion in the woods? Or may any man quench the fire in the
stubble, when it hath gone to burn? May one turn again the arrow, that is shot
of a strong archer? The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues, and what is he that
will drive them away? The fire is kindled and gone forth in his wrath, and what
is he that will quench it? He shall cast lightings, and who shall not fear? He
shall thunder, and who shall not be afraid: The Lord shall threaten and who
shall not utterly be beaten to powder at his presence? The earth quaketh, and
the foundations thereof: the sea ariseth up with waves from the deep, and the
floods of it are unquiet and the fishes thereof also before the Lord, and before
the glory of his power. For strong is his right hand that holdeth the bow, his
arrows that he shooteth, are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be
shot to the ends of the world.
Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not
turn again, till they come upon the earth. The fire is kindled, and shall not be
put out, till it consume the foundations of the earth. Like as an arrow shot of
a mighty archer, returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent
upon the earth, shall not turn again. Woe is me, woe is me, who will deliver me
in those days? The beginning of sorrows and great mourning: the beginning of *darth
and great death: the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear: the
beginning of evils, and they shall tremble everyone. What shall I do in these
things, when the plagues come? Behold, hunger, and plague, trouble and anguish
are sent, as scourging for amendment. But for all these things they shall not
turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourging.
Behold, vitals shall be so good cheap upon
the earth, that they shall think them selves to be in good case? And even then
shall mischief grow up upon the earth, wars, darth and great disquietness. For
many of them that dwell upon the earth shall perish of hunger, and the other
that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy: And the dead shall be cast out
as dung, and there should be no man to comfort them. For the earth shall be
wasted, and the cities shall be cast down: there shall be no man left to till
the earth and to sew it. The trees shall give fruit, and who shall pluck them of
and gather them? The grapes shall be ripe, and who shall tread them: for all the
places shall be desolate of men, so that one man shall desire to see another, or
to hear his voice. For of one whole city there shall be ten left, and two in the
field, which shall hide themselves in the thick bushes, and in the cliffs of
stones: like as when there remain three or four olives upon the tree, or as when
a vineyard is gathered there are left some grapes, of them that diligently
sought through the vineyard.
Even so, in those days there shall be three
or four left, for them that search their houses with the sword. And the earth
shall be left waste, and the fields thereof shall wear old: and her ways and her
paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travel there through. The
daughters shall mourn, having no bridegrooms: the women shall make lamentation,
having no husbands, their daughters shall mourn, having no help of their bride
groom. In the wars shall they be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of
hunger. O' ye servants of the Lord, hear these things, and mark them. Behold,
the word of the Lord, O' receive it: behold the plagues draw near, and are not
slack in tarrying. Like as a travailing woman, which after nine months bringeth
forth a son, when the hour of the birth is come, an hour two or three afore that
the pains come upon her body, and when the child cometh to the birth, they tarry
not the twinkling of an lie: Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon
the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every
side.
O' my people, hear my word, make you ready
to the battle: and in all evil be as pilgrims upon the earth He that selleth,
let him be as he that flyeth his way: and he that buyeth, as one that will
lease. Who so occupieth merchandise, as he that winneth not: and he that
buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therin: he that soweth, as one that shall
not reap: he that twisteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:
they that marry, as they that shall get no children: and they that marry not, as
the widows: and therefore they that labor, labor in vain. For strangers shall
reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their
children captive, for in captivity and hunger shall they get children. And they
that occupy their merchandise with robbery, how long deck they their cities,
their houses, their possessions, their persons? the more will I punish them for
their sins, sayeth the Lord. Like as an whore envieth an honest woman, so shall
righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall accuse her to
her face, when he cometh that defendeth, which shall make inquisition for all
sin upon the earth. And therefore be not ye like thereunto, near to the works
thereof: for or ever it be long, iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth,
and righteousness shall reign among you.
Let not the sinner say, that he hath not
sinned: for coals of fire shall burn upon his head, which sayeth before the Lord
God and his glory: I have not sinned. Behold, the Lord knoweth all the works of
men, their imaginations, their thoughts and their hearts. For he spoke but the
word: let the earth be made, and it was made: let the heaven be made, and it was
made. In his word were the stars made, and he knoweth the number of them. He
searcheth the ground of the deep, and the treasures thereof: he hath measured
the sea, and what it containeth. He hath shut the sea in the midst of the
waters, and with his word hath he hanged the earth upon the waters. He spreadeth
out the heaven like a *vawte, upon the waters hath he founded it. In the
desert a dry wilderness hath he made springs of water, and poles upon the tops
of mountains, that the floods might pour down from the stony rocks to water the
earth. He made man, and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gave him
breath, life and understanding, yee and the spirit of the Almighty God, which
made all things, and hath searched the ground of all the secrets of the earth.
He knoweth your imaginations and inventions,
and what ye think when ye sin, and would hide your sins. Therefore hath the Lord
searched and sought out all your works, and he shall *bewray you all. And when
your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed before men, and your own sins
shall be your accusers in that day. What will ye do? Or how will ye hide your
sins before God and his Angels? Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him,
leave off from your sins, and forget your unrighteousness, and meddle no more
with them: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble. For
behold, the heat of the great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall take
away certain of you, and feed the idle with Idols: and they that consent unto
them, shall be had in *derision, laughed to scorn, and trodden under foot.
For unto the places there shall be a place,
and in the next cities a great insurrection upon those that fear the Lord. They
shall be like madmen, they shall spare no man: they shall spoil and waste such
as fear the Lord, their goods shall they take from them, and shut them out of
their houses. Then shalt it be known who are my chosen, and they shall be tried
as the gold in the fire. Hear O' ye my beloved, sayeth the Lord: behold, the
days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same. Be not
afraid, despair not, for God is your captain.
Who so keepeth my commandments and precepts
( sayeth the Lord God ) let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your
unrighteousness be lift up. Woe be unto to those that are subdued unto their own
sins, and tangled in their wickednesses: like as a field is hedged in with
bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel
through: and so is he taken, and cast in the fire, and burnt
*darth=famine, lack. *vawte, ( vault ; from Mid Eng vaute: meaning an arched overhead covering). *bewray (disclose, reveal, uncover). *derision; laughed to scorn, and trod under foot contempt
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 4
Then was Jesus led away of the spirit
into wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days
and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. Then came to him the tempter,
and said: if thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. He
answered and said: it is written, man shall not live by bread only, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God
Then the devil took him up into the holy
city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him: if thou be the
son of God, cast thy self down. For it is written: he shall give his angels
charge over thee, and with their hands they shall hold thee up, that thou dash
not thy foot against a stone. And Jesus said to him, it is written also: Thou
shall not tempt thy Lord God.
The devil took him up again and led him
in to an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world,
and all the glory of them, and said to him: all these will I give thee, if thou
wilt fall down and worship me. Then said Jesus unto him. Avoid, Satan. For it is
written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil left him, and behold, the
angels came and ministered unto him.
When Jesus had heard that John was taken, he
departed into Galilee and left Nazareth, and went and dwelt in Capernaum, which
is a city upon the sea, in the coasts of zabulon and Nephthalim, to fulfil that
which was spoken by Esai the Prophet, saying: The land of Zabulon and Nephthalim,
the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people which sat
in darkness, saw great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of
death, light is begun to shine.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to
say: repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
As Jesus walked by the sea of Galilee, he
saw two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting
a net into the sea, for they were fishers, and he said unto them, follow me, and
I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and
followed him.
And he went forth from thence, and saw other
two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and called them. And they without
tarrying left the ship and their father and followed him.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healed all
manner of sickness, and all manner diseases among the people. And his fame
spread abroad throughout all Syria. And they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed
with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy: and he
healed them. And there followed him a great number of people, from Galilee, and
from the ten cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Jewry, and from the regions
that lie beyond Jordan
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 17
When he was
demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come he answered them
and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with waiting for. Neither shall men say:
Lo here, lo there. For behold the kingdom of God is with in you.
And he said unto the disciples: The days
will come, when ye shall desire to see one day of the son of man, and ye shall
not see it. And they shall say to you: See here, See there. Go not after them,
nor follow them, for as the lightning that appeareth out of the one part of the
heaven: and shineth unto the other part of heaven. So shall the son of man be in
his days. But first must he suffer many things, and be refused of this nation.
As it happened in the time of Noe: So
shall it be in the time of the son of man. They ate, they drank, they married
wives and were married, even unto the same day that Noe went into the Ark: and
the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise also, as it chanced in the days
of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. And
even the same day that Lot went out of *Zodom, it rained fire and brimstone
from heaven, and destroyed them all. After these examples, shall it be in the
day when the son of man shall appear.
At that day he that is on the house top and
his stuff in the house: let him not come down to take it out. And likewise let
not him that is in the fields, turn back again to that he left behind. Remember
Lots wife. Whosoever will go about to save his life, shall lose it: And
whosoever shall lose his life, shall save it. I tell you in that night, there
shall be two in one bed, that one shall be received and the other shall be
forsaken. Two shall be also a grinding together: the one shall be received, and
the other forsaken. And they answered, and said unto him: where Lord? And he
said unto them: wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles
resort.
*trow (think) *Zodom (Sodom),
and others of a similitude ...
"the rich mans house high in the mountains."
"satan beguiling and accusing women and men."
"The aged and the young man at the top of the mountain... "
Michael the Archangel...and the tower of faith and prayer...
"The mountain of the Highest in and of the UNGodlie world."
"high towers of man ...fall... "
"the loving couple on a high mountain. "
"the high economic tower at the end of the earth..."
"today and tomorrow let us go into such a city."
"The Mountains of the Left and the Right"
"dark tower of power ...rule ...and wretched religiousness..."
"The mountain of the Highest in and of the UNGodlie world."
"high tower collapses ...falls ..."
"the loving couple on a high mountain. "
"let us go into such a city... "
"the Prophets and the high tower ...not the profit and the high places ..."
"The Mountains of the Left and the Right"
"The high towers of the UNGodlie accusers are destroyed."
"the empty hard high tower of grayness... "
"Trump and the high tower challenge... "
"the woman in the high tower..."
"the hanging globe swings in the glass tower."
"the wooden tower and the wooden ship "
"high towers and jobs that do nothing."
"dark tower of power ...rule ...and wretched religiousness..."