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 WARNING 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 man who thought in himself of himself ...that he could ...wash himself clean...
and there was a glory us bathroom ...not his own ...NOT OF HIS OWN HOUSE ...
Nevertheless he stepped into a wonder full glory us ...shower ...that even with a window ...
and the more ...the man IMAGINED AND TOOK PLEASURE THAT HE COULD ...WASH HIMSELF CLEAN ...
YET ...as THE LIGHT ...shined through the window ...IT showed BLACK MOLD ...MOLD OF DARKNESS ...CREEPING ALL ROUND ABOUT IN THE SHOWER ...
and the man ...was sore disquieted that he could not wash himself clean ...and OF FEAR ...jumped out of the ...GLORY US shower ...
evenso ...as the man LEFT the shower ...and the mold of utter darkness ...he grabbed a robe ...that was someone else's ...some one had LEFT it there ...
and the robe that was some one else's ...was very large and soft and warm ...AND MADE UTTERLY UTTER LIE OF DARKNESS ...
and it was as though ...the man ...who would WASH HIMSELF CLEAN ...could not escape the UTTER DREAD DARKNESS ...OR THE SICKNESS OF THE SAME. PERIOD
and
scripture came back to remembrance ...
THE
GOSPELL OF ST. JOHN Chpt 13 Before the feast of
ester when Jesus knew that his hour was come, that he should depart out of this
world unto the father: When he loved his which were in the world, unto the end
he loved them. And when supper was ended, after that the devil had put in the
heart of Judas Iscariot Simons son, to betray him: Jesus knowing that the father
had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to
God: he rose from supper, and laid aside his upper garments, and took a towel,
and girt himself. After that, poured he water into a basin, and began to wash
his disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel, wherewith he
was gird. THE
GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 7 Not all they that say unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter in to
the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth my fathers will which is in heaven. Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name Prophesied? And
in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name have done many miracles? And
then will I knowledge unto them that I never knew them. Depart from me, ye
workers of iniquity. *mete: what ever is used to measure, *mote: a speck. *astonied:
astounded, astonished
Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter said
to him: Lord shalt thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him: what I
do, thou *wettest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter
said unto him: thou shalt not wash my feet while the world standeth. Jesus
answered him: if I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me.
Simon Peter said unto him: Lord, not my feet only: but also my hands and my
head. Jesus said to him: he that is washed, needeth not save to wash his feet,
and is clean every whit. And ye are clean: but not all. For he knew his
betrayer. Therefore said he: ye are not all clean.
After he had washed their feet, and received
his clothes, and was set down again, he said unto them: know ye what I have done
to you? Ye call me master and Lord, and ye say well, for so am I. If I then your
Lord and master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one anothers feet.
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his master,
neither the messenger greater than he that sent him.
If ye understand these things, happy are ye
if ye do them. I speak not of you all, I know whom I have chosen. But that the
scripture be fulfilled: he that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel
against me. Now tell I you before it come: that when it is come to pass ye might
believe that I am he. Verily, verily I say unto you. He that receiveth
whomsoever I send, receiveth me. And he that receiveth me, receiveth him that
sent me.
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in
the spirit, and testified saying: verily, verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me. And then the disciples looked one on another doubting of whom
he spake. There was one of his disciples, which leaned on Jesus bosom, whom
Jesus loved. To him beckoned Simon Peter that he should ask who it was of whom
he spake. He then as he leaned on Jesus breast, said unto him: Lord who is it?
Jesus answered, he it is to whom I give a sop, when I have dipped it. And he wet
a sop, and gave it to Judas Iscarioth Simons son. And after the sop, Satan
entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him: that thou dost, do quickly. That *wist
no man at the table, for what intent he spake unto him. Some of them thought,
because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, buy those things that
we have need of against the feast: or that he should give something to the poor.
As soon then as he had received the sop, he went immediately out. And it was
night. When he was gone out, Jesus said: now is the son of man glorified. And
God is glorified by him. If God be glorified by him, God shall also glorify him
in himself: and shall straightway glorify him.
Dear children, yet a little while am I with
you. Ye shall seek me, and as I said unto the Jewes, whither I go, thither can
ye not come. Also to you say I now: A new commandment give I unto you, that ye
love together, as I have loved you, that even so ye love one another. By this
shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye shall have love one to
another. Simon Peter said unto him: Lord whither goest thou? Jesus answered him:
whither I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Peter said unto him: Lord, why cannot I
follow thee now? I will give my life for thy sake? Jesus answered him: wilt thou
give thy life for my sake? Verily, verily I say unto thee, the cock shall not
crow, till thou have denied me *thrice
Whosoever heareth of me these sayings and
doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house on a
rock: and abundance of rain descended, and the floods came and the winds blew
and beat upon that same house, and it fell not, because it was grounded on the
rock. And whosoever heareth of me these sayings and doth them not, shall
be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the land: and abundance
of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that
house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were *astonied at his doctrine. For he taught
them as one having power, and not as the scribes
Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might. Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast
against the crafty assaults of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood: but against rule, against power,
and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual
wickedness, for heavenly things.
For this cause take unto you the armour of
God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand perfect in all
things.
Stand therefore, and your loins girt about
with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and shod with shoes
prepared by the Gospell of peace. Above all take to you the shield of faith,
wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet
of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. And pray
always with all manner prayer and supplication: and that in the spirit: and
watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints and for me,
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to utter
the secrets of the Gospell, whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I
may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.
So I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and
looked, and behold, a flying book. And he said unto me: what seest thou? I
answered: I see a flying book of twenty cubits long, and ten cubits broad. Then
said he unto me: This is the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for
all thieves shall be judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged
according to the same, I will bring it forth ( saith the Lord of hosts ) so that
it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely
sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and shall consume it, with
the timber and stones thereof. Then the angel
that talked with me, went forth, and said unto me: lift up thine eyes and see
what this is that goeth forth. And I said: what is it? He answered: this is a
measure going out. He said moreover: Even thus are they ( that dwell upon the
whole earth ) to look upon. And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:
and lo, a woman sat in the midst of the measure. And he said: This is
ungodliness. So he cast her into the midst of the measure, and threw the
lump of lead up in to an whole.
Then lift up I mine eyes, and looked: and behold,
there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings ( for they had
wings like the wings of a stork ) and they lifted up the measure between the
earth and the heaven. Then spake I to the angel that talked with me: whither
will these bare the measure? And he said unto me: in to the land of Sinear, to
build them an house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there
in his place
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 Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES Chpt 4
From whence cometh war and fighting among you:
come they not here hence? even of your voluptuousness, that reign in your
members. Ye lust, and have not. Ye envy and have indignation, and cannot obtain.
Ye fight and war and have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not,
because ye ask amiss: even to consume it upon your voluptuousness. Ye *advouterers,
and women that break matrimony: know ye not how that the friendship of the world
is enmity to God ward? Whosoever will be friend of the world, is made the enemy
of God. Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain: The spirit that
dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy: but giveth more grace.
Submit your selves to God, and resist the
devil, and he will fly from you. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to
you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.
Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness. Cast down yourselves before the Lord, and he shall
lift you up. Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother,
and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law. But
and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.
There is one law giver, which is able to save and to destroy. What art thou that
judgest another man?
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
*advouterers: a-devouter; the prefix a meaning not or without; a (not) devotion, here to husband, elsewhere to the truth, Christ , God our father. This is not adultery as found in most other "bibles". The proof is that the word "adultery" is found plainly in chapter 2 PP 3 above and Yet here is advouterers, same writer, same book.
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness: seeing, what may be known of God, that same is manifest among them. For God did show it unto them. So that his invisible things: that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understood and seen, by the works from the creation of the world. So that they are without excuse, in as much as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were blinded. When they counted themselves wise, they became fools and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image of mortal man, and of birds, and fourfooted beasts, and of serpents. Wherefore God like wise gave them up unto their hearts lusts, unto uncleanness, to defile their own bodies between themselves: which turned his truth unto a lie, and worshipped and served the creatures more then the maker, which is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural. And likewise also the men left the natural use of the woman, and burned in their lusts one on another. And man with man wrought filthiness, and received in themselves the reward of their error, as it was according.
And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely, being full of all unrighteous doing, of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil conditioned, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers up of evil things, disobedient to father and mother, without understanding, covenant breakers, unloving, truce breakers and merciless. Which men though they knew the righteousness of God, how that they which commit such things, are worthy of death, yet not only do the same, but also have pleasure in them that do them.
Wisdom preserved the first man, whom God
made a father of the world, when he was created alone, brought him out of his
offense, took him out of the mould of the earth, and gave him power to rule all
things. When the unrighteous went away in his wrath from this wisdom, the
brotherhead perished through the wrath of murder. Again, when the water
destroyed the whole world, wisdom preserved the righteous through a poor tree,
whereof she was governor herself. Moreover when wickedness had gotten the upper
hand, so that the nations were puffed up with pride, she knew the righteous,
preserved him faultless unto God, and layed up sure mercy for his children. She
preserved the righteous, when he fled from the ungodly that perished, what time
as the fire fell down upon the five cities: Like as yet this day the unfruitful,
waste, and smoking land giveth testimony of their wickedness: yee the unripe and
untimely fruits that grow upon the trees.
And for a token of a remembrance of the
unfaithful soul, there standeth a pillar of salt. For all such as regarded not
wisdom, gat not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good,
but also left behind them unto men, a memorial of their foolishness: so that in
the things wherein they sinned, they could not be hid. But as for such as take
heed unto wisdom, she shall deliver them from sorrow.
When the righteous fled because of his
brothers wrath, wisdom lead him the right way, showed him the kingdom of God,
and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his labors, and brought
to pass the things that he went about. In the deceitfulness of such as defrauded
him, she stood by him, and made him rich. She saved him from the enemies, and
defended him from the deceivers. She made him strong in battle and gave him
victory, that he might know, how that wisdom is stronger than all things. When
the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but delivered him from sinners. She
went down with him into the dungeon and failed him not in the bands: till she
had brought him the scepter of the realm, and power against those that oppressed
him. As for them that had accused him, she declared them to be liars, and
brought him to perpetual worship.
She delivered the righteous people and
faultless seed, from the nations that oppressed them. She entered into the soul
of the servant of God, and stood by him in wonders and tokens against the
horrible king. She gave the righteous the reward of their labors, and lead them
forth a marvelous way: on the day time she was a shadow unto them, and a light
of stars in the night season. She brought them through the reed sea, and carried
them through the great water. She drowned their enemies in the sea, and brought
them out of the deep. So the righteous took the spoils of the ungodly, and
praised thy holy name, O' Lord, and magnified thy victorious hand with one
accord. For wisdom openeth the mouth of the dumb, and maketh the tongues of
babes to speak
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 16
Then came the Pharisees and Sadducees, and did tempt him, desiring him to show them some sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them. At evening ye say, we shall have fair weather, and that because the sky is red: and in the morning ye say, today shall be foul weather, and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times? The froward nation and *advoutrous seeketh a sign, and there shall none other sign be given unto them but the sign of the Prophet Jonas. So left he them and departed.
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain hearted to God, being devoted to something or some one else. see James 2 for adultery
This understand, that in the last days shall come parlous times. For the men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, cursed speakers, disobedient to father and mother, unthankful, unholy, unkind, trucebreakers, stubborn, false accusers, rioters, fierce despisers of them which are good, traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more then lovers of God, having a similitude of Godly living, but have denied the power thereof: and such abhor. Of this sort are they which enter into houses, and bring into bondage women laden with sin, which women are led of *diverse lusts, ever learning and never able to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
despisers of them which are good, traitors, heady, high minded,
traitors,
heady, high minded,
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
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 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?
And
it happened after that I had spoke out these words, that there was sent unto me
an angel, which had been by me also the nights afore, and he said unto me: Up
Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee. And I said: speak on
Lord my God. Then said he unto me: The sea is set in a wide place, that it might
be deep and great: but the entrance is narrow and small like a river. For who
would go into the sea, to look upon it, and rule it? If he went not through the
narrow, how might he come into the broad?
Item another: A city is builded and set upon
a broad field, and is full of all goods: the entrance is narrow and sodden, like
as there were a fire at the right hand, and a deep water at the left, and as it
were only one straight path betwixt them both, so small that there could be but
one man go there.
If this city were now given to an Liar and
he never went through the perilous way, how would he receive his inheritance?
And I said: It is so Lord. Then said he: Even so is Israel also a portion. And
why? for their sakes I have made the world: And when Adam transgressed my
statutes, then was the thing judged that was done. Then were the entrances of
the world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: They are but few and evil,
full of perils and labor. For the entrances of the fore world were wide and
sure, and brought immortal fruit.
If they now which are entered into this
world, may not comprehend these straight and vain things, much less they
comprehend and understand the secrete things: Why disquietest thy self then,
seeing thou art but a corruptible man: And what wouldest thou know, where as
thou art but mortal? And why hast thou not received in thine heart the thing
that is for to come, but that is present?
Then said I: O' Lord, Lord, thou hast
ordered in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the
unfaithful and ungodly shall perish. Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer
straight things, and hope for wide: for they that have lived ungodly and
*suffered straight things, shall not see the wide.
And he said unto me: There is no judge above
God, and none that have understanding above the Highest. For there be many that
perish, because they despise the law of God that is set before them. For God
hath given straight commandment to such as come, that they know what they do,
and how they should live: and if they keep this they should not be punished.
Nevertheless they were not obedient unto
him, but spoke against him: and said moreover that there was no God, and that
God regarded it not. His ways they have not known, his law they have despised,
and denied his promises: in his statutes and ordinances they have not been
faithful and steadfast, and have not performed his works.
And therefore Esdras unto the full, plenty:
and to the empty, emptiness. Behold the time shall come, that those tokens which
I have told thee, shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear: and the earth
that is now passeth away, shall be showed: and whosoever is delivered from the
afore said evils, shall see my wonders. For my son Jesus shall be openly
declared, with those that be with him: and they that remain, shall be merry in
four hundred years.
After these same years shall my son Christ
die, and all men that have life, and the world will be turned into the old
silence, seven days, like as in the fore judgements, so that no man shall
remain. And after seven days, the world that yet awaketh not, shall be raised
up, and shall die corrupt. And the earth shall restore those that have slept in
her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secrete places
shall deliver those that be committed unto them. And the most highest shall be
openly declared upon the seat of judgement, and all mystery shall vanish away,
and long suffering shall be gathered together. But the judgement shall continue,
the truth shall remain, and faith shall wax strong, the works shall follow, and
the reward shall be showed, the righteousness shall watch, and the unrighteous
shall bear no rule.
Then said I: Abraham prayed first for the
sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness, and he that
came after him for Israel, in the time of Achas and Samuel: and David for the
destruction, and Solomon for them that came into the Sanctuary, and Oseas for
those that received rain, and for the dead, that he might live: and Ezechias for
the people in the time of Sennacherib: and diverse other in like manner, which
have prayed for many.
Even so now seeing the corrupt is grown up,
and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly,
wherefore shall it not be so now also?
He answered me, and said: This present world
is not the end, there remaineth much honor in it, therefore they have prayed for
the weak. But the day of dumb shall be the end of this time, and the beginning
of the immortality for to come, wherein all corruption vanisheth all
voluptuousness is loused and misbelief taken away, righteousness grown, and the
verity spring up. Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor
to oppress him that hath gotten the victory. I answered then, and said: This is
my first and last saying: that it had been better, not to have given the earth
unto Adam: or else when it was given him, to keep him that he should not sin.
For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and
after death to look for punishment? O' thou Adam, what hast thou done? For
though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come
of thee. For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us immortal time,
where as we meddle with deadly works? And that there is promised us an
everlasting hope, where as we ourselves are evil and vain? And that there are
laid up for us dwellings of health and freedom, where as we have lived evil? and
that the worship of the Highest is kept to defend them, which have led a patient
life, where as we have walked in the most wicked ways of all? And that there
shall be showed a paradise, whose fruit endureth forever, wherein is freedom and
medicine, where as we shall not go in? for we have walked in unpleasant places:
And that the faces of them which have abstained, shall shine above the stars,
where as our faces shall be black and dark? For while we lived and died
unrighteously, we considered not, that we should suffer therefore after death!
Then answered he me, and said: This is the
consideration and thought of the battle, which man hath upon the earth: That if
he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said. But if he get victory, he
shall receive the thing that I say. For this is the life, whereof Moses spake
unto the people, while he lived, saying: Choose the life, that thou mayest live.
Nevertheless they believed him not neither the Prophets after him. No nor me
which have spoken unto them, that heaviness should not reach unto them to their
destruction like a joy is for to come over those, that have suffered themselves
to be informed in salvation.
I answered then and said: I know Lord, that
the Highest is merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them, which are not yet in
the world, and upon those also that walk in his law: and that he is patient and
long suffering toward those that have sinned in their works: and that he is
liberal to give where as it requireth: and that he is of great mercy, for he
multiplies his loving kindness toward those that are present, and that are past,
and to them which are for to come. For if he multiplied not his mercies, the
world shall not be made living, with those that dwell therein: He giveth also,
for if he gave not of his goodness, that they which have done evil, might be
eased, the ten thousand part of men should not be living. And if the judge
forgave not those that be healed with his word, and if he would destroy the
multitude that striveth, there should be very few left in an innumerable
multitude.
*suffered (allowed)
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 now I speak 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 their 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 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
and others of a similitude ...
"the man that thought to wash himself clean."
"those that would wash themselves clean and the latter day rain..."
"WASHED FEET NOT OF OR IN THE WORLD."
"The UNGodLIE world full of Utter Darkness and thorns."
"The WAY of God NOT the way of men."
"washing and painting to make it appear white..."
"trust not in the ways of the worldly..."
"the woman who clapped her hands..."
"washed clean and sealed. (period)"
"the pride of the works of the hands..."
"flood waters wash a way a mans livelihood..."
"dirty hands in washington..."
"you can not wash yourself clean.(period)"
"worldly washing...public and private showers."
"the doctor with broken hands..."
"a 1000 hands prepare your processed food..."
"Donald Trump in washington dc...the city of..."
"watching your heart watching your mouth watching your hands"
"washed clean of our own thinking and believing."
"washing clean with churchly religious dogma and doctrine..."
"you can not wash yourself clean...in your own house."
"dirty hands in washington..."
"the masses and mass ...media ...and churches built with mens hands..."
"blood by merchants hands...bloodguiltiness..."
"wash the body ...and the hands ..."
a man who washed in different waters..."
"old used wash machines...no guarantee. "
"temple built with hands ...destroyed..."
"wash the body ...and the hands ..."
"to the...churches ...temples built with hands ..."
"flood waters and the washing away..."
"Spokane washington ...toxic waste at the school ... "
"OCC ...works of the hands for lust of the eye and flesh ...vain glory ..."
"the shower ...and standing in blood ...to wash ourselves clean"
"wall of works ...of the hands of men ..."
"washed clean and crossing the waters ..."
"the temple ...and the temple ...image ...of the hands of men ..."
"mountains of man ...washed by the waters of God ..."
"showers ...washing the children clean."
"World washed in dung and the dam ...and the dog and the man ..."
All ...all go wash yourselves clean ...and put on clean clothes ...
that in the mourning ...morning when the Son comes...
that you might be be found clean ...
"The UNGodlie liberal house of the LEFT... "
"the white wedding dress of religiousness and churchlieness..."
"WARNING FOR THE WOMAN NOT TO FOLLOW THE MAN INTO PLANS OF DARKNESS."
" the ways of the worldly ...the way of God and Christ ...in spirit and truth... "
"the house LEFT in and of utter darkness."
"Utter Darkness eats small businesses and organizations."
" get the poor under us with their money..."
"Hidden Lies and Lives are the darkest drives of satan."
"marketing ministers for the gospell of gain...."
"a mighty crack and the way home..."
"Brave young men on a MOUNTAIN OF DARKNESS "
"to be able to comprehend the way of the Highest... "
"healing for money and the way of Hell..."
"vile evil murder us careless rulers of darkness."
"above the law ...even the rulers of darkness..."
"rulers of darkness and destroyers of the earth. "
"The rich rulers of darkness as prey..."
"The accuser and his accusers and rule and rulers of darkness..."
"escape from the rulers of darkness.(PERIOD)"
"NOTHINGNESS:Trumps lawyer and the rulers and accusers of darkness.(period)"
"the rulers of darkness and the whore."
"fleeing to and from...worldly rulers of the darkness even satan."
"the houses...the tents...protected against the evil laws of the rulers of darkness."
"rulers and rulers of darkness have no clue."
"hacking the rule and rulers of darkness."
"devils and foul spirits rise up as rulers of darkness...rule..."
"the pit...like the grand canyon...and rulers of darkness..."
"man of ...rule power and worldly rulers of darkness..."
"rulers of darkness oppress the chinese..."
"manipulations of the people by rulers of darkness..."
"the prison of the rulers of darkness..."
"rulers of darkness and robbing...use anything for an excuse..."
"rulers of darkness ...in the wilderness"
" lessor rulers of darkness... "
"worldly rulers of the darkness of this world... "
"worldly rulers of darkness...and the captivity... "
"rulers see ...global warming ...global warning ..."
"America a nation divided ...within ...itself and the two "eagles"."
"trust not in the ways of the worldly..."
"Choose the way the works and the people God shows you.(PERIOD) NOT YOUR OWN CHOICES "
"when the system fails and the way of wickedness."
"the ways and means and end of the unGodly city..."
"Americans helping Americans out of the Way of riots... "
"The man and the way to the woman's house... "
"Run jump get away a way from the LEFT... "
"going the way of the worldly wife..."
"the LEFT is teaching your children the way ...they want them to go..."
"a mighty crack and the way home..."
"the way and device of the dead man..."
"the family factory and the way ahead..."
"mighty tree fallen in the way...
"the water the way and men of activity..."
" do not turn from ...the way, the truth and the life... "
" the ways of the worldly ...the way of God and Christ ...in spirit and truth... "
"things ...in the way of love ...and truth..."
"the way ..within ...for foreigners.."
"the Cockatrice in the way ...and against the shoe"
Word of God comes of the messenger ...and not of the ways of man ...