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.e.foreseen); but as the lightning that shineth from the east unto the west, so will I come upon theclouds of heaven with a great host in my majesty; with my cross going before my face will Icome in my majesty, shining sevenfold more than the sun will I come in my majesty with all mysaints, mine angels (mine holy angels).And my Father shall set a crown upon mine head, that Imay judge the quick and the dead and recompense every man according to his works.And ye, take ye the likeness thereof (learn a parable) from the fig-tree: so soon as the shootthereof is come forth and the twigs grown, the end of the world shall come.And I, Peter, answered and said unto him: Interpret unto me concerning the fig-tree, whereby weshall perceive it; for throughout all its days doth the fig-tree send forth shoots, and every year itbringeth forth its fruit for its master.What then meaneth the parable of the fig-tree? We know itnot.And the Master (Lord) answered and said unto me: Understandest thou not that the fig-tree is thehouse of Israel? Even as a man that planted a fig-tree in his garden, and it brought forth no fruit.And he sought the fruit thereof many years and when he found it not, he said to the keeper of hisgarden: Root up this fig-tree that it make not our ground to be unfruitful.And the gardener saidunto God: (Suffer us) to rid it of weeds and dig the ground round about it and water it.If then it250 251bear not fruit, we will straightway remove its roots out of the garden and plant another in placeof it.Hast thou not undErstood that the fig-tree is the house of Israel? Verily I say unto thee,when the twigs thereof have sprouted forth in the last days, then shall feigned Christs come andawake expectation saying: I am the Christ, that am now come into the world.And when they(Israel) shall perceive the wickedness of their deeds they shall turn away after them and denyhim [whom our fathers did praise], even the first Christ whom they crucified and therein sinned agreat sin.But this deceiver is not the Christ.[something is wrong here: the sense required is thatIsrael perceives the wickedness of antichrist and does not follow him.] And when they reject himhe shall slay with the sword, and there shall be many martyrs.Then shall the twigs of the fig-tree, that is, the house of Israel, shoot forth: many shall become martyrs at his hand.Enoch andElias shall be sent to teach them that this is the deceiver which must come into the world and dosigns and wonders to deceive.And therefore shall they that die by his hand be martyrs, and shallbe reckoned among the good and righteous martyrs who have pleased God in their life.[Hermas,Vision III.i.9, speaks of 'those that have already been well-pleasing unto God and have sufferedfor the Name's sake'.]And he showed me in his right hand the souls of all men, And on the palm of his right hand theimage of that which shall be accomplished at the last day: and how the righteous and the sinnersshall be separated, and how they do that are upright in heart, and how the evil-doers shall berooted out unto all eternity.We beheld how the sinners wept (weep) in great affliction andsorrow, until all that saw it with their eyes wept, whether righteous or angels, and he himselfalso.And I asked him and said unto him: Lord, suffer me to speak thy word concerning the sinners: Itwere better for them if they had not been created.And the Saviour answered and said unto me:Peter, wherefore speakest thou thus, that not to have been created were better for them? Thouresistest God.Thou wouldest not have more compassion than he for his image: for he hathcreated them and brought them forth out of not being.Now because thou hast seen thelamentation which shall come upon the sinners in the last days, therefore is thine heart troubled;but I will show thee their works, whereby they have sinned against the Most High.Behold now what shall come upon them in the last days, when the day of God and the day of thedecision of the judgement of God cometh.From the east unto the west shall all the children ofmen be gathered together before my Father that liveth for ever.And he shall command hell toopen its bars of adamant and give up all that is therein [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |
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