Wednesday, October 20, 2010
10:58 AM
This part of the book is telling us of Hermas the Prophet, and the Woman Angel, he saw in his vision.
She therefore looking back upon me smiling a little, said unto me, see thou seven women about the tower? Lady, I said, I see them. This tower said she is supported by them, according to the Command of the Lord, hear therefore the effects of them.
The first of them, which holds fast her hands, is called FAITH, by her the elect shall be saved. The next which is girt up and looks manly is named, ABSTINENCE, she is the daughter of FAITH. Whosoever therefore shall follow her shall be happy in all his life, because he shall abstain from all evil works, believing that if he shall contain himself from all concupiscence, he shall be the heir of eternal life. And what lady, said I, are the other five?
They are, replied she, the daughters of one another. The first of them is called SIMPLICITY; the next INNOCENCE, the third MODESTY; then DISCIPLINE; and the last of all is CHARITY. When therefore thou shall have fulfilled the works of their mother, thou shall be able o do all things. Lady I said, I would know what particular virtue everyone of these has.
Hear then, replied she, they have equal virtues, and their virtues are knit together, and follow one another as they were born. From FAITH proceeds ABSTINENCE; from ABSTINENCE, SIMPLICITY; from SIMPLICITY, INNOCENCE; from INNOCENCE, MODESTY; and from MODESTY; DISCIPLINE and CHARITY. Therefore the works of these are Holy, and chaste and right.
Whosoever shall serve these, and hold fast to their works, he shall have his dwelling in the tower with the Saints of God. Then I asked her concerning the times, whether the end was near t hand; But she cried out with a loud voice saying , O foolish man! Dost thou not see the tower a building? When therefore the tower shall finished, and built, it shall have an end indeed it shall soon be accomplished.
Hermas beheld a great beast, like it were a whale, and fiery locust came out of his mouth. The height of the beast was about 100 feet, and he had head like a large earthen vessel. The beast had upon his head four colors, black, red, and gold, white.
Black denotes the world you live in. The fiery and bloody color signifies that this age must be destroyed by fire and blood. The Golden part are ye, who have escaped of it. For as Gold is tried by the fire, and is made profitable, so are ye in like manner, tried , who dwell among the men of this world. They therefore that shall endure to the end, and be proved by them shall be purged, and as gold, by this trial is cleansed
And looses its dross, so shall he also cast away all sorrow and trouble, and be made pure for the building
of the tower. But the white color denotes the time of the world which is to come, in which the elect of God shall dwell; because the elect of God shall be pure and without spot until life eternal!
Taken from: The Lost Books Of The Bible And The Forgotten Books Of Eden.
Pages:206-207
