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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 29

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XXIX.

Of such kind, in the time of that hater of

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all

good

,

will

be

the

seal

,

the

tenor

of

which

will

be

this

:

I

deny

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth

,

I

deny

the

baptism

,

I

deny

my

(

former

)

service

,

and

attach

myself

to

thee

,

and

I

believe

in

thee

.

For

this

is

what

the

prophets

Enoch

and

Elias

will

preach

:

Believe

not

the

enemy

who

is

to

come

and

be

seen

;

for

he

is

an

adversary

and

corrupter

and

son

of

perdition

,

and

deceives

you

;

and

for

this

reason

he

will

kill

you

,

and

smite

them

with

the

sword

.

Behold

the

deceit

of

the

enemy

,

know

the

machinations

of

the

beguiler

,

how

he

seeks

to

darken

the

mind

of

men

utterly

.

For

he

will

show

forth

his

demons

brilliant

like

angels

,

and

he

will

bring

in

hosts

of

the

incorporeal

without

number

.

And

in

the

presence

of

all

he

exhibits

himself

as

taken

up

into

heaven

with

trumpets

and

sounds

,

and

the

mighty

shouting

of

those

who

hail

him

with

indescribable

hymns

;

the

heir

of

darkness

himself

shining

like

light

,

and

at

one

time

soaring

to

the

heavens

,

and

at

another

descending

to

the

earth

with

great

glory

,

and

again

charging

the

demons

,

like

angels

,

to

execute

his

behests

with

much

fear

and

trembling

.

Then

will

he

send

the

cohorts

of

the

demons

among

mountains

and

caves

and

dens

of

the

earth

,

to

track

out

those

who

have

been

concealed

from

his

eyes

,

and

to

bring

them

forward

to

worship

him

.

And

those

who

yield

to

him

he

will

seal

with

his

seal

;

but

those

who

refuse

to

submit

to

him

he

will

consume

with

incomparable

pains

and

bitterest

torments

and

machinations

,

such

as

never

have

been

,

nor

have

reached

the

ear

of

man

,

nor

have

been

seen

by

the

eye

of

mortals

.

Notes

1
ἀντίδικος. In B, πλάνος = deceiver.
2
B reads τόν κόσμον, the world.