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Testament of Abraham

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Section 13

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XIII. And Abraham said, My Lord chief-captain, who is

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this

most

wondrous

judge

?

and

who

are

the

angels

that

write

down

?

and

who

is

the

angel

like

the

sun

,

holding

the

balance

?

and

who

is

the

fiery

angel

holding

the

fire

?

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

“

Seest

thou

,

most

holy

Abraham

,

the

terrible

man

sitting

upon

the

throne

?

This

is

the

son

of

the

first

created

Adam

,

who

is

called

Abel

,

whom

the

wicked

Cain

killed

,

and

he

sits

thus

to

judge

all

creation

,

and

examines

righteous

men

and

sinners

.

For

God

has

said

,

I

shall

not

judge

you

,

but

every

man

born

of

man

shall

be

judged

.

Therefore

he

has

given

to

him

judgment

,

to

judge

the

world

until

his

great

and

glorious

coming

,

and

then

,

O

righteous

Abraham

,

is

the

perfect

judgment

and

recompense

,

eternal

and

unchangeable

,

which

no

one

can

alter

.

For

every

man

has

come

from

the

first

-

created

,

and

therefore

they

are

first

judged

here

by

his

son

,

and

at

the

second

coming

they

shall

be

judged

by

the

twelve

tribes

of

Israel

,

every

breath

and

every

creature

.

But

the

third

time

they

shall

be

judged

by

the

Lord

God

of

all

,

and

then

,

indeed

,

the

end

of

that

judgment

is

near

,

and

the

sentence

terrible

,

and

there

is

none

to

deliver

.

And

now

by

three

tribunals

the

judgment

of

the

world

and

the

recompense

is

made

,

and

for

this

reason

a

matter

is

not

finally

confirmed

by

one

or

two

witnesses

,

but

by

three

witnesses

shall

everything

be

established

.

The

two

angels

on

the

right

hand

and

on

the

left

,

these

are

they

that

write

down

the

sins

and

the

righteousness

,

the

one

on

the

right

hand

writes

down

the

righteousness

,

and

the

one

on

the

left

the

sins

.

The

angel

like

the

sun

,

holding

the

balance

in

his

hand

,

is

the

archangel

,

Dokiel

the

just

weigher

,

and

he

weighs

the

righteousnesses

and

sins

with

the

righteousness

of

God

.

The

fiery

and

pitiless

angel

,

holding

the

fire

in

his

hand

,

is

the

archangel

Puruel

,

who

has

power

over

fire

,

and

tries

the

works

of

men

through

fire

,

and

if

the

fire

consume

the

work

of

any

man

,

the

angel

of

judgment

immediately

seizes

him

,

and

carries

him

away

to

the

place

of

sinners

,

a

most

bitter

place

of

punishment

.

But

if

the

fire

approves

the

work

of

anyone

,

and

does

not

seize

upon

it

,

that

man

is

justified

,

and

the

angel

of

righteousness

takes

him

and

carries

him

up

to

be

saved

in

the

lot

of

the

just

.

And

thus

,

most

righteous

Abraham

,

all

things

in

all

men

are

tried

by

fire

and

the

balance

.

”