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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 31

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31. And our Saviour answered and said: Indeed,

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the

prophecy

of

my

Father

upon

Adam

,

for

his

disobedience

,

has

now

been

fulfilled

.

And

all

things

are

arranged

according

to

the

will

and

pleasure

of

my

Father

.

For

if

a

man

rejects

the

commandment

of

God

,

and

follows

the

works

of

the

devil

by

committing

sin

,

his

life

is

prolonged

;

for

he

is

preserved

in

order

that

he

may

perhaps

repent

,

and

reflect

that

he

must

be

delivered

into

the

hands

of

death

.

But

if

any

one

has

been

zealous

of

good

works

,

his

life

also

is

prolonged

,

that

,

as

the

fame

of

his

old

age

increases

,

upright

men

may

imitate

him

.

But

when

you

see

a

man

whose

mind

is

prone

to

anger

,

assuredly

his

days

are

shortened

;

for

it

is

these

that

are

taken

away

in

the

flower

of

their

age

.

Every

prophecy

,

therefore

,

which

my

Father

has

pronounced

concerning

the

sons

of

men

,

must

be

fulfilled

in

every

particular

.

But

with

reference

to

Enoch

and

Elias

,

and

how

they

remain

alive

to

this

day

,

keeping

the

same

bodies

with

which

they

were

born

;

and

as

to

what

concerns

my

father

Joseph

,

who

has

not

been

allowed

as

well

as

they

to

remain

in

the

body

:

indeed

,

though

a

man

live

in

the

world

many

myriads

of

years

,

nevertheless

at

some

time

or

other

he

is

compelled

to

exchange

life

for

death

.

And

I

say

to

you

,

O

my

brethren

,

that

they

also

,

Enoch

and

Elias

,

must

towards

the

end

of

time

return

into

the

world

and

die

—

in

the

day

,

namely

,

of

commotion

,

of

terror

,

of

perplexity

,

and

affliction

.

For

Antichrist

will

slay

four

bodies

,

and

will

pour

out

their

blood

like

water

,

because

of

the

reproach

to

which

they

shall

expose

him

,

and

the

ignominy

with

which

they

,

in

their

lifetime

,

shall

brand

him

when

they

reveal

his

impiety

.

Notes

31
Comp. Rev. xi. 3–12.