The earliest prophecy of the coming of
Christ.
Book I. Chapter XIV.
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Then Adam said unto
God: "O Lord, take Thou my soul, and let me not see this
gloom any more; or remove me to some place where there is no
darkness."
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But God the Lord said to
Adam, "Verily I say unto thee, this darkness will pass from thee,
every day I have determined for thee, until the fulfillment of My
covenant; when I will save thee and bring thee back again into the
garden, into the abode of light thou longest for, wherein is no
darkness. I will bring thee to it—in the kingdom of
heaven."
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Again said God unto Adam,
"All this misery that thou hast been made to take upon thee
because of thy transgression, will not free thee from the hand of
Satan, and will not save thee.
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"But I will. When
I shall come down from heaven, and shall become flesh of thy seed, and
take upon Me the infirmity from which thou sufferest, then the
darkness that came upon thee in this cave shall come upon Me in the
grave, when I am in the flesh of thy seed.
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"And I, who am without
years, shall be subject to the reckoning of years, of times, of
months, and of days, and I shall be reckoned as one of the sons of
men, in order to save thee."
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And God ceased to commune
with Adam.
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