"When 5500 years are
fulfilled..."
Book I. Chapter XXXVIII.
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After these things the Word
of God came to Adam, and said unto him:—
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"O Adam, as to the fruit
of the Tree of Life, for which thou askest, I will not give it thee
now, but when the 5500 years are fulfilled. Then will I give
thee of the fruit of the Tree of Life, and thou shalt eat, and live
for ever, thou, and Eve, and thy righteous seed.
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"But these forty-three
days cannot make amends for the hour in which thou didst transgress My
commandment.
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"O Adam, I gave thee to
eat of the fig-tree in which thou didst hide thyself. Go and eat
of it, thou and Eve.
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"I will not deny thy
request, neither will I disappoint thy hope; therefore, bear up unto
the fulfillment of the covenant I made with thee."
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And God withdrew His Word
from Adam.
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