The first prophecy of the Resurrection.
Book I. Chapter XLIX.
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Then the Word of God came and
said:—
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"O Adam, who counseled
thee, when thou camest out of the cave, to come to this place?"
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And Adam said unto God,
"O Lord, we came to this place because of the heat of the fire,
that came upon us inside the cave."
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Then the Lord God said unto
Adam, "O Adam, thou dreadest the heat of fire for one night, but
how will it be when thou dwellest in hell?
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"Yet, O Adam, fear not,
neither say in thy heart that I have spread this rock as an awning
over thee, to plague thee therewith.
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"It came from Satan, who
had promised thee the Godhead and majesty. It is he who threw
down this rock to kill thee under it, and Eve with thee, and thus to
prevent you from living upon the earth.
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"But, in mercy for you,
just as that rock was falling down upon you, I commanded it to form an
awning over you; and the rock under you, to lower itself.
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"And this sign, O Adam,
will happen to Me at My coming upon earth: Satan will raise the
people of the Jews to put Me in a rock, and seal a large stone upon
Me, and I shall remain within that rock three days and three nights.
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"But on the the third
day I shall rise again, and it shall be salvation to thee, O Adam, and
to thy seed, to believe in Me. But, O Adam, I will not bring
thee from under this rock until three days and three nights are
passed."
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And God withdrew His Word
from Adam.
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But Adam and Eve abode under
the rock three days and three nights, as God had told them.
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And God did so to them
because they had left their cave and had come to this same place
without God's order.
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But, after three days and
three nights, God opened the rock and brought them out from under
it. Their flesh was dried up, and their eyes and their hearts
were troubled from weeping and sorrow.
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