1 Adam and Eve Chapter 42
The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan
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Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said to him:—
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"O Adam, as to what you said, 'Bring me into a land where there is rest,' it is not another land than this, but it is the kingdom of heaven where alone there is rest.
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But you can not make your entrance into it at present; but only after your judgment is past and fulfilled.
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Then will I make you go up into the kingdom of heaven, you and your righteous descendants; and I will give you and them the rest you ask for at present.
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And if you said, 'Give me of the Water of Life that I may drink and live'—it cannot be this day, but on the day that I shall descend into hell, and break the gates of brass, and bruise in pieces the kingdoms of iron.
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Then will I in mercy save your soul and the souls of the righteous, to give them rest in My garden. And that shall be when the end of the world is come.
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And, again, in regards to the Water of Life you seek, it will not be granted you this day; but on the day that I shall shed My blood on your head* in the land of Golgotha**.
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For My blood shall be the Water of Life to you at that time, and not to just you alone, but to all your descendants who shall believe in Me***; that it be to them for rest forever."
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The Lord said again to Adam, "O Adam, when you were in the garden, these trials did not come to you.
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But since you transgressed My commandment, all these sufferings have come over you.
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Now, also, does your flesh require food and drink; drink then of that water that flows by you on the face of the earth.
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Then God withdrew His Word from Adam.
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And Adam and Eve worshipped the Lord, and returned from the river of water to the cave. It was noon-day; and when they drew near to the cave, they saw a large fire by it.
1 Adam and Eve Chapter 42
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