2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 91
4 : U N D E R S T A N D I N G
CHAPTER 4:
1 The Angel declares the
ignorance of Ezra in Yahuah’s
judgments, 13 and advises him
not to meddle with things above
his reach. 23 Nevertheless Ezra
asks diverse questions, and
receives answers to them.
Limitations of the Human
Mind
Cf.
1 En. 9:1,
1 En. 19:1.
Angel Uriel.
1 And the Angel that was sent
unto me, whose name was
Uriel, gave me an answer,
2 And said, your heart has
gone too far in this world, and
you think to comprehend the
way of the Most High?
3 Then I said, Yes my lord:
and he answered me and said,
I am sent to show you three
ways, and to set forth three
similitudes before you.
4 Whereof if you can declare
me one, I will show you also the
way that you desire to see, and
I shall show you from whence
the wicked heart comes.
5 And I said, Tell on my lord.
Then he said unto me, Go
your way, weigh me the weight
of the fire, or measure me the
blast of the wind, or call me
again the day that is past.
6 Then I answered and said,
What man is able to do that,
that you should ask such things
of me?
Y A H U A H ’ S
W A Y S
deep is
7 And he said unto me, If The
the ocean
the
I should ask you how great and
springs found
dwellings are in the midst of there are
hydrothermal
the sea, or how many springs vents. They
are the
are in the beginning of the fountains
of the great
deep, or how many springs deep found
the Midare above the firmament, or inOcean
Ridge
and Oceanic
which are the outgoings of Trench
systems.
Paradise:
8 Peradventure you would say
unto me, I never went down
into the deep, nor as yet into
hell, neither did I ever climb
up into heaven.
9 Nevertheless, now I have
asked you but only of the fire
and wind, and of the day where
through you have passed, and
of things from which you can
not be separated, and yet can
you give me answer of them.
10 He said moreover unto me,
Your own things, and such as
are grown up with you, can
you not know.
11 How should your vessel
then be able to comprehend
the way of the Highest, and
the world being now outwardly
corrupted, to understand the
corruption that is evident in Or,
incorruption.
my sight?
12 Then I said unto him, It
were better that we were not
at all, then that we should
live still in wickedness, and
to suffer, and not to know
wherefore.
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