2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 98
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43 So I answered and said,
Could you not make those
that have been made, and be
now, and that are for to come,
at once, that you might show
your judgment the sooner?
44 Then he answered me, and
said, The creature may not
have above the maker, neither
may the world hold them at
once that shall be created
therein.
45 And I said, As you have said
unto your servant, that you
which give life to all, has given
life at once to the creature
that you have created, and
the creature bare it: even so
it might now also bear them
that now be present at once.
46 And he said unto me, Ask
the womb of a woman, and
say unto her, If you bring
forth children, why do you not
do it together, but one after
another? Pray her therefore
to bring forth ten children at
once.
47 And I said, She cannot: but
must do it by distance of time.
48 Then he said unto me,
Even so have I given the womb
of the earth to those that be
sown in it, in their times.
49 For like as a young child
may not bring forth the things
that belong to the aged, even
so have I disposed the world
which I created.
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When and How Will the
End Come?
50 And I asked and said,
Seeing you have now given me
the way, I will proceed to speak
before you: for our mother of
whom you have told me that
she is young, draws now nigh
unto age.
51 He answered me and
said, Ask a woman that bears
children, and she shall tell you.
52 Say unto her, Wherefore
are not they whom you have
now brought forth, like those
that were before, but less of
stature?
53 And she shall answer you,
They that be born in the
strength of youth, are of one
fashion, and they that are
born in the time of age (when
the womb fails) are otherwise.
54 Consider you therefore
also, how that you are less of
stature then those that were
before you.
55 And so are they that come
after you less than you, as the
creatures which now begin to
be old, and have passed over
De-evolution
the strength of youth.
is Biblical
56 Then I said, Yahuah, I fact.
beseech thee, if I have found
favor in thy sight, show your
servant by whom you visit
your creature.
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