The Parables of the Kingdom
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On the other hand it may be associated with the final and absolute state of bliss in a transcendent order, as in the Assumption of Moses, ch. x:
"And then His Kingdom shall appear throughout all His creation,
And then Satan shall be no more,
And sorrow shall depart with him ...
For the Heavenly One will arise from His royal throne,
And He will go forth from His holy habitation
With indignation and wrath on account of his sons ...
For the Most High will arise, the Eternal God alone,
And He will appear to punish the Gentiles,
And He will destroy all idols.
And thou, Israel, shall be happy, ...
And God will exalt thee,
And He will cause thee to approach to the heaven of the stars."
[Translation by Charles in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha]
And then Satan shall be no more,
And sorrow shall depart with him ...
For the Heavenly One will arise from His royal throne,
And He will go forth from His holy habitation
With indignation and wrath on account of his sons ...
For the Most High will arise, the Eternal God alone,
And He will appear to punish the Gentiles,
And He will destroy all idols.
And thou, Israel, shall be happy, ...
And God will exalt thee,
And He will cause thee to approach to the heaven of the stars."
[Translation by Charles in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha]
To be continued...
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