Book V - Snyder Bible

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he will be drawn to the second by the very continuance of the
thing, and will make a distinction of signs and marvels after
this fashion;-he who is of the evil one, the signs that he works
do good to no one; but those which the good man works are
Chapter LX: Uselessness of Pretended Miracles
ell me, I pray you, what is the use of showing statues
walking, dogs of brass or stone barking, mountains dancing, of
flying through the air, and such like things, which you say that
Simon did? But those signs which are of the good One, are directed
to the advantage of men, as are those which were done
by our Master, who gave sight to the blind and hearing to the
deaf, raised up the feeble and the lame, drove away sicknesses
and demons, raised the dead, and did other like things, as you
see also that I do. Those signs, therefore, which make for the
benefit of men, and confer some good upon them, the wicked
one cannot do, excepting only at the end of the age. For then it
shall be permitted him to mix in with his signs some good
ones, as the expelling of demons or the healing of diseases; by
this means going beyond his bounds and being divided against
himself and fighting against himself, he shall be destroyed.
And therefore Yahweh has foretold, that in the last times there
shall be such temptation, that, if it be possible, the very elect
shall be deceived; that is to say, that by the marks of signs being
confused, even those must be disturbed who seem to be
expert in discovering spirits and distinguishing miracles.
Chapter LXI: Ten Pairs
h we have spoken have therefore
been assigned to this world from the beginning of time. Cain
and Abel were one pair. The second was the giants and Noah;
the third, Pharaoh and Avraham; the fourth, the Philistines
and Yitzchak; the fifth, Esau and ; the sixth, the magicians
and Moshe the Torah-giver; the seventh, the tempter
and the Son of man; the eighth, Simon and I, Kefa; the ninth, all
nations, and he who shall be sent to sow the word among the