Book V - Snyder Bible

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we must remember, that Elohim brings into proximity and
friendship with Himself the spirit that renders thanks to Him.
But the wicked demon possesses the ungrateful spirit.
Chapter XXVII: Creation Takes Vengeance on Sinners.
But this also I would have you know: that upon such beings
Elohim does not take vengeance directly, but His whole
creation rises up and inflicts punishments upon the wicked;
and although in the present world the goodness of Yahweh
bestows the light of the world and the services of the earth
alike upon the obedient and the disobedient, yet not without
grief does the sun afford his light, and the other elements perform
their service to the disobedient. And, in short, sometimeseven
in opposition to the goodness of the Creatorthe
elements are wearied by the crimes of the wicked; and thence
it is that either the fruit of the earth is blighted or the composition
of the air is corrupted, or the heat of the sun is increased
beyond measure, or there is an excessive amount of rain or of
cold. Thence pestilence, famine, and death in various forms
stalk forth, for the creation hastens to take vengeance on the
wicked; yet the goodness of Elohim restrains it, bridles its indignation
against the wicked, and compels it to be obedient to
His mercy rather than to be inflamed by the sins and the
crimes of men. For the patience of Elohim waits for the conversion
of men as long as they are in this body.
Chapter XXVIII: Eternity of Punishments
But if any persist in wickedness till the end of life, then as
soon as the spirit, which is immortal, departs, it shall pay the
penalty of its persistence in wickedness. For even the spirits of
the disobedient are immortal, though it is likely they themselves
would wish them to end with their bodies. But it is not
so; for they endure without end the torments of eternal fire,
and to their destruction they have not the quality of mortality.
But maybe you will say to me, You terrify us, O Kefa. And how
shall we speak to you the things which are in reality? Can we
declare to you the truth by keeping silence? We cannot state