Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 207
which Ruach, like the Creators hand, by command of Elohim
separated light from darkness; and after that invisible heaven
produced this visible one, that He might make the higher places
a habitation for angels and the lower for men. For your
sake, therefore, by command of Elohim, the water which was
upon the face of the earth withdrew, that the earth might produce
fruits for you; and into the earth also He inserted veins of
moisture, that fountains and rivers might flow forth from it for
you. For your sake it was commanded to bring forth living
creatures and all things which could serve for your use and
pleasure. Is it not for you that the winds blow, that the earth,
conceiving by them, may bring forth fruits? Is it not for you
that the showers fall, and the seasons change? Is it not for you
that the sun rises and sets and the moon undergoes her
changes? For you the sea offers its service, that all things may
be subject to you, ungrateful as you are. For all these things
shall there not be a righteous punishment of vengeance, because
beyond all else you are ignorant of the bestower of all
these things, whom you ought to acknowledge and reverence
above all?
Chapter VIII: Necessity of Mikvah (Immersion)
u to understanding by the same paths.
For you see that all things are produced from waters. But water
was made at first by the Only-begotten; and the Almighty
Elohim is the head of the Only-begotten, by whom we come to
the Father in such order as we have stated above. But when
you have come to the Father you will learn that this is His will:
that you be born anew by means of waters, which were the
first created. For he who is regenerated by water, having filled
up the measure of good works, is made heir of Him by whom
he has been regenerated in incorruption. Wherefore, with
prepared minds, approach as sons to a father, that your sins
may be washed away, and it may be proven before Elohim that
ignorance was their sole cause. For if, after the learning of
these things, you remain in unbelief, the cause of your destruction
will be imputed to yourselves, and not to ignorance.